Roland Fantom-G Workshop Manual page 5

Exploring the Fantom-G Sounds
Live Mode and Live Sets
The Fantom-G is more than anything else about Live mode, where you can
select "live sets. " A live set is a combination of
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eight patches, rhythm sets, or sample sets, along with their patch effects, or
"PFX"—from the Fantom-G's internal memory.
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up to two ARX patches—
purchased separately.
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chorus and reverb effects—
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up to 16 external sounds—
You can combine a live set's sounds in a variety of ways. We'll show you what
we mean in the following introduction to Live mode. (We'll discuss Live
mode in greater detail in the Live Mode in the Fantom-G Workshop booklet.)
In this booklet, we'll be exploring live sets that use internal Fantom-G
sounds only, just to keep things simple. We'll discuss your other options
in the Live Mode in the Fantom-G booklet.
The Party of the First Part
Each of a live set's sounds is played by a "part" that has its own settings which
determine how its sound plays. Every live set has eight parts. You create
individual patches in Single mode, but you put them together in Live mode
by assigning each one to its own part.
Selecting Live Sets
We'll be selecting live sets in the following sections of this booklet. Here's
the basic procedure:
Press the LIVE MODE button to enter Live mode.
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from installed optional ARX expansion boards,
associated with the live set itself.
you play via MIDI from the Fantom-G.
The Live Play screen appears (You can see "Live Play" in the upper
left-hand corner of the screen):
Live sets are stored in the Fantom-G in "banks. " The
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PRST bank— contains live sets that are permanently stored in the
Fantom-G's memory. ("PRST" is short for "Preset.)
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USER bank—contains live sets you've edited or created.
Use 3, 4, 5, and/or 6 to highlight the Bank
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parameter.
Turn the Value dial or press INC and/or DEC to
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select the desired live set bank. For now, select the
PRST bank if it's not already selected.
Highlight the Live Set Number parameter.
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Turn the Value dial or press INC and/or DEC to select the desired live
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set. For now, we're to leave the Live Set Number parameter alone,
since we'll be starting our listening with this live set.
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