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Forte Overview - Introducing the Kurzweil Forte® - the most advanced keyboard to ever bear the Kurzweil Logo. 16 Gigabytes of Sounds - New Pristine High Definition 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. Patented FlashPlay® Technology - 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.. KB3 ToneReal™ Organ - Modeled after classic Hammond, Vox and Farfisa organs. Featuring all the controls you want and more, including 9 realistic drawbars. KB3 is now Polyphony Free*, no longer using any of the Forte's 128 voices!  K.S.R. - Kurzweil String Resonance - Piano string resonance modeling for enhanced acoustic piano performance! Powerful FX Engine - Award-winning Reverbs, Delays, Choruses, Flangers, Phasers, Distortions, Rotary Amplifiers, Compressors and more including the new Spectral 4-Tap and Spectral 6-Tap FX - all fully editable from the user-interface. 88-note Italian Hammer-Action Keyboard - Every sound within the Forte® is perfectly matched to its 88-note fully-weighted Italian hammer-action keyboard with after touch 16 Arpeggiators! - Looking for a pulse? Activate up to 16 independent Arps (1 per program, 16 per Multi) and discover the new 'Step Sequencer' environment Live Audio Input w/ FX - Plug in and jam along with your favorite music player. The 1/8" (3.5mm) Audio Input sports its own dedicated real-time FX. Sweeten your backing tracks for live performance and internally mix the signal with the Forte's own output. 16 Arpeggiators! - Looking for a pulse? Activate up to 16 independent Arps (1 per program, 16 per Multi) and discover the new 'Step Sequencer' environment Front Panel Master Compressor & 3-Band EQ - 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 23 Programmable Physical Controllers - 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. (1 sustain/switch pedal is included). Easy Access Controls - Dedicated -/+ Transpose, Tap Tempo and sound Variation controls conveniently located right above the Pitch/Modulation wheels. Widescreen Color Display - Navigate the Forte® with a new 4.3” 480x272 widescreen color LCD display. Sound Selection with 'Surf-n-Select' Navigation - Easy Category and Program/Multi selection featuring customizable category defaults, and new 'Surf-n-Select' navigation, allowing you to search for and pre-select your next Program/Multi without interrupting the current selection. Favorites Section - 10 "Favorites" buttons conveniently located right below the Forte's display offer immediate access to your most used Programs/Multis. Support for 50 Banks (10 Favorites per bank) provides up to 500 total recallable selections!