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CONCERTMATE-580
Portable Electronic Keyboard
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
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Cat. No. 42-4028
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42-4028.fm Page 2 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM FEATURES Your Radio Shack Concertmate-580 Automatic Intro Rhythm — lets you Portable Electronic Keyboard is a set the Concertmate-580 to automati- state-of-the-art musical instrument cally add a short introduction to the se- with many exciting features. You can lected auto-rhythm. set the keyboard to sound like 100 dif- ferent musical instruments or sound ef- Auto Accompaniment — lets you au- fects. To accompany your music, the tomatically
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42-4028.fm Page 3 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM To fully enjoy the features and func- THE FCC WANTS YOU tions of this electronic keyboard, TO KNOW please read this manual carefully and completely. This keyboard complies with the limits for a Class B digital device as specified Note: This owner’s manual explains in Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits how to use this electronic keyboard. It provide reasonable protection against does not teach music. radio and TV interference in a residen-
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42-4028.fm Page 4 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM CONTENTS Preparation ........................................................................................................... 5 Powering Your Keyboard ................................................................................. 5 Using Batteries .......................................................................................... 5 Using AC Power ..................................................................................
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42-4028.fm Page 5 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM PREPARATION 1. Press the tabs on the battery com- POWERING YOUR partment cover, then pull up to KEYBOARD remove the cover. You can power your Concertmate-580 in any of these ways. illustration • Internal batteries (see “Using Bat- teries”) • Standard AC power using an optional AC adapter (see “Using AC Power” on Page 6) 2. Put the batteries in the compart- • A vehicle’s cigarette lighter socket ment as indicated by the polarity using an op
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42-4028.fm Page 6 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM 2. Insert the adapter’s barrel plug Using AC Power into the DC9–12V IN jack on the You can power your Concertmate-580 back of the Concertmate-580. from a standard AC outlet using a 9- 3. Plug the adapter into a standard volt AC adapter (not supplied), such as AC outlet. Radio Shack Cat. No. 273-1651. Cautions: Using Vehicle Battery Power • You must use an AC adapter that You can power your Concertmate-580 supplies at least 9 volts, but no f
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42-4028.fm Page 7 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM To connect a pair of headphones, in- 1 sert the headphones’ /8-inch plug into the HEADPHONES/AUX. OUT jack on the back of the keyboard. illustration Note: Connecting headphones discon- nects the Concertmate-580’s built-in 1. Plug the blue-tipped barrel plug speakers. into the cable so it reads + TIP (positive). 2. Set the adapter’s voltage switch to Listening Safely 12 volts. To protect your hearing, follow these 3. Insert the adapter’s bar
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42-4028.fm Page 8 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER To amplify your Concertmate-580’s sound, you can connect it to an exter- 1 nal amplifier (not supplied) using a /8- inch plug audio cable (not supplied). To connect an external amplifier to your keyboard, insert the cable’s plug into the HEADPHONES/AUX. OUT jack on the back of the keyboard, and con- nect the other end of the cable to the amplifier’s input jack(s) (such as AUX IN or TAPE IN). illustration Yo
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42-4028.fm Page 9 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM A LOOK AT YOUR KEYBOARD illustration 1. ORCHESTRA 00-99 13. ORCHESTRA/RHYTHM 2. Tones List SELECT Buttons 3. POWER Switch 14. Percussion Pads 4. MASTER VOL. Control 15. RHYTHM VOL. Buttons 5. TEMPO Buttons 16. INTRO/FILL IN Button 6. ORCHESTRA Button and 17. SYNCHRO Button Indicator 18. VIBRATO Button 7. RHYTHM Button 19. RHYTHM 00-15 Rhythms List 8. CHORD OFF Button and Indicator 20. A.B.C. VOL. Buttons 9. SINGLE FINGER Button 21. START/ST
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42-4028.fm Page 10 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM OPERATION Notes: BASIC OPERATION • The Concertmate-580 automat- 1. Set MASTER VOL. (volume) to MIN ically selects the tone PIANO 1 (minimum). (No. 00) each time you turn it on. To select a different tone, see “Using the Preset Tones” on Page 11. illustration • To select an auto-rhythm, see “Using the Preset Auto- Rhythms” on Page 12. Important: To prevent hearing • To play a harmonic auto- damage, always set the Concert- accompaniment, see
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42-4028.fm Page 11 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM PLAYING THE USING THE PRESET DEMONSTRATION TUNE TONES Your Concertmate-580 can play a pre- Your Concertmate-580 can sound like programmed demonstration tune, Puff 100 different musical instruments or © the Magic Dragon , to showcase its sound effects. The name and two-digit many sounds. number of each preset tone is listed on the Concertmate-580’s top panel. 1. To start the demonstration tune, press DEMO. The Concertmate- 580 begins to co
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42-4028.fm Page 12 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM USING THE PRESET AUTO-RHYTHMS illustration Your Concertmate-580 has 16 preset auto-rhythms that provide a steady beat for your music. The name and two-digit number of each preset auto- rhythm is listed on the Concertmate- The Concertmate-580 also auto- 580’s top panel. matically selects the tone PIANO 1 (No. 00) each time you turn it on. illustration 2. To play a tone other than PIANO, choose a preset tone from the ORCHESTRA 00-99 tones l
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42-4028.fm Page 13 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM 2. To select a rhythm other than Adjusting the Rhythm Volume RHUMBA, choose an auto-rhythm The Concertmate-580 lets you adjust from the RHYTHM 00-15 list and the volume of the auto-rhythm sepa- enter its two-digit number on the rately from the overall volume of the ORCHESTRA/RHYTHM SELECT keyboard. To increase or decrease the keypad. For example, to select rhythm volume, press RHYTHM VOL. + DISCO (No. 05), press 0 then 5. or –. illustratio
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42-4028.fm Page 14 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM 4. To slow down the auto-rhythm, Using SYNCHRO repeatedly press TEMPO t. To The Concertmate-580’s SYNCHRO speed it up, repeatedly press feature lets you synchronize the start TEMPO s. of an auto-rhythm with the beginning of your music. illustration After you select and enter an auto- rhythm, press SYNCHRO so the red BEAT LAMPS indicator flashes, then begin playing the keyboard. The rhythm automatically starts to play and Notes: all BEAT LA
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42-4028.fm Page 15 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM Using INTRO Using FILL IN The Concertmate-580’s INTRO fea- The FILL IN feature lets you insert a ture lets you start the selected auto- short (1- to 2-measure) variation in the rhythm with a light, 1-measure intro- beat pattern of a selected auto-rhythm. duction that blends easily into the se- lected rhythm. To insert a short variation in a beat pat- tern, press and release INTRO/FILL IN To start a rhythm with an introduction, while the au
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42-4028.fm Page 16 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM • If you press INTRO/FILL IN, the USING AUTO BASS keyboard automatically starts the CHORD (A.B.C) AUTO auto-rhythm on the first beat that ACCOMPANIMENT sounds after the last BEAT LAMPS indicator turns on, so you know when to begin the auto- accompaniment. illustration After you press the auto-accom- paniment keys, the Concertmate- 580 plays the same chord until you press other keys to play a dif- ferent chord or until you press The 19 ke
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42-4028.fm Page 17 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM Follow these steps to start easy ran- Easy Random Fingering dom fingering auto-accompaniment. The easy random fingering method 1. Press SINGLE FINGER so the red lets beginning keyboard players easily indicator above CHORD OFF turns select and play a chord. on. The number of accompaniment keys you press determines the type of chord illustration played. The following table shows the type of chord that plays when you press one, two, or three
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42-4028.fm Page 18 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM Standard Fingering The standard fingering method uses standard formations of three or four notes, and lets the experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords. You can play the following 15 chord types on your Concertmate-580, in any key, us- ing the standard fingering method. illustration Note: The diagrams above show only one possible fingering position for each chord. It is possible to play a chord using several differ
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42-4028.fm Page 19 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM Note: See “Standard Fingering Chord 5. Adjust TEMPO s/t, MASTER VOL., Chart” on Page 26 for a list of all the RHYTHM VOL., and A.B.C. VOL. to chords you can play on your Concert- the desired levels. mate-580 using standard fingering ac- 6. To change chords without inter- companiment. rupting the rhythm, simply press the auto-accompaniment keys Follow these steps to start standard required to form the new chord. fingering auto-accompaniment
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42-4028.fm Page 20 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 4:04 PM SPECIAL FEATURES USING THE PERCUSSION PADS illustration The Concertmate-580’s percussion pads put the sound of five different per- cussion instruments — bass drum, conga, snare drum, hi-hat, and cymbal — at your fingertips. To play a percussion pad sound, sim- ply press the desired pad at any time during play. The keyboard plays the selected percussion sound once each USING SUSTAIN time you press the pad. Repeatedly The Concertmate-580’s
