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Roland Fantom-X User Manual

Sampling on the fantom-x
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Sampling on the Fantom-X
No. 6 in the Fantom-X Workshop Series
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  • Page 1 ®ÂØÒňΠ™ Workshop Sampling on the Fantom-X No. 6 in the Fantom-X Workshop Series...
  • Page 2 © 2004 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.

  • Page 3: About This Booklet

    Fantom-X in convenient bite-sized pieces. loops in time with the built-in drum machine and sequencer. You can also manipulate Fantom-X samples in a variety of ways Other Booklets in the Fantom-X Workshop Series using a range of sample-editing tools.
  • Page 4 SDRAM memory—for Technically, the factory built-in PCM waveforms the Fantom-X uses as the a total of up to 544 MB—as described on Page 244 in the foundation of its patches and rhythm sets are samples, too.

  • Page 5: Skip Back Sampling

    Skip Back Sampling is a special sampling mode that’s always listening to the Fantom-X To learn how to install a PC card and prepare it for use in the Fantom-X, see outputs, holding onto, or “buffering, ” what it the Fantom-X Owner’s Manual.
  • Page 6 The Sampling Screens pad part in Performance mode. Adding a new sample to an existing rhythm set’s a fairly common thing to do on the Fantom-X, and we’ll discuss it in All of the five ways the Fantom-X can sample—other than Skip more detail later on.
  • Page 7 MIX IN button lights to show that you’ll be sampling input signals. beats specified by the Sampling Length parameter. Here’s what the Sampling Standby screen’s parameters do: When using BEAT, be sure to press TEMPO and set the Fantom-X’s tempo so • Input Select—The setting for this parameter instructs the it matches the sample’s.

  • Page 8: Input Settings

    The Fantom-X’s Auto Divide sampling can automatically create a new sample for you each time a specified gap between sounds occurs, as we’ll The Gap Time parameter is only available for Auto Divide sampling, discuss in a little bit.
  • Page 9 Mix In Chorus Send Level—sets the amount of chorus to be added to the sampled input signal. The Fantom-X allows you to add up to four effects to an • Mix In Reverb Send Level—sets the amount of reverb to be incoming audio signal as you sample so the audio is captured added to the sampled input signal.
  • Page 10 Transfer a resampled mix to a computer via USB, and use CD-burning software to create an audio CD. For detailed instructions, see the Workshop 2. Set the following parameters and switches as desired: series’ Making a CD of Your Fantom-X Music booklet. • Input Select •...
  • Page 11 CD into the Fantom-X once and allow new live sounds to create new samples. Auto Divide to turn each sound into an individual sample.
  • Page 12 ���� ��� ���� 7. Save the new samples to user or card memory as sing along with music playing on the described in “How to Save an Individual Sample” later in Fantom-X, and capture only the live audio. ������ ������� this booklet.
  • Page 13 Be sure to store unsaved new or edited samples into user or card memory before turning off the Fantom-X. Mono samples are shown in the sample list with “MONO” in the Ch (for “Channel”) column. With stereo samples: Patches and rhythm sets don’t actually know anything about...
  • Page 14 Placing a Sample into a Patch or Rhythm Set For Tempo Sync to work properly, the Fantom-X needs to know the sample’s original tempo. You can set a sample’s tempo on You can create a patch or rhythm set for playing a sample—or add it to an the Sample Edit screen, as we’ll describe later.
  • Page 15 Highlight the desired part and press F8 4. When the Fantom-X asks if you’re sure, press F8 (Exec) (Select) to display the Assign to Keyboard screen. again.
  • Page 16 C2, in the same order described in the next section so the Fantom-X knows where they’re shown in the sample list.
  • Page 17 5. Select the desired user or card memory location and press F8 (Write). See The Sounds of the Fantom-X to learn about tones, and The Rhythms of 6. When the Fantom-X asks if you’re sure, press F8 (Exec). the Fantom-X to learn about programming rhythm sets.
  • Page 18 The following two sections involve a little math. If this bothers you, you as they’re eventually stored in these original user memory locations. can always just try to save your data. The Fantom-X will tell you if you don’t have enough storage space.
  • Page 19 F1 (Preset). Turn VALUE to display samples P0019, P0020 and P0021. If you’ve already set your Fantom-X so it doesn’t automatically load its preset samples at startup—as described later in this booklet—you won’t see the samples’ sizes displayed. Sizes are shown only for loaded samples.
  • Page 20 When you name a sample, you’re giving it a name for use within the When you’ve finished naming the sample, press F8 (Write). The Fantom-X. When the sample is written to user or card memory, it’s written Sample Write window pops up: there as an audio file, and the audio file is automatically named after 1.
  • Page 21 • Press 3, 4, 5 or 6 as necessary to highlight Save all 4. When the Fantom-X asks if you’re sure, press F8 (Exec) to Samples as shown above and then press ENTER, or remove the sample from user or card memory and from •...
  • Page 22 Space” to make sure you have enough room in sample RAM to hold the sample data you want to load, or just give it a try—the Fantom-X will tell you if you don’t have enough room.
  • Page 23 F8 (Exec), or F7 (Cancel) to halt the computer, do the following: operation. 1. Turn off the Fantom-X, and with it powered down, start up your computer. The Load Song + Samples command works much like Load All Samples.
  • Page 24 9. Eject the Fantom-X’s user or card memory from your computer as you would a CD or other removable media. 10. On the Fantom-X, press EXIT to leave the USB screen. Installing Audio Files for Import with a Card Reader 3.
  • Page 25 1. Press SAVE/LOAD—the Save/Load menu appears. 5. Press F8 (Import Audio). 6. When the Fantom-X asks for confirmation that you want to proceed, press F8 (Exec). The Fantom-X imports the audio file into sample RAM, and sets aside a location in card memory for the new sample.

  • Page 26: Sample Editing

    To avoid using up sample workspace you may need once you’ve listened to the knowledge that the original, unedited sample is safe and the Fantom-X demos, turn off Load Preset Samples at Startup. sound in user or card memory until you re-save the sample.
  • Page 27 Press SAMPLE EDIT and then F2 (Sample (Don’t worry about what the sample sounds like when you first strike the Param) to display the Sample Parameter key—the Fantom-X hasn’t yet re-mapped the sample at that point.) screen. • BPM—tells the Fantom-X the sample’s original tempo in beats-per-minute.
  • Page 28 The Sample Edit Screen The remaining parameter fields on this screen can’t be edited directly— they’re there to provide helpful information. To display a sample’s Sample Edit screen, highlight the sample in the sample list and As you change the parameters’ values, the screen shows you press SAMPLE EDIT.
  • Page 29 Sample Modify Tools • off—the Fantom-X sets aside a memory location for the new version of the sample. This allows you to re-trace your The Fantom-X offers an array of sample-modifying operations steps easily; however, having multiple copies of a sample —we’ll focus on a few important ones here.
  • Page 30 5. Press F8 (Exec). 4. Press F8 (Exec). 6. When the Fantom-X asks if you’re sure you want to trim the 5. When the Fantom-X asks if you’re sure you want to sample, press F8 (Exec) to complete the operation.
  • Page 31 The Fantom-X chops up a single sample by dividing the sample • Beat—so Auto Chop divides the sample at each beat. (It at every “chop point” it encounters—each chop point signifies knows where the beats are from the Sample Parameter the start of a new sample.
  • Page 32 F5 (Auto Chop) to return to the Auto Chop window. mode. The Fantom-X sets aside a location for each of the new samples, even when 17. The Fantom-X asks if you’re sure you want to continue— you cancel the Auto Chop operation. You can clear them using the Delete press F8 (Exec) to finish the process.
  • Page 33 (Exec). 1. With the desired sample selected, display the Sample 7. When the Fantom-X asks you if you’re sure you want to Modify tools from the Sample Edit or Sample List screens. proceed, press F8 (Exec) to finish the time-stretching 2.

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