Drawbars, Kb3 mode effects buttons (assignable switches), Additional controller assignments in kb3 mode – Kurzweil Forte User Manual

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Program Edit Mode
KB3 Program Structure

7-82

Drawbars

One of the standard performance features of many tone wheel organs is the set of drawbars

for emulating the stops on a pipe organ. Moving the drawbars controls the amplitude of

either the fundamentals or the harmonics of the notes. The Forte’s sliders serve as the nine

drawbars found on most tone wheel organs. Pushing the sliders up is the equivalent of

pushing the drawbars in (removing fundamentals or harmonics).

Subharmonics

Fundamental

Harmonics

16’

5

1

/3’

8’

4’

2

2

/3’

2’

1

3

/5’

1

1

/3’

1’

Slider A

Slider B

Slider C

Slider D

Slider E

Slider F

Slider G

Slider H

Slider I

Table 7-2 Standard Drawbar Settings for the Hammond B3

KB3 Mode Effects Buttons (Assignable Switches)

When using a KB3 program, the switches above the sliders control KB3 effects, and the blue

KB3 LED is lit. The KB3 function is labeled below each switch, their LEDs indicate the

status of the various effects for the current KB3 program. This status is saved as part of each

program. You can change the effects in real time by pressing the switches.
In KB3 mode these switches also respond to and send MIDI Controller messages.
Chorus and Vibrato each have 3 levels of depth. Depth 1 has the least amount of effect

applied, Depth 3 has the most. Pressing the Chorus/Vibrato Depth button toggles between

Depth 1 (LED off) and Depth 3 (LED on). You can also set the depth on the KB3

Parameters page using the Chorus/Vibrato Depth parameter. Values 0-42 = Depth 1, 43-85

= Depth 2, 86-127 = Depth 3.

Additional Controller Assignments In KB3 Mode

Other default assignments for factory KB3 programs include:
CC Pedal 1

(volume) controls preamp volume, which emulates the volume control of an

organ preamp. The PreampResp parameter must be set to On for this to work (the default

setting). See

PreampResp on page 7-85

for details.

Mod Wheel

controls Distortion Drive.

Switch Pedal 1

(sustain) controls the rotary speaker effect, which toggles the Rotary speed

between slow or fast. This has the same effect as using Rotary S/F (Variation button).

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