Alesis Melody 61 User Guide - Page 6

Features Top Panel 1 000-007 PIANO 008-015 MALLET 016-023 ORGAN 024-031 GUITAR 032-039 BASS 040-047 STRINGS 048-055 STRING ENSEMBLE 056-063 BRASS 064-071 REEDS 072-079 FLUTE 080-087 LEAD 088-095 PADS 096-103 FX 104-111 ETHNIC 112-119 PERCUSSION 120-128 SOUND EFFECTS 129-133 SYNTH PERCUSSION 134-143 SYNTH ORGAN 144-159 SYNTH GUITAR 160-172 SYNTH STRINGS 173-187 SYNTH REEDS 188-199 SYNTH BRASS 000-042 8 BEAT/16 BEAT 043-046 BALLAD 047-062 JAZZ/EUROPEAN 063-100 LATIN 101-106 MARCH/POLKA 107-113 COUNTRY/WESTERN 114-118 ASIAN 119-127 WALTZ 57 8 11 4 36 2 20 22 18 9 10 24 27 28 29 19 21 253 25 26 12 15 17 13 TONE 14 16 30 32 34 36 USB Music Player 31 33 35 1. Power On/Off: Press this button to turn the keyboard on or off. 2. Transpose: Press the Transpose + or Transpose - button to increase or decrease the key by a half-step. Press the Transpose + and Transpose - buttons simultaneously to reset to the default value. 3. Rhythm Volume: Press the Rhythm Vol + or Rhythm Vol - button to increase or decrease the rhythm volume. Press the Rhythm Vol + and Rhythm Vol - simultaneously to reset to the default value. 4. Chord Volume: Press the Chord Vol + or Chord Vol - button to increase or decrease the chord volume. Press the Chord Vol + and Chord Vol - buttons simultaneously to reset to the default value. 5. Master Volume: Press the Master Vol + or Master Vol - button to increase or decrease the overall volume for the sounds and rhythms. Press the Master Vol + and Master Vol - buttons simultaneously to reset to the default value. 6. Tempo: Press the Tempo + or Tempo - button to increase or decrease the rhythm speed. Press the Tempo + and Tempo - buttons simultaneously to reset to the default value. 7. Demo Songs: Press this to hear the 10 demonstration songs. Use the number buttons or + or - buttons during playback to select another demonstration song. 8. One-Key: Press this button to start the Intelligent Teaching Function lesson 1. 9. Follow: Press this button to start the Intelligent Teaching Function lesson 2. 10. Ensemble: Press this button to start the Intelligent Teaching Function lesson 3. 11. LED Display: Shows the various keyboard functions and numerical values. 12. Program: Press this button to program a custom rhythm. 13. Play: Press this button to playback a custom rhythm. 14. Record: Press this button to record a custom rhythm. 15. Tone: Select from the 200 sounds using the number buttons or pressing + or -. 16. Rhythm: Press this button to activate the corresponding accompaniment rhythm. Select another rhythm using the number buttons or pressing + or -. 17. Numbers: Use these buttons to select an instrument, rhythm, song, or tempo. 18. Sync: Press the Sync button, and then play the keys in the lowest two octaves (corresponding to the chords/notes). The play-along feature starts immediately when playing a key, instead of having to press the Start/Stop button to start it. 19. Start/Stop: Press to start or stop an accompaniment rhythm. 20. Fill-In: Press this button to have a temporary rhythm play during the accompaniment rhythm. 21. Single: Press this button after starting a rhythm to use the automatic chord accompaniment and play a single chord on the keys in the AUTO BASS CHORD area of the keyboard, which is F# and below. You can play any major chord by pressing a key in this area. Press this button again to disable the chord function. 6