Kurzweil Forte - Manual (Page 129)

Program Edit Mode
The LAYER Page
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On3 enables the use of half damper pedal techniques when using a compatible continuous
switch pedal (such as the Korg DS-1H). On3 emulates the behavior of an acoustic piano’s
sustain pedal by increasing the release portion of the current layer’s amplitude envelope as the
pedal is pressed down, before becoming fully sustained. This allows you to use a sustain pedal
to control note release length and sustain.
Sostenuto Pedal
When Sostenuto is on, the layer will respond to all sostenuto messages (Controller
destination 66, Sostenuto). When off, the layer ignores sostenuto messages. Sostenuto, as
you may know, is a feature found on pianos that have three pedals. Pressing the Sostenuto
pedal on a piano (usually the middle pedal) sustains the notes whose keys you were holding
down when you pressed the pedal. Notes played after the pedal is already down do not get
sustained.
Freeze Pedal
This parameter activates or deactivates the layer’s response to Freeze pedal messages
(Controller destination 69, Freeze). The Freeze pedal control causes all notes that are on to
sustain without decay until the Freeze pedal control goes off. If a note is already decaying, it
will freeze at that level.
Ignore Release
When Ignore Release is off, the layer responds normally to Note Off messages. When on, the
layer will ignore all Note Off messages that it receives. This should be used only with sounds
that decay to silence when a note is held, otherwise the sounds will sustain forever (press
the Keypad and Enter buttons simultaneously to stop sustained notes). This parameter can
come in handy when your Forte is slaved to a drum machine or sequencer, which sometimes
generates Note Ons and Note Offs so close together that the envelope doesn’t have time to
play before the note is released. If used in combination with Hold Through Attack or Hold
Until Decay (see below). Ignore Release allows you play staccato, yet still hear the entire
length of the attack and decay sections of the amplitude envelope.
Hold Through Attack (Hold Through Att)
When on, this parameter causes all notes in the layer to sustain through the entire first attack
segment of their amplitude envelopes, even if the notes have been released. If you have a
sound with a slow attack, or an attack that’s delayed with the delay control, setting this
parameter to On will make sure your notes reach full amplitude even if you’re playing fast.
When set to Off, notes will release as soon as you release the note (generate a Note Off). If
the first attack segment of the layer’s amplitude envelope is very short, you probably won’t
notice a difference between values of On and Off.