Kurzweil Forte - Manual (Page 25)

Introducing the Forte
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The Forte’s new piano sounds offer a full range of dynamics, from the most delicate
pianissimo to the full-on thunder of the heaviest fortissimo. These piano sounds utilize long
unlooped samples allowing for beautiful harmonic interplay between sustained notes.
String Resonance (KSR), mechanical key release and pedal samples provide added realism.
The Forte’s Piano programs can also be played with “Half Damper” sustain pedal techniques
(this requires a continuous switch pedal, see “Connecting a Half Damper Pedal” on page
2-8 for details).
Also included are rich new orchestral percussion instruments such as Celeste, Bells,
Glockenspiel, Chimes, and Crotales (hit and bowed).
Forte also includes our fully featured Kurzweil KB3 ToneReal™ organ simulator designed to
emulate classic tone wheel organs like the Hammond B3, as well as Farfisa and Vox organs.
The Forte is also a very capable MIDI controller ideally suited to controlling additional
sound modules and as input to a sequencer.
Features
• New German & Japanese Grand Pianos (with KSR, Kurzweil String Resonance)
• Rhodes (‘73 and ‘77) and Wurlitzer electric pianos, Clavinet D6 (rhythm and treble
pickups) and French Harpsichord (five dispositions)
• New Orchestral Percussion: Celeste, Bells, Glockenspiel, Chimes, and Crotales (hit
and bowed)
• Selected sounds from our acclaimed PC3/Artis series & Kore64 expansion
• 16GB ROM used with our highly acclaimed FX Engine
• 3.375GB of user sample memory for loading samples from WAV, AIF, P3K, and K
series files
• KB3 ToneReal ™ organ simulations with 9 sliders as drawbars (Hammond ™
simulation uses 0 voices of polyphony)
• More than 300 Factory Programs divided into 20 Categories
• 1024 User IDs to save your own Programs
• More than 150 Factory Multis
• 1024 User IDs to save your own Multis
• MP3 player audio input jack with FX
• Full 128 voices of polyphony