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Kurzweil Forte SE Getting Started Manual

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GETTING STARTED GUIDE
This guide will help you hook up the Forte SE to your sound system and MIDI system, give you a quick
overview, and show you how to start playing music with the Forte SE. A full manual for the Forte SE can
be obtained in electronic format from www.kurzweil.com.
Forte SE is Kurzweil's latest entry in the Forte line of stage pianos. Some of the key specifications include:
• FlashPlay technology with support for 2GB of Sound ROM
• High Definition Japanese Grand Piano and High Definition Electric Piano
• ROM sounds included from Kurzweil's acclaimed PC3 series, KORE64 expansion,
and German D Grand EXP Grand Piano expansion
• New Piano String Resonance Simulation
• Full KB3 organ simulations with 9 sliders as drawbars
• 8 Zone MIDI Controller
• Space for 1024 Factory and 1024 User Programs and Multis (16 Categories of Programs)
• Arpeggiator with dedicated On/Off button (1 per Program, up to 8 in Multi Mode)
• MP3 player audio input jack
• Full 128 voices of polyphony
• Hundreds of Effects Chains

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  • Page 1: Specifications

    GETTING STARTED GUIDE This guide will help you hook up the Forte SE to your sound system and MIDI system, give you a quick overview, and show you how to start playing music with the Forte SE. A full manual for the Forte SE can be obtained in electronic format from www.kurzweil.com.

  • Page 2: Setting Up The Forte Se

    Don’t connect anything until you make sure the Forte SE is properly and safely situated. If your Forte SE keyboard has been out in the cold, give it time to warm up to room temperature before starting it, since condensation may have formed inside.

  • Page 3: Using The Forte Se

    (a switch that decreases the input audio signal level, typically by 20dB) if it has one. 3. To hear the capabilities of the Forte SE, you can play the demo songs. Press the 13 & 14 Program/Multi buttons simultaneously to listen to a demo song.

  • Page 4: The Ac Power Jack

    Please refer to “Setting up the Forte SE” on page 2. The USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect the Forte SE to a computer/tablet in order to do the following: • Use the Forte SE as a MIDI controller to play software instruments on a computer.

  • Page 5: The Pedal Jacks

    Global Control Overrides page in Global Mode. Pedals are also independently assignable within each Program or each Zone of every Multi. Here are the default control settings for the five pedals used by Forte SE: SW 1a Pedal...
  • Page 6 Forte SE, as the state of the pedal is detected as part of the power up sequence. The Forte SE SW1 and SW2 jacks can support a single or dual switch pedal on each jack, or a single half-damper pedal on each jack.

  • Page 7: Connecting A Dual Switch Pedal

    SW1 Pedal and SW2 Pedal jacks. Both SW1 and SW2 can support a dual pedal each allowing up to 4 pedals to be utilized by the Forte SE. These are enumerated as SW1a, SW1b, SW2a and SW2b. The Forte SE will recognize dual pedals that are wired as TS and RS, such as the KFP-2S.

  • Page 8: The Audio (Left/Mono And Right) Jacks

    PA system inputs, and connect the other end to the jacks marked Left (Mono) and Right on the rear panel of the Forte SE. If you have only one input available, use the Forte SE’s Left (Mono) output to get the full signal in mono. Use the jack marked Headphones to listen to Forte SE on headphones.

  • Page 9: Connecting To A Computer

    If you wish to use your own cable, make sure that it is a Type-A-to-Type-B USB cable (the USB port of Forte SE being Type B). By default, the Forte SE will act as a MIDI controller (rather than a hard drive) when connected to a computer.

  • Page 10: Front Panel Overview

    GETTING STARTED GUIDE Front Panel Overview The Headphones Jack Front Panel Overview All the controls for Forte SE, both musical and navigational, are on its front panel Multi-Function Switches Channel/Layer/Zone select buttons Master EQ Arpeggiator On/Off button Variation button LCD display...

  • Page 11: Variation Button

    For KB3 programs, the Variation Button controls the Rotary Speaker speed, switching between fast and slow. Transpose Buttons The Transpose buttons can be used to change the tuning of notes played on the Forte SE keyboard in semitones (ST), also known as half steps. Pitch and Modulation Wheels These can be used to vary overall pitch and selected effects in real time.

  • Page 12: Soft Buttons

    Layer in Program Edit mode, or the current Zone in Multi Edit mode. Arp On/Off Button The Arp On/Off button is set by default to turn on and off the Forte SE’s Arpeggiator. It can also be assigned to control other parameters.

  • Page 13: Forte Se Sounds

    Multis in groups of 16 Multis at a time, although Multis are not categorized by instrument type. The Forte SE has been designed so that it is quick and easy to select Programs and Multis from the front panel. Use the following guide to audition the factory sounds on the Forte SE.
  • Page 14 Category. The Default Category Program can be set by the user for each Category. By default the Forte SE has the Default Program for each Category set to the first Program of each Category. To change the Default Category Program please refer to the User Manual.

  • Page 15: Program Mode

    The Forte SE has six main modes; Program Mode, Program Edit, Multi Mode, Multi Edit, Global Mode and Storage Mode. Program Mode The Forte SE always powers up in Program Mode, and this is where single sounds can be played straight from the keyboard, or multitimbrally via MIDI. Controller Conventions Generally the factory Programs have the following controllers assigned.

  • Page 16: Program Edit Mode

    Global Mode Global Mode gives you access to the global parameters of the Forte SE. It allows you to edit the master settings of the unit. It also allows you to restore factory defaults on the unit by performing a Hard Reset.

  • Page 17: Storage Mode

    In the unlikely event that something goes wrong with the settings or software of your Forte SE, or if you just want to start fresh, you can return the Forte SE to the factory default state by doing a System Reset.
  • Page 18 ® ©2015 Young Chang Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Kurzweil® is a product line of Young Chang Co., Ltd. Kurzweil®, Young Chang®, V. A. S. T.®, and Forte® SE are trademarks of Young Chang Co., Ltd. All other trademarks and copyrights are property of their respective companies. Product features and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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