Roland Fantom-X User Manual
Advanced fantom-x recording techniques
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- Page 1 ®ÂØÒňΠ™ Workshop Advanced Fantom-X Recording Techniques No. 10 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 Each booklet covers a single topic, with easy-to-follow explanations, procedures and illustrations. Have fun learning The Workshop series booklet Recording Music on the Fantom-X can teach you what you’ll need to know. to master the Fantom-X in convenient bite-sized pieces.
- Page 4 • Tone Pan—that sets the tone’s stereo placement. Patch architecture and tones are explained in the Workshop series booklet The Sounds of the Fantom-X and in the Fantom-X Owner’s Manual. • effect—is subjecting the patch to some sort of rhythmic, animated effect processing.
- Page 5 4. At the top of the screen, the yellow buttons show the patch’s active tones. Check the LFO settings for each one. The currently selected tone’s LFO parameter values appear in black. While other tones’ values are gray, you can still see their LFO settings. If you want to adjust a non-selected tone’s value to see if it’s the one that’s causing the patch’s animation, use 3 and 4 to select the desired tone.
- Page 6 The Fantom-X Mastering Effects If you’re not sure of the note value you want, experiment with different To learn about the Fantom-X effects in general, see the Workshop series values. booklet The Fantom-X Effects.
- Page 7 The mastering effect employs “multi-band” compression in which the mix is divided into three frequency ranges. This affords you the opportunity of using differing amounts of The meters show the compression for the mix’s: mix’s overall level. • bass—or LO range. •...
- Page 8 Workshop own—they don’t belong to any patch, rhythm set or performance. series booklet The Rhythms of the Fantom-X. The Fantom-X Owner’s Manual also contains information on creating arpeggio styles.
- Page 9 3. Turn on the desired part’s Arp Part switch. pitch for its note series. For a complete list of the Arp Motif values, see Page 130 of the Fantom-X Selecting and Playing Arpeggios in a Song Owner’s Manual.
- Page 10 REALTIME CONTROL knobs and switches, and the D Beam. velocity setting (1-127). The Fantom-X lets you go far beyond this, in fact. Its sequencer The settings for the arpeggio style parameters are saved in the song’s can record and play back changes you make to any parameter performance when you save the song in a Fantom-X song file.
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Page 11: How It Works
MIDI messages received from the external sequencer. Set it up 3. Press F2 (↓) and/or F1 (↑) to display the MIDI tab. just as you would if you were recording on the Fantom-X. You 4. Set Transmit Edit Data to On. - Page 12 MIDI communication via USB requires a little bit of setup, computer directly. described in the following paragraphs. In order for the Fantom-X and computer to communicate via USB, About Using a MIDI Interface start by installing the necessary driver software on the computer.
- Page 13 The MIDI tab contains quite a few MIDI-related parameters. connecting the Fantom-X and the computer. Just a few of these have to do with using the Fantom-X in our current application. They’re all located in the Receive section: Setting the Fantom-X’s MIDI Parameters •...
- Page 14 Fantom-X. GM 2 patch and rhythm set banks when this parameter’s turned on. For the latest Fantom-X updates and support tools, visit the Roland U.S. • Receive GS Reset—When this parameter’s on, the Web site at www.RolandUS.com. If you need personal assistance, call our Fantom-X responds to received GS Reset messages by amazing Product Support team at 323-890-3745.