Foot Switches And Controllers; Kb3 Buttons; Transpose Buttons - Kurzweil Forte Musician's Manual

Features of the Forte

Foot Switches and Controllers

The Forte can support up to 3 Switch or Half Damper pedals as well as 2 Continuous
Controller (CC) pedals. By default the Switch pedals control Sustain, Sostenuto, and Soft
Pedal. The CC pedals control expression (program volume) and wah (if applicable) by
default.

KB3 Buttons

For KB3 Programs, these buttons manipulate the KB3 sound, as per the blue labels below
the button. When the LED of the button is red, the KB3 function is active.

Transpose Buttons

The Transpose and Variation buttons are located at the very end of the left side of the Forte
keyboard, just above the Pitch & Modulation Wheels.
The Transpose buttons can be used to change the tuning of notes played on the Forte
keyboard in semitones (ST), also known as half steps. This is a convenient way to change
the key of a song without learning to play it in a different key. The Transpose buttons are
located to the left of the keyboard, above the Pitch and Mod Wheels. The Transpose buttons
also transpose MIDI notes sent to the USB and MIDI out ports.
Press the Transpose - or + buttons to transpose the Forte keyboard down or up by one
semitone. The top line of the display shows the current transposition value. Pressing
both Transpose - and + simultaneously will reset the transposition to 0. To transpose up
and down by octave intervals (12 ST), press the OCTAVE- and OCTAVE+ soft buttons
underneath the display.
The maximum transposition value possible is +/–36 semitones.
The LEDs of the Transpose buttons indicate whether the current Program is transposed
up (Transpose + LED is lit) or transposed down (Transpose – LED is lit). When there is no
transposition, neither Transpose button is lit.
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