The most advanced keyboard to ever bear the Kurzweil logo. New, hand-selected 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. 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. Now load up to 3.3 GB of your own custom samples into non-volatile flash memory. Supported sample formats: .WAV, .AIF (up to 16 bit / 96kHz) and Kurzweil formats (.P3K, .KRZ, .K25, .K26). Deep native editing? Look no further. The Forte® now grants full access to Kurzweil's legendary Variable Architecture Synthesis Technology directly from the front panel. With 32-layers per program, each offering its own signal path and a host of modular DSP tools, the Forte® offers a wealth of sound creation and modification that is truly immense. Award-winning Reverbs, Delays, Choruses, Flangers, Phasers, Distortions, Rotary Amplifiers, Compressors and more - all fully editable from the user-interface. Piano string resonance modeling for enhanced acoustic piano performance!

Key features

• 88 note fully-weighted hammer-action with velocity and aftertouch sensitive keys (Fatar TP/40L)
• 3.3 GB of re-loadable, non-volatile, user flash memory
• 322 Stunning factory Programs featuring the all new vintage Japanese and German Grands, 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
• Master EQ/Compressor Section: Front-panel 3-band EQ with sweepable mid and on/off switch. Front-panel single-knob master compressor with separate on/off bypass switch
• Effects: Over 1000 complex effect chains, incorporated into programs featuring our award winning effects - reverbs, delays, chorus, flange, phaser, EQs, distortions, rotary speaker simulators, compressors, and more. 32 total FX units
• Arpeggiators: 1-per Program, 16-per Multi
• Analog Outputs: Four (2 pairs) 1/4" balanced TRS analog (24-bit DACs)Automatic mono switching on both pairs.
• Audio Inputs: One stereo 1/8" back-panel input (with FX) for connecting your favorite MP3 player or other audio source for accompaniment playback
• MIDI: In, Thru, Out (w/ Thru/Out switch)
• USB: Two USB ports (one A port / one B port)
• Weight: 21.8 kg

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