Specifications
Features of the Forte
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
The nine sliders on the left of the front panel are assigned to control different sound
parameters and effects for each Program. In Multi Mode, Sliders A-D default to controlling
volume for Zones 1-4. The 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 effect, such as delay/
echo amount. The remaining sliders have different 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. The
labeling below the sliders applies to the KB3 Programs, indicating the drawbar registers that
are modied 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.