electronic keyboard mc-49 manual

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ONEKEY

MELODY GUIDE

MELODY OFF

RECORD

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O.T.S.NORMAL

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FINGERED

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Thank you for purchasing this electronic keyboard. In order to obtain maximum performanceand enjoyment from the keyboard, please follow the steps outlined in this manual while actuallytrying out its features. We are sure you will enjoy it and discover the limited possibility of your newkeyboard.

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1. NORMAL2. S. FINGER3. FINGERED4. CHORD5. VOLUME

6. VOICE/STYLE/SONG NUMBER7. TEMPO8. METRONOME/BEAT9. LOW NOTES SCORE10. HIGH NOTES SCORE11. KEYBOARD12. ONE KEY13. MELODY GUIDE14. MELODY OFF15. SUSTAIN

16. O.T.S.17. RECORD18. PLAY

POWERVOLUMEX'POSER +/-TEMPO +/-LCDDEMO/LEARN/SUSTAIN/BEATMETRONOMENUMERIC KEYPADSTART/STOPSYNC/FILL-INCHORDRECORDPLAYMIDISONGSTYLEVOICEO.T.SPERCUSSION

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Preparation

Avoid placing the unit in areas that aresubject to excessive humidity or heat.

Avoid locat ions in which the uni t is likelyto be exposed to excessive dust or moisture.Do not place any heavy objects on theunit, and subject it to strong physicalshock.Never use chemicals such as benzineor th inner to clean the un it .

Take Care of Your Unit

Power Supply

Using Batteries6 pieces of C size (SUM-2 or R-14) or equivalent alkaline batteries must first beinstalled into the battery compartment.

Caution:

Do not mix old and new batteries. Always use the same types of batteries.

Always make sure to remove thebatteries from the unit when not usingfor an extended per iod of time.

Using Power Adapter An AC adaptor is requi red when usehousehold current. The adaptor shall be9-12V DC output, 500MA, center positivetype. Be sure to turn off the unit before youconnect the adapter in to AC outlet and thecord into the uni t. This will automaticallycut of f the battery power supply.

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You can power the unit either by batte-ries or an power adaptor (both are notIncluded ). Follow the instruction descri-bed below.

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Open the battery compartment cover located on bottom cabinet of the unit.Insert the batteries, being careful tofollow the polarity markings on the

Replace the compartment cover,making sure that it locks firmly in place.

AC Adapter

AC Outlet

The adaptor may become warm whenit is being used. This is normal anddoes not indicated any problem.Be sure to unplug the adaptor from thepower source when you are not usingthe unit.

Never use a power supply that does notm a t c h t h a t s p e c i f i e d f o r t h einstruments.

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Importance

Use PhoneOr Connect an Amplifier

A headphone can be plugged intoHEADPHONE jack located on the rear of the unit.

The internal speaker system will beautomatically shut off when a headphoneis plugged into the jack.

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Play the Keyboard

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Plug an audio cord into PHONE jack. Thenplug the other end of the cord into LINE INor AUX IN of the ampl ifier.

To turn on the keyboard, set POWER to

Note: To remind you to save power during operation, the keyboard auto-matically sounds a voice about every

5 minutes if you do not press a key.

Adjust the volume to desire level . Re-peatedly press volume up or volumedown to increase or decrease thevolume. The keyboard's volumeranges from 0 (no sound) to 10(maximum), and the current volumelevel appears on the display.

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ON. The display lights.

Playing the Demo Song You can listen to any of the 50 songslisted at the right of the panel.

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Press SONG. The display appearsSONG and the number of the currentsong.

Note: The keyboard always selects thetune "Canon"(No. 01)each time you

turn i t on.

Choose a song from the SONGS listand enter its two-digit number on thekeypad.

Or, you can press - or + to move tothe Next higher or lower numberedsong.

Press START/STOP to start playingthe song.

To change the tempo, repeatedly pressTEMPO UP or TEMPO DOWN. Thecurrent tempo set ting appears.

To select a different song, repeatstep 2. To stop, press START/STOP.

a "score" to show you the notes thatare playing (center of the display)

a "keyboard" to show you the fingeringand which keys are pressed (bottomof the display)

The black dots next to the songnumber show the beat count in themeasure.

The chord name (top left of thedisplay.

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Using DEMO

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To play demo song one by one (in order from the selected starting point),pressDEMO. To stop the demo, press DEMOagain.

Your keyboard can sound l ike 50 dif ferentmusical instruments. The name and two-digit number for each preset voice islisted on voices list on the keyboard'stop panel .

Note : The keyboards has 8 -no te(maximum) polyphonic sound. Thismeans that you can play up to 8 differentnotes at the same time with most of thekeyboard's preset voices.

Selecting/Playing a Preset Voice

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Selecting/Playing a Preset Voice

1. Press VOICE. VOICE and the currentvoice's number appears.

Note: Each time you turn the key-board on, it automatically selects

the voice Grand PIANO (No. 01).

To play a different voice, choose apreset voice from the VOICES lis tand enter its two-digit number onthe number button. As you press thebuttons, the selected digits appear.For example, to select VIBRAPHONE(No. 06), press "0" and "6" , the style"06" appears.

Or, you can use + or - to move tothe next higher or lower numberedvoice.

Play the keyboard to hear theselected voice.

To select a different voice, repeatSteps 1 and 2.

Press STYLE. STYLE and the

current style's number appear.

Note: Each time you turn on thekeyboard, it automatically selectsthe style DISCO 1(No. 01).

To select a different style, choose anauto-style from the STYLES list andenter its two-digit number on thenumber button. Or, repeatedly press+ or - to move to the next higher or lower numbered style. For example,press 03 to select D ANCE (No. 03),press "0" and "3" , the style 03appears.

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Your keyboard has 30 preset auto-stylesthat provide a steady beat for your music.The name and two-digit number of eachpreset auto-style is listed on the styleslist on the keyboard's top panel.

Selecting/Playing a Auto-Style.

Press START/STOP to start theselected Auto-Style.

To change the tempo, repeatedlypress TEMPO + or TEMPO -. The

current tempo setting appears.

Notes:To select a different style, repeatsteps 1 and 2.

To stop the auto-style, press START /STOP again.

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Using SYNC This feature lets you synchronize thestart of an auto-style with the beginning

of your music.

Af ter you select and enter an auto-style, press SYNC/FILL-IN. The blackdots below the tempo and themetronome flash show the keyboard isin a standby mode.

Begin playing the keyboard. The key-board automatically begins to play thestyle when you press any key.

This feature lets insert a short (1- to 2-measure) variation in the beat patternof a selected auto-style.

Simply press SYNC/FILL-IN while theauto-style is playing. The keyboardinserts a variation, then the originalstyle automatically resumes at the end of the current measure. Or to i nsert alonger variation, hold down SYNC/FILL-IN. The keyboard plays the variationuntil you release SYNC/FILL-IN.

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You can adjust the tempo to play

an auto-style from 40 to 240beats per minute.

To reset the tempo to its default(original) speed, press TEMPO + and TEMPO - at the same time.

Using FILL-IN

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Using AutoAccompaniment The 19 keys on the left side of thekeyboard with note labels above themare called accompaniment keys. Theaccompaniment keys you pressdetermine the type of chord that plays.

You can set the keyboard to play withno accompaniment or two different typesof auto accompaniment using theaccompaniment keys.

Normal - normal mode. Chords areturned off in this mode (but youcan select voice and style).

S.Finger - single fingering mode.This mode lets you play chords onthe accompaniment keys usingstandard chord formations (see"Single Fingering").

Fingered - standard fingering mode.This mode lets you play chords onthe accompaniment keys usingchord formations of from three or more notes. The chord nameappears on the display. The number of keys you press determines thetype of chord that plays.

Begin the accompaniment at thedesired interval by pressing the

To play a melody along with theaccompaniment, press any key(s)to the right.

Adjust TEMPO and VOLUME to thedesired level.

To change chords without inter-rupting the style, simply press theauto accompaniment key(s) requiredto form the new chord. The name of the chord appears. To stop autoaccompaniment but not the auto-style, repeatedly press CHORD until

the black dot appears next toNORMAL on the display. Or, to stopauto accompaniment and the auto-style, press START/STOP.

Single Fingering

Note: Your keyboard defaults to thenormal mode. Follow the steps under "Single Fingering" or "Stand Fingering"to set it to an accompaniment mode.

Repeatedly press CHORD until ablack dot appears next to S.FINGERon the left side of the display.

Press STYLE.

Enter a two-digit auto-style number.

To start the auto-style before the

auto accompaniment, press START/STOP. Or, to synchronize the star t of the selected auto-rhythm with your accompaniment, press SYNC/FILLIN.

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desired accompaniment key(s).

The standard fingering method usesstandard formations of three or morenotes, and lets the experienced musicianplay a wider variety of accompaniment

chords.

Follow these steps to start standardfingering auto accompaniment.

Standard Fingering

Repeatedly press CHORD until ablack dot appears next to FINGER-ED on the left side of the display.

Follow the step 2-8 as Single

Fingering.

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Learning To Play Your keyboard's learning feature letbeginning keyboard players easily learnand play a prerecorded tune. You canselect any of the following modes:

ONE KEY - in this mode, press

START/STOP and any key to playaccompaniment and a melody note.The note appears.

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MELODY GUIDE - in this mode, themelody does not play until you play acorrect note. The next note of thesong appears.

MELODY OFF -in this mode, you canplay melody with accompaniment.

Follow these steps to set the learningmode.

Press SONG, then repeatedly pressLEARNING until black dots appear nextto ONE KEY on the right side of thedisplay..Select a song from the SONGS listand enter its two-digit number.

Press START/STOP. The keyboardplays the first note of the tune youselected and the note appears.Press the corresponding key on thekeyboard to continue learning. Thenext note you need to press appears.The song will continue to play even if you press the wrong key.

To stop learning, press START/STOPagain or press LEARNING. lf you

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If you want to play the tune withaccompaniment in the learning mode,

repeatedly press LEARNING until ablack dot appears next toMELODY OFF.lf you want to quit the learning mode.Repeatedly press LEARNING until theblack dot appears next to NORMAL.

Using the Metronome

Using Beat

To turn on the keyboard's metronome,press voice or style, then press METRO.The metronome's bar swings along with

the tempo you selected, and thecorresponding beat appears. PressMETRO again to turn the metronome off.

When the metronome is on, repeatedlypress BEAT until you hear the desiredbeat to adjust it . 9 beats (00.02-09) areavailable and can be selected cyclically.

The beat number you selected appears.

Special Features

Recording Using One-Touch Setting Your keyboard's one-touch setting fea-ture lets you automatically play a presetvoice to match a selected auto-style youchanged.

Follow these steps to activate one-touchsetting.

Press STYLE.1.

You can record a sequence of notes up to37 notes in length.

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Press RECORD to start recording.

RECORD appears.

Play the notes you want to record.

Press PLAY to play the notes you re-corded. PLAYappears.

To turn off recording, press RECORDagain , RECORD disappears.

Note: If the keyboard loses power, re-cording is turned off and any recording youmade is erased.

pressed LEARNING, a black dot ap-pears next to MELODY GUIDE and anote appears. Press the correct keyto continue learning. The song doesn' tplay until you press the correct key.

Enter a two-digit auto-style number.

Press O.T.S., O.T.S. appears

Press VOICE. The preset voice that

matches the selected auto-s tyleappears.

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To quit one-touch setting, press O.T.S.,O.T.S. Disappears.

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Using Sustain For added flexibility and control as youmake music, you can set the keyboard,so it sustain sound. To sustain notes you play, press SUS-TAIN.SUSTAIN appears and the key-

board sustains the played note until yourelease SUSTAIN. Press SUSTAIN againto turn off sustain.

Percussion PadsUsing a Percussion Pad

Your keyboard's percussion pads put thesound of 5 different percussion instru-ments (bass drum, snare drum, hi-hat

open, high tom-tom, and hi-hat close) at

To play a percussion pad sound, simplypress the desired pad at any time. Thekeyboard plays the selected percussionsound once each t ime you press the pad.

your finger tips.

Assigning a PercussionPad Sound

You can assign any of the available per-cussion sounds onto any of the percus-sion pads. This lets you quickly select andplay any percussion sound that thekeyboard can make.

Note: The keyboard clears any sound youassign to a percussion pad each time youturn i t off.

Press VOICE then enter 5 0 on thekeyboard.

Select the voice you want by pressingany of the 16 white keys in the middleof the keyboard until you hear the

When you hear the voice you want torecord, hold down the percussion padyou want to assign the sound to and

Play the percussion pad to hear as-signed voice.

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Transposing The keyboard automatically selects thekey of middle C each time you turn it on.For added flexibility, you can transpose(change) The keyboard's key using asmany as 12 steps (+6- -6).You can adjustthe transposition freely by pressing theX'POSER buttons.

To transpose the keyboard's key, pressX'POSER + to raise a chromatic scale.Or X'POSER - to decrease a chromatic.

To reset the keyboard's key to its default,press X'POSER + and X'POSER - at thesame time.

press the white key.

sound you want.

Follow these steps to record and play apercussion pad sound.

Using MIDI MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Inter-face) is a world-standard digital com-municat ions interface/ language thatallows multiple electronic instruments,computers, and other relates device tocommunicate with each other within aconnected.

The MIDI IN port receives MIDI data froman external MIDI device. The MIDI OUTport transmits MIDI data to an externalMIDI device. The instruments communi-ca te w i th each o ther by send ing

'messages' or MIDI data. The sendinginstrument usual ly assigns the data to oneof the sixteen MIDI channels, thentransmits i t over the MIDI cable. The cableitself, however, is not divided up intosixteen channels, just as with a televisionset that receives programs on differentchannels, it is up to the receiving instru-

ment to 'tune into' the proper MIDI channel .If the sending and receiving channels onthe respect ive instruments do not match,the receiving instrument may not un-derstand or respond to the one sending.

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Chord Charts

1.SINGLE FINGER

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2. Fingered A.

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2. Fingered B.

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