Entering Partner Mode
With the Poetry turned off, hold down the BANK button,
and then press the Power button. When a dot appears in the
lower-right corner of the display, release the BANK button.
When the Poetry is in Partner Mode, a dot appears in the
lower-right corner of the display.
The PIANO sound is used for both the left and right sides
of the keyboard.
The right side of the keyboard, from E4 to C8, produces
sounds two octaves lower in pitch (E2–C6).
The left side of the keyboard, from A0 to E ♭ 4, produces
sounds two octaves higher in pitch (A2–E ♭ 6).
A0
E 4
Pitches A2 to E 6 for the player
on the left side
The left side of the keyboard will be output from the left
speaker (L channel), and the right side of the keyboard will
be output from the right speaker (R channel).
Changing the sound for both sides
Press a sound button. Both sides will change to the same
sound.
Selecting sounds for the left and right sides
Simultaneously press the two sound buttons for the sounds
to be used. The two pressed sound buttons light up.
Sound for left side of keyboard
Sound for right side of keyboard
The leftmost or uppermost selected sound button is for
the left side of the keyboard, and the other (rightmost
or lowermost) one is for the right side of the keyboard.
For example, if the sound from the E.PIANO1 button is
to be applied to the left side and the sound from the OR-
GAN1 button is to be applied to the right side, hold down
the E.PIANO1 button, and then press the ORGAN1 but-
ton.
In order to use sounds in different banks, select the
banks in Single Mode before entering Partner Mode.
Damper Pedal Assignments
In Partner Mode, the Soft pedal acts as a damper pedal
for the left side of the keyboard; the Damper pedal acts
as the damper pedal for the right side of the keyboard.
The Sostenuto pedal has no function in Partner Mode.
The volume balance of the sounds for the left and right
sides can be adjusted with "Volume balance for Layer Mode
(or Partner Mode)" in "Function Mode" on page 16.
Exiting Partner Mode
Turn off the Poetry to exit Partner Mode.
When only the Power button is pressed to turn on the Po-
etry, it will be in the normal mode (Single Mode).
In Partner Mode, a demo song cannot be played back
and a user song cannot be recorded or played back. In
addition, no Function Mode settings other than the vol-
ume balance for Partner Mode and no MIDI function
mode settings can be specified.
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Partner mode indication
E4
Pitches E2 to C6 for the player
on the right side
Recording/playing back a
performance
The recorder of the Poetry allows you to easily record and
play back keyboard performances. This is called a user song.
A user song has two parts. You can separately record the
right- and left-hand parts of a song, then play back the two
parts at the same time.
If you record to a part where data has already been re-
corded, the previous performance data will be deleted and
overwritten with the new data. Therefore, before recording
to a part, be sure it does not contain any data that you wish
to save.
In addition, you can check each part according to the light-
ing status of its button.
C8
Part button
Not lit
Lit in green
Blinks in green
Lit in red
Blinks in red
User Songs can be saved until the data storage space of the
Poetry is full.
Recording a Performance
If the Poetry is turned off before the LED for the re-
corded part lights up in green, the recorded song data
and stored settings may be corrupted.
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1. Press a sound button to select the song to be recorded.
2. Press the Record button.
The Record button lights up.
3. Press the button for the part to be recorded until the
button blinks in red.
4. Recording starts when you start playing the key-
board.
The Play/Pause button and the corresponding part but-
ton light up.
Recording can also be started by pressing down on any
of the three pedals or by pressing a sound button.
Start recording with a count-off
Instead of playing the keyboard, press the Play/Pause
button to receive a two-measure count-off before re-
cording starts.
5. To stop recording, press the Stop or Play/Pause but-
ton.
When recording is finished, the Record button goes dark
(not lit), and the performance data is automatically saved.
<Recording Tips>
• Changes made to the sound while recording are saved.
• Changes made to the tempo while recording are saved.
(If the tempo cannot be changed, enable the tempo set-
ting during playback.)
Status
No recorded data
Playing back recorded data
Recorded data, muted
Recording
Recording standby
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