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Playing Your New PortaTone

Turning on the Power

Press the STANDBY/ON button 

1 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

corresponding panel buttons.  VOICE 

2 lets you select

and play a Voice.  STYLE 

3 lets you select and play a

setting that includes a rhythm/accompaniment pattern.

SONG 

4 lets you select and play either a Song or a Jam

Track pattern.

To select one of the modes:

Press the button corresponding to the desired mode.  For

now, press SONG 

4 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.

To select and play one of the Songs:

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With the Song mode selected, use the Numeric

Keypad 

5 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.)

This section briefly shows you how to use the various controls on the panel of the PortaTone.

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