I had high hopes, but not all was as I had hoped. Kurzweil’s marketing promotes the Forte as a stage piano, emphasising the long, unlooped notes and key-release and pedal-noise samples stored within its huge new Flash Play memory (see box), so I started my review there. If it’s an upgrade, it’s a significant one. In addition, the number of user objects (which is Kurzweil’s terminology for anything that you can edit, save, recall or delete) has quadrupled from 512 to 2048. Much more significant is the increase in the maximum number of zones in a Multi from four to 16 and an increase in the maximum number of simultaneous effects units from 16 to 32. True, the number of factory Multis has diminished but, since I never find a use for someone else’s idea of what constitutes a useful Multi, that doesn’t bother me. There are also improvements visible on the rear panel, with more audio outputs and more pedal inputs and, on the inside, there are some new sounds and an increase in the number of factory Programs. Similarly, the addition of LED ladders to the nine control sliders isn’t ground–breaking, but it’s welcome.
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With a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels, this isn’t in the same class as many other manufacturers’ flagships, but it’s an important upgrade nonetheless. Most obviously, it has a widescreen colour display. There are several visible improvements over the Artis, which is just as well because it’s a considerably more expensive instrument. The subject of today’s review is the latest of these although, instead of displaying the obvious differences between, say, the PC3K8 and Artis 8 that I reviewed for Sound On Sound in the August 2013 and May 2014 issues respectively, it appears to occupy the same ground as the Artis, perhaps as an extension of, or ultimately a replacement for, the earlier model. So, if you take the VAST synthesis engine that underpins all of their keyboards and then add your selection from the extended piano library, the KORE 64 and orchestral expansion libraries, GM compatibility, KDFX effects, the KVA synth engine, the KB3 organ emulator, K2000–series object compatibility and sample playback, the chances are that you’ll specify one of the company’s instruments. Kurzweil tend to combine existing technologies with new developments to create new products. This information allows us to show you personalized advertisements thanks to which Audiofanzine is financed.The Forte offers stage-piano immediacy combined with the deeply programmable synthesis that we’ve come to expect from Kurzweil. This data allows us to understand the use that our visitors make of our website in an attempt to improve it. This one makes sure you don't have to re-enter your credentials every time you visit Audiofanzine. We store your preferences so that you do not have to re-enter them every time your come back (forums options, dark or light theme, classifieds filter, standard or buzz news, newsletters popups.). The website cannot function properly without these cookies. These are cookies that guarantee the proper functioning of Audiofanzine and allow its optimization. Our cookies Cookies not subject to consent
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