Real Time Control; Sliders - Kurzweil Forte Musician's Manual

Features of the Forte

Real Time Control

Sliders

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.
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.
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.
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.
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Forte Controller Conventions
Synthesis
Variation 2 Variation 3 AmpEnv Rel. Samples
Layer On/Off Layer On/Off Impact
Filter Freq Filter Res AmpEnv
or EQ or EQ Attack
Wheels/Variation
Var
Pitch Tremolo Amount/
Up/Down Pad Filter Freq
More
Pad/Wah
Enable
Less
Pitch Mod
Effects
Trem/Vibrato Distortion/Other Mod/Chorus
On/Off LFO Shape Enable Enable
AmpEnv AmpEnv
Decay
Release
or or Dist Amount Mod Amount
Release Trem/Vib Rate
Drive/Other or Depth
CC Pedals SW Pedals
Expression Wah Sustain
SW
Ped 1
CCPed 1 CCPed 2 SW1
Delay Enable Reverb Enable
Delay Reverb
Amount Amount
Sostenuto Soft
SW SW
Ped 2 Ped 3
SW2 SW3