Auditioning Patches With Phrases (Phrase Preview); Changing The Patch Settings - Roland Fantom-S Quick Start Manual

Try Out the Sounds

Auditioning Patches with Phrases (Phrase Preview)

The Fantom-S allows you to preview a patch by listening to a short musical phrase appropriate
to the patch.
1.
Access the Patch List window (p. 8)
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2.
Press and hold [7 (Preview)].
The currently selected patch plays a short preview phrase.
3.
Release your finger from [7 (Preview)] to stop playback of the preview phrase.
4.
To select a different patch, Press
5.
Press [EXIT] to close the Patch List window.

Changing the Patch Settings

For details on the most important settings of a patch, refer to the following pages of the
Owner's Manual.
• Changing how a patch tone is sounded → (Owner's Manual; p. 46)
• Adjusting the pitch of a patch tone → (Owner's Manual; p. 49)
• Using the filter to change the brightness of the patch tone sound → (Owner's Manual; p. 50)
• Setting the volume of a patch → (Owner's Manual; p. 53)
• Applying modulation to the sound → (Owner's Manual; p. 56)
• Applying effects to a patch → (Owner's Manual; p. 175)
• Saving a patch you've modified → (Owner's Manual; p. 42)
10
or .
What is a Tone? On the
Fantom-S, the tones are the
smallest unit of sound.
However, it is not possible to
play a tone by itself. The patch
is the unit of sound which can
be played, and the tones are
the basic building blocks
which make up the patch.