Roland Fantom-X6 Owner's Manual page 11

Using the Pads.............................................................................................160
Using the Hold Function to Sustain a Sound ..................................................................................... 160
Using the Roll Function to Play Sounds.............................................................................................. 160
Making Settings for the Pads (Pad Setting) ........................................................................................ 161
Specify the Currently Used Sound Generator ........................................................................ 161
Settings You Can Make for Each Pad....................................................................................... 161
Settings that Apply to All Pads................................................................................................. 161
Writing the Pad Settings ............................................................................................................ 162
Exchanging the Sound of Two Pads (Pad Exchange) ............................................................ 162
Assigning a Pattern to a Pad (RPS Function) ..................................................................................... 163
Using the Pads to Play Rhythms .......................................................................................................... 163
Playing Back a Song ...................................................................................164
Playing a Song Immediately (Quick Play).......................................................................................... 164
Playing Back Songs Consecutively (Chain Play) ............................................................................... 164
Various Playback Methods ................................................................................................................... 165
Fast-Forward and Rewind During Playback .......................................................................... 165
Playing Back Correctly from the Middle of the Song (MIDI Update)................................. 165
Muting the Playback of a Specific Instrument ........................................................................ 165
Changing the Playback Tempo of a Song................................................................................ 166
Playing a Song Back at a Fixed Tempo (Muting the Tempo Track) .................................... 166
Playing Back a S-MRC Format Song ........................................................................................ 166
Playing Back a Song Repeatedly (Loop Play) ......................................................................... 166
Using the D Beam Controller to Start/Stop Song Playback ................................................. 167
Recording Songs .........................................................................................168
Two Recording Methods............................................................................................................ 168
Before You Record a New Song ........................................................................................................... 168
Select the Sound to be Used for Recording ............................................................................. 168
Erasing the Song/Pattern from Temporary Song (Song Clear) ........................................... 168
Specify the Time Signature ........................................................................................................ 169
Setting the tempo ........................................................................................................................ 169
Recording Your Performance as You Play It (Realtime Recording) ............................................... 170
Basic Operation for Realtime Recording ................................................................................. 170
Recording Tempo Changes in a Song (Tempo Recording)................................................... 171
Loop Recording and Punch-In Recording............................................................................... 171
Correct the Timing of Your Playing as You Record (Recording Quantize) ....................... 172
Selecting the Sequencer Data that will Be Recorded (Recording Select) ............................ 172
Erasing Unwanted Data While You Record (Realtime Erase).............................................. 173
Recording Arpeggios Aligned to the Measures of the Sequencer ....................................... 173
Auditioning Sounds or Phrases While Recording (Rehearsal Function)............................ 173
Inputting Data One Step at a Time (Step Recording)........................................................................ 174
Inputting Notes and Rests ......................................................................................................... 174
Assigning a Pattern to a Phrase Track ..................................................................................... 176
Editing Songs ..............................................................................................177
Loading the Song You Want to Edit .................................................................................................... 177
Viewing the data within a track................................................................................................ 178
Using Different Sound Generators for Each Track ................................................................ 178
Loading Individual Tracks/Patterns of Song Data................................................................ 178
Silencing the Playback of a Track (Mute) ................................................................................ 178
Assigning Markers (Locate Positions) to a Song .................................................................... 179
Specifying the Area of a Song that will Repeat (Loop Points).............................................. 179
Editing Sequencer Data Over the Specified Range (Track Edit) ..................................................... 180
Basic Operation for Track Editing ............................................................................................ 180
Aligning a Song's Timing (Quantize) ...................................................................................... 181
Erasing Unwanted Performance Data (Erase) ........................................................................ 183
Deleting Unwanted Measures (Delete).................................................................................... 184
Copying Phrases (Copy) ............................................................................................................ 184
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