Let’s Go!
Software Port
Music Studio™
Software Cartridge
• Some of the tools on the tool menu are not available
for use during some activities or games. If a tool is not available
for use, you will hear a tone.The Home and the Save It (and Volume
Control) tools are always available for use.
• Please keep this manual for future reference,as it contains important
information.
IMPORTANT! If the tip of the stylus and the image on screen do not align,
it’s time to calibrate them! Please refer to page 31, Calibrating the Stylus.
Before inserting a software cartridge, turn power off! Insert the
software cartridge into the software port. Turn power back on.
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Music Studio
Choose an activity or game from the Home Screen: Instrument Mix-Up,
Sound Sprites, Build-a-Band or Musical Memory. Touch the activity or
game on the screen with the stylus.
Musical
Memory
Sound Sprites
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Instrument
Mix-up
Build-a-Band
Instrument Mix-Up
• You will start with a blank grid for your first
page of music.
Hints:
- Note the number on the bottom center of the
screen.This is the page number of the song
you are working on.
- You can compose up to 12 pages of music for
your song.
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• The blinking arrow on the bottom of the
screen encourages you to choose the Stamp
It tool on the tool menu with the stylus.
• Use this tool to fill the grid with musical
stampers.
Page
Number
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Choose from 20 different musical stampers!
Drum
Electronic Drum
Heavy Metal Drum
Ethnic Drum
Bass Guitar
Machine
Cello
Synthesizer Bass
Lead Synthesizer
Synthesizer Arpeggio
Choir
Lead Vocal
Lead Violin
Lead Flute
Fairy
Space
Honk
Twinkle
Piano
Harmony
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• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to view each of the
musical stampers.
• Touch the screen with the stylus
to choose.
• You’re back to the blank grid.Fill in
the first row (going down) with one or
more musical stampers.Touch a box
on the grid with the stylus to place the
musical stamper in it.
Hint: When placing musical stampers
on the grid, keep in mind that the four
musical stampers in the first row (down)
will play together.The next row (down) of
musical stampers will play together as well,
after the first row.
• Touch the play arrow on the bottom
center of the screen with the stylus to
hear what you’ve created!
Hint: You can save or erase your song.Touch
Save It (you can save your most recent
song) or Erase All on the tool menu
with the stylus. After you are finished,touch
Home to return to the Home Screen.
• Touch the Stamp It tool on the tool
menu with the stylus to choose more
musical stampers to fill the grid.
Hint: Touch the double arrows in either
bottom corner to compare another page of
music (up to 12).
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Play
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• You will start with a blank screen.The
blinking arrow on the bottom of the screen
encourages you to choose the Stamp It
tool on the tool menu with the stylus.
• Touch the arrows on the bottom of the
screen with the stylus to view each of the
sound sprites.
• Touch the screen with the stylus to choose.
Sound Sprites
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• Touch the screen with the stylus to place
the sound sprite on the screen.
Hint: Place the same sound sprite or up to
eight sound sprites in total on the screen.
• If you’d like, use any of the tools on the
tool menu to make your musical scene!
“Pencil”Tool
Straight Line
Shape Maker
Special Effects Selector
Hint: Refer to pages 22 -30 for detailed
information on each tool.
• Touch the play arrow on the bottom
center of the screen to hear and see fun
sounds and animation.
Hint: The sound sprites will “play” in the order
in which you placed them on the screen.
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• Touch the screen with the stylus to stop the
fun sounds and animation at any time.
Hint: Add to your scene using more sprite
stampers (touch the Stamp It tool or any of
the other tools on the tool menu; or Save It ,
Erase It or Erase All . If you’re ready for
another activity or game, touch Home on
the tool menu with the stylus to return to the
Home Screen.