Roland Fantom G6 Workshop Manual page 4

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Part Number— In Single mode, the keyboard part is always Part 1 when
you're using internal sounds. The number of parts you can select with
an EXP board depends on the board's capabilities.
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Type— Use the Type parameter to choose the kind of internal sound you
want the keyboard to play. You can select Patch,
set, or Sample for a sample set.
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Bank— The Bank parameters sets the area of memory from which you
can select an internal sound.
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Category— Use this parameter to choose a musical instrument category
from which you'll select an internal patch.
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Category Lock— Once you've chosen a category, you can lock in that
choice to avoid inadvertently switching to another category as you
hunt for the patch you want.
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Transposition area— When you've transposed the keyboard, as explained
on Page 5 in this booklet, you can see the transposed pitches the
Fantom-G's keys produce as you play.
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Active tones area— This information-only area shows you the tones that
are turned on in the current patch, or the current rhythm set note.
To learn more about tones and patch programming, see the Editing
Fantom-G Patches Workshop booklet.
When You're Controlling External MIDI Sounds
When Part Group on the Single Play screen is set to External:
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Part Number— selects the MIDI channel on which the keyboard transmits
its data. Your external MIDI device must be set to the same MIDI channel
to receive the data.
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Type— transmits a MIDI Bank Select MSB value, the first half of the MIDI
Bank Select message you'll need to send the external device if you want
to select one of its sound banks.
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Bank— transmits a MIDI Bank Select LSB value that's the second half of
a MIDI Bank Select message.
If you're new to MIDI, check out the InFocus booklet An Introduction to
MIDI, which you can download from the RolandUS website.
Dynamic Pad Area
Rhythm for a rhythm
The Dynamic Pad area of the Single Play screen provides a window onto—
and some control of—the Fantom-G's pads.
The pads have their own Workshop booklet that explains their use: the
Power User Control 2: The Pads booklet.
Though the DYNAMIC PADS PAD MODE button is faster and easier to use, the
Pad Mode parameter in the Dynamic Pad area also sets what the pads do.
The remaining elements of the Dynamic Pad area are used only when the
pads are set to Rhythm pad mode or Sample pad mode. Here's what they
do:
Pad Group Pad Part
Bank
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Pad Group— Use this parameter to choose the source of the rhythm set
you want the pads to play. You can select Internal,
sets from an installed ARX board, or
from the pads via MIDI.
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Pad Part— This readout is always set to Part 8 in Rhythm pad mode.
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Pad Type— This readout shows the pads are to play rhythm set sounds.
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Pad Mode— This parameter selects the desired pad mode.
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Bank— This selects the internal or EXP memory area from which you
want to select a rhythm set.
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Selected sound— Use this parameter to select the desired rhythm or
sample set.
Pad Type Pad Mode
Selected sound
EXP 1 or 2 for rhythm
External to play external sounds
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