User Manual
Program Edit Mode
The KEYMAP Page
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e Forte contains both stereo and mono samples. Keymaps designed for stereo use are
labeled with names beginning with “Stereo” or ending in “Left,” “Right,” “L,” or “R.” For
stereo keymap playback, set Stereo “On” and assign corresponding Left and Right keymaps
to Keymap1 and Keymap2 respectively. For keymaps beginning with “Stereo,” assign the
same keymap to both Keymap1 and Keymap2. If you select the same keymap for Keymap1
and Keymap2, the Forte automatically uses the left side for Keymap1 and the right side for
Keymap2.
Once you have the keymaps assigned, go to the OUTPUT page and set the panning for
each sample as desired. Keep in mind that using stereo keymaps reduces the polyphony of
the program. For example, if you had a two-layer program with stereo keymaps in each layer,
each note you play would use 4 of your 128 voices, allowing a total of 32 notes before all the
voices have been used.
If you’re not using stereo samples, you should set this parameter’s value to O.
Keymap
Assign a keymap to the current layer. Keymaps are collections of samples assigned to note
and velocity ranges. With the Keymap parameter selected, press the Favorite1 button to enter
the Keymap editor (see Ch. 9 Keymap and Sample Editing for details).
Transpose (Xpose)
Transpose the current keymap up as much as 127 semitones (ten octaves and a perfect fth)
or down as much as 128 semitones (ten octaves and a minor sixth).
Key Tracking (KeyTrk)
is is one of the six common DSP control parameters. On the KEYMAP page, key tracking
aects the interval between notes. e default value of 100 cents (a cent is a hundredth of a
semitone) gives you the normal semitone interval between each note. Higher values increase
the interval; lower values decrease it. Negative values will cause the pitch to decrease as you
play higher notes.
When you make changes to this parameter, you’ll need to keep in mind that KeyTrk on the
KEYMAP page works in conjunction with Pitch KeyTrk on the DSPCTL page. erefore,
you’ll need to check the KeyTrk value on both pages to see how key tracking works within a
program. Unless you’re looking for nonstandard note intervals, the values of the Pitch KeyTrk
parameters on the DSPCTL and KEYMAP pages should add up to 100 cents.