Roland Fantom G6 Workshop Manual page 11

Group: Available Settings:
Mono/Poly/Legato With these Internal-part parameters, you
can set a part's sound to be monophonic or
polyphonic, and you can set it to move from
note to note in a legato manner.
MIDI Rx Filter For Internal, EXP, and External parts, this
group sets whether a part responds to various
MIDI control-change messages. For Internal
parts that use the same MIDI channel, you
can lock in the timing, or "phase," of note
timings. You can also select individual velocity
curves for Internal and External parts.
Voice Reserve
It's pretty unlikely you'll run out of notes as you play the keyboard and pads
in Single mode, but if you do, it means you're exceeding the Fantom-G's
polyphony. Every synth or sampler has a maximum number of voices it can
play at once—this is referred to as its maximum polyphony. The Fantom-G
can sound a hefty 128 internal voices at a time, with additional voices
available from installed ARX boards.
Each sound wave a patch, rhythm set, or sample set plays is a "voice. "
Fantom-G patches, for example, can play up to eight voices at a time—from
four stereo tones—for each note. This is one of the reasons for its great
sound. As older notes sustain and new notes are played, though, you might
be surprised exactly how many voices are in use at any given moment.
There's an easy way to find out. Here's how:
On the Single Play screen, click F3 (Part View).
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Click F2 ( Down) to display the Voice Reserve screen.
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Play what you want to play on the keyboard or pads—the Fantom-G
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shows you graphically how close you're getting to the 128-voice
limit.
About Sequencing and Recording in Single Mode
You can sequence MIDI tracks or record audio tracks from any of the
Fantom-G's modes, since you never know where you'll be when you get an
idea you want to capture.
Though Studio mode's the best place for this kind of work—allowing you to
incorporate a lot of sounds, and with mixing screens designed for multitrack
sequencing/recording—you can still grab something from the keyboard
and/or pads (with multiple audio tracks if you like) in Single mode.
You sequence your currently selected Fantom-G sound or record audio using
the method we laid out in the Fantom-G Possibilities Workshop booklet, and
which we'll discuss in more detail in the Sequencing and Recording booklet.
When you're done, play back your music in Single mode.
We'll talk about how to set up effects for incoming live audio in the
Adding Live Audio to the Fantom-G Workshop booklet.
Everything you play on the keyboard or pads is captured on its own MIDI
channel in a single phrase on the currently selected MIDI track. What you
played
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on keyboard— is on MIDI Channel 1 within the phrase.
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on the pads in Rhythm pad mode—
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on the pads in Sample pad mode—
is on MIDI Channel 10 in the phrase.
is on MIDI Channel 9 in the phrase.
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