MTS Systems Electronic keyboard Instruction Manual

Congratulations!

Care of Your Keyboard

Your keyboard will give you years of playing pleasure if you follow the simple rules given below:

Location

Do not expose the unit to the following
conditions to avoid deformation, discoloration, or
more serious damage.

! Direct sunlight.
! High temperature (near a heat source, or

expose under the sun inside ).

! Excessive humidity.
! Excessive dust.
! Strong vibration

a car

Power Supply

! Turn the power switch OFF when the

instrument is not in use.
! If an AC adaptor is used, it should be

unplugged from the AC outlet if the

instrument is not to be used for an extended

period of time.
! Unplug the AC adaptor during electric

storms.
! Avoid plugging the AC adaptor into the

same AC outlet as appliance with high

power consumption, such as electric

heaters or ovens. Also avoid using multi-

plug adaptors since these can result in

reduced sound quality, operation errors, and

possibly damage.

Turn Power OFF When Making
Connections

! To avoid damage to the instrument and

other devices to which it is connected, turn

the power switches of all related device OFF

prior to connecting or disconnecting cables.

Handling and Transport

! Never apply excessive force to the controls,

connectors or other parts of the instrument.
! Always unplug cables by gripping the plug

firmly, but not pulling on the cable.

! Disconnect all cables before moving the

instrument.

! Physical shocks caused by dropping, bump-

ing, or placing heavy objects on the instru­ment can result in scratches and more
serious damages.

Cleaning

! Clean the cabinet and panel with a dry soft

cloth.

! A slightly damp cloth may remove stubborn

grime and dirt.

! Never use cleaners such as alcohol or

thinner.

! Avoid placing vinyl object on top of the unit

(vinyl can stick to and discolor the surface).

Electrical Interference

! This instrument contains digital circuitry and

may cause interference if it is placed too
close to radio or television receivers. If this
occurs, move the instrument farther away
from the affected equipment.

Thank you for choosing this is user-friendly but professional keyboard. This keyboard is produced in
high-powered, large capacity and large-scale integrated circuit.
It includes 310 voices, 160 styles, 120 songs and 5 demo songs with hi-quality PCM voices that could
perfectly express your performance. It also includes an USB port, which allows you to connect computers
easily.
Before you use the electronic, we recommend you to carefully read through this manual. Please keep this
instruction manual for futrue reference.

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Main Features

Keyboard:

61 keys touch keyboard, 3 touch levels.

Display:

8 characters, segment code, icon and white backlit.

Operation system:

User-Friendly interface, numeric keypads or [+/YES] / [-/NO] button for selection of styles, songs and voices.

No of Voices:

310 with 10 groups of percussive voices.

No of Styles:

160.

No of Songs:

120

No of Demo Songs:

5

Types of Chord:

Auto single/multi-fingered judgment.

Recording:

Record using REC and PLAY button.

Main Functions:

TUNING SPLIT POINT, MIDI, MODULATION/PORTAMENTO, PORTAMENTO TYPE, and DSP.

Memory:

A total of 4 banks, 6 memories in each group.

Mixer:

Adjust volume of each track (RHYTHM, BASS, ACCOMP, LOWER, UPPER)

Styles Control:

SYNC, START/STOP, FILL IN A/NORMAL, FILL IN B/VARIATION, INTRO/ENDING, FADE.

Other Functions:

DUAL, LOW VOICE, SUSTAIN, TOUCH, PIANO, DEMO, MODULATION.

2

Pitch Bend Wheel.

Direct Selective Functions:

TRANSPOSE,OCTAVE,DSP ON/OFF,TOUCH,SUSTAIN,METRONOME,MIXER

RHYTHM, BASS, ACCOMP, LOWER, UPPER .

Jacks:

1.USB: connecting PC with the USB port to perform MIDI IN/OUT function.

2. Pedal jacks (to control sustain, volume).

3. Phone jack.

4. Accessorial jacks.

Contents

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General Guide
Power supply

1.Using the AC adaptor

2.Using batteries

Connectors

1.The headphones jack

2.The Aux.Out jack

3.The sustain pedal

4.The volume pedal

5.The USB jack

Selecting & Playing voices

1.Voice numeber

2.Voice setting

Voice and Effects

1.Dual voice

2.Split/lower voice

4.Sustain

5.Touch response

6.Transpose

7.Octave

8.Modulation

9.Pitch bend

Selecting & Playing a Style

1.Style number

2.Style setting

Style Control

1.Start the style

2.Fill IN A/B

3.A.B.C

4.Tempo

5.Fade

Function Menu

1.Master tune

2.Beat

3.Split point

4.MIDI channel

5.Portamento and Modulation

6.Portamento type

7.DSP effect

Mixer
DSP
Metronome
Piano
Memory

1.Memory bank

2.Store/load parameter

3.Memory data

O.T.S function
Recording

1.Record waiting

2.Record start

3.Record stop

4.Record playback

Demo
Song
Chord Dictionary
MIDI function

1.How to use the USB

Specifications
Appendix 1-Voice list
Appendix 2-style list
Appendix 3-Demo list
Appendix 4-Song list
Appendix 5-Chord list
Appendix 6-MIDI list

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FADE

FUNCTION

/ BACK

ONE TOUCH

SETTING

O.T.S.

TEMPO

DEMO

FUNCTION

/ NEXT

VOICE

SONG

VOLUME

POWER

ON

OFF

RHYTHM BASS LOWER UPPER

DUAL

LOWER

TOUCH SUSTAIN

DSP

OCTAVE TRANSPOSE

METRO

PIANO

STORE

MEMORY

BANK

ACCOMP

MIXER

MIN MAX

5

4

2

1

3

6

8

7

0

9

YESNO

M5

M6

M1

M2

M3

M4

START/STOP

SYNC

INTRO/ENDING FILL-IN A FILL-IN B

STYLE

120 SONGS

001-031 CLASSICAL
032-041 FOLK & COUNTRY
042-071 GOLDEN & POP
072-087 JAZZ & FUSION
088-090 ORIENTAL
091-120 PIANO

160 STYLES

001-010 8 BEAT
011-020 16 BEAT
021-030 POP
031-040 BALLAD
041-050 ROCK
051-060 BALLROOM
061-075 DANCE

076-090 SOUL & FUNK
091-100 JAZZ
101-110 COUNTRY
111-130 LATIN/LATIN DANCE
131-140 WORLD
141-150
151-160

TRADITIONAL
INDONESIA

5 DEMOS

001 FUNK
002
003

004 I CAN......

005

AMERICAN PATROL
GUITAR & SAXPHONE

ALISE

310 VOICES

001-008 PIANO
009-016 MALLET
017-024 ORGAN
025-032 GUITAR
033-040 BASS
041-048 STRINGS

049-056 STRING ENSEMBLE
057-064 BRASS
065-072 REED
073-080 PIPE
081-088 LEAD
089-096 PAD

097-104 EFFECTS
105-112 ETHNIC
113-120 PERCUSSIVE
121-128 SOUND EFFECTS
129-300 OTHER VOICES
301-310 DRUM SET

TUTOR
SYSTEM

A.B.C.

RECORD

RECORD

PLAY/STOP

TOUCH

SUSTAIN

A.B.C.

LOWER

DUAL

FADE

CHORD DICTIONARY

LESSON LEFT RIGHT

BEAT

FOLLOWPERFORM

LEFT

RIGHT

CHORD

DICTIONARY

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1

5 6

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4

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General Guide

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RECORD

TOUCH

SUSTAIN

A.B.C.

LOWER

DUAL

FADE

CHORD DICTIONARY

BEAT

FOLLOWPERFORM

LEFT

RIGHT

2. Rear Panel Jack

USB
SUSTAIN PEDAL
VOLUME PEDAL

3. LCD Display

SUSTAIN
CHORD DICTIONARY
BASS CLEF
TREBLE CLEF
BEAT
FOLLOW
PERFORM

RIGHT
RECORD

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LEFT

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21

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AUX OUT
PHONES
DC 12V

POWER ON/OFF
MASTER VOLUME
MIXER

-RHYTHM

-BASS

-ACCOMP

-LOWER

-UPPER
TEMPO
FADE
A.B.C.
FUNCTION
DEMO
O.T.S.
ACCOMPANIMENT CONTROL

-START/STOP

-SYNC

-INTRO/ENDING

-FILL-IN A

-FILL-I B
PANEL MEMORY

-M1-M6
LESSON
LEFT
RIGHT/CHORD DICTIONARY
RECORD
PLAY/STOP
VOICE
STYLE
SONG
METRONOME
PIANO
STORE
MEMORY BANK
TRANSPOSE
OC TAVE
DUAL
LOWER
TOUCH
SUSTAIN
DSP
NUMERIC KEYPAD
LCD DISPLAY

1. Front Panel

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A.B.C
LOWER
DUAL
FADE
VOICE/STYLE/
SONG/ALBUM
CHORD
TEMPO
MEASURE
BEAT
MEMORY
DSP
TOUCH

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Power Supply

This electronic keyboard can be powered by current
from a standard household wall outlet (using the
specified AC adaptor) or by batteries.

Using The AC Adaptor

Make sure that only the AC adaptor specified for
this electronic keyboard is used. The adaptor shall
be 12V DC output, and center positive type. Be sure
to turn off the electronic keyboard before you
connect the adaptor into the AC wall outlet and the
cord into the unit.

Use only the specified AC adaptor. Using other types
of adaptor creates the risk of fire and electrical shock.

For safety sake, be sure to unplug the AC adaptor
from the wall outlet whenever leaving the electronic
keyboard unattended for a long time.

Using Batteries

Always make sure to turn the keyboard off before
inserting new batteries or replacing old ones.

To insert the batteries

Open the battery compartment on the bottom of the
keyboard.
Insert 6 D size (SUM-1, R-20) batteries into the
battery compartment and follow the correct polarity.
Replace the compartment cover and make sure it
locks firmly in place.

1.

2.

3.

Low battery indications

Any of the following symptoms indicate low battery
power. Replace the batteries as soon as possible
whenever any of the following occurs.

A dim and difficult-to-read LCD display.
Abnormally low speaker/headphone volume.
Distortion of the sound output.
Sudden power failure when playing at high volume.
Abnormal playing of the rhythms or demo songs.
Dimming of the display when playing at high volume.

When inserting batteries, make sure to follow the
polarity marking.
Never use batteries of different types.
Never mix old batteries with new ones.
Replace the batteries as soon as possible after any
sign of discharge.
Always remove the batteries from the battery
compartment when the keyboard is not expected to
be used for a long period of time.

CAUTIONS!

CAUTIONS!

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The Headphone Jack

The Aux. Out Jack

The AUX. OUT jack delivers the output of the
keyboard for connection to an external amplifier.
Using an audio cord to plug into AUX. OUT jack
located on the rear panel; then plug the other end
of the cord into LINE IN or AUX. IN of the amplifier.

Connections

If you prefer to play with headphone for high quality
personal monitoring, plug a stereo headphone set
into the rear panel PHONES jack.
Plugging a set of headphones into the PHONES
jack will shut off the speakers automatically.

The USB Jack

WARNING:

!

To avoid damages, turn the power switches of this
keyboard and all related devices OFF if you want to
plug in or unplug between this instrument with all
related devices.

Stereo

System

The Sustain Pedal

An optional footswitch can be plugged into the
SUSTAIN jack for sustain control. The footswitch
functions like the damper pedal of a piano. Press
for sustain, release for normal sound.

An optional volume control can be plugged into
the VOLUME jack for adjusting the volume of
sound.

The Volume Pedal

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Connect to PC or other USB host devices that support
USB Audio. Device with USB cable, after the driver is
installed and initialization is finished, you can choose
USB Audio Device in the device menu of the software
to transfer midi data.

VOICE

Voice number

Dual Voice

Voice setting

Selecting & Playing a Voice

Voices & Effects

310 voices (see Appendix).

When the power is on, the default (VOICE R1) is
001, VOICE R1 flag and the voice name appear on
the LCD.

You can select the voice number by pressing the
[+/YES / -/NO] button or with the numeric keypads.

1.

2.

When you change voice function from other functions,
press the [VOICE] button first, the VOICE R1 flag
appears on the screen and the name of the first voice
appears on the LCD.

When the VOICE button is pressed each time, it will
judge whether the dual voice and the voice on the left
section of the keyboard are opened currently, and will
switch amongst the buttons. The sequence will be
VOICE R1--VOICE R2--VOICE L--VOICE R1.

Press [+/YES / -/NO] buttons or the numeric keypads
to select a voice.

This keyboard has dual voice function.
This function is capable to enhance the delicacy of
your music by playing two voices of musical
instruments simultaneously; new combinations of
voices and music could be created then. When the
dual function is off, the voice indicated is VOICE 1,
when the dual function is on, the voice indicated is
VOICE 2.

During the VOICE 1 status, press [DUAL] button to
enter the dual voice function. VOICE R2 and
DUAL signal would be lightened simultaneously.
The name and code of the dual voice will be
displayed on the LCD. Two selected voices will be
overlapped at the same time.

Press [DUAL] button again to turn off the dual voice
function.

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In DUAL VOICE status, only the right area of
keyboard has the dual voice.

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NOTE:

NOTE:

5

4

2

1

3

6

8

7

0

9

DUAL

DUAL

8

Voice L Voice R1/R2

Split Point (#F3)

Split/Lower Voice

This function will split the keyboard into left (lower)
and right sections.
When the function is on, the left (low) section of the
keyboard will be used to accompany the melodies
played at the right (high) section of the keyboard.
The separation note for the 2 sections is the #F3
note.

Press [LOWER] button to turn on the lower voice;
the LOWER flag appears as well as VOICE L and
the name of the lower voice.

Press [LOWER] button again to turn off the lower
voice. The LOWER flag will be shut off.

""

2.

1.

LOWER

LOWER

Sustain

2.

1.

Press the [SUSTAIN] button to turn on the sustain
effect. (Sustain flag will appear) It allows the notes
played on the keyboard to have a longer sustain
effect.

Press the [SUSTAIN] button to turn the sustain
effect off.

When setting the pedal as the sustain pedal (see
function), the sustain effect by pedal is stronger than
the effect by pressing [SUSTAIN] button.

NOTE:

SUSTAIN

SUSTAIN

Touch Response

The touch function enriches the touch and sensitivity
level of the music that you play.
Levels (0-3) could be adjusted by the parameter of
the TOUCH button.
The higher the level of parameter, the stronger the
touch effect will be expressed.

TOUCH

TOUCH

Modulation

Press and hold [MODULATION] button. You can
hear modulation effect when playing the keyboard.
Release the button to stop the modulation effect.

higher
(+2)cent

lower
(-2)cent

Pitch Bend

The pitch bend wheel can be used to bend the note
lower or higher, range between +/- 2 cent. When
you release the wheel, the note will be back to the
normal status.

Transpose

2.

1.

3.

Transpose switches the pitch of the notes that you
play; for instance, you will be able to switch the key
of a C note to G note by adding up the transpose
level. Press [TRANSPOSE +] / [TRANSPOSE- ] to
adjust the pitch level.

To cancel this function, press both [TRANSPOSE +]
and [TRANSPOSE-] simultaneously until the value
of transpose becomes 0 .

This function is also valid when there is an accom­paniment of chord / lower voice function is on.

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TRANSPOSE

Octave

2.

1.

Press [OCTAVE +] / [OCTAVE-] buttons to adjust
the octave and the value of octave will appear on
the display. Only one octave up and one octave
down are available.

To cancel this function, press both [OCTAVE +] and
[OCTAVE-] simultaneously until the value of octave
becomes 0 .""

OCTAVE

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