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- Page 1 Workshop ®ÂØÒňΠ® Fantom-G Workstation Keyboard Sequencing and Recording © 2010 Roland Corporation U.S. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation U.S. FGWS11...
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Page 2: About This Booklet
Clicking or Pressing As explained in the Power User Control Fantom-G Workshop booklet, you Roland’s Fantom G6, G7, and G8—the Fantom-G family—set a new standard can perform most operations on the Fantom-G using either a connected for excellence in workstation keyboards, with spectacular sounds and mouse—sold separately—or the Fantom-G’s own front-panel controls. - Page 3 Play that note. Sound Generator Sequencer The Internal Studio Play screen The RSS by Roland M-400 V-Mixer Gotcha. Ditto. You can also press F3 (Part View) on a Studio Play screen to display an expanded set of part parameters arranged in table form.
- Page 4 When the sequencer plays back your captured MIDI data, the data’s sent You can quickly build a song’s entire rhythmic structure in one step by once again to the sound engine, recreating what you played. copying the phrase the desired number of times using the phrase Copy operation described on Page 243 in the Owner’s Manual.
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Page 5: Editing Samples
Samples offer similar benefits to those of phrases—the differences lie in that The Grabbable, Mousable Phrase with samples you’re dealing with audio recordings, not MIDI data. Let’s say: On the Fantom-G’s display, you can grab a phrase with your mouse and •... - Page 6 MIDI Tracks and Audio Tracks Here’s what it really is: AUDIO TRACK 1: What MIDI and Audio Tracks Are Bar 1, Beat 1: Play Thumper sample In the Fantom-G: Bar 5, Beat 1: Play Thumper sample Bar 9, Beat 1: Play Thumper sample •...
- Page 7 • EXP 1 Part 1—MIDI Track 17 is automatically selected for you. Samples Get Onto Audio Tracks Like This • EXP 2 Part 1—MIDI Track 33 is automatically selected for you. Samples are placed on audio tracks • External Part 1-16—MIDI Track 49-64, respectively, is automatically •...
- Page 8 Sequencing, Recording, the Project, and Songs Getting a Song Ready for Sequencing/Recording A project can hold up to 50 songs, one of which can be loaded at a time. Getting Your Project Ready When a song’s loaded, you can play it, add and edit tracks, and mix it. When you’re sequencing or recording tracks, you’ll either be working with: New Project, New Song •...
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Page 9: Creating A New Song
Select the song you’d like to load. Setting the Song’s Time Signature Click F8 (Load), and when the Fantom-G asks you if you’re sure, click A new Fantom-G song begins in 4/4 time, which is likely to be what you F7 (OK). - Page 10 Setting the Song’s Basic Tempo In the factory project, another way to select instruments to use is by selecting Songs 008-0125 from the Song List. These songs don’t contain Here’s how to set the song’s tempo. (You can change sequences—they simply contain additional studio sets for you to use. it at any time, since MIDI notes aren’t time-based, and audio-track samples in the Fantom-G automatically stretch or shrink as needed):...
- Page 11 Select any MIDI track, and then press the LIST/EDIT PATCH Set the displayed parameters. We’ll explain them below. button to open the Part Select window. Once you’re ready to begin sequencing, press the PLAY button or click F8 (Start) —the window is replaced by the Realtime Rec window, which we’ll discuss in a bit.
- Page 12 Here are the details of how new and old data interact in Mix mode: Count In • If you start sequencing at a location at which there’s already a phrase—the The Count In parameter determines what occurs when you hit the PLAY new material is added to the phrase that’s already there.
- Page 13 • Quantizing can move each played note all the way to its gridline—for total add swing to your playing—set Input Qtz to SHUFFLE, Resolution to rhythmic perfection—or merely move it toward it, according to the setting 1/8(•) or 1/16(¶), and set the amount of shuffle with the Rate parameter. of the Rate parameter.
- Page 14 End Sw While you can sequence tempo changes at the same time as you play The Fantom-G sequencer normally keeps sequencing until you press STOP. something from the keyboard or pads, we recommend against doing If you want a phrase to be a specific length, you’ve got to hit STOP fast after this so that your tempo changes get your undivided attention.
- Page 15 As You Sequence Rehearsal Mode If you need to work something out while the sequencer’s Once you’ve hit the PLAY button or F8 (Start) on the Realtime Rec Standby running—practicing something you intend to play, or screen, the Realtime Rec screen appears, and sequencing begins (after a when you’ve changed your mind about what it is you countoff if you’re using one).
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Page 16: Deleting A Phrase
After Sequencing a Track Trackless Phrase Sequencing As soon as you hit STOP or reach the end of your phrase as determined by If you’d like to use the Fantom-G as a pattern-based sequencer, you can build the Loop Sw or End Sw and the Rec End Point and Rec Length parameters, a phrase you don’t intend to use on a sequencer MIDI track into an entire the Fantom-G asks if you’d like to assign your new phrase to a track. -
Page 17: Looped Playback
During sequencing, you have the same tools available to you To define the section of music to be looped, you set the Start Point and End as you have with track sequencing as described on Page 15. Point parameters. You can set them manually or on the fly in realtime as your song plays—this is handy when you want to loop the playback of a section Hit PLAY or click F8 (Start) to close the Realtime Rec Standby window, somewhere in the middle of a song. - Page 18 • Connecting Mics, Instruments, and Audio Devices an external instrument or device with coaxial S/P DIF digital outputs— connect it to the Fantom-G’s DIGITAL AUDIO (COAXIAL) IN jack. • digital audio streaming via USB from a computer—connect the computer’s USB jack to the Fantom-G’s COMPUTER USB jack. For more details on connecting audio devices, see Page 3 of the Adding Live Audio to the Fantom-G Workshop booklet.
- Page 19 Audio Rec Mode If you don’t want to hear the metronome, press the TEMPO button, and then click F7 (Click) to unlight its indicator and turn off the click. You The Fantom-G can record your audio in a few different ways, according to the can also set its global behavior, as we’ll explain on Page 24.
- Page 20 End Sw, Rec End Point, Rec Length When the Fantom-G receives 16- or 24-bit digital audio at sample rates up to 96 kHz from the DIGITAL AUDIO (COAXIAL) or COMPUTER If you’d like to restrict recording to a specific length, turn on the End Sw USB inputs, the incoming audio is captured as 16-bit, 44.1 kHz digital parameter, and set Rec End Point to the desired length—the Rec End Point audio.
- Page 21 As You Record Zoom in and out horizontally using these zoom buttons. Once you hit PLAY or F8 (Start) in the Audio Rec Standby window, the Audio Rec Standby window’s replaced by the Audio Rec window, which contains meters that let you keep an eye on your levels as you record. Zoom in and out vertically using these zoom buttons.
- Page 22 F2 (SMF List) Press F2 (SMF List) to display any SMFs (“Standard MIDI Files”) you have in the current project. To import an SMF as a phrase or song: Highlight the desired SMF in the SMF list. To import the SMF as a: •...
- Page 23 There’s also a special Jump feature that allows you to get instantly to a pre- To remove a marker: selected Jump marker of your choice. We’ll talk about this in a minute. In the Marker window, highlight the marker you want to delete. Click F6 (Clear).
- Page 24 Global Metronome Settings A Note About MIDI Channels and MIDI Tracks When you select a part and play, the MIDI data you generate uses a specific To set the global behavior of the metronome for the current project: MIDI channel. By default, Parts 1-16 in Studio mode use MIDI Channels 1-16, Press the MENU button, and then click F2 (System).
- Page 25 Set Beat Indicator Mode to the times at which you want the PLAY button’s beat indicator to light. You can set it to light: • only during song playback and recording—with the REC&PLAY value. • all the time—with the ALWAYS setting. With this setting, you can always see the current song tempo, even when you’re doing other things on the Fantom-G.