Units Of Sound; Tone; Zone; Scene - Roland FANTOM Series Reference Manual

Units of Sound

TONE

The "tone" is the smallest unit of sound . There are three types of tone, depending on the sound engine used by the tone .
The FANTOM produces tones using three sound engines: Z-Core, Drum, and VPno .
Type Explanation
These are tones that produces the sound of a single
instrument such as piano, organ, or synth . A single
Z-Core
instrumental sound is created by combining four partials
(ZEN-Core Tone)
(PWM waves or VA oscillators) . These tones consist of the
ZEN-Core sound engine together with effects (MFX+EQ) .
These are tones that contain a collection of multiple
percussion instruments, and are called "drum kits . " A drum
kit produces different percussion instrument sounds
depending on the key (note number) that you play . These
Drum
tones consist of the ZEN-Core sound engine together with
(Drum Kit Tone)
effects (MFX+EQ+COMP) .
*COMP applies only for the one specified zone (the zone
specified by Drum Kit Comp Zone) .
These are V-Piano tones . They can be used only in ZONE 1 .
VPno
These tones consist of the V-Piano Technology sound engine
(V-Piano Tone)
together with effects (MFX) .
Type : Z-Core
PARTIAL
1 2
3 4
MFX EQ
PRESET TONE
USER TONE
5 You can edit a tone and then save it as a user tone .
5 You can use tone category buttons [1]–[16] to select tones by category, or select them by Bank + number .

ZONE

This is a container for playing a tone .
To play a tone, you assign it to a zone . For each zone, you can
specify whether it is connected to the keyboard, and make
settings such as its key range, volume, pan, and controller
reception .
There are 16 zones; by combining zones you can create
sounds that consist of multiple tones, or create foundational
performance (tone) settings for each song .
You can also use specific zones to control an external sound
module (EXT ZONE) instead of the internal sound engine .

ZONE16

ZONE1
EXT
Level
Pan
MIDI
Key Range
USB
etc .
CV/GATE
Controllers
Type : Drum
INST
INST1 (C-1)
EQ
MFX
COMP
PRESET DRUM KIT
USER DRUM KIT
INT
Level

TONE

Pan
Key Range
etc .
EQ
What is the ZEN-Core engine?
This is a new synthesizer sound engine that was developed using cutting-
edge technology based on VA technology developed for the V-Synth . It
features analog-like response speed and high resolution, allowing you to
create a wide range of high-quality sounds . It is also fused with the PCM
sound engine developed by Roland for many years, supporting even more
sophisticated sound design .
What is the V-Piano Technology sound engine?
This is a dedicated sound engine for acoustic piano which reproduces a
piano from its structure .
Type : VPno
INST
PIANO
DESIGNER
MFX
PRESET TONE
USER TONE

SCENE

A scene contains a favorite performing state, including settings
for each zone (tone, MFX, volume, etc .), settings common to all
zones (Reverb, Chorus, IFX, Analog Filter, etc .), and sequence
data for each zone .
You can store an idea for a song or phrase as a scene, and
manage scenes by switching them for each song .
You can freely recall saved scenes in the SCENE SELECT screen
that appears after startup .
By using the SCENE CHAIN function you can place and recall
scenes in the order of the songs that you'll be playing live, or
collect frequently-used scenes for easy recall (p . 60) .
SCENE:A001
ZONE16
ZONE1
EXT INT
ANALOG FX IFX1 IFX2 REV CHO
ARPEGGIO CHORD PAD RHYTHM
An Overview of FANTOM
TRACK16
TRACK1
PTN:A PTN:H
GROUP SONG
SEQUENCE DATA
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