User Manual
Terminology
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Chapter 4
Terminology
is chapter provides denitions and descriptions for all of the Forte-specic terms used in
this manual. Some of the terms are also used by other manufacturers.
Since there are no standard denitions for some of these terms, they are described here to
avoid confusion. All of these terms appear with the rst letter capitalized as proper nouns in
this manual to make it easy to distinguish between the generic term and the Forte-specic
term.
In addition to the terms below, and to avoid confusion, any Forte-specic feature, connector
or control will have the rst letter capitalized to distinguish it from the generic term.
Program
A Program is an instrument sound that plays on a MIDI
channel. e sound of each Program can be modied by
parameters that are assigned to the controllers (Sliders,
Switch Buttons, Mod Wheel, and Pedals).
See Ch. 6 Program Mode for more information on
Programs.
Multi
A Multi allows up to 16 instrument sounds (Programs) to be
played from the keyboard at once. A Multi has a minimum
of 4 Zones, each with its own keyboard range, Program,
MIDI channel, and controller assignments.
See Multi Mode on Ch. 10 Multi Mode for more
information on Multis.
KB3
Kurzweil’s organ-modeling simulation of the original
Hammond B3 with Leslie rotary speaker emulation.