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MIDI Sub Menu
First, use the MAIN MENU buttons to select the MIDI menu, and select the desired Sub Menu parameter
with the SUB MENU buttons. Then, use the numeric keypad or +/- buttons to change the setting.
• Whenever using a MIDI device to control the PortaTone, make sure that the Receive Switch is set to “on” for the
appropriate channel or channels.
• For the Keyboard Out parameter, performance data of the Main Voice can be sent over the specified MIDI channel,
but the other Voices are fixed as follows:
Dual Voice — channel 11
Split Voice — channel 2
Auto Accompaniment — channels 3 - 10
• To reset any parameter to its default setting, press the +/- buttons simultaneously.
• All settings in the MIDI Sub Menu are retained in memory when the power is turned off, as long as batteries are
installed or an AC adaptor is connected.
• In the Song or Easy Chord Memory mode, MIDI data cannot be transmitted or received, and none of the MIDI menu
settings have any effect.
Display Name
RemoteCh
KeybdOut
AcompOut
RcvChSel
Rcv SW
Local
ExtClock
Parameter Name
Remote Channel
Keyboard Out
Accompaniment
Out
Receive Channel
Select
Receive Switch
Local Control
External Clock
Range
off, 01 - 16
off, 01 - 16
on/off
01-16
on/off
on/off
on/off
Description
This determines how the PortaTone is controlled by a
“remote” (external) MIDI keyboard. Set this to one of
the 16 channels (01 - 16) for using an external
keyboard to remotely control the PortaTone functions
over the selected channel. (The remaining 15
channels can be used for multi-timbral operation.)
When this is set to “off,” the PortaTone can be used as
a full 16-channel multi-timbral sound source. The
default setting is “off.”
This determines over which channel keyboard data
for the Main Voice is transmitted. The default setting
is channel 01.
This determines whether Auto Accompaniment data is
transmitted via MIDI OUT or not. When set to “on,”
Auto Accompaniment data is transmitted over
channels 3 - 10. The default setting is “off.”
This determines over which channel MIDI data is
received. The default setting is channel 01 .
This determines whether MIDI data is received over
the selected MIDI channel or not, set in Receive
Channel Select above. (This parameter works in
tandem with Receive Channel Select.)
This determines whether the keyboard is “connected”
to the internal Voices of the PortaTone. When set to
“on,” the Voices respond to notes played from the
keyboard. When set to “off,” the Voices respond only
to incoming MIDI data (via MIDI IN). The default
setting is “on.” If you are routing the MIDI OUT on
the PortaTone to a sequencer and back to the MIDI
IN, you may want to set this to “off” to avoid MIDI
“feedback.”
This determines whether the Style and Song playback
functions are controlled by the PortaTone’s internal
clock (off) or by MIDI clock data from an external
sequencer or computer (on). This should be set to
“on” when you want to have Style or Song playback
follow the external device. The default setting is “off.”
