Kurzweil Forte - Manual (Page 275)

Multi Edit Mode
CONTROLS Page
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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.
Entry Position ignores the current position of the physical controller when the Multi is
selected. In fact, if the Multi Controllers parameter in Global Mode (see page 12-5 ) is set to
Pass Entry, and the physical controller is above or below the entry value when the Multi is
selected (which it often is), moving the controller will have no effect until it is past the entry
value. In the modulation example above, moving the assigned controller won’t turn on any
modulation until it’s pushed all the way down, and then up again.
If the Multi Controllers parameter is set to Instant, any movement of the physical controller
will immediately be assigned to the controller. This may cause an abrupt change in the
sound.