Table Of Contents - Roland Fantom Quick Start Manual

Contents
Getting Ready............................................................................................................. 3
Connecting an Amp and Speaker System............................................................................................... 3
Turning On the Power ............................................................................................................................... 4
Adjusting the Display Contrast (LCD Contrast) ........................................................................ 5
Turning Off the Power ................................................................................................................... 5
Listen to the Demo Song........................................................................................... 6
Try Out the Sounds.................................................................................................... 7
Selecting Patches and Playing the Sounds.............................................................................................. 7
Selecting Patches from the List...................................................................................................... 8
Auditioning Patches with Phrases (Phrase Preview) ................................................................ 9
Selecting Patches by Category....................................................................................................... 9
Selecting Favorite Patches (Favorite Sound) ........................................................................................ 11
Playing Percussion Sounds with the Keyboard (Rhythm Set)........................................................... 12
Layering Two or More Patches (Layer Performance) ......................................................................... 14
Splitting the Keyboard to Play an Ensemble (Split Performance)..................................................... 16
Using the Fantom Effects......................................................................................................................... 18
Turning Effects On and Off ......................................................................................................... 18
Try Out the Various Performance Features........................................................... 19
Moving Your Hand Above the D Beam Controller to Apply Effects (D Beam Controller) .......... 19
Changing D Beam Controller Settings ....................................................................................... 20
Using Knobs and Buttons to Modify the Sound in Realtime (Realtime Controller) ...................... 21
Changing Realtime Controller Settings ..................................................................................... 22
Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator)........................................................................................................... 23
Changing Arpeggiator Settings .................................................................................................. 24
Triggering Rhythm Patterns from a Single Key................................................................................... 25
Changing Rhythm Pattern Settings ............................................................................................ 26
Other Performance Features ................................................................................................................... 27
Velocity/Aftertouch ..................................................................................................................... 27
Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever .................................................................................................... 27
Octave Shift (Oct) .......................................................................................................................... 27
Transpose (Trans).......................................................................................................................... 28
Hold Pedal...................................................................................................................................... 28
Control Pedal ................................................................................................................................. 29
Try Out the Demo Disk ............................................................................................ 30
Playing a Song Directly from Disk (Quick Play) ................................................................................. 30
Playing a Group of Songs (Chain Play)................................................................................................. 31
Playing a Pattern by Pressing a Single Key (RPS) ............................................................................... 32
Using the Sequencer to Create a Song.................................................................. 34
Erasing the Song from Internal Memory (Song Initialize) ................................................................. 34
Selecting a Multitimbre............................................................................................................................ 35
Use Rhythm Patterns to Create a Drum Track..................................................................................... 37
Selecting the Track to be Recorded............................................................................................. 37
Choosing a Recording Method ................................................................................................... 37
Playing and Recording Rhythm Patterns .................................................................................. 38
Use the Arpeggiator to Record a Bass Track ........................................................................................ 39
Use the Keyboard to Record a Melody Track ...................................................................................... 40
Saving the Recorded Song to Disk ......................................................................................................... 42
Formatting a Disk.......................................................................................................................... 42
Saving a Song On a Disk .............................................................................................................. 44
Editing the Song You Recorded ............................................................................................................. 46
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