Kurzwell Forte Se Musicians Book
Kurzwell Forte Se Musicians Book
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MASTER EQ REAL - TIME CONTROL SOUND SELECT
ASSIGNABLE SWITCHES
VARIATION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
KB3 MODE CATEGORY
STORAGE
ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4 FX1 FX2 DELAY REVERB ACTIVE
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ROTARY S/F Hi BRAKE ON/OFF CHOR/VIB DEPTH ON/OFF LOUD/SOFT DECAY F/S PITCH H/L KEY CLICK
ARP ON/OFF PROGRAM PIANO E.PIANO CLAV ORGAN LEADS PADS SYNTHS SYNTH BASS
CHORUS / VIBRATO PERCUSSION KB3
VOLUME A B C D E F G H I MULTI STRINGS BRASS/WINDS ENSEMBLE HYBRID GUITAR/BASS VOICES/MISC DRUMS PERCUSSION
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MID LAYER
1.4k
ZONE
SAVE PROGRAM / MULTI
GLOBAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
200Hz 7k
1 2 ABC 3 DEF 4 GHI 5 JKL 6 MNO 7 PQRS 8 TUV
FREQ
EDIT EXIT PREVIOUS NEXT USER 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
9 WXYZ 0 SPACE INSERT DELETE +/- CANCEL ENTER
KB3 DISTORTION
VALUE JUMP PROGRAM DEMO PANIC
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LOW +15 DEMO
FAVORITES
ON/OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
FILT/EQ 1 FILT/EQ 2 ATTACK DECAY/REL REL/RATE FX1 FX2 DELAY REVERB
ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 ZONE 4
Rev. C - Written for software release v2.05 and OS 3.86.30663 Part Number 910580-003
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MIDI Implementation
Appendix A
MIDI Implementation
Function Transmitted Recognized Remarks
Default 1 1
Basic Channel Memorized
Changed 1–16 1–16
Default Mode 3 Mode 3
For multi-timbral applications, set the Global
Mode Messages Mode “FX Mode” parameter to “Multitrack”
(see page 12-3 for details)
Altered
0–127
Note Number
True Voice 0–127 0–127
Note ON O O
Velocity
Note OFF O O
Keys O O
Aftertouch
Channels O O
Pitch Bender O O
O 0–31 O 0–31
Controller assignments are
Control Change 32–63 (LSB) 32–63 (LSB)
programmable
64–127 64–127
0 to 2,097,151 0–511
Program Change Standard and custom formats
True # 0–127 0–127
System Exclusive O O
Song Pos. X X
System Common Song Sel. X X
Tune X X
Clock O O
System Real Time
Messages O O
Local Control O O
All Notes Off O O
Aux Messages
Active Sense X X
Reset X X
Manufacturer’s ID = 07
Notes Device ID: default = 0;
programmable 0–127
Mode 1: Omni On, Poly Mode 2: Omni On, Mono O = Yes
Mode 3: Omni Off, Poly Mode 4: Omni Off, Mono X = No
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Physical Specifications
Appendix B
Physical Specifications1
88-key, fully-weighted hammer-action with velocity and pressure (After Touch) sensitive
Keyboard:
adjustable keys. 88-key model uses Fatar TP100LR with pressure.
Display: 240x64 pixel monochrome LCD with front-panel contrast adjust.
Polyphony: 128 Voice Polyphony, dynamically allocated.
Multitimbral: 16 parts (one per MIDI channel).
Quick Split / Layer: Easy access with adjustable volume and panning.
Programs: Space for 1024 Factory and 1024 User Programs (in 16 instrument Categories)
Space for 1024 Factory Multis, plus 1024 User Multi locations with up to 8 programmable zones for
Multis:
splits and layers.
Effects: Hundreds of editable effects chains.
• Pitch wheel
• Modulation wheel
• Volume Slider
• 9 front panel sliders
• 11 switches (assignable / zone mutes / KB3 control)
Controllers:
• 1 Variation switch
• 4 Master EQ Knobs with one EQ On/Off switch
• 2 switch pedal inputs, each supporting a dual switch pedal or single half damper pedal.
• 1 continuous control pedal input
• 2 Transpose buttons
Two 1/4” TRS Balanced Outputs (Stereo Pair)
24-bit D-to-A Converters
Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.1dB
Analog Outputs:
+21dBu Maximum Output Level
-113dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted)
0.003% THD+N (1kHz @ -1 dBFS)
1/4” Rear-Mounted Stereo Headphone Output
Frequency Response 20Hz-20kHz +/- 0.5dB
Maximum Output Power 130mW into 32 Ohms
Headphones: -100dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted)
0.03% THD+N (1kHz @ 100mW Output into 32 Ohm Load)
Output Impedance: < 1 Ohms
Load Impedance: > 24 Ohms
MIDI: IN, OUT
Complete MIDI functionality over USB
USB: User Program / Multi file transfer to/from PC / Mac / Tablet/ USB Flash Drives.
Operating System updates from PC / Mac / USB Flash Drive
Height: (5.2”) (13.2cm)
Depth: (15.2”) (38.6cm)
Length: (48.9”) (124.2cm)
Weight: (40.8 lb.) (18.5 kg)
Power: Internal Power Supply, free voltage 100-265VAC 50/60Hz, 10W max
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Programs
Appendix C
C-1
Programs
C-2
Programs
BANK A: BANK A:
ID GUITAR/BASS ID DRUMS
193 Rob's Caster 225 Full Room Kit
194 Boutique 6 Str 226 Copper Ring Kit
195 Boutique 12 Str 227 East Space Kit
196 Real Nylon 228 Birch Wood Kit
197 SuperflyWahCast 229 25th Anniv Kit
198 Chunky Comper 230 Los Angeles Kit
199 Twin Peaks 231 Ring-tone Kit
200 Noisy Feedbacker 232 Superfly Kit
201 P-Bass 233 Fin-Essence Kit
202 Motown Bass 234 Procs'd Pop Kit
203 Finger Bass 235 80's Power Kit
204 Flea/Bootsy 236 Brushes Kit
205 Jaco Fretless 237 Touch Tone Kit
206 AC Buzzer Bass 238 DJ- Dub Kit
207 Beasties Bass 239 Rhythmcon Kit
208 Levin/GabrlFrtls 240 Radio Echo Kit
BANK A: BANK A:
ID VOICES/MISC ID PERCUSSION
209 Ooh So G'oohD 241 Essential Perc
210 OohDBopTouchEcho 242 Orchestral Perc
211 EnvelopingVoices 243 Just Jammin'
212 In A Good Place 244 Vocal Percussion
213 Choir Redux 245 Tabla Bars
214 DapPer Dudes 246 Steel Drum
215 Bummer Dudes 247 Xylophone
216 BaDaDah-Doop 248 Real Vibes
217 Flesh&TheMachine 249 Stereo Marimba
218 CarnivalRicochet 250 Bell Keys
219 Metal Vibe Pulse 251 Celeste
220 Suspense Scene 252 Crotales Hits
221 Creepy Crawlies 253 Bowed Crotales
222 Drowning At 7 254 Chimes
223 Scorby-Doo 255 Hit'n Chew
224 Blues Harmonica 256 Tabla Arp
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Programs
C-4
Programs
BANK B: BANK B: BANK B:
ID SYNTHS ID STRINGS ID ENSEMBLE
353 AM Square Synth 385 WheelBowFiddle 417 RequiemMassEns
354 Square Bell 386 WheelBowCello 418 HeroicFilmScore
355 Radio Googoo 387 WheelBowViola 419 Poltergeist Trem
356 Anesthesia 388 WheelBowBass 420 Pizz w/PercUpTop
357 Plastic SoulSyn 389 Electric Bow 421 SloLineInterlude
358 OB Preset #1 390 Slo Muted Strings 422 Pastoral DblRds
359 Wet as it Gets 2 391 AdagioTremSplit 423 Pastoral w/ Pizz
360 All My Love Strg 392 AdagioTutti 8ves 424 TripleStrikeOrch
361 Plantasia 393 NashvilleStrings 425 Lullaby Ensemble
362 80s #1 394 Adagio Magic 426 String Continuo
363 PWM Synth MW 395 LightYearStrings 427 New Music Ens
364 Ion Drive 396 ELOStringSection 428 Bartok Ensemble
365 Punch Synth 397 Space Oddity 429 Cage's Ensemble
366 Throat Siren 398 RocknRollSuicide 430 White Satin Splt
367 Last Challenge 399 Octave Tron Str 431 Dream On Session
368 Cloud Level 400 Siberian Khatru 432 Post Rock
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Programs
BANK B: BANK B:
ID VOICES/MISC ID PERCUSSION
465 Haah Singers 497 Blue PVC Tubes
466 Bandpass Choir 498 Magic Mbira
467 Swell Choir 499 Perc Voice Split
468 Murmurs 500 MIXnMatchPerc2
469 Voice Waves 501 Chimes Pad
470 Sub Voice Pad 502 Bell Orchestra
471 Swept Voices 503 Soft Bell Keys
472 SldrEQ Mltrn Vox 504 Bodhran
473 Swept Tron Voice 505 Washboard
474 Aaahlicious 506 Temple Blocks
475 Enigmatism 507 Perc & Blocks
476 Voxtron Machine 508 DumbekDjembe
477 Oody Oody 509 TalkingDrum
478 Arp Hollow Bells 510 XHarmonicStlDrum
479 Crimson Jungle 511 BongoConga
480 80's Movie Music 512 Orch Timpani
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KB3 Programs
Introducing KB3 Programs
Appendix D
KB3 Programs
D-1
KB3 Programs
Drawbars
Drawbars
The drawbars on a tone wheel organ emulate pipes of different lengths on a pipe organ. In
either case, they are controlled by changing the positions of a number of “stops”. As the
organist pulls out or pushes in these stops, he adds or reduces harmonics. Whether it’s pipes
or drawbars, though, the stops work like this: pull one out to add more of an overtone; push
it in to reduce the volume of the overtone.
The stops on the most popular tone wheel organs are: 16’, 51/3’, 8’, 4’, 22/3’, 2’, 13/5’, 11/3’.
and 1’. Note that they are still measured in feet, a carryover from pipe organ days. The 16’
and 51/3’ stops are considered the subharmonic group, while the third stop, 8’, produces the
fundamental of a tone, and stops 4-9 produce harmonics above the fundamental. By making
use of different combinations of these harmonics, a rich sort of additive synthesis is possible.
Best of all, you can make radical changes to the tone dynamically as you play.
The nine sliders of the Forte SE are set to control the drawbars. Pulling the slider towards
the keyboard increases the amount of the drawbar that is heard.
Brake
Brake starts and stops the rotary speaker effect. This effect is not immediate, instead the
rotary speaker effect gradually slows down and speads up, in a similar way that a real rotary
speaker reacts.
Chorus/Vibrato
On/Off
This parameter turns the chorus or vibrato effect on and off.
Chor/Vib
This parameter determines which modulation effect is used. The choice is Vibrato or
Chorus.
Chorus/Vibrato Depth
This parameter determines how much of the effect is applied to the KB3 sounds. There are
two levels of both Chorus and Vibrato available, depending on the setting for the Chor/Vib
button.
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KB3 Programs
KB3 Mode Buttons
Percussion
Percussion is a characteristic feature of tone wheel organs. It’s especially useful while soloing,
since percussion adds an extra plink (actually an extra tone at a defined harmonic) to the
attack of individual notes. When you play more than one note simultaneously, only the first
note you play will trigger the envelope of the percussion tone, though notes played shortly
afterwards will also be affected by this envelope. When you play chords, all of the notes
played simultaneously will get the percussive effect (provided percussion hasn’t already been
triggered.)
Percussion On/Off
This is where you turn the percussion effect on or off. Percussion is created by a decaying
envelope applied to one of the nine drawbars (usually the 4th drawbar for the low pitch
and the 5th drawbar for high pitch. The highest drawbar is normally stolen to generate the
percussion sound). The percussion effect is “single-triggered”, which means that once it’s
triggered, it won’t trigger again until all keys go up.
The KB3 engine in the Forte SE is capable of generating the Percussion effect without
stealing any of the drawbars, and while not authentic, is occasionally used on Forte SE
Programs.
Percussion Loud/Soft
This parameter switches between loud and soft percussion settings.
KeyClick
The Key Click feature adds a decaying burst of pitched noise to the attack of notes. Unlike
the percussion, the key click is “multi-triggered”, which means that every new note will
trigger it. The parameters on this page primarily control the decay, volume, and pitch of the
key click.This button controls whether the Keyclick parameter is switched on or off.
Rotary S/F
The Rotary S/F button acts as a Slow/Fast switch for the Rotary speaker effect. By default,
the sustain pedal (SW1) also controls Rotary Slow/Fast. You can set the sustain pedal to
function as sustain for all KB3 Programs (instead of Rotary Slow/Fast) by using the Rotary
Override parameter in Global mode. You can also make different Rotary Slow/Fast controller
assignments for each Program or Multi by using the Parameters page in Program Edit Mode
or the Multi Switches page in Multi Edit Mode.
D-3
Multis
Appendix E
E-1
Multis
ID MULTI ID MULTI ID MULTI
106 Trumpet & Orch 141 Meow Pad 176 Piano Trio +
107 French Horn&Orch 142 Planet J 177 Piano/Hamonica
108 Dulcet Oboe Orch 143 Charmed Piano 178 Modern Apparatus
109 Royal Concerto 144 Luminous Flux 179 Spell Bound
110 Hallowed Oasis 145 Mushroom Clouds 180 Spell Release
111 Windy Strings 146 Chelsea EP 181 Marimba Traces
112 Symphony 1808 147 Voices of EP 182 Xylocato
113 Finale Orchestra 148 Ambient Tines 183 Silver Ridges
114 Reign Maker 149 Strings & Guitar 184 Purple Concrete
115 HarpStgWindSplit 150 Cinema Guitare 185 Liquid Sand
116 Plump Fairy 151 Beautiful Life 186 GalacticCucumbeR
117 Sectional Brass 152 Guitaron 187 10 Past 10
118 French Requiem 153 Artful Intellect 188 ForgottenTeaPot
119 Strings 3x 154 Learning Machine 189 Nile of Poodle
120 Detache Bows 155 Motion News 253 Split Default
121 Air on G String 156 InsidePhil'sHead 254 Layer Default
122 Choral Strings 157 LeadMeToMyFeed 255 Forte SE Control
123 Ugokukokoro 158 Stranded Unicorn 256 Clear Multi
124 House Of 3 159 Inside of Time
125 Organ-ic Voices 160 Breath of Aura
126 Evacuation 161 Timed Divination
127 Lakeside 162 In Your Dreams
128 Noxlumos 163 Her Presence
129 NetromaticVoices 164 Left Trem Lead
130 Stringy Voices 165 Mod Synth Brass
131 6 String Choir 166 Single Discovery
132 Fluttering Choir 167 Storm Chaser
133 Piano 3x 168 Silky Pad
134 Voices Carry 169 LiquidBandoneon
135 Magic Citadel 170 Quadraphobia
136 Chelsea Stack 171 Lo-Fi Lead
137 Detache Piano 172 Burth Lead
138 Ballad Pop Piano 173 Leaded Squares
139 Slow Pno Strings 174 Funky Bass&Clav
140 Dreamy Pianist 175 Jazz Gutar Trio
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