Perc Parameters; Percussion; Volume; Decay - Kurzweil Forte Manual

Program Edit Mode
KB3 Editor: The PERC Page

PERC Parameters

Percussion

This is where you turn the percussion effect on or off. Percussion is created by a decaying
envelope applied to one of the nine drawbars. The percussion effect is "single-triggered,"
which means that once it's triggered, it won't trigger again until all keys (or whatever you're
using to trigger notes) go up. So if no keys are down, and you play a chord, percussion gets
applied to all notes in the chord (and in fact, to all notes that are triggered during the short
duration of the percussion envelope). Once the envelope runs its course, any notes you play
while at least one key is held down get no percussion. You can turn percussion on or off by
pressing Assignable Switch 1 (labeled

Volume

This parameter switches between loud and soft percussion settings. The actual amplitude is
set on the PERC page. You can toggle between loud and soft by pressing Assignable Switch 2
(labeled

Decay

This parameter switches between fast and slow percussion settings. The actual decay rate is set
on the PERC page. You can toggle between slow and fast decay by pressing Assignable Switch
3 (labeled

Harmonic

This parameter switches between high and low harmonic percussion settings. The actual
pitch is controlled by the LowHarm and HighHarm parameters. You can toggle between low
and high harmonics by pressing Assignable Switch 4 (labeled

VelTrack

Here is where you specify the degree to which key velocity controls percussion volume. A
value of zero corresponds to no velocity tracking, which is like a real tone wheel organ. Other
values add velocity tracking, so that increased velocity results in louder percussion. This
parameter typically only applies when playing a KB3 program from an external MIDI device.
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Parameter
Percussion
Volume
Decay
Harmonic
Velocity Tracking
Low Harmonic
High Harmonic
Steal Bar
[Percussion] Loud/Soft).
[Percussion] Decay F/S).
Range of Values
Off, On
Soft, Loud
Slow, Fast
Low, High
0 to 100%
Drawbar 1 to 9
Drawbar 1 to 9
Drawbar 1 to 9
[Percussion] On/Off).
[Percussion] Pitch H/L).