Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual page 10

3. Underneath the Fantom-Xa's pads, press the CATEGORY
button so it lights.
The Fantom-Xa's patches are arranged in instrument
categories that make it easy to find the one you want. When
CATEGORY is lit, press a pad to display a patch category.
By default, Pad 0 is selected—above the pad, "PIANO" is
printed, and a list of piano patches is displayed.
Each pad provides access to a few related categories. You can get to these
additional categories by pressing 4 and 3.
4. Press a pad and turn the VALUE dial or use the 6 and 5
buttons to select a new patch.
You can quickly audition the currently selected sound by pressing F5
(PREVIEW), or you can play it on the Fantom-Xa yourself.
5. When you find the patch you want, press F6 (SELECT).
Adding Realtime Control
You may want to control the volume—or some other aspect—
of one of your song's instruments in realtime onstage. To do
this, set up the realtime controller(s) you want to use, and then
select the desired part onstage. The controller can send a MIDI
message that allows you to manipulate the desired aspect of
the sound in realtime.
The Fantom-Xa offers lots of realtime control, with its REALTIME
CONTROL knobs, ASSIGNABLE SW buttons, and its D Beam.
To set up a realtime controller, hold down SHIFT and turn or
touch the controller to display its parameters. For example, by
holding down SHIFT and turning REALTIME CONTROL Knob 1,
the knob's parameter appears onscreen.
Here we've set Knob C1—the first knob—to transmit MIDI Controller 7
messages so we can control the selected part's volume using the knob.
Press:
• F1 (KNOB)—to display the MIDI message transmitted by
the four knobs when they're set to ASSIGNABLE mode, as
shown in the illustration at the start of this section.
• F2 (SWITCH)—to set the behavior of the two ASSIGNABLE
SW buttons.
Press this button
repeatedly to
set the REALTIME
CONTROL knobs'
mode.
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