Performing; Selecting A Sound (Scene/Tone); Layering Zones (Layer); Dividing The Keyboard Into Two Regions (Split) - Roland FANTOM 6 Owner's Manual

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Performing

Selecting a Sound (SCENE/TONE)

Selecting a Scene
1.
Press the [SCENE SELECT] button.
The SCENE SELECT screen appears.
2.
Touch a scene icon in the screen to select the desired scene.
The icon of the selected scene is colored.
Sixteen scene icons are arranged in the screen as a 4 x 4 grid, and you can select one
of these scenes. By touching the K (J) icon located at the left or right edge of the
screen, you can choose from the previous (or next) 16 scenes.
Selecting a Tone
1.
Press the [ZONE VIEW] button.
The ZONE VIEW screen appears.
Each time you press the [ZONE VIEW] button, the VIEW number (the number of
zones shown simultaneously) is switched.
1 ZONE VIEW
16 ZONE VIEW
2.
Press a ZONE SELECT button [1]–[8] to select the zone that
you want to control.
To select zones 9–16, use the [ZONE 1-8/9-16] button to switch groups, and then
press a ZONE SELECT [1]–[8] button.
3.
Press a tone category button [1]–[16] to select the type
(category) of tone.
4.
Move the cursor to the tone name (number), and use the
[VALUE] dial or the [INC][DEC] buttons to select a tone.
Cursor
5 When the cursor is located at the tone name (number), pressing the
[ENTER] button displays the "TONE LIST. "
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Layering Zones (Layer)

1.
Press the ZONE INT/EXT button of the zones that you want to
layer, making them light red.
2.
Of the zones that are lit, press the ZONE SELECT button of
one zone to specify it as the current zone.
When you play the keyboard, the zones lit red are sounded as layers.
NOTE
Zones whose ZONE INT/EXT button is lit green are controlling an external MIDI sound module.
To switch to the internal sound engine, once again hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the
corresponding ZONE INT/EXT button to make the button light red (INT setting).

Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions (Split)

1.
Press the [SPLIT] button to make it light.
The high region plays the zone 1 tone, and the low region plays the zone 4 tone.
2.
To cancel split, press the [SPLIT] button to make it go dark.
When you cancel split, the high and low regions (KEY RANGE) are reset, and return
to the layer state.
Changing the Keyboard's Split Point
1.
While holding down the [SPLIT] button, press the key that is
to become the new split point.
The split point is shown.
When you release the [SPLIT] button, the previous display will reappear.
The split-point key is included in the ZONE 1 section.
MEMO
5 If you want to change the tone of the upper key range, press ZONE
SELECT [1]; if you want to change the tone of the lower key range, press
ZONE SELECT [4]. Then select a tone.
5 By using the KEY RANGE function you can freely specify the key range
for each zone.

Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Semitones (Transpose)

4 ZONE VIEW
1.
Hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button and press the OCTAVE
[DOWN] button or [UP] button.
5 You can change this setting in a range of -5–+6 semitones.
5 To return to the original setting, hold down the [TRANSPOSE] button
and press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and [UP] button simultaneously.

Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Octaves (Octave)

1.
Press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button or [UP] button.
5 You can change this setting for a maximum of ±3 octaves.
8 ZONE VIEW
5 To restore the original setting, press the OCTAVE [DOWN] button and
[UP] button simultaneously.

Playing Arpeggios

The arpeggiator is a function that automatically produces an arpeggio based on the keys that you press.
1.
In ZONE VIEW, turn ARP "ON" for the applicable zone.
2.
Press the [ARPEGGIO] button to make it light.
3.
Play a chord on the keyboard.
According to the notes of the chord you play, an arpeggio starts playing for zones that are on.
4.
Move the cursor to "STYLE" and change the style.
The arpeggio performance changes according to the selected style.
5.
To turn off this function, press the [ARPEGGIO] button once
again to make it go dark.
MEMO
By using this in conjunction with the chord memory function, you can
easily play a variety of arpeggio sounds using just one finger.

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