kingy75

What's the best method of setting up a practice metronome on the Forte 8?

Thanks y'all!

Anyone know if this is compatible with the Forte? http://megapreset.com/?download=mega-brass Or any other brass libraries for the Forte? Thanks

I totally get that and I agree. But after being so disappointed by the Roland FA-08 I bought a couple of years ago (and I'm a longtime Roland user), I was kinda hoping for a bit more out-of-the-box playability from the next keyboard I buy. That said, I don't mind tweaking and programming if the instrument has the potential to deliver something my ears will be happy with. I don't really want to buy another Roland as their latest offerings just seem like more of the same mediocre old sounds - some of which are good (and some are downright awful) but the stuff they're putting into their latest instruments just doesn't sound good to my ears. Hence I'm looking elsewhere

...and the percussion. The reason that the percussion doesn't sound right is because KB3 is modeled incorrectly. The percussion flows through the Chorus/Vibrato rather than around the Chorus/Vibrato. In a real Hammond it goes around the C/V. So when C/V and percussion are both on you and you strike a note you can hear the percussion wobble. Turn off the Chorus/Vibrato, then try percussion and suddenly the percussion will sound more correct. There is no user fix for this as the fix would have to come from Kurzweil in a system update. I brought this to their attention several years ago but a fix was never forthcoming for the PC3 series. Worse, they moved the same flaw into the Forte. I've done substantial work on KB3 and the leslie settings. I've found the double leslie to sound fuller but it needed alot of tweaking to minimize the inherent warble in fast speed. After many hours of tweaking the leslie settings I came up with a leslie configuraton that works fairly well. I think the inherent warble in fast speed that you mention is my problem. I'm hearing it in a heap of Forte organ demos and I really don't like it.

Hey Dave! I should have come straight to you in the first place After doing a bunch of research on keyboards I think I'm going to go with a Forte - as my cash flow picks up again over the next couple of months Just gotta get a good Leslie sound happening. From the Forte KB3 demos I've listened to online (your patches not included), my issue is that there seems to be a lot of vibrato happening when the rotary effect kicks in. Not sure if that's just my ears but it just doesn't sound authentic to me. The actual tone of the organ sounds ok to me, but the vibrato just makes it sound a lot less authentic. That's just me. Maybe I can reduce the amount of vibrato/turn it off. However I did stumble one of yours on YouTube last night and it sounded great, so there is hope! Hope to chat soon man, Chris K

Hey all, I"m looking into a Forte but not loving the factory B3 sounds. Are there 3rd party organ sound banks available to download? Cheers!