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Roland Fantom-G Workshop Manual

Roland Fantom-G Workshop Manual

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Single Mode in the Fantom-G
© 2008 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.
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  • Page 1 Workshop ®ÂØÒňΠ® Fantom-G Workstation Keyboard Single Mode in the Fantom-G © 2008 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. FGWS05...

  • Page 2: About This Booklet

    If you’re using a mouse: If you’re using the Fantom-G’s controls: and make the G6, G7, and G8 a dream to play. For recording, the Fantom-G contains a powerful 152 MIDI/audio track sequencer. Each Fantom-G can Value dial also host two Roland ARX SuperNATURAL™...

  • Page 3: Keyboard Area

    This shows your present location in the currently loaded song. • In the Fantom-G, each mode’s Play screen functions as its home screen. Global mouse buttons— Available at the top of all Fantom-G screens, these three icons act as buttons when you’re using a mouse. The first Here’s a detailed rundown of what you’ll find on the Single Play screen.
  • Page 4 You select Patch, Rhythm for a rhythm set, or Sample for a sample set. The Dynamic Pad area of the Single Play screen provides a window onto— and some control of—the Fantom-G’s pads. • Bank—...

  • Page 5: Transposing The Keyboard

    Normally, the Fantom-G keyboard plays in concert pitch. (On the Fantom X6 Before you move a slider after powering up the Fantom-G, it’s set to its and X7, Middle C is roughly beneath the F3 button. On the Fantom-G X8, middle position, where it has no effect on the current sound.
  • Page 6 Transposing the Keyboard by Semitones The Patch List Screen in Depth To transpose the keyboard by half-steps, or “semitones”: The Patch List Screens Press the TRANSPOSE button so it lights. To transpose the keyboard: There are actually several Patch List screens—the one you want depends on what kind of sound it is you’re looking to play on the keyboard.
  • Page 7 When you set the Single Play screen’s Part Group parameter to EXP 1 2, and then press F1 (Patch List), the Fantom-G shows you a patch list screen Selecting an External Sound to Play on the Keyboard that contains the sounds available on the selected ARX board.
  • Page 8 To select a sound from any sound bank in an external device simply by selecting a patch on the Fantom-G, set the desired sound’s Bank Select If a musical phrase isn’t the way you want to check out your sounds, you can MSB and LSB values on the Single Play screen using the Type and Bank change the way Preview works.
  • Page 9 To learn about General MIDI, see the An Introduction to MIDI InFocus booklet you can download from the RolandUS website. We’ll talk about how to set up your live audio sound in the Fantom-G Effects Workshop booklet. Highlight the Number/Name parameter. Select the desired rhythm set.

  • Page 10: Voice Reserve

    Each sound wave a patch, rhythm set, or sample set plays is a “voice. ” Fantom-G patches, for example, can play up to as eight voices at a time— from four stereo tones—for each note you play. This is one of the reasons for its great sound.

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