OWNER'S MANUAL
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2. For an eighth meter (6/8, 7/8, etc), press and
hold the metronome and 8 (ModFX) buttons.
To switch back to quarter meters, hold the
Metronome button and press and hold 8 again.
The default meter is 4/4. The following options
are available: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 (default), 5/4, 6/4, 7/4,
9/4, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8.
To Change the Metronome Volume
To adjust the volume of the metronome in
balance with the piano sound, press and hold
Metronome and press the Value + or Value –
button.
Metronome Tempo Setting
While the metronome is on, pressing the Value +
and – buttons changes the tempo.
To specify a tempo, press and hold the
Metronome button and enter the three digit
tempo using the 10-key pad. For example, hold
Metronome and press 0-9-2 for 92bpm.
Transpose Function
To transpose the piano keyboard by +12 or -12
semitones, press and hold the Transpose button
and play a key around middle C of the keyboard.
Tra middle C is no transposition.
Tra Eb above middle C transposes the
piano sharp by 3 semitones.
The button will light up to show that the feature
is active. To disable transposition, press the
Transpose button.
Octave
To transpose the piano up or down by one
octave, press and hold the Octave button then
press the Value + or Value – button. The button
will light up to show that the feature is active. To
disable transposition, press the Octave button.
Piano Reset
If you want to quickly reset the keyboard to
factory settings, you can do this by holding
down the Octave and Transpose button while
powering on the piano. Wait for the lights to
flash once before releasing the Octave and
Transpose buttons.
RECORDING
Recording Your Own Song
1. Press the Play and Track buttons
simultaneously.
2. Once you start playing, the Play and Track
LEDs will flash to indicate that the recording
has started.
3. When you finish playing, press the TRACK
and PLAY buttons again to stop the recorder,
or you can press PLAY only to stop the
recorder and hear your song.
Changing Recording Tracks
The Rhapsody III includes two separate tracks
for recording. In order to change tracks, simply
press the Track button. The Track button’s LED
will be unlit to indicate that track 1 is selected,
and will light up to indicate that track 2 is
selected. Holding down the Track button will
delete your currently selected track, and will
confirm by playing a C3 note three times.
TUNING
To Change Piano Tuning
You may need to adjust the tuning of the piano
by a few cents to match an acoustic instrument
or recording. To do this, hold the Transpose
button and press the Value + or Value – buttons.
EFFECTS
The Reverb, Chorus and ModFX effects may be
applied to each voice individually and will be
retained even when the power is turned off.
To apply these effects, press the associated
button. The button will light and the effect will be
heard when the piano is played.
To turn off the effect press the button of the
desired effect again and the LED light will go off.
Reverb, Chorus, and ModFX settings are set per
Instrument and retained over power cycling.
