Modes
Program Mode
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The Forte also features Favorites Buttons to quickly recall your favorite sounds. The Favorites
buttons store a set of 10 Programs and/or Multis. To assign the currently selected Program or
Multi to a Favorites button, press and hold the desired Favorites button for a few seconds until
the display indicates that the Favorite has been saved. To recall a Favorite Program or Multi,
simply press one of the Favorites buttons. The Favorites buttons will work from whichever
mode you are currently in, changing to Program Mode or Multi Mode automatically if required.
Modes
The Forte has ve main modes; Program Mode, Multi Mode, Multi Edit, Global Mode and
Storage Mode.
Program Mode
The Forte always powers up in Program Mode, and this is where single sounds can be played
straight from the keyboard, or multitimbrally via MIDI.
Controller Conventions
Generally the factory Programs have the following controllers assigned.
SW Pedals
Sustain Sostenuto Soft
SW
Ped 3
SW
Ped 2
SW
Ped 1
Wheels/Variation
Var
Pad/Wah
Enable
Pitch Mod
More
Less
Reverb
Amount
Delay
Amount
Mod Amount
or Depth
Dist Amount
Drive/Other
Reverb EnableDelay Enable
Mod/Chorus
Enable
Distortion/Other
Enable
AmpEnv
Attack
Filter Freq
or EQ
Filter Res
or EQ
AmpEnv
Decay
or
Release
AmpEnv
Release
or
Trem/Vib Rate
AmpEnv
Impact
Trem/Vibrato
LFO Shape
Rel. Samples
On/Off
Variation 2
Layer On/Off
Variation 3
Layer On/Off
Effects
Synthesis
Forte Controller Conventions
CC Pedals
CCPed 1 CCPed 2 SW1 SW2 SW3
Expression Wah
Tremolo Amount/
Pad Filter Freq
Pitch
Up/Down