Roland Fantom-X User Manual page 18

• TIE—You can select this value when the note box
immediately to the left of the current note box is
turned on. TIE lengthens the earlier note box's note so
it extends through the current note box's step.
TIE works only with sounds that are long enough to last more than a step.
It's handy for long, sampled sounds such as beat loops, or when a rhythm
pattern is playing a patch instead of rhythm set.
• strike a drum pad—to set the note box's velocity. Each of
the 16 pads enters one of 16 available velocity values, with
Pad 1 entering the lowest value and Pad 16 the highest.
After you strike a pad to enter a note box's velocity, the next note box for
the current drum key is automatically selected for your convenience.
Entering Drum Key Notes Using Step Recording
Step Recording allows you to capture the desired drum key
notes as you perform them on the pads or keyboard.
1. On the Rhythm Pattern Edit screen, press F8 (Step Rec) so
it lights red to turn on Step Recording.
2. Press 3 and/or 4 to select the step at which you want to
begin entering notes.
3. Strike a drum pad and/or play the keyboard to enter its
drum key note at the current step. After a drum key note is
entered, the next step is automatically selected.
Strike multiple pads and/or keys to enter notes for multiple drum keys at
the same step.
4. Repeat Step 3 to enter additional notes as desired, or:
• press F3 (Rest (Clear))—to enter a rest at the current
step and move to the next step.
• press 3 and/or 4—to move to any step at which you
want to enter additional notes.
5. When you're finished, press F8 (Step Rec) so it turns gray to
turn off Step Recording.
Don't worry too much about getting drum key velocities just right during
Step Recording—you can always go back and edit them manually, as
we've described.
Clearing Drum Key Notes
There are three different ways you can remove drum key notes
from a rhythm pattern. You can:
• turn a note box's velocity off—by selecting the note box
and lowering the Velocity value down to nothing.
• change the note to a rest—by selecting the desired note
box and pressing F3 (Rest (Clear)).
After you press F3 (Rest (Clear)), the next note box for the current drum key
is automatically selected.
• remove all of a drum key's notes—as follows:
1. Use 5 and/or 6 to select the desired drum key.
2. Hold down SHIFT and press F2 (Clear Note).
3. Press F8 (Exec) when the Fantom-X asks if you're sure
you want to proceed, or F7 (Cancel) to abort the
operation.
• remove all drum key notes at the selected step—as follows:
1. Use 3 and/or 4 to select the desired step.
2. Hold down SHIFT and press F3 (Clear Step).
3. Press F8 (Exec) when the Fantom-X asks if you're sure
you want to proceed, or F7 (Cancel) to abort the
operation.
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