User Manuals: Roland FANTOM-8 Synthesizer Keyboard

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Roland FANTOM-6/7/8 - Synthesizer Manual

Brand: Roland | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 7 MB

Roland FANTOM-8 Reference Manual (132 pages)

Brand: Roland | Category: Synthesizer | Size: 6 MB

Table of Contents

2
- 1 : Overview
  
  7
- Panel Descriptions
  
  8
- Top Panel
  
  8
- Rear Panel
  
  10
  - (Connecting Your Equipment)
    10
- Basic Operation
  
  11
- Editing a Value
  
  11
  - [INC] [DEC] Buttons
    11
  - [VALUE] Dial
    11
  - Display (Touch Panel)
    11
  - NUMERIC Window
    11
  - List Window
    11
- Moving the Cursor
  
  12
  - Cursor [H] [I] [K] [J] Buttons
    12
  - Display (Touch Panel)
    12
- Confirming or Canceling the Value
  
  12
  - [ENTER] Button
    12
  - [EXIT] Button
    12
- [SHIFT] Button
  
  12
- FUNCTION Knobs [E1]-[E6]
  
  12
- Knob and Slider Operations
  
  12
- [MENU] Button
  
  12
- Operations in the Display
  
  13
  - SCENE SELECT Screen
    13
  - TONE EDIT Screen
    13
  - ZONE VIEW Screen
    13
  - MENU Screen
    13
  - RENAME Screen
    13
  - REC STANDBY Screen
    13
- An Overview of FANTOM
  
  14
- Basic Structure
  
  14
  - Synthesizer
    14
  - Sequencer
    14
  - Sampler
    14
  - Controller
    14
- Units of Sound
  
  15
  - Tone
    15
  - Zone
    15
  - Scene
    15
- About the Effects
  
  16
- About Memory
  
  17
- Getting Ready
  
  18
- Placing this Unit on a Stand
  
  18
  - If You're Using the FANTOM-6/FANTOM-7
    18
  - If You're Using the FANTOM-8
    19
- Turning the Power on
  
  20
- Turning the Power off
  
  20
- Making the Power Automatically Turn off after a Time
  
  20
  - Auto off
    20
  - Changing the Auto off Setting
    20
02: Performing

21
- Selecting a Sound
  
  22
  - (Scene/Tone)
    22
- Selecting a Scene
  
  22
  - Selecting a Bank
    22
  - Quick Edit
    22
- Selecting a Tone
  
  23
  - Selecting Tones in a Category (Category Lock)
    23
  - Selecting Tones from a List
    23
- Performing
  
  24
- Playing One Tone in One Zone
  
  24
- Layering Zones
  
  24
  - (Layer)
    24
  - (Single)
    24
  - Selecting a Tone (Layer)
    25
- Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions
  
  25
  - Changing the Keyboard's Split Point
    25
  - Selecting a Tone (Split)
    25
    
    (Split) Changing the Keyboard's Split Point
    25
- Playing Multiple Zones
  
  26
  - Specifying the Range of each Zone
    26
  - (Key Range)
    26
- Changing the Keyboard Settings
  
  27
- Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Semitone Steps (Transpose)
  
  27
- Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Octaves (Octave)
  
  27
03: Performance Functions

29
- 3 Performance Functions
  
  29
- Playing Arpeggios
  
  30
  - Using the Arpeggiator
    30
  - Setting the Arpeggiator Tempo
    30
  - Holding the Arpeggio
    31
    
    (Hold)
    31
    
    Using a Pedal Switch
    31
  - Arpeggiator Settings
    31
- Playing Chords (Chord Memory)
  
  32
  - Performing with the Chord Memory Function
    32
  - Chord Memory Settings
    32
- Performing with Rhythm Patterns
  
  33
- Playing the General-Purpose Controllers
  
  36
  - Using the Sliders and Control Knobs
    36
  - Using Other General-Purpose Controllers
    37
- Playing the Edit Knobs
  
  38
  - Using the Edit Knobs
    38
- Simultaneously Modifying the Volume of Multiple Zones
  
  39
04: Editing

41
- Editing a Scene (Zone)
  
  42
  - Editing the Overall Scene
    42
    
    Initializing a Scene (UTILITY)
    42
  - Editing a Zone
    43
    
    (Utility)
    43
  - Editing a Scene's Appearance
    44
  - Saving a Scene
    44
- Editing a Tone
  
  45
  - Basic Tone Editing
    45
  - ZEN-Core Tone
    45
    
    (TONE TYPE: Z-Core)
    45
    
    Editing in the TONE EDIT PRO Screen
    46
  - Drum Kit Tone
    46
    
    (TONE TYPE: Drum)
    46
  - V-Piano Tone
    47
    
    (TONE TYPE: Vpno)
    47
  - Initializing a Tone
    48
  - Initializing a Partial
    48
    
    (Partial Initialize)
    48
    
    (Tone Initialize)
    48
- Saving a Tone
  
  48
  - Copying a Partial
    49
    
    (Partial Copy)
    49
    
    Using the Edit Knobs
    49
- Editing the Effects
  
  50
- Using the Mixer Screen
  
  58
  - Adjusting the Pan and Volume in the MIXER Screen
    58
    
    Making ZONE EQ Settings in the MIXER Screen
    59
- Recalling Scenes in the Order of Songs (Scene Chain)
  
  60
  - Using Scene Chain
    60
  - Creating a Chain Set
    61
  - Editing a Chain Set
    62
05: Sampler

63
- Playing Samples
  
  64
- (Hold)
  
  64
- Switching Banks
  
  64
- Sustaining the Sample Playback
  
  64
- Pressing Pads to Play Samples
  
  64
- About the SAMPLE PAD Screen
  
  65
- Moving/Copying a Sample
  
  65
  - Moving a Sample
    65
  - Copying a Sample
    65
- Preparing for Sampling
  
  66
  - Specifying the Input Volume (Input Setting)
    66
- Sampling
  
  66
- Sampling
  
  67
- Importing an Audio File
  
  68
- Using Wave Edit
  
  70
- Using Quick Edit
  
  70
- Editing a Sample
  
  70
- Using the Sample Utility Functions
  
  71
  - Renaming the Sample
    71
  - (Rename)
    71
  - Cutting Unwanted Regions from the Sample
    71
  - (Truncate)
    71
  - Deleting a Sample
    72
  - (Delete)
    72
  - Deleting All Samples
    72
  - (Delete All)
    72
  - Exporting the Sample in WAV Format
    72
  - (Export Wav)
    72
  - Exporting All Samples in WAV Format
    72
  - (Export All Wav)
    72
- 6 Pads
  
  73
- Basic Pad Mode Operation
  
  74
- Controlling a DAW
  
  75
- Switching Zone Mute
  
  76
- Playing Rhythm Patterns
  
  77
07: Sequencer

79
- How the Sequencer Is Structured
  
  80
  - Pattern
    80
  - Group
    80
  - Song
    80
- Playing the Sequencer
  
  81
  - Playing Pattern
    81
    
    Making Loop Settings (LOOP)
    82
    
    Setting the Tempo
    82
    
    Muting a Track (MUTE)
    83
    
    Soloing a Track (SOLO)
    83
  - Playing Group
    84
  - Playing Song
    84
    
    Showing the Timeline as Measures
    84
- Song Production Workflow
  
  85
- Recording a Pattern
  
  86
  - Ways to Record a Pattern
    86
  - Preparing for Recording
    86
  - Realtime Recording (Real Time REC)
    86
    
    (Realtime Erase)
    87
    
    Removing Unwanted Data During Recording
    87
    
    (Step REC)
    88
  - Step Recording
    89
  - Tr-Rec
    89
  - Editing a Pattern
    91
    
    Convenient Functions (Pattern Utility)
    91
    
    Applying Various Edits (MODIFY)
    92
  - Importing SMF as a Pattern (IMPORT)
    94
  - Exporting a Pattern as SMF
    95
  - Saving a Pattern
    95
    
    (Export)
    95
- How to Create a Group
  
  96
  - Creating a Group
    96
    
    Naming a Group (RENAME)
    96
  - Editing a Group
    97
    
    Basic Operation in the GROUP Screen
    97
    
    Initializing a Group (INITIALIZE)
    97
    
    Naming a Group (RENAME)
    97
    
    Specifying the Loop Settings (Length)
    97
  - Exporting a Group as SMF
    97
  - Saving a Group
    97
    
    (Export)
    97
- How to Create a Song
  
  98
  - Creating a Song
    98
  - Editing a Song
    98
    
    (Skip)
    98
    
    Basic Operation in the SONG Screen
    98
    
    Skipping a Specific Group
    98
    
    (Song Edit)
    99
  - Exporting a Song as SMF
    100
  - Saving a Song
    100
    
    (Export)
    100
- Adjusting the Pan and Volume Balance
  
  100
08: Control

101
- Connecting a Computer Via USB
  102
  - Adjusting the USB Audio Input
    102
  - Adjusting the USB Audio Output
    102
  - Connecting to Your Computer
    102
  - Performing Live with a Plug-In Synthesizer
    102
  - USB Driver Settings
    102
  - Using USB Audio
    102
  - Using the Buttons and Sliders to Make Adjustments
    103
- Controlling an External MIDI Device (EXT MIDI OUT)
  104
  - Controlling an External MIDI Device
    104
- (CV/Gate Out)
  105
  - About the Fantom's CV/GATE
    105
  - Using CV/GATE
    105
- Controlling an Analog Synthesizer
  105
- 9 Settings
  
  107
- Basic Utility Operations
  
  108
  - Convenient Functions (Utility)
    109
- Regarding Folder Structure
  
  110
  - Convenient Functions (File Utility)
    111
- Settings for the Entire FANTOM
  
  112
  - Pedal Settings (PEDAL)
    113
  - Wheel Settings (WHEEL 1/2)
    114
  - MIDI Settings (MIDI)
    115
  - Sound Settings (SOUND)
    116
  - Click Settings (CLICK)
    117
- 10 Appendix
  
  119
  - Chord Memory List
    120
  - Block Diagram
    122
  - Error Message List
    123
  - Troubleshooting
    124
  - MIDI Implementation Chart
    128
  - Main Specifications
    130

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Table of Contents

Roland FANTOM-8 Reference Manual (132 pages)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 : Overview

Panel Descriptions

Top Panel

Rear Panel

Basic Operation

Editing a Value

Moving the Cursor

Confirming or Canceling the Value

[SHIFT] Button

FUNCTION Knobs [E1]-[E6]

Knob and Slider Operations

[MENU] Button

Operations in the Display

An Overview of FANTOM

Basic Structure

Units of Sound

About the Effects

About Memory

Getting Ready

Placing this Unit on a Stand

Turning the Power on

Turning the Power off

Making the Power Automatically Turn off after a Time

02: Performing

Selecting a Sound

Selecting a Scene

Selecting a Tone

Performing

Playing One Tone in One Zone

Layering Zones

Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions

Playing Multiple Zones

Changing the Keyboard Settings

Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Semitone Steps (Transpose)

Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Octaves (Octave)

03: Performance Functions

3 Performance Functions

Playing Arpeggios

Playing Chords (Chord Memory)

Performing with Rhythm Patterns

Playing the General-Purpose Controllers

Playing the Edit Knobs

Simultaneously Modifying the Volume of Multiple Zones

04: Editing

Editing a Scene (Zone)

Editing a Tone

Saving a Tone

Editing the Effects

Using the Mixer Screen

Recalling Scenes in the Order of Songs (Scene Chain)

05: Sampler

Playing Samples

(Hold)

Switching Banks

Sustaining the Sample Playback

Pressing Pads to Play Samples

About the SAMPLE PAD Screen

Moving/Copying a Sample

Preparing for Sampling

Sampling

Sampling

Importing an Audio File

Using Wave Edit

Using Quick Edit

Editing a Sample

Using the Sample Utility Functions

6 Pads

Basic Pad Mode Operation

Controlling a DAW

Switching Zone Mute

Playing Rhythm Patterns

07: Sequencer

How the Sequencer Is Structured

Playing the Sequencer