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Kurzweil FORTE [39/244] The front panel

Features of the Forte and Forte7

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The Front Panel

All the controls for Forte and Forte7, both musical and navigational, are on the front panel.

1 Channel/Zone buttons 12 LCD display

2 Five programmable switches 13 LCD brightness adjust

3 Multi Zone mute buttons 14 Navigation Buttons

4 Master EQ/Compressor 15 Rotary dial (Alpha wheel)

5 Volume slider 16 Mode buttons

6 Transpose buttons 17 Category buttons

7 Tap Tempo & Variation buttons 18 User button

8 Pitch & Modulation wheels 19 Previous/Next buttons

9 Nine programmable sliders 20 Exit button

10 Save button 21 Favorites buttons

11 Soft Buttons

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Including 1
Caution 3
Important safety installation instructions 3
Instructions pertaining to the risk of fire electric shock or injury to persons 3
Radio and television interference 3
Save these instructions 3
Important safety instructions 4
Kurzweil international contacts 5
Contents 6
Getting started 2 1 6
Introducing the forte 1 1 6
Features of the forte and forte7 3 1 7
Program mode 6 1 8
Terminology 4 1 the operating modes 5 1 8
Program edit mode 7 1 9
Multi mode 8 1 10
Multi edit mode 9 1 11
Global mode 10 1 12
Storage mode 11 1 14
System mode 12 1 14
Troubleshooting 13 1 14
Midi implementation a 1 physical specifications b 1 programs c 1 kb3 programs d 1 15
Multis e 1 effects f 1 index i 1 15
Chapter 1 introducing the forte 16
Introducing the forte 16
Main features 16
Using this guide with the forte7 16
Keyboard and controllers 17
Sounds 17
Keeping the forte forte7 up to date 18
Pedals optional 18
Do you have everything 19
Music rack optional 19
Before you start 20
Chapter 2 getting started 20
Getting started 20
Setting up the forte 20
Using the forte forte7 22
The ac power jack 23
The midi ports in thru out 23
The rear panel 23
The usb ports 23
Basic midi hookup 24
Connecting more sound modules 24
The pedal jacks 26
The sw1 sustain sw2 and sw3 jacks 26
Connecting a half damper pedal 27
Connecting a dual switch pedal 28
The cc1 volume and cc2 jacks 28
The audio jacks a b audio ouputs 29
The headphones jack 29
Connecting to your audio system 30
Connecting to a computer 32
Selecting programs 33
Selecting programs and multis 33
Controller info 34
Favorites 34
Selecting multis 34
User programs and multis 34
Controller conventions 35
Forte controller conventions 35
Generally the factory programs have the following controllers assigned 35
Getting started 35
If you make changes to the current program using any of the controllers sliders wheels or switches the save button s led lights to indicate that a change has been made to that program the save button is located left of the display to save a copy of the program with the changes you ve made press the save button once the save button s led begins to blink and it calls up the save dialog the save dialog allows you to choose an id number and name that will be associated with the program you are saving 35
Program mode 35
Saving programs 35
The forte always powers up in program mode and this is where single sounds can be played straight from the keyboard or multitimbrally via midi 35
The forte has six main modes program mode program edit multi mode multi edit global mode and storage mode 35
Global mode 36
Midi settings 36
Multi edit mode 36
Multi mode 36
Program edit mode 36
Splits and layers 36
Loading from external storage 37
Saving to external storage 37
Storage mode 37
System reset 37
Updating the forte forte7 37
Chapter 3 features of the forte and forte7 38
Features of the forte and forte7 38
Parameters remembered after power on 38
Parameters reset to defaults at power on 38
Powering up defaults 38
All the controls for forte and forte7 both musical and navigational are on the front panel 39
Features of the forte and forte7 39
The front panel 39
Modulation wheel 40
Pitch and modulation wheels 40
Pitch wheel 40
Features of the forte and forte7 41
For kb3 programs the sliders operate in a similar way to a hammond organ i e pulling the slider towards you increases the drawbar amount to help illustrate this the forte inverts the led ladders to indicate the drawbar slider position 41
Forte controller conventions 41
If you select a kb3 program the nine sliders act like tonewheel organ drawbars the labeling below the sliders applies to the kb3 programs indicating the drawbar registers that are modified by the slider 41
In program mode most programs have slider a assigned to a filter or eq parameter in order to control the brightness of the sound in all programs and most multis slider i controls reverb amount while slider h usually controls a second effect such as delay echo amount the remaining sliders have different assignments depending on the selected program multi see the controller conventions diagram above for controller assignments commonly used by programs 41
Real time control 41
Sliders 41
The nine sliders on the left of the front panel are assigned to control different sound parameters and effects for each program in multi mode sliders a d default to controlling volume for zones 1 4 the sliders can also send midi continuous controller values to external midi equipment each slider has a handy visual led ladder that indicates its current setting when a new program or multi is selected 41
Led ladders 42
Switches 42
Zone mute volume buttons 42
Foot switches and controllers 43
Kb3 buttons 43
Transpose buttons 43
Save button 44
Tap tempo button 44
Variation button 44
Compressor 45
Master eq 45
Master eq compressor 45
Audio in 47
Global button 48
Mode buttons 48
Multi button 48
Program button 48
Navigation 49
The color lcd display 49
Alpha wheel 50
Channel zone buttons 50
Previous and next value buttons 50
Display brightness knob 51
Kb3 led 51
Category 52
Category keypad 52
Keypad 52
Channel zone jump 53
Double button presses 53
Value jump 53
Program demo 54
Reset transposition 54
Song demo 55
Chapter 4 terminology 56
Terminology 56
Chapter 5 the operating modes 58
Program mode 58
The operating modes 58
Multi mode 59
Global mode 60
Storage mode 61
Functions 62
The layer function 62
The split function 62
Song demo function 63
Program demo function 64
Multi edit mode 65
Program edit mode 65
About program mode 66
Chapter 6 program mode 66
Program mode 66
Selecting programs 67
Program demo 68
The color display 69
Alpha wheel previous and next value buttons 70
Midi in out activity indicators 70
Pop up messages 70
Category buttons 71
Value jump buttons 71
Keypad button 72
Choosing category default programs 73
Choosing favorites 74
Favorites view and favorites banks 74
Transposition 75
Parameter assignments 76
Cc pedals 77
Controller conventions 77
Effects synthesis 77
Forte controller conventions 77
Generally the factory programs have the following controllers assigned 77
Program mode parameter assignments 77
Sw pedals 77
Wheels variation 77
The split function 78
Key range 79
Program 79
Volume 79
Saving a split 80
The layer function 81
Key range 82
Program 82
Volume 82
Saving a layer 83
Changing the midi transmit channel 84
Changing id numbers 86
Save user programs 86
Naming a user program 88
Saving a user program 89
About program edit mode 90
Chapter 7 program edit mode 90
Program edit mode 90
Alpha wheel previous and next value buttons 91
Current page 91
Current parameter 91
Selecting parameters 91
Soft button options for program edit mode 91
The display 91
Assign 92
Assign symbol 92
Enter controller 92
Params page 93
Program pages 93
Control 94
Parameter 94
Parameter controls 94
Program edit mode 94
Program pages 94
The parameter column will also display any available vast synthesis parameters for the current program and parameters for the current program s insert and auxiliary 1 and 2 effects if effects are in use all available parameters are listed 94
This list shows the midi cc numbers associated with each controller the forte s physical controllers are highlighted in bold type this list can be helpful when changing the control for a parameter for example to set a parameter to be controlled by the zone 1 switch you can quickly select it by entering 80 for the control followed by pressing the enter button 94
To choose an external midi cc number as a control source you can enter the number of the controller with the keypad function of the category buttons followed by the enter button or using the alpha wheel or the value buttons also the forte s physical controllers each use one of the available midi cc numbers so you must choose one of the other available cc numbers when using an external midi control source or else the parameter will also be controlled by a forte physical controller 94
Use the control middle column to set one of the forte s physical controllers as a control source for a parameter use the alpha wheel or the value buttons to choose one of the forte s physical controllers as a control source or choose a value of none if you don t want to use a physical controller for this parameter you can also choose a value of none by entering 1 with the keypad function of the category buttons followed by the enter button 94
Use the cursor buttons to select a parameter in the left column and use the alpha wheel value buttons or cursor up down buttons to scroll through parameters in that column effect chain parameters are named with prefixes based on their effect type either ins for parameters from insert effects or aux1 aux2 for parameters from aux effects effect chain parameters are also shown with different background colors to help visually separate insert and aux parameters 94
Important note about selecting a control source 95
Important note about values of none 95
For all parameters with a value of none any values set with a physical control will not be saved when saving the program you must set the value column for that parameter to something other than none in order to set and save a value these values will remain set until changed with a controller or until a program is loaded on the current midi channel that does not have a value of none for these parameters 96
Fx page 96
Press the fx soft button to call up the fx page effects page use this page to apply audio effects to a program you can choose an effects chain for insert effects and an effects chain for auxiliary effects 1 and 2 96
Program edit mode 96
Program pages 96
The forte s chains contain a variety of effects each chain displays icons representing the type of effects contained in the chain as well as the order of effects in the chain signal flows from left to right the forte s chains include different types of reverb chorus delay flanger phaser tremolo panner leslie distortion eq compression filter envelope following filter frequency stimulator ring modulator frequency offset pitch lfo and stereoizer 96
Aux 1 aux 2 97
Insert 97
Auxiliary send parameters 98
Output 98
Bendrange up bendrange down 99
Common page 99
Program edit mode program pages 99
The common page allows adjustment of a number of general parameters for the program 99
Use these parameters to define how much the pitch will change when you move the pitch wheel you can set either bend parameter to bend by up to 72 half steps up or down pitch values are set in cents where 100 cents 1 half step 1 semitone 99
With respect to each other the aux 1 and aux 2 are always in parallel that is the output of one aux chain can not be processed by the other aux chain 99
Category 100
Intonation map 100
Output gain 100
Intonation key 101
Legato 101
Monophonic 101
Portamento 101
Mono sample xfade 102
Portamento rate 102
About multi mode 103
Chapter 8 multi mode 103
Multi mode 103
Selecting multis 104
The color display 104
Alpha wheel previous and next value buttons 105
Midi in out activity indicators 105
Pop up messages 105
The cursor buttons 105
Value jump buttons 105
Category buttons 106
Choosing favorites 107
Favorites view and favorites banks 107
About zones 108
Muting zones 108
Transposition 109
Controller conventions 110
Parameter assignments 110
The split function 111
Key range 112
Program 112
Volume 112
Saving a split 113
The layer function 114
Key range 115
Program 115
Volume 115
Saving a layer 116
Save user multis 117
Changing id numbers 118
Naming a user multi 119
Saving a user multi 120
About multi edit mode 121
Chapter 9 multi edit mode 121
Multi edit mode 121
User type advanced 122
Changing zones 123
Current parameter 123
Current zone current page 123
Selecting parameters 123
Soft button options for multi edit mode 123
The display 123
Alpha wheel previous and next value buttons 124
Assign 124
Enter controller 125
Zone parameters 125
Multi edit mode overview page 126
Overview page 126
Program 126
Status 126
The overview page shows all 4 zones in an easy graphical layout the current program volume and panning position of the zone along with the state and active keyboard region can be quickly set on this page 126
The program parameter determines the program to be loaded for the currently selected zone you can set this parameter to any forte program 1 2047 the display shows the program number and name 126
The status parameter determines whether the currently selected zone is active or muted you can set this parameter to either of two states active or muted 126
The value jump double button press previous and next buttons jumps to selecting the first program of each category as well as the category default program of each category if a category default program has been set 126
Key range 127
Volume 127
Main page 128
Multi edit mode main page 128
The main page shows the current settings that are specific for the currently selected zone the top right hand corner of the display indicates the currently selected zone of a total of 4 zones 128
Destination 129
Note map 129
Transpose 129
Bankmode 131
Channel 131
Midibank 132
Midiprog 132
Bend up down st bend up down ct 133
Entryprgchg 133
Velmode 133
Veloffset 133
Velscale 133
Velcurve 134
Lovel hivel 135
Controls page 136
Multi edit mode controls page 136
Press the controls soft button to view pages where you can set parameters for each of the forte physical controllers broadly speaking the forte has switch controllers such as buttons and foot switches and continuous controllers such as the wheels sliders and foot controllers switch and continuous controllers have different parameters available to them on the controls page which are described below 136
Switch controllers 136
You can select any of the forte s physical controllers by moving the cursor to the controller parameter and using either the alpha wheel or value buttons to scroll the list alternatively you can also position the cursor in the controller parameter hold down the enter button and move the controller you wish to edit 136
Controller 137
Forte switch controllers 137
Entry state 138
Off value 138
On value 138
Exit state 139
Key1 key8 139
Velocity 139
Continuous controllers 140
Destination 140
Cc pedal 1 slider d 141
Cc pedal 2 slider e 141
Controller 141
Controllers 141
Controls page 141
First use the channel zone buttons to the left of the display to select the desired zone that you wish to assign a controller for next on the controls page use the cursor buttons to select the controller field hold the enter button on the alphanumeric pad and then move any of the forte s physical controllers this will select that controller and display its available parameters you can also scroll through the list of controllers on the control page by selecting the controller field with the cursor buttons and using the alpha wheel or the value buttons to scroll through the list if a pedal is selected which has a pedal override enabled in global mode a message global pedal override is enabled will display when that pedal is viewed to remind you that the global mode pedal override settings are being used instead of the multi mode pedal settings 141
Forte continuous 141
Mod wheel slider a 141
Multi edit mode 141
Pitchdown slider c 141
Pitchup slider b 141
Pressure slider f 141
Select a continuous controller from the list above the continuous controller parameters are described below 141
Slider g 141
Slider h 141
Slider i 141
The controller parameter allows you to assign any of the forte s physical controllers sliders switches mod and pitch wheels foot switches and expression pedals to control a program specific parameter or midi controller number for the currently selected zone 141
Entry position 143
Exit value 143
Commonly you will want to assign a physical controller in a multi to control the same program parameter that it controlled in program mode in the destination parameter list destinations that are assigned to parameters for the program of the current zone will show the program parameter name in place of the standard controller destination name select one of these destinations to control an assigned program parameter 144
Controlling program parameter assignments from multi mode 144
Destination 144
Multi edit mode controls page 144
The contoller destination list 144
The destination parameter determines the midi cc controller number that a physical controller will send to the program in the currently selected zone by default these cc messages are also sent to the midi out and usb ports on the channel of that zone 144
The list of cc controller numbers below shows the default assignments for each destination programs respond to some of these ccs for standard midi functions like volume and panning other external midi gear sound modules computer software may respond to standard midi cc messages as well 144
The table below contains the available values for the midi cc continuous controller destinations the forte s physical controllers can send midi values to these destinations in order to control the parameters of forte programs multis forte system parameters or external midi equipment 144
Use the destination parameter to assign the forte physical controllers sliders pedals switches mod wheel etc to control program parameters or send midi continuous controller messages ccs to external midi gear if a cc number is assigned to a parameter in the program of the current zone the parameter name will be listed in the destination list in place of that cc number 144
Controls page 145
Multi edit mode 145
Multi edit mode controls page 146
Enable 147
Fx page 147
Aux fx channel 148
Aux1 aux2 148
Aux1 override aux2 override 148
Clock source 149
Common page 149
About auxiliary effects 150
Kb3 channel 150
Save and delete user multis 150
About global mode 151
Chapter 10 global mode 151
Global mode 151
Selecting and editing parameters 152
Global mode main1 page 153
Main1 page 153
The main1 page in global mode allows you to set up how effects are applied tuning and the way things are displayed on the forte lcd display 153
The transpose parameter allows you to tune the pitch of the unit in semitones 153
The tuning parameter allows you to fine tune the unit in cents one cent is one hundredth of a semitone 100 cents comprise a semitone you can select any tuning from 100 cents to 100 cents by default this parameter is set to 0 153
Transpose 153
Auto power off 154
Display 154
Fx mode 154
Show controllers 154
Audio input 155
Audio out s m 155
Clock source 155
Out pair b mode 155
Power off time 155
Global mode main2 page 156
Main2 page 156
Multi controllers 156
The main2 page in global mode allows you to set up the feel and response of the forte keyboard to your playing style the intonation key of music as well as how pianos and drums respond 156
When a multi is selected this parameter determines how the sliders respond to movement when set to instant moving a slider will result in the assigned parameter immediately jumping to the slider position with some parameters an abrupt change to the sound may be undesirable in this case set this parameter to passentry and the slider will only become active when the slider is moved past the multi entry value this results in smooth changes to the sound 156
Pressure map 157
Velocity map 157
Global mode main2 page 158
However many different intonation intervals have evolved over the centuries and across cultures and instruments so equal temperament will not sound appropriate for certain styles of music the forte supplies you with 18 different factory intonation maps which are useful for a range of different styles you can further customize each map or create your own by editing a map see editing intonation maps below each of these maps defines different intervals between each of the semitones in a single octave used for all octaves by setting pitch offsets for each note in cents 158
Intonation map 158
Like many instruments before the adaptation of equal temperament most of these intonation maps were designed to sound best in one specific key though some may have historically been in a different key all of the forte s factory intonation maps are set to root note c by default you can change the root key of the current intonation map by using the int key parameter see the intonation key int key section below 158
Most modern western music uses what is known as equal temperament this means that the interval between each semitone of the 12 tone octave is precisely the same as every other semitone 158
Editing intonation maps 159
Int key intonation key 159
Drum remap 160
Pedal noise 160
User type 160
Cc pedal overrides 161
Switch pedal overrides 161
By default kb3 organ programs have the slow fast speed control for the rotary speaker effect assigned to the variation button and the sustain pedal sw1 the rotary override parameter allows you set the sustain pedal to function as sustain for all kb3 programs instead of rotary slow fast the variation button will always control the rotary speed regardless of this parameter s setting 162
Global mode midi page 162
In multi edit mode if a pedal is selected which has a pedal override enabled in global mode a message global pedal override is enabled will display when that pedal is viewed to remind you that the global mode pedal override settings are being used instead of the multi mode pedal settings 162
Midi page 162
Rotary override 162
The forte can transmit and receive midi via its midi ports and usb the midi page in global mode allows you to configure how this will be handled 162
Destination 163
Bank select 164
Change multis 164
Prgchangemode 164
Localkbdchan local keyboard channel 165
Program mode 165
Multi mode 166
Sysex id 166
Midi out and midi in 167
Tools page 167
Voices 168
Delete page 171
Reset page 172
Reset forte to its factory state hard reset 173
Reset global mode parameters only soft reset 173
About storage mode 175
Chapter 11 storage mode 175
Storage mode 175
Directories 176
Storage mode common features 176
Common dialogues 177
The select directory dialogue 177
The file name new directory dialogue 178
The store page 179
Pressing store 180
Store advanced 180
Store all 180
The load page 181
Pressing load 182
Example using load 183
Overwrite 183
Ovwrte 183
Parent 183
Compatible files 184
Chapter 12 system mode 185
System mode 185
Run forte 186
System update 187
Install using a usb flash drive 188
Install using a computer tablet 191
Run diagnostics 194
System reset 195
System utilities 197
Format flash 198
Display diag 200
Install module 200
Restore older 200
Chapter 13 troubleshooting 201
Common problems 201
Maintenance 201
Power problems 201
Troubleshooting 201
Audio problems 202
Display brightness 202
Midi problems 205
Pedal problems 206
Switch pedal problems 206
Diagnostics 207
If none of the above 207
Restoring factory defaults 207
Service centers 207
Appendix a midi implementation 208
Midi implementation 208
Appendix b physical specification 209
Physical specifications 209
Appendix c programs 210
Id e piano id e piano id e piano 210
Id piano id piano 210
Object version 1 0 0 210
Programs 210
Id clav id clav 211
Id leads id leads 211
Id organ id organ 211
Programs 211
Id pads id pads 212
Programs 212
Strings id strings 212
Synth bass id synth bass 212
Synths id synths 212
Bass id bass 213
Brass id brass 213
Ensemble 213
Guitar id guitar 213
Programs 213
Winds id winds 213
Id drums id drums 214
Id mallets id mallets 214
Id percussion id percussion 214
Id voices id voices 214
Programs 214
Id hybrid 215
Id miscellaneous 215
Programs 215
Appendix d kb3 programs 216
First some history 216
Introducing kb3 programs 216
Kb3 improvements in the forte 216
Kb3 programs 216
Chor vib 217
Chorus vibrato 217
Drawbars 217
Kb3 mode buttons 217
On off 217
Chorus vibrato depth 218
Keyclick 218
Percussion 218
Percussion decay f s 218
Percussion loud soft 218
Percussion on off 218
Percussion pitch h l 218
Variation 219
Appendix e multis 220
Gospel b3 pno id multi id multi 220
Multis 220
Object version 1 0 0 220
Id multi id multi id multi 221
Multis 221
Appendix f effects 222
Effects 222
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