User Guide

PO-35 speak
manual
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1. getting started
power-up
insert two fresh AAA batteries. pay
attention to plus and minus poles.
set time by turning knob A for hours
and knob B for minutes. press any
key to confirm and exit.
alarm clock
press sound + pattern. set alarm
clock by turning A for hours and B
for minutes. (disable by turning
knob A all the way down.) press any
key 1-16 to set pattern for the alarm.
to stop alarm press any key.
reset clock
reset the clock by removing the
batteries and start over.
2. recording
hold record + any key from 1-15.
the microphone will record until the
keys are released, and the recording
will be stored in the position you
selected (1-15). each recording can
be 8 seconds long. if a cable is
inserted into the line in jack, the
PO-35 will record via line in.
3. playing
select a sound by holding the sound
key and pressing any key from 1-16.
press any key from 1-16 to play. if
nothing is heard, press write key
once.
PO-35 also comes with a single
channel version of the PO-32 tonic.
hold sound and press key 16 to
access it.
4. making a beat
to enter/exit rec mode, press write.
enter sound/notes in grid. active
steps will be lit. press play to listen
to your pattern.
5. playing a pattern
hold pattern and press any key from
1-16 to select pattern. blinking led
indicates active pattern. press play
to start playing. press play again to
stop. a pattern consists of 16 steps.
6. tweak the sound
PO-35 has a total of four adjustable
parameters. all parameters are
adjusted using the two knobs, A
and B. press FX to toggle between
the dierent parameters;
- pitch and formant
- start point and speed
7. changing voice
hold FX and press any key from 1-8
to change voice. while playing, if
write mode is enabled, the voice
change will be saved in the pattern.
8. adding eects
while playing, hold FX and press
any key from 9-15. if write mode is
enabled, the eects will be saved
in the pattern. to clear the saved
eects, make sure write mode is
enabled while holding FX + key 16.
9. volume
hold bpm and press any key 1-16 to
adjust master volume.
10. tempo
press bpm to switch tempo. the
bpm will be displayed in the upper
right corner of the screen.
HIP HOP (80 bpm)
DISCO (120 bpm)
TENCHO (140 bpm)
hold bpm and turn B to fine-tune
tempo, from 60 to 240 bpm.
hold bpm and turn A to adjust the
swing.
11. making a song
(pattern chaining)
press and hold pattern and select
which patterns 1-16 to chain by
pressing the corresponding key
1-16. up to 64 patterns can be
chained. one pattern can be
selected multiple times.
example 1,1,1,4
plays pattern 1 three times then
moves on to pattern 4. after the
last pattern is played the sequence
will start over again.
copy pattern
hold write + pattern and press 1-16
to paste the active pattern to the
corresponding new slot.
clear pattern
press record + pattern to clear the
active pattern.
12. data
transfer data
ensure that the receiving unit is in
‘receive’ mode. press and hold
write + sound to transfer data to
the receiving unit.
receive data
insert a 3.5mm stereo cable from
the transferring unit to receiving
unit. press and hold record + sound
to enter receive mode.
13. parameter locking
while playing a pattern, hold write
and turn knob A and knob B to
lock the currently selected
parameters. the parameters will
aect the currently selected sound.
14. transpose and scale
hold pattern and turn knob A to
change key.
hold pattern and turn knob B to
switch between dierent scales.
15. sync multiple units
connect a standard stereo audio
cable between the units. the master
unit will control the tempo of the
slave unit. hold record and press
bpm on master unit to toggle sync
modes. press repeatedly to toggle
between dierent modes displayed
in the upper right corner of the
screen. press play on slave unit to
wait for master clock sync. press
play on master to start.
sync example
chain: PO-32 PO-35 PO-33
setting: SY1 SY5 SY4