Roland Fantom G6 Features Manual page 2

About the Workshop Booklets
Roland's Fantom G6, G7, and G8—the Fantom-G family—set a new standard
for excellence in workstation keyboards, with spectacular sounds and
incredible built-in effect-processing muscle. A beautiful full-color LCD
display and innovative performance features make getting around a pleasure
and make the G6, G7, and G8 a dream to play. For recording, the Fantom-G
contains a powerful 128 MIDI/audio track sequencer. Each Fantom-G can
also host two Roland ARX SuperNATURAL™ cards whose breakthrough
modeling technology provides sounds with amazing sonic detail, expressive
possibilities, and sound-design opportunities.
Each Fantom-G Workshop Series booklet focuses on one Fantom-G topic,
and is intended as a companion to the Fantom G6/G7/G8 Owner's Manual.
This booklet requires Fantom-G Operating System v1.30 or higher. You can
download the latest Fantom-G O.S. for free from www.RolandUS.com.
About This Booklet
With its front-panel controls and a connected mouse, there are lots of ways
to get things done on the Fantom-G, no matter how you like to work. This
booklet starts you down the road to becoming a Fantom-G power user.
The next booklet, Power User Control 2: The Pads, finishes the trip with a
discussion of the dynamic pads, a world unto themselves on the Fantom-G.
Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet
In this booklet, you'll come across information that deserves special
attention—that's the reason it's labeled with one of the following symbols.
A note is something that adds information about the topic at hand.
A tip offers suggestions for using the feature being discussed.
Warnings contain important information that can help you avoid
possible damage to your equipment, your data, or yourself.
Flexibility and Speed
In this booklet we'll present some of the less-obvious ways of operating
the Fantom-G. As you'll see, there are often several ways to do the same
thing. Roland's designed the Fantom-G this way to make it fit naturally into
anyone's workflow. As we go along, we'll mention some interesting control
combinations for you to consider using.
While changing sounds as you play is a form of control, that's not
the kind of control we're talking about here—you'll find that kind
of information in the Manipulating Sounds in Realtime Workshop
booklet.
Using a Mouse with the Fantom-G
The Mouse You Want
The Fantom-G is designed to work with any USB
mouse you might use with a computer. To get the
most out of the Fantom-G's mouse support, you
want a USB mouse with
•
two buttons— since left-clicks and right-clicks
do different things on the Fantom-G.
•
a scroll wheel— for moving quickly through
a list.
The Fantom-G works most reliably with a
corded mouse, though some cordless mice
will also work.
Either a PC or Mac
mouse is fine.
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