RadioShack LK-1500 - Manual

E-6 649U-E-008A Contents Safety Precautions .................... E-1 Main Features ............................ E-5 Contents ..................................... E-6 General Guide ............................ E-8 Attaching the Score Stand ..................... E-10 Quick Reference ....................

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

E-9 General Guide 1 MIC VOLUME knob 2 KEY CONTROL/TRANSPOSE buttons 3 SING ALONG button 4 <PLAY/STOP> button 5 SONG MEMORY button 6 FUNCTION button 7 DEMO button 8 KEY LIGHT button 9 DATA ACCESS lamp 0 RHYTHM button A TONE button ● ADVANCED 3-STEP LESSON SYSTEM B PRACTICE PHRASE button C SCORI...

E-11 Quick Reference This section provides a quick overview of keyboard operationusing steps one and two of the 3-step lesson feature. To play the keyboard 1 Press the POWER button to turn on power. • This causes the power indicator to light. 2 Set the MODE switch to NORMAL. 3 Press the SONGS button...

E-12 If you selected lesson Step 1 • Play the notes on the keyboard.• Accompaniment (left-hand part) plays in time with the notes. • With Step 1, the correct melody note is played no matter which keyboard key you press. If you selected lesson Step 2 • Play the correct notes on the keyboard. • Press ...

E-13 Important Battery Information ■ The following shows the approximate battery life. Alkaline batteries .................................... 2.5 hours The above value is standard battery life at normaltemperature, with the keyboard volume at mediumsetting. Temperature extremes or playing at very l...

E-14 CAUTION Misuse of the AC adaptor creates the risk of fire and electrics h o c k . A l w a y s m a k e s u r e y o u o b s e r v e t h e f o l l o w i n gprecautions.• Do not locate the electric cord near a stove or other sources of heat. • Never pull on the cord when unplugging from the electri...

E-15 Power Supply Power On Alert Keyboard keys light to alert you if you leave power on anddo not perform any operation for about 6 minutes. Note thatkeys light only, and no sound is produced. When thishappens, press any button or keyboard key to clear the poweron alert. NOTE • Power on alert operat...

E-16 Connections Phones/Output Jack PREPARATION • B e f o r e c o n n e c t i n g h e a d p h o n e s o r o t h e r e x t e r n a l equipment, be sure to first turn down the volume settingsof the keyboard and the connected equipment. You canthen adjust volume to the desired level after connectionsar...

E-17 Microphone Jack You can connect a microphone (not supplied, available at yourlocal RadioShack store) to the microphone jack and sing alongwith notes played on the keyboard. For details, see “Using aMicrophone for Sing Along” on page E-31. VIDEO OUT Jack You con connect the keyboard to a TV equi...

E-18 Basic Operations This section provides information on performing basickeyboard operations. To play the keyboard 1 Press the POWER button to turn the keyboard on. 2 Set the MODE switch to NORMAL. 3 Use the MAIN VOLUME slider to set the volumeto a relatively low level. 4 Play something on the key...

E-19 Polyphony The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notesyou can play at the same time. The keyboard has 32-notepolyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as therhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are playedby the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto-accom...

E-20 Using the PIANO SONGS Button Pressing the PIANO SONGS button provides instant accessto piano tones and piano tune selection. Initial PIANO SONGS Setting Tone: 000 Stereo Piano To use the PIANO SONGS 1 Press the PIANO SONGS button. 2 Now try playing something on the keyboard. • The notes you pla...

E-21 Playing a Built-in Tune Your keyboard comes with a total of built-in 100 tunes. Youcan play back built-in tunes for your own listening pleasure,or you can use them for practice and even sing-along. Built-in tunes are divided between the two groups described below. • SONGS/Sing Along Group: 65 t...

E-22 Playing a Built-in Tune To play back a PIANO SONGS tune 1 Find the tune you want to play in the PIANOSONGS List, and note its number. • See page A-9 for the PIANO SONGS List. 2 Press the PIANO SONGS button to specify thePIANO SONGS group. NOTE • Pressing the PIANO SONGS button changes the tone ...

E-23 Playing a Built-in Tune To pause playback 1 Press the PAUSE button while a tune is playing topause it. 2 Pressing the PAUSE button again resumes play fromthe point where it was paused. To fast reverse 1 While a tune is playing or paused, hold down theREW button to skip in a reverse direction at...

E-24 Playing a Built-in Tune To change the melody tone 1 Press the TONE button. 2 Find the tone you want in the TONE List, and thenuse the number buttons to input its three-digitnumber. Example : To select “057 VIOLIN”, input 0, then 5, then 7. • You can select any one of the keyboard’s 264 built-in...

E-25 Lesson Parts 3-Step Lesson lets you practice the right-hand part, left-handpart, or the parts for both hands. VIDEO OUT Jack Connect the keyboard to a TV equipped with a video inputjack and you can view lesson information on your TV screen.• See “VIDEO OUT Jack” on page E-17 for information. Ke...

E-26 Advanced 3-Step Lesson Example: When play requires pressing keys with fingers 3, 2,and then 1 Flash Next note Current note Lit Flash Lit Flash 1st Note 2nd Note 3rd Note Lit Key light NOTE • Note length is not indicated when you are using two- hand tunes with 3-step lesson Steps 1 and 2. As soo...

E-27 Indicators Advanced 3-Step Lesson A l o h a O e Fingering Indicator appears Note pitch “ **** ” : indicates that the Evaluation Mode was exited before an evaluation result could be obtained. NOTE • If your play is flawless, the message “Perfect!” appears before the evaluation result. • If you p...

E-28 Indicator appears Advanced 3-Step Lesson B r a v ! o A l o h a O e Fingering Indicator appears Indicator appears Evaluation 1: Find out how thekeyboard evaluates your Step 1 play. Use the SCORING 1 button to check the evaluation of yourplay in Step 1. 1 Press the SCORING 1 button. • This causes...

E-29 Step 3 – Play at normal speed. 1 Select the tune you want to play. 2 Press the RIGHT button or the LEFT button tospecify the part you want to practice. • If you want to practice both hands, press both buttons at the same time. 3 Press the STEP 3 button to start Step 3 play. • Accompaniment (lef...

E-30 Advanced 3-Step Lesson To practice the practice phrase 1 While the Phrase Practice Mode screen is on thedisplay, press the STEP 1, STEP 2, or STEP 3 button. • This starts 3-Step Lesson playback of the practice phrase in accordance with the STEP button youpressed. 2 Play along on the keyboard. •...

E-31 MIC VOLUME knob Microphone Microphone ON/OFF switch Using a Microphone for Sing Along You can select any of the 65 SONGS/Sing Along Group tunesor SMF data from a SmartMedia card, and sing along with itsaccompaniment. Using the microphone jack Connecting a microphone (not supplied, available at ...

E-32 Using a Microphone for Sing Along To use a microphone for sing along PREPARATION • Adjust the main volume (page E-18), accompaniment/ song volume (page E-49), and microphone volume (pageE-31). 1 Find the tune you want in the SONGS/Sing AlongList or on a Smart Media card, and note its number. • ...

E-33 Auto Accompaniment Selecting a Rhythm This keyboard provides you with 120 exciting rhythms thatyou can select using the following procedure. To select a rhythm 1 Find the rhythm you want to use in the RHYTHMList and note its rhythm number. • Not all of the available rhythms are shown on the rhy...

E-34 Melody keyboard Accompaniment keyboard NOTE • The accompaniment keyboard can be used for playing chords only. No sound will be produced if you try playingsingle melody notes on the accompaniment keyboard. Auto Accompaniment Playing a Rhythm Use the following procedure to start and stop rhythm p...

E-35 Example C Major (C) C minor (Cm) C seventh (C7) C minor seventh (Cm7) Chord Types Major chords Major chord names are markedabove the keys of theaccompaniment keyboard. Note thatthe chord produced when you pressan accompaniment keyboard doesnot change octave, regardless ofwhich key you use to pl...

E-36 NOTE • Except for the chords specified in note * 1 above, inverted fingerings (i.e. playing E-G-C or G-C-E instead of C-E-G) will produce the same chords as the standardfingering. • Except for the exception specified in note * 2 above, all of the keys that make up a chord must be pressed.Failur...

E-37 Using an Intro Pattern This keyboard lets you insert a short intro into a rhythmpattern to make startup smoother and more natural. The following procedure describes how to use the Introfeature. Before starting, you should first select the rhythmyou want to use, and set the tempo. To insert an i...

E-38 Using a Fill-in Pattern with aVariation Rhythm You can also insert a fill-in pattern while a variation rhythmpattern is playing. To insert a fill-in into a rhythm variation 1 While a variation rhythm pattern is playing, pressthe VARIATION/FILL-IN button to insert a fill-inpattern for the variat...

E-39 649U-E-041A You can use Song Memory to record your lesson play (lessonrecording) and to record your keyboard play along with theAuto Accompaniment you are using (performance recording). Parts and Tracks How data is recorded to Song Memory and the type of datathat is recorded depends on whether ...

E-40 Song Memory Function Recorded Data Storage • Anything previously stored in song memory is replaced whenever you make a new recording. • Song Memory contents are retained even when power is turned off, as long as the keyboard is being supplied batteryor AC adaptor power. If you remove the batter...

E-41 Song Memory Function 649U-E-043A To record as you play along with abuilt-in tune 1 Press the SONGS button or PIANO SONGS buttonto select the mode that includes the tune you wantto play along with. 2 Use the SONG MEMORY button to select recordstandby. • This causes the SONG MEMORY indicator to f...

E-43 Song Memory Function 649U-E-045A Track 1 Data In addition to notes played on the keyboard and chordaccompaniments, the following data is also stored in Track 1during performance recording. • Tone number• Rhythm number• INTRO button, SYNCHRO/ENDING button, NORMAL/ FILL-IN button, VARIATION/FILL-...

E-44 Overdubbing a PerformanceRecording You can use the following procedure to record a melody inTrack 2 so it combines with a recording you previously madein Track 1. 1 Press the RHYTHM button to enter the rhythmmode. 2 Use the SONG MEMORY button to select recordstandby. 3 Press the RIGHT/TRACK 2 b...

E-45 This section describes how to use layer (to play two toneswith a single key) and split (to assign different tones to eitherend of the keyboard), and how to make touch response,transpose, and tuning settings. Using Layer Layer lets you assign two different tones (a main tone and alayered tone) t...

E-46 Keyboard Settings Using Split With split you can assign two different tones (a main toneand a split tone) to either end of the keyboard, which letsyou play one tone with your left hand and another tone withyour right hand. For example, you could select STRINGS asthe main (high range) tone and P...

E-47 Split Tone (PIZZICATO STRINGS) + Layered Split Tone (STRINGS) Main Tone (BRASS) + Layered Tone (FRENCH HORN) Split point Transposing the Keyboard Transpose lets you raise and lower the overall key of thek e y b o a r d i n s e m i t o n e u n i t s . I f y o u w a n t t o p l a y a naccompanime...

E-48 NOTE • The keyboard can be transposed within a range of –12 (one octave downwards) to +12 (one octave upwards). • The default transpose setting is “00” when keyboard power is turned on. • If you leave the transpose screen on the display for about five seconds without doing anything, the screen ...

E-49 Keyboard Settings Adjusting Accompaniment andSong Volume You can adjust the volume of the accompaniment and tunesindependently of the notes you play on the keyboard. Youcan specify a volume level in the range of 000 (minimum) to127 (maximum). To adjust the accompaniment volume 1 Press the FUNCT...

E-50 Connection to a Computer Connecting to a Computer The keyboard’s USB port makes it quick and simple to connectto a computer. After installing the USB driver onto yourcomputer from the CD-ROM that comes with the keyboard,you will be able to use commercially available MIDI softwareon your compute...

E-51 Connection to a Computer Changing the Settings This section tells you how to make the settings required whenconnecting to a computer. KEYBOARD CHANNEL (Default: 1) The keyboard channel is the channel used to send messagesfrom this keyboard to a computer. You can specify one channelfrom 1 to 16 ...

E-52 Connection to a Computer ACCOMP OUT (Default: Off) on: Auto Accompaniment is played by the keyboard andthe corresponding message is output from the USB port. oFF: Auto Accompaniment messages are not output from theUSB port. 1 Press the FUNCTION button until the ACCOMPOUT screen appears. Example...

E-53 Connection to a Computer SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK(Default: SUS) SUS(sustain): Specifies a sustain * 1 effect when the pedal is depressed. SoS (sostenuto): Specifies a sostenuto * 2 effect when the pedal is depressed. SFt (soft): Specifies reduction of the sound’s volume whenthe pedal is depresse...

E-54 Connection to a Computer ★ indicates receive-only messages Effect Control Number BANK SELECT * 1 0, 32 ★ Modulation 1 ★ Volume 7 ★ Pan 10 ★ Expression 11 Hold1 64 Sostenuto 66 Soft Pedal 67 RPN * 2 100 / 101 Data Entry 6 / 38 PROGRAM CHANGE This is the tone selection message. PROGRAM CHANGE can...

E-55 Connection to a Computer ALL SOUND OFF This message forces all sound being produced over thecurrent channel to turn off, regardless of how the sound isbeing produced. ALL NOTES OFF This message turns off all note data sent from an externaldevice and currently being sounded on the channel. • A n...

E-56 Using a SmartMedia Card Your keyboard is equipped with a card slot that supports useof SmartMedia TM memory cards. This makes it possible for the keyboard to directly read commercially available SMFdata, which has been saved to a SmartMedia card from yourcomputer, for sing along and lessons. Sm...

E-58 Using a SmartMedia Card Reading a SmartMedia card 1 Press the CARD button. 2 Use the number buttons to input the three-digitnumber that corresponds to the SMF data you wantto select. 3 Perform one of the following operations. ■ To play back SMF data 3 -1 Press the START/STOP button. • The keybo...

E-59 Using a SmartMedia Card ■ To evaluate your play using SMF Data 3 -1 Press the SCORING button. • The keyboard will read the SMF data and enter the Evaluation Mode. • An error message will appear if the selected SMF data file is larger than about 80 Kbytes. • If an error message appears, see “Sma...

E-60 SmartMedia Card Error Messages Display Message Cause Action Err Card R/W Err No Card Err Format Err Protect Err SizeOver Err WrongDat Err Not SMF0 Err No File Err Fragment Err Mem Full There is something wrong with the card. (1) The card is not set correctly in the card slot.(2) There is no car...

E-62 Troubleshooting No keyboard sound Any of the following symptomswhile using battery power. Auto Accompaniment does notsound. Sound output does not changewhen key pressure is varied. Key light stays on. Keys are lit though no sound isbeing produced. C a n n o t r e c o r d A u t oAccompaniment or...

E-64 Model: LK-1500 Keyboard: 61 standard-size keys, 5 octaves (with touch response; 1, 2, off) Key Light System: Can be turned on and off (up to 10 keys can be lit at the same time) Tones: 264 (128 panel tones + 128 General MIDI tones + 8 drum sets); with layer and split Rhythm Instrument Tones: 61...

E-66 Avoid heat, humidity or direct sunlight. Do not overexpose the instrument to direct sunlight, or place it near an air conditioner, or in any extremely hot place. Do not use lacquer, thinner or similar chemicals for cleaning. Clean the keyboard with a soft cloth dampened in a weak solution of wa...

A-1 Appendix 649U-E-069A T one List / Note T able 11111 : T one Name 22222 : Range T ype 33333 : Maximum Polyphony 44444 : Program Change 55555 : Bank Select MSB 11111 No. 33333 22222 44444 55555 11111 33333 22222 44444 55555 No. Piano 000 STEREO PIANO A1 6 0 2 001 GRAND PIANO A3 2 0 1 00 2 BRIGHT P...

A-6 Appendix Key/Note number Drumset 1 ST ANDARD SET Drumset 2 ROOM SET Drumset 3 POWER SET Drumset 4 ELEC SET E1 F1 G1 A1 B1 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 A2 B2 C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4 D4 E4 F4 G4 A4 B4 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 A5 B5 C6 D6 E6 F6 G6 A6 B6 C7 28 29 31 33 35 36 38 40 41 43 45 47 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 60 62 64 ...

A-7 Appendix 649U-E-075A FINGERED Chord Chart aug sus4 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, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] [5, 2, 1] ...

A-8 POPS I 000 POP 1 001 WORLD POP 002 8 BEAT POP 003 SOUL BALLAD 1 004 POP SHUFFLE 1 005 8 BEAT DANCE 006 POP BALLAD 1 007 POP BALLAD 2 008 BALLAD 009 FUSIONSHUFFLE POPS II 010 SOUL BALLAD 2 011 16 BEAT 1 012 16 BEAT 2 013 8 BEAT 1 014 8 BEAT 2 015 8 BEAT 3 016 DANCE POP 1 017 POP FUSION 018 POP 2 ...

A-9 Appendix 649U-E-077A Song List SONGS/Sing Along List 00 HEAR T AND SOUL 01 BEYOND THE SEA ( “FINDING NEMO ” THEME) 02 WE GOT THE BEA T 03 I WRITE THE SONGS 04 BORDERLINE 05 SARA 06 JUST ONE LOOK 07 WE WISH YOU A MERR Y CHRISTMAS 08 JINGLE BELLS 09 SILENT NIGHT 10 JOY T O THE WORLD 11 O CHRISTMAS...

649U-E-078A Function ... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Default Channel Changed Default Mode Messages Altered Note Number True voice Velocity Note ON Note OFF After Key ’s Touch Ch ’s Pitch Bender 1 1-16 Mode 3 X ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ 36-96 ❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊❊ O 9nH V = 1-127 X 8nH V = 64 X X X XX : no re...