Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual page 11

• F3 (TEMPO)—to set the starting tempo of the TEMPO knob
(Knob C4) when the REALTIME CONTROL knobs' mode
switch is set to ARP/RHY.
• F4 (DBEAM)—to set the behavior of the D
Beam when its ASSIGNABLE button is lit.
• F5 (DB SYN)—to set the behavior of the D
Beam when its SOLO SYNTH button is lit.
• F6 (CTRL SW)—to enable or disable the
performance's parts' response to realtime
control.
To learn more about the realtime controllers, see the Fantom-Xa Owner's
Manual.
You can also connect foot switches to the Fantom-Xa for additional
realtime control. See the Owner's Manual for more information.
Music Minus You
Some performers like to sing or play along with SMFs. The
most typical approach is to perform one of the instruments in
the arrangement live as the sequence plays. If you're
• a singer—you'll want to kill the SMF's melody line so you
can sing it yourself.
• a keyboardist—you'll want to silence one of the keyboards
in the arrangement so you can play it yourself.
The way to do this is to erase what you don't want to hear.
We recommend you edit with each arrangement element on its own track,
as with a Type 1 SMF. In the following procedure, we'll presume you're
dealing with a Type 1 SMF, or that you've already extracted a Type 0 SMF's
data to separate tracks as described earlier. If you do choose to perform
this procedure on a Type 0 SMF, pay special attention to the settings for the
Track/Pattern and Ch/Part parameters as noted below.
You'll be erasing data from the copy of the SMF that's currently loaded into
the Fantom-Xa, not from the copy that's stored in user or card memory.
When you save the edited version of the song, give it a different name so
that you don't replace the original version, which can serve as a backup.
Here's how to erase a track:
1. Press the SONG EDIT↔LIST button once or twice to display
the SONG EDIT (TRK) screen.
2. Use the 6 and 5 buttons or the PART/TRACK buttons to
select the track you want to erase.
3. Press F5 (EDIT) to display the Track Edit window.
4. Press 6 or turn the VALUE dial to select Erase, and press F6
(SELECT) to display the Erase parameters.
5. Set the Erase parameters as follows:
• Track/Pattern—Select the track you want to erase.
If you're erasing data from a Type 0 SMF, set Track/Pattern to TRK 1.
• Ch/Part—Set this to ALL (Ch1-Ch16).
If you're erasing data from a Type 0 SMF, set Ch/Part to the MIDI channel
with the same number as the part that plays the sound you want to replace
with your voice, or that you want to play live.
• Measure—Set this to 0001.
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