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"Yes, it's called Release Candidate C and you have not received A nor B. They were just internal releases."
Release notes
WARNING: Programs created with Forte 1.30 are NOT compatible with previous versions of Forte. Of course, Forte 1.30 will read programs created with older OSs.
Multi Mode
16 zones support
If Global User Type is set to Regular, nothing changes: all the multis in the Forte will keep having 4 zones. For users that don’t need more than that, that’s the easiest way to work. We keep committed to maintain the Forte as an easy and accessible keyboard to everybody. Regular User Type will always keep simplicity as its main goal.
If Global User type is set to Advanced, the users now have the possibility to have up to 16 zones in their multis. The minimum number of zones will remain as 4.
With CHANNEL/ZONE buttons the users will be able to navigate with all the zones of the multi, including in the OVERVIEW page. In this page, the zones will be shown in groups of 4: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 and 13-16.
HELP page
When in Advanced User type, a new page will be accessible in Multi Edit Mode. The HELP page.
This page shows what’s the secondary functionality of some of the Favorite buttons. This secondary functionality will only work on Multi Edit Mode.
Favorite 7: Duplicate Zone
The way to create a new zone to your multi is to duplicate an existing zone. Just press Favorite 7 button and it will duplicate the current selected zone. The newly created zone will be the last zone of the multi at that moment.
The maximum number of zones in a Forte Multi is 16.
Favorite 9: Delete Zone
With the Favorite 9 button the users will be able to delete the currently selected zone.
The minimum number of zones in a Forte Multi is 4.
Multi Mode FX page
The FX control per channel was buggy in previous releases if your MIDI channels didn’t match the zone number. We have cleaned up that code and we are now showing the 16 MIDI Channels so that it’s easier to understand what’s being edited in that page.
Multi Mode Controls page
Parameters that are common to all zones show “All Zones” at the page header. For example, the Type of a particular switch is the same in all zones.
Intonation Control
Kurzweil keyboards during many years have offered a Global Intonation Map and Key. With these parameters the users can set alternate tunings. This affects all the channels equally and has no real time control.
In Forte 1.30 we have added several new ways to control the intonation at a more fine level giving the users a total control over intonation in real time.
Per Channel Intonation Map and Key
Programs can have an Intonation Map and Key. Therefore it is possible to have a different intonation per channel. This is saved with the program.
Real Time control of Intonation Map and Key
The Per Channel Intonation Map and Key can be controlled in real time. There are 2 new Destinations for the Controllers in Multi Edit Mode:
When the user type is set to Advanced, and either the Global Intonation Map or the Program Intonation Map is selected an Edit icon will appear on the page header. Pressing the Favorite 1 button will edit the Intonation Map.
The editor will allow to set a tune of +/ 200 cents for each of the 12 keys of an octave. These offsets will be repeated in all Octaves. The Intonation Key sets the first key of an octave.
The users can save the User Intonation Tables in IDs 32 to 127.
Storage Mode
Store individual objects
It’s now possible to store individual objects. In Storage Mode, STORE page there is now an ADVANCED page. In that page the users will be able to select specific user objects to be stored into a file.
Load individual objects
When loading a file the user could not OPEN a valid Kurzweil object file. In this case the users will be able to select the objects from that file that they want to load.
Global Mode
Reset
The same as in Artis, we have added a Soft Reset to Forte. This will only delete the Master Table which will reset the configuration of the unit to factory defaults but will leave all the user objects intact.
The Hard reset option will delete all user objects in addition to reset the configuration to factory defaults.
MIDI Monitor
The MIDI monitors has been split into 2, a MIDI IN monitor and a MIDI OUT monitor. In both cases there is now a scrollable list that allows the user to see hundreds of MIDI messages sent or received.
"Yes, it's called Release Candidate C and you have not received A nor B. They were just internal releases."
Release notes
WARNING: Programs created with Forte 1.30 are NOT compatible with previous versions of Forte. Of course, Forte 1.30 will read programs created with older OSs.
Multi Mode
16 zones support
If Global User Type is set to Regular, nothing changes: all the multis in the Forte will keep having 4 zones. For users that don’t need more than that, that’s the easiest way to work. We keep committed to maintain the Forte as an easy and accessible keyboard to everybody. Regular User Type will always keep simplicity as its main goal.
If Global User type is set to Advanced, the users now have the possibility to have up to 16 zones in their multis. The minimum number of zones will remain as 4.
With CHANNEL/ZONE buttons the users will be able to navigate with all the zones of the multi, including in the OVERVIEW page. In this page, the zones will be shown in groups of 4: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12 and 13-16.
HELP page
When in Advanced User type, a new page will be accessible in Multi Edit Mode. The HELP page.
This page shows what’s the secondary functionality of some of the Favorite buttons. This secondary functionality will only work on Multi Edit Mode.
Favorite 7: Duplicate Zone
The way to create a new zone to your multi is to duplicate an existing zone. Just press Favorite 7 button and it will duplicate the current selected zone. The newly created zone will be the last zone of the multi at that moment.
The maximum number of zones in a Forte Multi is 16.
Favorite 9: Delete Zone
With the Favorite 9 button the users will be able to delete the currently selected zone.
The minimum number of zones in a Forte Multi is 4.
Multi Mode FX page
The FX control per channel was buggy in previous releases if your MIDI channels didn’t match the zone number. We have cleaned up that code and we are now showing the 16 MIDI Channels so that it’s easier to understand what’s being edited in that page.
Multi Mode Controls page
Parameters that are common to all zones show “All Zones” at the page header. For example, the Type of a particular switch is the same in all zones.
Intonation Control
Kurzweil keyboards during many years have offered a Global Intonation Map and Key. With these parameters the users can set alternate tunings. This affects all the channels equally and has no real time control.
In Forte 1.30 we have added several new ways to control the intonation at a more fine level giving the users a total control over intonation in real time.
Per Channel Intonation Map and Key
Programs can have an Intonation Map and Key. Therefore it is possible to have a different intonation per channel. This is saved with the program.
Real Time control of Intonation Map and Key
The Per Channel Intonation Map and Key can be controlled in real time. There are 2 new Destinations for the Controllers in Multi Edit Mode:
- 180 Chan Intonation - This allows the user to change the Intonation Map in a channel in real time. In the CONTROLS page, when using this Destination the users will see the actual name of the Intonation Map they are setting. For Example: 18 (EastMed)
- 181 Chan Int Key - This allows the user to change the Intonation Key in a channel in real time. 12 possible values/keys. The 128 values are divided for selecting the 12 possible values. The editor will show both the MIDI number and the Key to help with the proper selection. For example: 41 (D#).
When the user type is set to Advanced, and either the Global Intonation Map or the Program Intonation Map is selected an Edit icon will appear on the page header. Pressing the Favorite 1 button will edit the Intonation Map.
The editor will allow to set a tune of +/ 200 cents for each of the 12 keys of an octave. These offsets will be repeated in all Octaves. The Intonation Key sets the first key of an octave.
The users can save the User Intonation Tables in IDs 32 to 127.
Storage Mode
Store individual objects
It’s now possible to store individual objects. In Storage Mode, STORE page there is now an ADVANCED page. In that page the users will be able to select specific user objects to be stored into a file.
Load individual objects
When loading a file the user could not OPEN a valid Kurzweil object file. In this case the users will be able to select the objects from that file that they want to load.
Global Mode
Reset
The same as in Artis, we have added a Soft Reset to Forte. This will only delete the Master Table which will reset the configuration of the unit to factory defaults but will leave all the user objects intact.
The Hard reset option will delete all user objects in addition to reset the configuration to factory defaults.
MIDI Monitor
The MIDI monitors has been split into 2, a MIDI IN monitor and a MIDI OUT monitor. In both cases there is now a scrollable list that allows the user to see hundreds of MIDI messages sent or received.
