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• The Main Voice Volume parameter can be directly selected by pressing and holding down the VOICE button.
• The Main Voice Name parameter can be directly selected by pressing both MAIN MENU buttons simultaneously.
• Reset to default settings
To reset the selected Main Voice parameter to its default settings, simultaneously press the +/- buttons.
• Negative values
To directly enter negative values (for Octave and Pan parameters), press the desired number button while holding
down the - button.
Percussion Kit Voice Chart
The PortaTone also has a special Percussion Kit Voice (Panel Voice #00, or GM Voice #129) that lets you
play various drum and percussion sounds from the keyboard. Symbols for the sounds are also printed
above the keyboard, conveniently indicating which sounds are played from which keys.
• The corresponding MIDI note numbers for the notes are actually one octave lower. For example, the MIDI note
number for note
36 (C1) is note
24 (C0).
Playing Two Voices — Dual Voice Mode
The Dual Voice mode lets you create richly textured sounds by “layering” two different Voices together — one
Voice being the Main Voice selected in the normal way (page 10), and the other a Dual Voice selected as described
below.
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Turn on the Dual Voice mode.
Press the DUAL/CHORUS button (in the VOICE EFFECT section) once, or repeatedly until the Dual
Voice icon appears in the display.
When you play the keyboard, both the currently selected Main and Dual Voices will be heard.
