Yamaha Portatone, PSR-270 Play the selected voice, Using the +/- keys, Using the Voice button

PLAYING VOICES — THE VOICE MODE

Using the +/- keys

Press the + key to select the next voice number, and press the - key to select the previous voice. Holding down either key continuously scrolls up or down through the numbers. The +/- keys have a “wrap around” fea- ture. For example, pressing the + key from voice #238 returns to voice #1.

Using the VOICE button

Press the VOICE button to select the next voice number. (This functions exactly the same as the + button.)

Each voice is automatically called up with the most suitable octave range setting. Thus, playing middle C with one voice may sound higher or lower than another voice at the same key.

3 Play the selected voice.

To change to another voice, repeat step 2 above.

Since either the Style or Song mode is active in the background (as indi- cated by the mode name in the display, without the rectangle), you can also play styles or songs, respectively, in the Voice mode by simply pressing the START/STOP button. The last selected style or song will be played.

About Panel Voices and GM Voices Keep in mind that the PortaTone has two separate sets of voices: 100 Panel voices and 128 GM (General MIDI) Voices. The GM Voices can also be used for optimum playback of GM-compatible

song data. This means that any GM song data (played from a sequencer or other MIDI device) will sound just as the composer or programmer intended.

When a GM voice is selected, the General MIDI icon appears at the top left of the display.

When you select a voice, the PortaTone also automati- cally calls up various settings that are appropri- ate for the voice. [This is true when Voice Set (Function #72, page 39) is set to on — the default setting.]

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