Owner`s manual

Playing Voices —The Voice Mode

The PortaTone features a wealth of dynamic, realistic Voices — 100 Panel Voices, or 129 GM Voices (128

Voices + 1 Percussion Kit). (See pages 42, 43.) The Voice mode gives you many powerful and versatile

tools for playing and enhancing these Voices.

The Voice mode is actually divided into three separate modes: Main, Dual and Split. In the Main Voice mode (see

below), you can play a single Voice over the entire range of the keyboard. The Dual Voice mode (page 12) allows

you to “layer” two different Voices together for rich, complex sounds. The Split Voice mode (page 14) lets you set

up two different Voices for playing from separate sections of the keyboard. Moreover, a special Voice Effect

section (page 16 - 18) lets you enhance the sound of the Voice or Voices with Chorus, Harmony, Echo, and Reverb

effects.

Selecting and Playing a Voice — Main Voice Mode

Select the Voice mode.

Press the VOICE button. (The VOICE indications appear in the display, indicating that the Voice

mode and Main Voice menu are selected.)

• You can quickly select the first parameter in the Main Voice menu (Main Voice Volume) by pressing and holding

the VOICE button.

• Selecting MAIN VOICE (or DUAL VOICE, SPLIT VOICE) with the Main Menu buttons does not change the selected

mode; the Style or Song mode is still active, but the appropriate Voice menu is called up.

Select the desired Voice number.

Use the numeric keypad. Available Voices are listed on the upper right of the panel.

You can either enter the Voice number directly with the number buttons, or step up and down

through the Voices by using the +/- buttons.

Using the number buttons

Be sure to enter a two-digit number, as is printed next to each Voice name on the panel. For

example, to select Voice 09, first press “0” on the numeric keypad, then “9.”

For GM Voices, make sure to enter three-digit numbers.

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NOTE

VOICE

NAME / SUB MENU MAIN MENU

MAIN VOICE

DUAL VOICE

SPLIT VOICE

STYLE

MODE

ONE TOUCH SETTING

KEYBOARD

EFFECT

CHORUSDUALFINGERINGSPLITTOUCH

EASY CHORD MEMSONGVOICESTYLE

CART

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