Playing Samples; Pressing Pads To Play Samples; Sustaining The Sample Playback; Switching Banks - Roland FANTOM Series Reference Manual

Playing Samples

The FANTOM can audio-record (sample) the sound of your
keyboard performance or an audio input such as an audio
device or mic . You can press the pads to record the recorded
samples .

Pressing Pads to Play Samples

Here we explain how to use pads [1]–[16] to play sampled
sounds (the sample pad function) .
Before you continue, select "SAMPLE PAD" as the pad function as
described in "Assigning Convenient Functions to the Pads (PAD
MODE)" (p . 74) .
1.
Press a pad [1]–[16].
The sample plays .
You can also press multiple pads simultaneously to play them .
Since an unlit pad contains no sample, pressing it will not
produce sound .
MEMO
The number of samples that can play back simultaneously is a
maximum of eight for mono samples and a maximum of four for stereo
samples.

Sustaining the Sample Playback

1.
While you hold down a pad, press the [HOLD]
button.
The sample continues playing even after you take your finger off
the pad . To stop the sample, press the pad once again .
MEMO
The hold function is available only for samples whose "GATE" parameter is
turned on (p . 70) .
If the sound won't stop?!
Rapidly press the [HOLD] button four times in succession . This stops all
sounds being played by the pads .
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Switching Banks

The samples are assigned to four banks that each contain 16
samples . By switching banks, you can change the samples that
are assigned to each pad .
1.
Press the [BANK] button.
The PAD BANK screen appears .
2.
Press a pad [1]–[4] to select a bank.
The pad number corresponds to the bank number .
When a bank is selected, you automatically return to the
previous screen .
MEMO
You can also select a bank by directly touching an icon in the PAD BANK
screen.

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