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Selecting and Playing Songs — The Song Mode

Start playback of the song, and play the melody from the

keyboard.

Start playback in the normal fashion (page 20) and play the melody along with the
song. You can also change the Melody Guide setting while the song is playing back by
simply pressing the MELODY GUIDE button.
To stop the song, press the START/STOP (>/■) button.
Voice Change
The Voice Change function allows you to set whether or not the keyboard voice changes automati-
cally with the melody voice of the song. It is especially useful when used with Melody Guide, since it
determines what voice sounds the melody when you play the keyboard. When set to “Off,” you can
select from the 100 voices of the PortaTone for playing the melody from the keyboard.

Select a song.

With the Song mode active, select the desired song.
(See page 20.)

Change the Voice Change setting.

Press the VOICE CHANGE button to turn Voice
Change on or off.
Settings:
VC On
When Voice Change is set to On, the voice played from the
keyboard changes automatically with the melody voice of
the song. Each song is programmed with an initial voice,
and many have voice changes within the song itself.
Setting this to on ensures that the voice played from the
keyboard remains the same as the voice (or voices)
programmed to the song.
VC Off
This turns the Voice Change function off. Use this setting
when you wish to select a voice (or voices) yourself,
independent from the selections programmed to the song.
NOTE:
The songs of the PortaTone often use special voices that are
not selectable from the panel controls. These voices are
indicated by the letters “SG” in the display.

Clarinet

001
MEASURE
SG

VC On

001
MEASURE

Change the Voice directly.

In the VC On condition, you can also directly make your own voice selections by
using the +/- keys or the numeric keypad. The programmed voice of the song and
the keyboard voice both change to the new selection.
WAI
MIN
U
OF
F
MELODY
GUIDE
VOICE
CHANGE
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