User Guide

PLAYING VOICES — THE VOICE MODE

The Voice mode features 228 authentic voices (including 128 General MIDI

voices), plus 10 special drum kits — all of which have been created with

Yamaha’s sophisticated AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) tone generation system.

The Voice mode gives you many powerful and versatile tools for playing and

enhancing these Voices.

The voices are divided into various instrument

categories, all of which are printed on the panel

for convenience. For a complete list of the

available voices, see page 115.

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 key-

board. The Dual Voice mode (page 34) allows

you to “layer” two different voices together for

rich, complex sounds. The Split Voice mode

(page 36) lets you set up two different voices for

playing from separate sections of the keyboard.

Moreover, each mode features special effect

sections that let you enhance the sound of the

Voice or Voices. These include Reverb, Chorus,

and Harmony, as well as a “DSP” section that

provides miscellaneous effects such as tremolo,

echo, delay, distortion, equalization, and wah.

(See page 40.)

Other voice-related functions include Voice Set

(page 38), which lets you automatically call up

the ideal settings for each voice, and Touch

Sensitivity (page 38), which determines how the

voices respond to your playing technique.

The PortaTone includes special Drum Kit voices

— #101 - #110 — that let you play various drum

and percussion sounds from the keyboard.

(Refer to the Drum Kit Voice chart on page 30.)

Symbols are also printed above the keyboard,

conveniently indicating which sounds are played

from which keys.

PLAYING A VOICE — MAIN VOICE

1 Select the Voice mode.

Press the VOICE button.

Indicates Voice mode is selected

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VOICE

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