Playing Back A Song; Playing A Song Immediately (Quick Play); Playing Back Songs Consecutively (Chain Play) - Roland Fantom-Xa Owner's Manual

Playing Back a Song

This chapter explains how you can use the Fantom-Xa's sequencer to
play back a song.
When you play back a song, we recommend that you use the sound
generator in Performance mode. In Performance mode, up to
sixteen different sounds can be played separately by the sixteen
parts, making this mode ideal for playing songs that are multi-
instrument ensembles of drums, bass, piano, etc.
Playing a Song Immediately
(Quick Play)
The Fantom-Xa is able to play a song from user memory and
memory card immediately, without first loading the song into
Temporary Area. This is called the Quick Play function.
Quick Play can be used with MRC Pro songs (extension:.SVQ) and
Standard MIDI Files (extension:.MID).
1.
Press [SONG EDIT <-> LIST] twice.
The SONG LIST screen appears.
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2.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to select the song.
• [F1 (USER)]: Songs in user memory
• [F2 (CARD)]: Songs on a memory card
* By pressing or in the above screen, you can specify the type of
songs that will be displayed. If various types of songs are saved
together, it will be easier to find the desired song if you restrict the
displayed file types in this way.
ALL: all songs will be displayed
SVQ: only SVQ files will be displayed
SMF: only Standard MIDI Files will be displayed
MRC: only MRC files will be displayed
3.
Press [ ] to start playback.
When the song finishes playing, it will stop automatically. If
you want to stop playback midway through the song, press
[ ].
If you have interrupted song playback, "+" may be displayed at
the right of the measure number. This indicates that the song is
stopped in mid measure.
There will be no sound if samples have not been loaded for the
patches used in the song. You must load the necessary samples
beforehand (p. 153).
Playing Back Songs
Consecutively (Chain Play)
The Chain Play function lets you consecutively play back (Quick
Play) songs on user memory or memory card.
1.
In the PATCH PLAY screen, PERFORM LAYER screen, or
PERFORM MIXER screen, press [MENU].
2.
Use to select "5. Chain Play," and then press
[ENTER].
The CHAIN PLAY screen appears.
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3.
Press [F1 (USER)] if you want to choose from user memory,
or press [F2 (CARD)] if you want to choose from memory
card.
* You cannot combine USER songs and CARD songs.
If you want to perform Chain Play repeatedly, press [F5
(REPEAT)] to add a check mark (✔). If you press [F4 (AT STEP)]
to add a check mark (✔), playback will ends, and the next song
will begin playing automatically.
4.
Press [ ] to start Chain Play.
Starting from the song of step 1. If you want to stop playback
before it is finished, press [
* If you want to begin playback from midway through the chain, use
or to move to the desired step, and then press [
5.
When you are finished with Chain Play, press [
6.
Press [F6 (EXIT)] to return to the previous screen.
Chain Play cannot be started or stopped by a Start or Stop
message from an external MIDI device. Nor will MIDI
Continue, Song Position Pointer, Song Select, or Clock messages
be received.
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