Keyboard Area - Roland Fantom-G Workshop Manual

The Single Mode Display
In the Fantom-G, each mode's Play screen functions as its home screen.
Here's a detailed rundown of what you'll find on the Single Play screen. There
are parameters you can set, informational readouts, and, of course, the three
global mouse buttons available on all Fantom-G screens at the top right.
In this screenshot, we've set the pads to Rhythm mode.
Top Information Strip
Screen name
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Screen name— The title of this screen.
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Active effects area— This informational area shows the effects that are
currently turned on. When an effect is on, it's lit. Otherwise, it's gray.
In Single mode, each patch has its own PFX, well as its own chorus and
revebrb settings. You can also apply MFX 1 to an audio input or audio
track output, and you can use the Fantom-G's mastering effect on the
entire output. We'll discuss effects in the Fantom-G Effects booklet.
Song location readout
Active effects area Global mouse buttons
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Song location readout— This shows your present location in the currently
loaded song.
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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
button takes you to the Menu screen, the middle one acts as a Back
button to the previous screen where that makes sense, and the last
button opens the shortcut menu.

Keyboard Area

This area of the Single Play screen allows you to select the sound to be
played from the Fantom-G keyboard.
Part Group Part Number Type
Transposition area
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Part group— This parameter allows you to select the source of the sound
you want to play on the keyboard. You can choose, Internal, EXP 1 or 2
for sounds from an installed ARX board, or External to use external MIDI
sounds you'll play from the keyboard.
When you've set Part Group to External, the Part Number, Type, and
Bank parameters operate in a special way. We'll talk about this after
we explain how they work with Internal and EXP 1 and 2 Part Group
values.
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Part Number— In Single mode, the keyboard part is always Part 1 when
you're using internal sounds. The number of parts you can select with
an EXP board depends on the board's capabilities. With external sounds,
this parameter sets your MIDI transmission channel.
Bank Category Category lock
Selected sound Active tones area
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