User Manual

Features of the Forte and Forte7
3-4
Real Time Control
SW Pedals
Sustain Sostenuto Soft
SW
Ped 3
SW
Ped 2
SW
Ped 1
Wheels/Variation
Var
Pad/Wah
Enable
Pitch Mod
More
Less
Reverb
Amount
Delay
Amount
Mod Amount
or Depth
Dist Amount
Drive/Other
Reverb EnableDelay Enable
Mod/Chorus
Enable
Distortion/Other
Enable
AmpEnv
Attack
Filter Freq
or EQ
Filter Res
or EQ
AmpEnv
Decay
or
Release
AmpEnv
Release
or
Trem/Vib Rate
AmpEnv
Impact
Trem/Vibrato
LFO Shape
Rel. Samples
On/Off
Variation 2
Layer On/Off
Variation 3
Layer On/Off
Effects
Synthesis
Forte Controller Conventions
CC Pedals
CCPed 1 CCPed 2 SW1 SW2 SW3
Expression Wah
Tremolo Amount/
Pad Filter Freq
Pitch
Up/Down
Sliders
e nine sliders on the left of the front panel are assigned to control dierent sound
parameters and eects for each Program. In Multi Mode, Sliders A-D default to controlling
volume for Zones 1-4. e sliders can also send MIDI continuous controller values to
external MIDI equipment. Each slider has a handy visual LED ladder that indicates its
current setting when a new Program or Multi is selected.
In Program Mode, most programs have Slider A assigned to a lter or EQ parameter in order
to control the brightness of the sound. In all Programs and most Multis, Slider I controls
reverb amount, while Slider H usually controls a second eect, such as delay/echo amount.
e remaining sliders have dierent assignments depending on the selected Program/Multi.
See the Controller Conventions diagram above for controller assignments commonly used by
Programs.
If you select a KB3 Program, the nine sliders act like tonewheel organ drawbars. e labeling
below the sliders applies to the KB3 Programs, indicating the drawbar registers that are
modied by the slider.
For KB3 Programs, the sliders operate in a similar way to a Hammond organ, i.e. pulling the
slider towards you increases the drawbar amount. To help illustrate this, the Forte inverts the
LED ladders to indicate the drawbar (slider) position.