Add; Curve; Entry Position - Kurzweil Forte Musician's Manual

Multi Edit Mode
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Add

This adds or subtracts a constant to the controller, and at the same time sets minimum or
maximum values. If Add is 25, the minimum value of the controller will be 25. If it is -25
(and scale is 100%) the first one-fifth of the controller's movement (25/127 ≈ 1/5) will
send a value of 0, and the maximum value of the controller will be 102 (= 127-25). As with
velocity, Scale is a proportional change to the controller, while Add is a linear change. The
values for Add range from -128 to 127.

Curve

The Curve parameter lets you taper the velocity response. The default setting is Linear,
which means that the output velocity changes directly proportionally to the played velocity.
Expand produces a curve that is less steep than the linear curve at keystrike velocities below
64, and steeper than the linear curve at keystrike velocities above 64. In other words, when
you're playing softly, you'll notice velocity differences less than with a linear curve, while
when you're playing hard, you'll notice velocity differences more.
Compress produces a velocity curve that is the opposite of the expanded curve—that is,
you'll notice velocity differences more when you're playing softly than when you're playing
hard.
Crossfade is designed to be used in tandem with the Reverse Crossfade curve, enabling you
to perform smooth crossfades between different programs.
Bump tapers velocity response to resemble a bell curve, so that notes are loudest when your
keystrike velocity is 64. Notes get softer as the keystrike velocity approaches 0 or 127.
The next four velocity curves are Reverse Linear (Rvrs Linear), Reverse Expand (Rvrs
Expand), Reverse Compress (Rvrs Compress), and Reverse Crossfade (Rvrs Crossfade).
These taper velocity in reverse of the five curves we just covered. For example, Reverse
Linear's response is such that striking a key harder will produce a lower volume, striking it
softer will produce a higher volume, and so on. This provides a convenient way to achieve
negative scaling, by letting you set one parameter instead of two.

Entry Position

The Entry Position value allows you to specify an initial value for a controller in a setup that
will be sent whenever you select that Multi. For example, if you want to make sure that all of
the modulation in a zone is turned off when you select a Multi, assign a physical controller
to a destination of MIDI 01 (MWheel) and set Entry Value to 0.
Entry Position refers to the position of the physical controller. For Sliders the Entry Position
is indicated by the LED Ladder along side the Slider. The Entry Position is common to all
Zones, however the Curve, Scale and Add modifiers are applied to the Entry Position (and
the controller value) individually on each zone, allowing the one controller to send different
values to the assigned destinations on different zones, if desired.
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