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New Kurzweil Forte announced - Stage Piano

Posted: 12 Mar 2014, 23:48
by raomcz
Looks like a Stage Piano...

16 GB of sample memory
Brand new Japanese AND German Grand Pianos, Vintage '77 and '73 Tine Electric Pianos, Wurly, Clav, Harpsichord, Celeste, and much more…
Twice the FX power we've ever offered
New UI with widescreen color LCD display
Sliders with LED ladders
KORE64, PC3, and Artis series sounds
Dedicated master EQ and Compressor

http://kurzweil.com/product/forte/

Re: New Kurzweil Forte announced - Stage Piano

Posted: 13 Mar 2014, 11:23
by Marlowes


Looks promising ...

New Kurzweil Forte - a NS2 Challenger?

Posted: 13 Mar 2014, 15:10
by raomcz
Description:

- Grand Pianos: - New, hand-selected German and Japanese concert grand pianos, as well as new Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clav and Harpsichords 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™ ... 16 GB sample content with zero-loading time, heaping mounds of powerful DSP and ultrafast performance.

- KB3 ToneReal™ Organs - Modeled after classic Hammond, Vox and Farfisa organs. Featuring all the controls you want and more, including 9 realistic drawbars.

- Powerful FX Engine - Award-winning Reverbs, Delays, Choruses, Flangers, Phasers, Distortions, Rotary Amplifiers, Compressors and more.

- Front Panel Master Compressor & 3-Band EQ.

- 23 Programmable Physical Controllers.

- Widescreen Color Display

Re: New Kurzweil Forte announced - Stage Piano

Posted: 14 Mar 2014, 11:24
by Six-string-man
49.6lbs.
"Under €3000"
Release date 3rd quarter of 2014
Other models - 76 keys with same action as 88, 73 keys with lighter action, 61 keys with synth type action.


SSM

Re: New Kurzweil Forte announced - Stage Piano

Posted: 16 Mar 2014, 18:15
by titanium
Ok here's how it goes.It HAS to have extremely enhanced pianos in order for me to consider.Then the electric pianos half :lol: to have at least the same sonic realism