Volume, Decay, Harmonic – Kurzweil Forte User Manual
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Volume
This parameter switches between loud and soft percussion settings. (Specific loud/soft
amplitudes are set with the PercLevel parameters.) You can toggle between loud and soft by
pressing Assignable Switch 2 (labeled
[Percussion] Loud/Soft
).
Decay
This parameter switches between fast and slow percussion settings. (Specific fast/slow times
are set with the DecayTime parameters.) You can toggle between slow and fast decay by
pressing Assignable Switch 3 (labeled
[Percussion] Decay F/S
).
Harmonic
This parameter switches between high and low harmonic percussion settings. (Specific high/
low pitches are set with the LowHarm and HighHarm parameters.) You can toggle between
low and high harmonics by pressing Assignable Switch 4 (labeled
[Percussion] Pitch H/L
).
VelTrack
This parameter specifies the degree to which key velocity controls percussion volume. A value
of zero corresponds to no velocity tracking, which is like a real tone wheel organ. Other
values add velocity tracking, so that increased velocity results in louder percussion. This
parameter typically only applies when playing a KB3 program from an external MIDI device.
LowHarm
This parameter controls which drawbar is used as the basis for the percussion when
Harmonic is set to Low. On an actual tone wheel organ, this is Drawbar 4 (2nd harmonic).
The actual pitch obtained depends on the drawbar tuning.
HighHarm
This parameter controls which drawbar is used as the basis for the percussion when
Harmonic is set to High. On an actual tone wheel organ, this is Drawbar 5 (3rd harmonic).
The actual pitch obtained depends on the drawbar tuning.
StealBar
This parameter controls which drawbar is disabled when the percussion effect is turned on.
On an unmodified tone wheel organ, the ninth drawbar is the one disabled. Any drawbar can
be selected.