b>j)΄!Pԫ&;"kB޶}pSVT(wę!j x;-m@JnQ+պכ7MajfJͱ4jѲ撆RxZMz7vIW/dٞТזcZM~ji ߒsQzԠDW3Den"M+/B:-uIJ7j委9p='mANޭ=/B:-n&nUfqxZM~c Ϲ+,&ᾺܢF[(1*" ϒ"Jԧ<;b" "jܢF[x ,!q қ*]/؝27SMcs"ޭDQ/应ܢF_! :s" 7`F+SVTn"IJnQ/应B 4 wD"IJ׭-`S9DrjiEJ߅gJ应矁[xZM~n"IB؃!'Тѕ+(mIKʭ/|ϐܢF[xZMzG %嬩/c[[ Forte Basic Concepts & User Interface Archives - KURZWEIL It's the Sound® https://kurzweil.com/category/forte-faq/forte-basic-concepts/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:56:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Using a Foot Switch Pedal to Navigate Favorites https://kurzweil.com/2020/11/09/using-a-foot-switch-pedal-to-navigate-favorites/ https://kurzweil.com/2020/11/09/using-a-foot-switch-pedal-to-navigate-favorites/#respond Mon, 09 Nov 2020 23:23:19 +0000 https://kurzweil.com/?p=24340 Question: How can I assign a switch pedal to navigate my stored Favorites? Answer: 1) With the power off, connect a sustain/switch pedal into "Switch Pedal 2" (and/or 3), then power on.NOTE: while the Forte supports using either traditional 1/4" (TS) or half-damper 1/4" (TRS) switch pedals for piano-sustain, for this application you will want [...]

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How can I assign a switch pedal to navigate my stored Favorites?

Answer:

1) With the power off, connect a sustain/switch pedal into “Switch Pedal 2″ (and/or 3), then power on.NOTE: while the Forte supports using either traditional 1/4″ (TS) or half-damper 1/4″ (TRS) switch pedals for piano-sustain, for this application you will want to only use traditional 1/4” (TS) pedals.

2) Press the GLOBAL mode button – you will see:

3) Press the MAIN2 soft button:

4) Using the cursor navigation arrow buttons, highlight the “SW Override” parameter for your chosen pedal (SW2 or SW3). By default it is set to “None”. Using the alpha wheel and/or Previous/- Next/+ buttons, change it to “Favorite Inc” **:

5) Press PROGRAM or MULTI to exit.

TIPS:

  • **Choose “Favorite Inc” to move forward through your Favorites. Choose “Favorite Dec” to move backwards through your Favorites.
  • Use two separate pedals (one connected to SW2, one connected to SW3) and set one to “Inc” and one to “Dec” for two-way navigation.
  • Enable ‘Advanced’ User Type and ‘Favorites View’ to access up to 500 Favorites.

USAGE NOTES:

  • The pedal will cycle/wrap around the 10 available Favorites button slots within the current Favorites bank.
  • If using Advanced User Type, and multiple Favorites Banks, you will need to manually select the Favorites bank using the Chan/Zone buttons first, then you can use the pedal to walk through that current bank of 10 favorites.
  • Complete details on the use of pedal overrides can be found in the Forte Musician’s Guide (pg. 12-11).

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Can I search the internal memory for select objects by name?

Answer:

Yes, the Forte offers a comprehensive search-string tool that permits searching many parameter fields by name, including:

  • Multis
  • Programs
  • Keymaps
  • Samples
  • FX Chains
  • FX Presets
  • Program Control Sources
  • Arp and Shift Patterns
  • Intonation Maps
  • Velocity Maps
  • Pressure Maps

To do so, with the desired field selected, hold the Enter button and at the same time press any one of the alpha-numeric keypad buttons 2-9 (take note the button arrangement is much like a telephone keypad):

This will bring up the Search display:

Type in the string of characters you want to find using the alphanumeric pad.

For example, if you began in Program mode looking at the Program list and you want to find all Programs containing the word “Vintage”, you would type v-i-n-t and so on. This function is not case-sensitive; it will find upper and lower-case characters equally. When you’ve typed the string of characters you want to find, press OK. The Forte searches through the current list of objects or values, finds all items that match the string of characters
you typed, and displays the first one it finds.

Note in our example above we only typed a portion of the word. That works too. The result will be every program with ‘vint’ somewhere in its name will be part of the search results. Staying this same example, the first result displayed is “7 Vintage Upright”:

To navigate through the list of matches, hold ENTER and press either the PREVIOUS(-) OR NEXT(+) button (below the Alpha Wheel) to move to the next higher(+) or lower-numbered(-) object that matches your search.

Following our example, if we pressed ENTER and NEXT(+), incrementing up to the next higher match, we’d see Program “8 Vintage Grand”. Press ENTER and ext(+) again, you’d see “31 Vintage Squash” and so on. If we pressed ENTER and PREVIOUS(-) we would step backwards through the same search list.

As mentioned, the search tool works in other modes and fields as well.

Let’s search for an FX Chain. On the FX page of the Program Edit mode, highlight the ‘Insert’ field:

Then press and hold ENTER and type “h-a-l-l”:

Press OK when done typing to start the search – you will see something like:

If we pressed ENTER and NEXT(+), incrementing up to the next higher match, we’d see Insert “5012 Small Hall2″. Press ENTER and NEXT(+) again, you’d see the next ‘hall’ match, and so on as before. Again if we pressed ENTER and PREVIOUS(-) we would step backwards through the same search list.

Power User Tips

  • It bares repeating, the above applies to many parameter fields throughout the Forte UI. Try it – look up an LFO as a Control Source for your filter cutoff assignment, or locate that Arp preset you can’t quite remember the full name of.
  • The text strings you search for remain in memory until the Forte is turned off. Further, you can store and select a string of characters with each of the numeric buttons. Hold Enter and press one of the numeric buttons at any time to select the last string associated with that same numeric button. When the string appears, you can change it, or just press Enter to re-find that same string.

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Where can I obtain a list of the factory preset Programs & Multis for the Forte?

Answer:

In the DOWNLOADS section on the Forte Product page (under ‘User Manuals’) you will find a link titled “Forte Complete Factory Objects List”. The download contains both .pdf and .xls files listing all system objects (programs, multis, and effects chains).

In addition Appendix C and E of the Musician’s Guide (available in the Downloads section as well) also lists all of the factory presets.

 

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How does the Forte’s “Favorites” system work?

Answer:

Much like car radio station presets, the Forte lets you store your Favorite Programs/Multis for instant one-button recall. There are two modes to choose from: ‘Regular’ (offers 10 favorites) and ‘Advanced’ offering 500 (see further below).

REGULAR OPERATION (default setting) – 10 Favorites:

  1. Select the a Program or Multi you wish to store as a Favorite.Ex:

  2. Press and hold a given FAVORITES button for a few seconds to store the current Program or Multi to that button location.

  3. You will see a pop-up message displayed as confirmation:Ex:

    “Favorite 3 saved”.

  4. Go back to step 1 and repeat as needed.

To later recall the given Favorite, from Program or Multi mode, simply press the corresponding FAVORITES button. (Note: Individual “Fav Bank” objects can also be stored to disk for backup using the Advanced Store option)

TIP:
Press VIEW (once) to select the “Favorites” view mode.

In doing so, the names for the 10 stored Favorites will be displayed at the bottom of the screen, making it easier to remember what was stored in each location.

ADVANCED OPERATION – 500 Favorites:

Introduced at update v1.40, the Forte added support for storing/recalling 50 banks of Favorites – each “Bank” is comprised of 10 button selections. This gives you access to 500 Favorites via bank switching.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Press VIEW to enable “Favorites” view mode (see TIP above).
  2. Press the GLOBAL mode button.

  3. Set “User Type” to ‘Advanced’:

  4. Press PROGRAM or MULTI to exit.
  5. Using the CHANNEL/ZONE up/dn buttons to the left of the display, you can now flip through the 50 different Favorites banks. The current Favorites Bank number is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the screen:


    You can now quickly access one of 50 banks, see what Program/Multi is stored in a given slot and make your selection.

     

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