Roland Fantom-G FGWS11 Manual page 4

When the sequencer plays back your captured MIDI data, the data's sent
once again to the sound engine, recreating what you played.
Play this note. Play that note.
Sequencer
This can feel as if the sequencer's recorded the sound of what you played,
but, in fact, it's merely grabbed the MIDI instructions for reproducing it.
You use sequencing when you record—"sequence" is really the correct verb,
and we'll use that from now on—the Fantom-G's own sounds, or sounds
from external MIDI devices you want to include in a song.
Phrases
MIDI data in the Fantom-G is stored in chunks called "phrases. " Each phrase is
a section of music. Phrases make sequencing faster and easier since they're
reusable, and also because they're so easy to grab with your mouse.
Phrases are played by MIDI tracks—we'll explain MIDI tracks in a bit.
The Usefulness of Reusability
In addition to being great time-savers, phrases provide some interesting
creative options:
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You've sequenced a killer 4-bar drum groove—and you want it to serve as
the foundation for your song, or for a substantial chunk of it. Copy it and
re-use it as many times as you want, and wherever you want. Same goes
for a bass phrase, or a phrase for any other instrument. You don't have
to keep re-sequencing what you've already got down.
Sound Generator
Gotcha Ditto
You can quickly build a song's entire rhythmic structure in one step by
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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You can use the Fantom-G as a pattern-based sequencer—with each
phrase containing the whole arrangement for a section of a song. Use
RPS to treat phrases as clips you can play from the pads in sequencing
or onstage. We'll get into RPS in the Playing Clips from the Fantom-G
Pads booklet.
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Changes you make to a phrase—automatically appear everywhere you
use the phrase, sparing you lots of tedious, repetitious editing work
when the same phrase appears multiple times in a song.
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You wish you could move a great improvisation—you've recorded late in
the song into the solo section earlier on. Easy: Just grab the phrase and
drag it where you want it to be.
Every phrase in the current project can be seen on the Phrase List screen.
This is the phrase list for the factory demo project.
To display the Phrase List screen, press the LIST/EDIT SONG button until
the Song Play screen is displayed, and then click F3 (Phrase List).
You can also share phrases among different songs in the same project,
making it a snap to create multiple versions of a song.
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