Roland Fantom-X User Manual page 17

Don't be concerned about initializing a rhythm pattern you may want
to use later on. The rhythm pattern you're initializing is loaded into the
Fantom-X's temporary work RAM, so you're not ruining a rhythm pattern
that's stored in the Fantom-X's preset or user memory.
1. From the Rhythm Pattern Edit screen, hold SHIFT and press
F1 (Init).
2. The Fantom-X asks you if you want to initialize the rhythm
pattern. Press F8 (Exec) to complete the procedure, or F7
(Cancel) to abort it.
Selecting Drum Key Note Boxes
Before you can turn a drum key note on or off at a step—or
edit its velocity value—you have to move the blue selector to
the drum key's note box for the desired step, as shown here.
To select a note box, press:
• 3 and/or 4—to move the blue selector forward or back
in time to select the desired step.
• 5 and/or 6—to select the desired drum key's note.
Each drum key in the currently selected rhythm set plays when
it's selected, and its name is shown on the display:
You can jump directly to a drum key by playing it on the keyboard.
While working with drum key note boxes, you can audition the rhythm
pattern at any time by pressing F6 (Preview) so it turns red. To stop
playback, press F6 (Preview) again.
Viewing Already-Entered Notes' Velocities
If a drum key note is already turned on at a step, its velocity is
displayed beneath the grid as a vertical bar. When you select a
note box, its velocity bar is also selected, and a pop-up Velocity
balloon shows the note's velocity value as a number.
The overall level of the rhythm pattern can be affected by how hard or soft
you hit the pad that plays it, so each note's velocity setting sets the note's
volume relative to the rhythm pattern's other notes—it's not an absolute
volume setting.
Manually Entering Drum Key Note Box Values
One of the ways you can edit or create a rhythm pattern on the
Rhythm Pattern Edit screen is by selecting note boxes one-by-
one and setting them as desired.
Once you've selected a note box, you can:
• turn the VALUE dial and/or press DEC/INC—to set the note
box as desired. The available values are:
• all the way down—The Velocity balloon disappears and
the note box is turned off.
• 1-127—Any of these values turns on the drum key
note and set its volume relative to the rhythm pattern's
other notes.
The velocity bars for all
of the selected drum
key's notes turn green
when any of the drum
key's note boxes are
selected.
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