Roland Fantom-X User Manual page 18

You don't have to control four parameters in realtime. Just set up as many
parameters for realtime control as you like.
The Sys Ctrl area at the bottom of the screen lists the MIDI messages currently
assigned to the four System Controllers. These globally-available realtime
control sources are available to any patch, rhythm set or performance.
Using the REALTIME CONTROL Knobs and D Beam
The REALTIME CONTROL knobs and D Beam have three
realtime operational modes. The:
• REALTIME CONTROL knobs—can be set to control filter/
envelope parameters, arpeggiator/rhythm parameters or
assignable parameters. To select the mode, repeatedly
press the FILTER/ENV•ARP/RHY•ASSIGNABLE button—the
current mode is indicated by a lit red LED. When you're
controlling MFX parameters you've chosen—as we've
done here—set the knobs to ASSIGNABLE.
• D Beam—can trigger a pad, act as a simple synthesizer, or
control assignable parameters. When you want to control
an MFX parameter you've selected, press ASSIGNABLE so it
lights.
When and Where Are Effects Saved
After you've set up your effects just so, you'll certainly want to
make sure you don't lose all of your work when you power-off,
select another patch or rhythm set in Patch mode, or another
performance in Performance mode.
Saving Effects Settings in Patch Mode
When you've created or edited the effects associated with a:
• patch—write the patch to user or card memory to save
your effects.
• rhythm set—write the rhythm set to user or card memory
to save your effects.
Saving Effect Settings in Performance Mode
To save your effects in a performance—when you're preparing
to record or using splits and layers in performance, for
example—write the performance to user or card memory.
When you set up effects during the process of recording a song, those
effects—along with all of your other song data—can be saved in one
operation using the Song Save procedure, described on Page 198 of the
Fantom-X Owner's Manual.
Moving Effects from Patch to Performance Mode
The Fantom-X is a great instrument for inspiring new
musical ideas, particularly in Patch mode, where you can be
experimenting with patches, rhythm sets and rhythms and
the arpeggiator. It's easy to record a new idea right in Patch
mode.
When you want to add more parts to your arrangement,
however, you've got to move your idea over into Performance
mode, where multitrack sequencing takes place on the
Fantom-X.
Since a patch's effect settings are often critical to its sound,
you'll most likely want to move the patch into a performance
with its effects intact so it sounds the same there as it did
when inspiration first struck.
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