Kurzweil Forte 88 Key Stage Piano Overview
Kurzweil Forte 88 Key Stage Piano OverviewThe Kurzweil Forte is a professional 88 key Stage Piano featuring an 88-note fully-weighted Italian hammer-action keyboard with aftertouch plus 16GB of high-quality sounds plus FlashPlay technology. The Kurzweil Forte electric Piano, with it's ultra-fast performance is ideal for both live setups and studio recordings alike. Other high-end features of the Kurzweil Forte include impressive FX such as chorus, reverb, flanger, delays and many more!
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- New, hand-selected German and vintage Japanese concert grand pianos, as well as new Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clav, Harpsichord, Orchestral Percussion, Celeste, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Bells and Crotales along with a wide selection of sounds from the acclaimed PC3 and KORE 64™ expansion, all delivered with unprecedented expressiveness and an obsessive attention to detail.
- Flash-Play® provides the Forte® with a staggering amount of horse-power; 16 GB sample content with zero-loading time, heaping mounds of powerful DSP and ultrafast performance.
- Modeled after classic Hammond, Vox and Farfisa organs. Featuring all the controls you want and more, including 9 realistic drawbars. With the latest OS , KB3 is now Polyphony Free*, no longer using any of the Forte's 128 voices!
- Award-winning Reverbs, Delays, Choruses, Flangers, Phasers, Distortions, Rotary Amplifiers, Compressors and more.
- Every sound within the Forte® is perfectly matched to its 88-note fully-weighted Italian hammer-action keyboard with aftertouch.
- Room too boomy? Need to add some punch? No problem. Dial it in with the Master Compressor & EQ section featuring Bass, Treble and sweepable Midrange.
- 9 Sliders (with brilliant LED ladders), 6 Switches, 2 Wheels, 3 Switch Pedal Inputs (which support half-damper for pianos), 2 Continuous Control Pedal Inputs and Aftertouch.
- Dedicated -/ Transpose, Tap Tempo and sound Variation controls conveniently located right above the Pitch/Modulation wheels.
- Keyboard: 88 note fully-weighted hammer-action with velocity and aftertouch sensitive keys (Fatar TP/40L)
- Display: 480x272 pixel color LCD with front-panel brightness adjust
- Polyphony: 128 Voice Polyphony, dynamically allocated
- KB3 is Polyphony Free*, not using any of the Forte's 128 voices.
- (*does not apply to Vox/Farfisa programs)
- Multitimbral: 16 parts (one per MIDI channel)
- Quick Split/Layer: Easy access with adjustable relative volume (up to 4 zones)
- Factory Programs: 322 Stunning factory Programs featuring the all new vintage Japanese and German Grands, new Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clav, Harpsichord, Orchestral Percussion, Celeste, Glockenspiel, Chimes, Bells and Crotales along with a wide selection of sounds from the acclaimed PC3 and KORE 64™ expansion
- User Programs: 1024
- Factory Multis: 186 Factory-crafted Multis - featuring up to 4 independent zones
- User Multis: 1024
- General MIDI: No
- Master EQ/Compressor Section: Front-panel 3-band EQ with sweepable mid and on/off switch
- Front-panel single-knob master compressor with separate on/off bypass switch
- Effects: "¢ Over 1000 complex effect chains, incorporated into programs featuring our award winning effects - reverbs, delays, chorus, flange, phaser, EQs, distortions, rotary speaker simulators, compressors, and more
- "¢ 32 total FX units
- (editing of FXChains requires use of the Desktop Editor)
- Controllers: 1 pitch wheel
- 1 modulation wheel
- 9 front panel sliders (w/ LED ladders)
- 9 switches (assignable/zone mutes/KB3 control)
- 1 variation switch
- 1 tap tempo switch
- 2 transpose switches
- *3 switch pedal inputs (1 switch/sustain pedal is included)
- 2 continuous control pedal inputs
- monopressure (aftertouch)
- (*supports half-damper for pianos / half-damper pedal sold separately)
- Analog Outputs: "¢ Four (2 pairs) 1/4" balanced TRS analog (24-bit DACs)
- Automatic mono switching on both pairs.
- "¢ 21dBu maximum output
- "¢ 50O balanced source impedance
- Audio Inputs: One stereo 1/8" back-panel input for connecting your favorite MP3 player or other audio source for accompaniment playback
- Headphones: "¢ 1 front panel 1/4" headphone output
- "¢ 130mW into 32 ohm headphones
- MIDI: In, Thru, Out (w/ Thru/Out switch)
- USB: "¢ Two USB ports (one A port / one B port)
- "¢ Complete MIDI functionality over USB
- "¢ User program/multi file transfer to/from PC/Mac/Flash Drive
- "¢ Operating System updates from PC/Mac/Flash Drive
- Software Editors: External editors for Mac OS X, Windows PC and iOS devices (coming soon)
- FREE OS Updates: OS updates over USB and/or Flash Drive
- Included Accessories: Power cable, Switch pedal, USB cable, (4) self adhesive feet
- Height: (5.5") (14cm)
- Depth: (15.5") (39.5cm)
- Length: (54.5") (138.5cm)
- Weight: (48 lb.) (21.8 kg)
- Power: Internal Power Supply, free voltage 100-240VAC 50/60Hz, 20W max
