Playing Your New PortaTone
Turning on the Power
Press the POWER ON/OFF button
to turn on the
power of the PortaTone. Whenever the power is turned
on, Voice 01 (PIANO) is automatically selected.
Selecting a Mode
Your PortaTone has three different operating modes:
Voice, Style and Song — each selected from the corre-
sponding panel buttons. VOICE
lets you select and
play a Voice. STYLE
lets you select and play a setting
that includes a rhythm/accompaniment pattern. SONG
lets you select and play either a Song or a Jam Track
pattern.
T o s e l e c t o n e o f t h e m o d e s :
Press the button corresponding to the desired mode.
For now, press SONG
to select the Song mode.
Playing a Song
in the Song Mode
A variety of Songs and special Jam Tracks have been
recorded to your PortaTone to give you a taste of what
you can do with the instrument, and to provide music
and patterns for you to play along with.
T o s e l e c t a n d p l a y o n e o f t h e S o n g s :
1.
With the Song mode selected, use the Numeric
Keypad
to enter the desired Song or Jam
Track number. Be sure to enter a two-digit
number, as is printed next to each song on the
panel. For example, to select Song 09, first
press “0” on the Numeric Keypad, then “9.”
You can also use the
+/–
buttons on the Numeric
Keypad to step up or down through the preset
numbers; holding down the appropriate button
continuously changes the number. Note that the
+/–
buttons have a “wrap around” feature. For
example, pressing the
+
button from the last
number returns to Song 01. (Song 01 is also
automatically
selected when you turn the power
on.)
T h i s s e c t i o n b r i e f l y s h o w s y o u h o w t o u s e t h e v a r i o u s c o n t r o l s o n t h e p a n e l o f t h e P o r t a T o n e .
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
–
0
+
+
–
ONE TOUCH SETTING
START/STOP
MINUS ONE
TEMPO
SONG
VOICE
POWER
ON/OFF
STYLE
SYNC-START/
FILL IN
MULTI DISPLAY
BEAT
VOLUME
12
VOLUME
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
–
0
+
+
–
ONE TOUCH SETTING
START/STOP
MINUS ONE
TEMPO
SONG
VOICE
POWER
ON/OFF
STYLE
SYNC-START
/FILL IN
MULTI DISPLAY
BEAT
DEMO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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