Recording A Pattern - Roland FANTOM-06 Owner's Manual

Playing Group
1 .
Select a scene.
2 .
Press the [GROUP] button.
The GROUP screen appears.
Current Group
¹ The currently selected group (current group) is indicated by
the cursor.
¹ At the right of the screen is shown the pattern length for
each track in the current group, and you can use knob [E5] to
specify the number of measures for the group.
Press the [ ø PLAY] button.
3 .
The current group plays.
Press the [ ð STOP] button to stop playback.
4 .
5 .
To select a different group, directly touch the group
name to select it.
You can also use the [E2] knob to make a selection.
Playing Song
1 .
Select a scene.
2 .
Press the [SONG] button.
The SONG screen appears.
A succession of boxes called group boxes is shown, each
with a number indicating the playback order.
Within each group box is shown information such as the
group number, group name, and the number of times it will
loop. Nothing is shown in an empty group box.
Press the [ ø PLAY] button.
3 .
The song plays, and the groups play in the order in which
they are placed.
The currently playing group (the current group) is indicated
by a green group box.
Group List
Press the [ ð STOP] button to stop playback.
4 .

Recording a Pattern

There are three ways to record a pattern.
Method of
Explanation
recording
Create a pattern by recording your keyboard
Realtime recording
performance and controller operations just as you
(Realtime REC)
perform them.
Step recording Create a pattern by successively recording your
(Step Rec) keyboard performance one step at a time.
This method lets you place notes of each
instrument on the steps at which you want them
TR-REC
to be heard. This method is suitable for creating
drum patterns.
Before you record, it's a good idea to delete the existing pattern as
follows.
1 .
Select a scene.
NOTE
If you create a pattern, and then switch to another scene or turn off
the power without saving the scene, the data you created will be
lost.
2 .
Press the [PATTERN] button.
The PATTERN screen appears.
3 .
Touch <PTN UTILITY>.
The PATTERN UTILITY screen appears.
4 .
Touch <DELETE>.
The DELETE MENU screen appears.
5 .
Touch <DELETE ALL>.
A confirmation message appears.
To cancel, touch <CANCEL>.
6 .
To execute, touch <OK>.
All patterns are deleted.
NOTE
Deleted patterns cannot be recovered.
Realtime Recording
(Realtime REC)
Press the [ ó REC] button.
1 .
The REC STANDBY screen appears.
2 .
Make settings for recording.
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