User Manual
Global Mode
TOOLS Page
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Set the Tempo parameter with the Previous-/Next+ buttons, the Alpha Wheel, or
alphanumeric entry. You can also set the system tempo by tapping the Tap Tempo button at
the desired speed. You need to tap at least twice for a tempo to be calculated, though tapping
several times (like on each beat of one or more measures) works best. e newly tapped
tempo is displayed in the tempo eld.
VOICES
Pressing the Voices soft button calls up the Voice Status page, which shows the Forte’s active
voice channels as you play.
e Voice Status pages displays each active voice as an “M” for mono voices or displays
stereo pairs of voices as an “S”. Whatever symbol the page displays, when the key of a voice
is released, that voice’s symbol on the Voices Status page turns into a “D” during the release
portion of that voice’s envelope. When the voice decays to silence, it is no longer active, and
the “D” disappears.
e Voice Status page gives you an indication of the envelope level of each voice, though not
necessarily the volume level. Nonetheless, this can give you a valuable indication of how your
voices are being used. For example, if all or most of the voices are active, then there’s a good
chance that when voice stealing takes place an audible voice will be reallocated.
KB3 Programs that simulate Hammond ™ organs do not use any of the Forte’s 128 voices
of polyphony (this does not apply to KB3 Programs that emulate Vox ™ or Farsa ™ organs).
Only one KB3 Program can be active on the Forte’s 16 MIDI channels at any time. e
bottom of the voices page indicates which of the Forte’s 16 MIDI channels (if any) has an
active KB3 program.