Volume, Decay, Harmonic – Kurzweil Forte User Manual

Page 192: Veltrack, Lowharm, Highharm, Stealbar

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Program Edit Mode

KB3 Editor: The PERC Page

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Volume

This parameter switches between loud and soft percussion settings. (Specific loud/soft

amplitudes are set with the PercLevel parameters.) You can toggle between loud and soft by

pressing Assignable Switch 2 (labeled

[Percussion] Loud/Soft

).

Decay

This parameter switches between fast and slow percussion settings. (Specific fast/slow times

are set with the DecayTime parameters.) You can toggle between slow and fast decay by

pressing Assignable Switch 3 (labeled

[Percussion] Decay F/S

).

Harmonic

This parameter switches between high and low harmonic percussion settings. (Specific high/

low pitches are set with the LowHarm and HighHarm parameters.) You can toggle between

low and high harmonics by pressing Assignable Switch 4 (labeled

[Percussion] Pitch H/L

).

VelTrack

This parameter specifies 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.

LowHarm

This parameter controls which drawbar is used as the basis for the percussion when

Harmonic is set to Low. On an actual tone wheel organ, this is Drawbar 4 (2nd harmonic).

The actual pitch obtained depends on the drawbar tuning.

HighHarm

This parameter controls which drawbar is used as the basis for the percussion when

Harmonic is set to High. On an actual tone wheel organ, this is Drawbar 5 (3rd harmonic).

The actual pitch obtained depends on the drawbar tuning.

StealBar

This parameter controls which drawbar is disabled when the percussion effect is turned on.

On an unmodified tone wheel organ, the ninth drawbar is the one disabled. Any drawbar can

be selected.

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