Table Of Contents; Contents - Roland Fantom G8 User Manual

Contents

USING THE UNIT SAFELY ......................................................................................... 4
IMPORTANT NOTES .................................................................................................. 7
Contents...................................................................................................................... 9
01: Introduction (Overview and Basic Operation) ... 19
Main Features ........................................................................................................... 20
Panel Descriptions................................................................................................... 22
Front Panel............................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Rear Panel .............................................................................................................................................................................. 24
Making Connections ................................................................................................ 25
Connecting an Amp and Speaker System......................................................................................................................... 25
Connecting a USB Mouse (sold separately)...................................................................................................................... 26
Placing the Fantom-G on a Stand ....................................................................................................................................... 27
Turning On the Power.............................................................................................. 28
Turning Off the Power ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Listening to the Demo Songs ................................................................................. 29
Various Performance Features ............................................................................... 30
Overview of the Fantom-G ...................................................................................... 32
How the Fantom-G is Organized ....................................................................................................................................... 32
About Memory...................................................................................................................................................................... 35
About the Internal Effects.................................................................................................................................................... 36
About the Sequencer ............................................................................................................................................................ 36
About the Sampling Section................................................................................................................................................ 38
Basic Operation of the Fantom-G........................................................................... 39
Switching the Sound Generator Mode .............................................................................................................................. 39
How the Function Buttons Work ....................................................................................................................................... 40
Moving the Cursor ............................................................................................................................................................... 40
Editing a Value...................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Assigning a Name ................................................................................................................................................................ 42
Basic Pad Operations............................................................................................................................................................ 43
Shortcut Menu....................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Song Automatically Loaded at Power-on (When Loading a Project)............................................................. 29
Velocity/Aftertouch............................................................................................................................................... 30
Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever ............................................................................................................................. 30
Octave Shift (OCT) ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Transpose................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Hold Pedal ............................................................................................................................................................... 31
Control Pedal........................................................................................................................................................... 31
Basic Structure......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Different Units of Sound ....................................................................................................................................... 32
Single / Live / Studio Modes............................................................................................................................... 33
About Polyphony ................................................................................................................................................... 34
Types of Effects ....................................................................................................................................................... 36
Audio and MIDI ..................................................................................................................................................... 36
What is a Song? ....................................................................................................................................................... 36
What is a Track?...................................................................................................................................................... 37
Songs and the State of the Sound Generator ...................................................................................................... 37
SMF (Standard MIDI File .MID)........................................................................................................................... 37
Switching the Pad Mode........................................................................................................................................ 43
Viewing the Pad Settings....................................................................................................................................... 43
Using the Pads as Numeric Keys ......................................................................................................................... 43
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