Kurzweil Forte - Manual (Page 264)

Multi Edit Mode
MAIN Page
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EntryPrgChg
The Entry Program Change parameter determines whether or not the currently selected
Zone will send a MIDI Program change message when the Multi is loaded. You can set this
parameter to either Off or On. When set to On, the Zone will send a MIDI Program change
message with the Program specified for the MIDI Program parameter.
Bend Up / Down ST & Bend Up / Down CT
Bend Up ST and Bend Down ST sends a bend range message to an internal program or
a MIDI device, telling it how to define subsequent pitch bend messages. You can set this
parameter to any value between 0 semitones and 127 semitones, or to Prog, which uses the
Bend Range Up / Down of the currently selected Program for the Zone. The value can be
entered numerically, and entering -1 will select Prog. (value that the Program would use in
Program Mode).
Bend Up CT and Bend Down CT lets you fine tune the value for Bend Up ST & Bend
Down ST (semitones). 100 cents equals one semitone, or one half step; you can set this
parameter anywhere between 0 and 100 cents.
VelMode
The Velocity Mode parameter determines the method that the Forte maps the keyboard’s
strike velocity to MIDI velocity. Set to “Traditional” the keyboards velocity will translate to a
MIDI velocity depending how hard you strike it. With a setting of “Fixed”, the velocity is set
to a pre-determined value regardless of how hard or soft the keyboard is played.
A setting of “Fixed” will remove some of the other Velocity settings in the MAIN page and
replace it with a parameter called Velocity that has range of values from 0 to 127.
Velocity Scale
The Velocity Scale parameter lets you amplify or diminish velocity response from -300%
to 300%. Normal response is 100%. Higher values make the keyboard more sensitive (you
don’t need to play as hard to get higher MIDI velocities) while lower values make it less
sensitive (playing harder doesn’t change MIDI velocity as much). You can also set the scale to
a negative number, in which case the velocity response is turned upside-down: playing harder
produces a softer sound and vice versa. This is useful for creating velocity-based crossfades
between zones.
See the following section on VelOffset for ideas about negative scaling.
Velocity Offset
The Velocity Offset parameter also changes the velocity response, but in a more direct way, by
adding or subtracting a constant to the key velocity.