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Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual

Roland Fantom Xa Features Manual

Working with standard midi files
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Working with Standard MIDI Files
© 2005 Roland Corporation U.S.
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  • Page 1 ®ÂØÒňΠ™ Workshop Working with Standard MIDI Files © 2005 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 2: About This Booklet

    Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet Throughout this booklet, you’ll come across information that Roland’s Fantom-Xa workstation keyboard provides lots of deserves special attention—that’s the reason it’s labeled with creative power at an affordable price. It shares many of the one of the following symbols.
  • Page 3 Type 0 and Type 1 SMFs General MIDI and General MIDI 2 Since MIDI sequences contain instructions for playing their Typically in an SMF, each instrument is associated with a single notes, and not the sounds themselves, an SMF uses MIDI MIDI channel.
  • Page 4 8. Using a USB A/B-type cable, connect the A-type USB plug When USB communication is turned on, do not unplug the USB cable to a USB jack on your computer, and the other end to the connecting the Fantom-Xa and the computer. B-type USB jack on the rear panel of the Fantom-Xa.
  • Page 5 SMFs must be placed in specific folders in user and card to select the GM2 performance so the SMF plays the intended memory. sounds. 6. Double-click the ROLAND folder, then the SEQ folder, and Selecting the GM2 Performance finally, the SNG folder. 1. Press...
  • Page 6 Loading and Playing an SMF What You See Is What You’ve Got You can easily take a look at the patches your loaded SMF is 1. Press the SONG EDIT↔LIST button once or using, as well as a range of its mix-related settings. To do this: twice to display the SONG LIST screen.
  • Page 7 Saving a Customized SMF Selecting a Part/Track Once you’ve edited an SMF, we recommend you re-save it to user or card memory as a Fantom-Xa song file. This way, you’ll save more than just the MIDI data: You’ll also save the song’s performance that contains the sounds the song uses, its The Fantom-Xa’s PART/TRACK buttons make it really fast and realtime control setup, and more.

  • Page 8: Changing The Tempo

    Tempo in the Fantom-Xa is measured in beats per minute, or 4. Press 4 to move the underline to the next character’s position, and then turn the VALUE dial to select the name’s “BPM, ” and that’s the number you see in the Tempo window. second character.
  • Page 9 • For—Set this to ALL so that the extraction includes all of the song’s measures. • Dst Track/Pattern—Set this to TRK ALL. With this setting, the data on MIDI Channels 1-16 will be extracted to Tracks 1-16, respectively. 2. Make sure Track 1 is selected as shown above—its REC box •...
  • Page 10 Adding Realtime Control 3. Underneath the Fantom-Xa’s pads, press the CATEGORY button so it lights. You may want to control the volume—or some other aspect— of one of your song’s instruments in realtime onstage. To do this, set up the realtime controller(s) you want to use, and then select the desired part onstage.
  • Page 11 • F3 (TEMPO)—to set the starting tempo of the TEMPO knob You’ll be erasing data from the copy of the SMF that’s currently loaded into (Knob C4) when the REALTIME CONTROL knobs’ mode the Fantom-Xa, not from the copy that’s stored in user or card memory. switch is set to ARP/RHY.
  • Page 12 • For—Set this to ALL. Once again, we recommend performing this procedure with a Type 1 SMF, or with a Type 0 SMF whose data has already been extracted to separate • Status—Set this parameter to ALL. tracks. If you do choose to perform this procedure on a Type 0 SMF, though, •...
  • Page 13 MIDI Messages You May Want to Clear To QuickPlay a song: 1. Press the SONG EDIT↔LIST button once or twice to display To Change a Part/Track’s Sound the SONG LIST screen. Set Status to: Set Range Min to: Set Range Max to: 2.
  • Page 14 Keep an eye out for other Fantom-Xa Workshop booklets, all available for downloading at www.RolandUS.com. For the latest Fantom-Xa updates and support tools, visit the Roland U.S. Web site at www.RolandUS.com. If you need personal assistance, call our amazing Product Support team at 323-890-3745.