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42-4069

Owner’s Manual

Please read before using this equipment.

LK-1500 Light-Up General MIDI Keyboard

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Page 1: ...42 4069 Owner s Manual Please read before using this equipment LK 1500 Light Up General MIDI Keyboard...

Page 3: ...f causing death or serious injury if the product is operated incorrectly while ignoring this indication CAUTION This indication stipulates matters that have the risk of causing injury as well as matte...

Page 4: ...ile your hands are wet Doing so creates the risk of electric shock Use the AC adaptor where it will not be splashed with water Water creates the risk of fire and electric shock Do not place a vase or...

Page 5: ...pull on the cord when unplugging from the electrical outlet Always grasp the AC adaptor when unplugging Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electric shock Always make sure you obser...

Page 6: ...shock Location Avoid the following locations for this product Such locations create the risk of fire and electric shock Areas subject to high humidity or large amounts of dust In food preparation area...

Page 7: ...Built in tunes are divided into two groups a SONGS of 65 tunes with Auto Accompaniment and a PIANO SONGS of 35 piano tunes You can simply enjoy listening to the built in tunes or eliminate the melody...

Page 8: ...Practicing on the Piano E 20 Using the PIANO SONGS Button E 20 Playing a Built in Tune E 21 To play back a SONGS tune E 21 To play back a PIANO SONGS tune E 22 Musical Information System E 22 Adjustin...

Page 9: ...it E 46 Using Layer and Split Together E 47 Transposing the Keyboard E 47 Using Touch Response E 48 Adjusting Accompaniment and Song Volume E 49 Tuning the Keyboard E 49 Connection to a Computer E 50...

Page 10: ...E 8 649U E 010A I I J K L M O N T R S Q P 1 2 3 1 2 4 9 3 6 7 5 0 A 8 D E F G H B C U V W X Y Z _ b c d e a General Guide...

Page 11: ...two PLAY STOP buttons In this manual the PLAY STOP button that is located under the SING ALONG button is indicated as PLAY STOP 649U E 011A Controller Indicators Song PIANO SONGS controller indicator...

Page 12: ...ons For input of numbers to change a displayed number or setting Negative values cannot be input using the number buttons Use increase and decrease instead h Card slot h l USB port m VIDEO OUT jack 3...

Page 13: ...ts two digit number See page A 9 for the SONGS Sing Along List Example To select 58 ALOHA OE input 5 and then 8 5 Press the STEP 1 button or STEP 2 button The keyboard sounds a count beat and waits fo...

Page 14: ...board key for the next note you will need to play flashes Accompaniment left hand part plays in time with the notes as long as you press the correct keyboard keys 7 To stop play at any time press the...

Page 15: ...ury Always make sure you observe the following precautions Never try to take batteries apart or allow them to become shorted Never expose batteries to heat or dispose of them by incineration Never mix...

Page 16: ...erformed Auto Power Off is enabled again when you manually turn off power and then turn it back on again Power Supply Using the AC Adaptor To power the keyboard from an AC outlet you need an AC adapto...

Page 17: ...om the display Memory Contents Even when the keyboard is turned off song memory contents are retained as long as power is being supplied to the keyboard Unplugging the AC adaptor when batteries are no...

Page 18: ...ht input to the amplifier to which you are connecting The wrong type of connector at either end can cause one of the stereo channels to be lost When connected to a musical instrument amplifier set the...

Page 19: ...ndled video cable to connect the keyboard to a TV as shown below Turn on the TV and perform the required operation to select its video input terminal Turn on the keyboard Rear Panel Connections IMPORT...

Page 20: ...f the keyboard is connected to a TV the tone list appears on the TV screen For information about connecting to a TV see VIDEO OUT Jack on page E 17 2 Press the TONE button 3 Use the number buttons to...

Page 21: ...processed using a technique called digital sampling To ensure a high level of tonal quality samples are taken in the low mid and high ranges and then combined to provide you with sounds that are amaz...

Page 22: ...IANO SONGS 1 Press the PIANO SONGS button 2 Now try playing something on the keyboard The notes you play sound with a piano tone 3 If you want to playback the built in tune press the PLAY STOP button...

Page 23: ...tween 10 etudes and 25 concert pieces To play back a SONGS tune PREPARATION Adjust the main volume page E 18 1 Find the tune you want to play in the SONGS SING ALONG List and note its number See page...

Page 24: ...the tune Example Display during SONGS play NOTE Chord names are not displayed for PIANO SONGS tunes Adjusting the Tempo The tempo beats per minute can be set to a value in the range of 30 to 255 The...

Page 25: ...peed The fast forward operation skips forward one measure at a time The measure and beat numbers on the display change while the fast forward operation is being performed 2 Releasing the FF button sta...

Page 26: ...O SONGS tunes the same tone is applied for both the left and right hand parts Specifying the tune number for the same tune that is currently selected returns the melody tone to the default setting for...

Page 27: ...esson feature takes you through the three distinct steps described below to help you learn to play tunes on the keyboard Step 1 Master the timing In this step pressing any key on the keyboard plays th...

Page 28: ...Very loud cresc crescendo Gradually louder decresc decrescendo Gradually softer Evaluation Mode The keyboard s Evaluation Mode awards points to your performances during Step 1 and Step 2 of the 3 Ste...

Page 29: ...d None Again None Low Evaluation Results After you finish playing the keyboard calculates an evaluation of your total performance from beginning to end and displays your total score on the monitor scr...

Page 30: ...e notes 1 Select the tune you want to use 2 Press the RIGHT button or the LEFT button to specify the part you want to practice If you want to practice both hands press both buttons at the same time 3...

Page 31: ...Perform the following procedure to find out where you scored the lowest in your performance so you can find your weak points and focus your practice on those phrases 1 After displaying your evaluation...

Page 32: ...the Evaluation Mode automatically restores the Voice Fingering setting that was in effect when you entered the Evaluation Mode Flash Tempo value Using the Metronome The metronome feature of this keybo...

Page 33: ...switch 3 Use the MIC VOLUME knob to adjust microphone volume to the level you want IMPORTANT Be sure to use the microphone s ON OFF switch to turn off the microphone and to disconnect the microphone...

Page 34: ...es to show the song title without changing Now use the microphone to sing along with the playback The Sing Along Mode is similar to the SONGS Mode The only difference is that the melody part in the Si...

Page 35: ...displayed rhythm number by pressing and decrement it by pressing Some rhythms consist of chord accompaniments only without any drums or other percussion instruments Such rhythms do not sound unless C...

Page 36: ...ay a chord depends on the current MODE switch position Refer to the following pages for details on chord play CONCERT CHORD Page E 34 FINGERED Page E 35 FULL RANGE CHORD Page E 36 4 To stop Auto Accom...

Page 37: ...GAB CDE F CDE F GAB CDE F NOTE It makes no difference whether you press black or white keys to the right of a major chord key when playing minor and seventh chords Auto Accompaniment FINGERED FINGERE...

Page 38: ...animent keyboard so the entire keyboard from end to end can be used for both melody and chords FULL RANGE CHORD Accompaniment Keyboard and Melody Keyboard Accompaniment keyboard Melody keyboard Chords...

Page 39: ...tern is playing causes the ending pattern to sound after the intro pattern is complete Auto Accompaniment Using a Fill in Pattern Fill in patterns let you momentarily change the rhythm pattern to add...

Page 40: ...ng anything on the keyboard the rhythm starts automatically with an intro pattern when you play something on the accompaniment keyboard Pressing the VARIATION FILL IN button before playing anything on...

Page 41: ...the SONG MEMORY Button When performing a performance recording or lesson recording you will need to use the SONG MEMORY button to select recording or playback Each press of the SONG MEMORY button cycl...

Page 42: ...Parts Press the part track button that corresponds to the part s you want to select as the recording part s 649U E 042A To select this part Left hand Right hand Both hands Press this button LEFT TRAC...

Page 43: ...NOTE You cannot record a lesson when the lesson song is SMF data on a SmartMedia card Lesson Recording Data In addition to the notes you play on the keyboard and the accompaniment of the built in son...

Page 44: ...be replaced by your new performance 1 Press the RHYTHM button to enter the rhythm mode 2 Use the SONG MEMORY button to select record standby This causes the SONG MEMORY indicator to flash on the disp...

Page 45: ...accompaniment keyboard range To start Auto Accompaniment part way into a recording In place of step 5 of the above procedure press the SYNCRHO ENDING button and play something within the melody range...

Page 46: ...ing If you want to record without playback from a recorded track enter playback standby deselect the playback track and then enter record standby Note however that you cannot turn off rhythm and Auto...

Page 47: ...ne Example To select 078 BRASS as the main tone press the TONE button and then use the number buttons or and buttons to input 0 7 and then 8 2 Press the LAYER button Keyboard Settings B r a s s 3 Sele...

Page 48: ...split tone Example To select 060 PIZZICATO STRINGS as the split tone use the number buttons or and buttons to input 0 6 and then 0 4 Specify the split point While holding down the SPLIT button press...

Page 49: ...lit the keyboard or split the keyboard and then layer tones When you use layer and split in combination the high range of the keyboard is assigned two tones main tone layered tone and the low range tw...

Page 50: ...aried in accordance with the amount of pressure applied just like an acoustic piano Touch response provides a choice of three settings described below OFF This setting turns off touch response Keyboar...

Page 51: ...for playback of SMF data from a Smart Media card Load a SmartMedia card into the card slot and then perform the procedure under To adjust the accompaniment volume In this case a song volume screen wi...

Page 52: ...r using the USB port Once you establish a USB connection between the keyboard and a computer you can exchange data between them To connect to a computer using the USB port 1 On the computer to which y...

Page 53: ...transfer up to five song data about 80 kilobytes in total from your computer to the keyboard as SONGS tunes 65 through 69 For SMF data you purchase or create you need to use special conversion softwar...

Page 54: ...ut on screen keyboard guide keys continue to light in accordance with the channel s data as it is received Press TRACK 2 button again to turn the channel back on Next lower channel from navigate chann...

Page 55: ...ved when the keyboard is connected to a computer by USB connection Note however that you need to install the USB driver from the CD ROM that comes with the keyboard on your computer to send and receiv...

Page 56: ...tify the effect type and a control value to specify the on off status and depth of the effect The following is a list of data that can be send or received using CONTROL CHANGE 1 The BANK SELECT settin...

Page 57: ...tone fine adjustments that are unique to a particular machine Originally system exclusives were unique to a particular model but now there are also universal system exclusives that are applicable to m...

Page 58: ...are two types of SmartMedia cards 3 3V and 5V Note that this keyboard supports use of 3 3V type SmartMedia cards only Never try to use a 5V type SmartMedia card with this keyboard Note you will not b...

Page 59: ...Media card for important information about how to handle it Avoid storing and using SmartMedia cards in the following types of locations Such conditions can cause corruption of data stored on the card...

Page 60: ...ing Ready IMPORTANT Before you can use a SmartMedia card with this keyboard you need to perform the procedure below to format it After formatting the card transfer SMF data from your computer to the c...

Page 61: ...nel that is one less than the channel specified as the navigate channel is assigned to the left hand part On screen fingering indicators and the Practice Phrase function are not supported for SMF data...

Page 62: ...nt data Use only Format 0 SMF data Load a card that contains SMF data that is supported by this keyboard Perform either of the two followng operations Without deleting the original fragmented data per...

Page 63: ...nt to cancel the delete operation press the NO button This returns you to the confirmation message 2 Press the YES button to delete SONGS user area contents After SONGS user area contents are deleted...

Page 64: ...r to increase volume 4 Normal play is not possible on the accompaniment keyboard while the MODE switch is set to CONCERT CHORD or FINGERED Change the MODE switch setting to NORMAL 5 Turn on LOCAL CONT...

Page 65: ...Along Mode The keyboard is in the SONGS mode Turn on ACCOMP OUT 1 Use a recommended type microphone 2 Move the microphone away from source of the static 1 Increase the microphone volume setting 2 Cha...

Page 66: ...umber of Songs Up to 5 download songs Capacity Approximately 80 kilobytes Sing Along Mode Number of Tunes SONGS Sing Along 65 Controllers PLAY STOP KEY CONTROL 25 steps 12 semitones to 12 semitones Me...

Page 67: ...Off Turns power off approximately 6 minutes after last key operation Enabled under batter power only can be disabled manually Speaker Output 2 5W 2 5W Power Consumption 9V 7 7W Dimensions 94 4 x 38 7...

Page 68: ...and squeeze until it is almost dry Avoid use in areas subjected to temperature extremes Extremely high or low temperature can cause figures on the LCD screen to become dim and difficult to read This...

Page 69: ...2 Organ 023 DRAWBAR ORGAN 1 A 16 16 2 024 DRAWBAR ORGAN 2 A 16 16 1 025 DRAWBAR ORGAN 3 A 16 16 3 026 PERC ORGAN 1 A 16 17 2 027 PERC ORGAN 2 A 16 17 3 028 ELEC ORGAN 1 A 16 16 8 029 ELEC ORGAN 2 A 1...

Page 70: ...8 Ethnic 122 SITAR A 16 104 2 123 BANJO A 32 105 2 124 SHAMISEN A 32 106 2 125 KOTO A 32 107 2 126 THUMB PIANO A 32 108 2 127 STEEL DRUMS A 16 114 2 Ensemble 062 STRINGS A 32 48 2 063 SLOW STRINGS A 3...

Page 71: ...16 82 0 211 GM CHIFF LEAD A 16 83 0 212 GM CHARANG A 16 84 0 213 GM VOICE LEAD A 16 85 0 214 GM FIFTH LEAD A 16 86 0 215 GM BASS LEAD A 16 87 0 216 GM FANTASY A 16 88 0 GM Tone 128 GM PIANO 1 A 32 0 0...

Page 72: ...PIANO A 32 108 0 237 GM BAGPIPE A 16 109 0 238 GM FIDDLE A 32 110 0 239 GM SHANAI A 32 111 0 240 GM TINKLE BELL A 32 112 0 241 GM AGOGO A 32 113 0 242 GM STEEL DRUMS A 16 114 0 243 GM WOOD BLOCK D 32...

Page 73: ...C8 C7 G7 C6 C5 C4 C3 C2 C1 C0 G9 A 440Hz a b D Sound Effect No scale for tones B 020 GLOCKENSPIEL 095 PICCOLO C Low pitch instruments A Standard type Available range using transpose or a message rece...

Page 74: ...gle Open Triangle Shaker Jingle Bell Bell Tree Castanets Mute Surdo Open Surdo Applause 1 Applause 2 Fanfare One Two Three Four Five Room Kick 2 Room Kick 1 Room Snare 1 Room Snare 2 Room Low Tom 2 Ro...

Page 75: ...dim7 C D E F G A B C D F G E D A G B A Chord Type Root 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 2 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 3 1 5 2 1 5...

Page 76: ...6 VIENNESE WALTZ 067 FRENCH WALTZ 068 SERENADE 069 TANGO LATIN I 070 BOSSA NOVA 1 071 BOSSA NOVA 2 072 SAMBA 1 073 SAMBA 2 074 MAMBO 075 RHUMBA 076 CHA CHA CHA 077 MERENGUE 078 BOLERO 079 SALSA LATIN...

Page 77: ...ONLIGHT 1st Mov 17 HUNGARIAN DANCES no 5 18 TR UMEREI 19 HUMORESKE DVO K 20 PROMENADE FROM TABLEAUX D UNE EXPOSITION 21 LE CYGNE FROM LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX 22 CHANSON DU TOREADOR FROM CARMEN 23 LARG...

Page 78: ...de 3 X 36 96 O 9nH V 1 127 X 8nH V 64 X X X XX no relation 1 16 1 16 Mode 3 X 0 127 12 108 1 O 9nH V 1 127 X 9nH V 0 8nH V XX X O 2 O Model LK 1500 MIDI messages that can be sent and received using th...

Page 79: ...sages Active Sense Reset Remarks O 0 127 X X X X O O X X X X O 0 127 O 5 X X X X X X O O X 2 Modulation and after touch for each channel are the same effect 3 FINE TUNE COARSE TUNE send receive and PI...

Page 80: ...rranty period take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase date to any RadioShack store RadioShack will at its option un less otherwise provided by law a correct the defect b...

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