Roland Fantom-G User's Manual
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1. press F8 Cancel if you keep your recording it appears on its audio track in the Song Play screen 19 ri Press PLAY to hear your new audio recording playback ends after your recording played back Just as when you sequence you can undo your recording by pressing MENU F5 Undo and then F7 0K To balance the levels of your MIDI and audio tracks or to add chorus and or reverb to them press the STUDIO button to retum to the Studio Play screen The settings for your MIDI track s part are on the Studio Play Internal sereen To view the Studio Play Audio Track screen that contains the controls for your audio track press F7 Sampling When you recorded your audio track you scratched the surface of the Fantom G s sampling capabilities The Fantom G is actualy a fullfeatured sampler that lets you use sampled beat loops or any other sound in your music Here are some of the things you can do with the Fantom G sampler You can sample any audio you send into the Fantom G from mics instruments or line level playback devices You can import samples in WAV or AIFF format via USB from your computer You can sync samples to a song s tempo locking them together in time even when the song s tempo changes You can Yesample the sound of the Fantom G iself to create unique new samples for use in your songs or to play onstage from the keys pads or D Beam When you mica Fantom G song down2. When the Fantom G has captured your sample it displays the Skip Back Preview screen where you can see the newly captured sample 5 Press and hold down F7 Preview to hear your new sample You can trim your Skip Back sample so that its got only the passage you Wantto keep using the same editing tools you d use for any other Fantom G sample Well explain how to edit and work with samples in the Fantom G Sampling Workshop booklet Skip Back sampling captures not oniy the sound produced by keyboard J but your rhythms arpeggios ive audio being sent through the Fantom G and any other sound the G produces To avoid tosing a sample when you tur aff the Fantom X you must sve it To learn how to save a sample see the Saving Your Work on the Fantom G Workshop booklet The End We hope you ve found this workshop helpful Keep an eye out for other Fantom G Workshop booklets available for downloading at wwneRolandUS z
3. also select User Group sounds from the pads Re organizing your data You can of course also move your preferred live sets or patches around so that pairs youl want to switch between are stored next to each other Weti taik more about all ofthese things later Single Mode Single mode isthe simplest of the Fantom G s modes It s a piace where you playa single patch at a time from the keyboard you can also play a variety of things from the pads if you ike Here s a quick introduction 1 Press the Single button to enter Single mode and display the Single Play 2 On the Single Play screen you have lots of ways to find and select patches Wel discuss the Single Play screen s many possiblities inthe Single Mode in the Fantom G booklet but for now you can highlight Bank to select preset PRST or user USER patches Category to select the instrument type youre looking for Patch Number Name to select the specific patch you want 10 You can play patches or rhythm sets from the Fantom G keyboard in Single mode but for now we re just discussing how to play patches Wel talk mare about your options in the Single Mode in the Fantom G Workshop booklet The Patch List Screen Probably the best way to find patches on the Fantom G is on the Patch List screen To get there 1 Navigate to the Single Play screen by pressing the SINGLE button 2 Press FI Patch List the Patch List window opens UAT TheFantom Gspat
4. on your awn as to what track you want to use for a part s data The Sequencing Process 1 Press the REC for Record button the Realtime Rec Standby window opens and the Fantom G metronome starts to help you play in time with the song s tempo The parameters in the Realtime Rec Standby window allow you to customize your recording session in a variety of ways but for now we ll leave them set as they are You ll find explanation of these parameters in the Sequencing and Recording Workshop booklet 2 Before sequencing lets change the songs tempo by pressing the TEMPO button to open the Tempo window 16 You can set the tempo by playing it when you tap three or four beats on the F6 Tap Tempo button setting ithe BPM Beats Per Minute value using the Value dial To set the coarse BPM tum the Value dial To set the fine tempo hold down SHIFT and tum the Value dial Press F8 Close when youre done setting the song s tempa The Fantom is waiting for you to begin sequencing It wont actually begin capturing your playing until you press PLAY At that point youl get four cauntoff beats and sequencing wil start PressF8 Star the RealtimeRecording window opens A ding signifies the start ofthe countoft When four beats have gone by start playing the Fantom G keyboard for as long as you like You ll hear another ding at the start of each measure to help you know where you When youre done playi
5. screen selecting the MIDI track on which you want to sequence on the Song Play screen 15 Phraseology Each time you sequence in the Fantom G you crate a chunk of MIDI data called a phrase The phrase is assigned to a track fr use in your song There are two big advantages to phrase based recording 1 Phrases make song construction and editing easier 2 You can use a projects phrases as many times as you like in one ar more songs in the curent project Select the Part that Has the Sound You Want to Sequence Begin by selecting the part with the first sound you want to record This is easy to do from the Studio Play screen were already on 1 Use the and or buttons to select the desired part for now Part 1 is already selected Well start recording with its sound Now youve got your instrument ready Select the Track You Want to Sequence 1 Press the SONG button to display the Sang Play screen 2 select the track on which you want your sequenced phrase to go Using the and or buttons whena tracks selected a red arrow appears ot lft and the tracks information becomes light blue Welt use Track 1 make sure its selected as shown above You can sequence on any track from any part but we recommend sequencing a part s sound on its same oumbered track to keep confusion WP co minimum at least for your first 16 tracks Obviously since the Fantom G has 128 sequencer tracks after the first 16 parts you re
6. that deserves special atention thats the reason it s labeled with one of the following symbols A note is something that adds information about the topic at hand Atip 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 Meet Us At The Starting Line Since the Workshop booklets attempt to accurately describe to you and show you what you re experiencing on your Fantom G as you go through a booklet we need to start in the same place inthis booklet wel assume you re working with a factory fresh Fantom G If youve already been writing patches Iive sets sample songs or anything se you should save your data see the Owners Manual to learn how for nowand then perform a factory reset Here s how 1 Press the Fantom Gs MENU button to display the MENU gp 2 Press the gt button twice to select the Factory Reset box 2 Press the F button underneath the right hand comer of the display and read the warning that appears 4 If youre ready to proceed press the F7 buttona progress bar appears onsereen The ban 5 When the Fantom G is reset press F7 again to continue Hold It To add a sustain pedal to the Fantom G connect a damper pedal such asa Roland DP 2 or DP 10 to the rear panel HOLD jack Now Hear This For this booklet you can isten to your G through headphones connected to the PH
7. that would otherwise be too hard to play You can also use RPS to quickly construct entire songs by stinging RPS phrases together An RPS phrase can contain a complete arrangements worth of sequenced instruments or any set of sounds you want to use To play an RPS phrase strike its it pad the RPS phrase uses the live set s sounds RPS TEMP 988PM is set up so that striking a second RPS pad stops playback af any current playing phrase and starts playback af the new one in the Fantom G RPS phrases and rhythm pattems are similar though more playback options for RPS phrases are provided since they tend to be more complex To stop playback of an RPS phrase strike is flashing pad Weti discuss RPS phrases in detail in the Rhythm Pattes RPS Arpeggios and Chord Memory Workshop booklet PRST 021 Bell Mystic BellMysticisa textured inkling ve setthat uses the Fantom G sarpeggiator Hold down a chord and note how the glockenspiel part plays a repeating pattem using the notes youre playing You can watch the arpeggiator work First let go of the chord Then hold down the SHIFT button and press the ARPEGGIO button the Arpeggio screen appears Play the chord again or another chord if you iike and watch the onscreen keyboard to see your notes being arpeggiated Although in Bell Mystic the pads trigger oniy this single arpeggio style each pad can trigger its own style providing you a range of choices This s just another of
8. to stereo you sample the entire mis tn create a stereo audio file you can transfer via USB to your computer where you can convert it to an MP3 or AAC file or bum it onto an audio CD The Fantom G also provides a rich collection af sample editing tools that make working with samples easy and fun You can lear about Fantom G sampling in the Sampling Workshop booklet Skip Back Sampling The Fantom G like the Fantom before it also offers a unique type of sampling called Skip Back Sampling that can save your musical life The Fantom G sampler is always listening to what youre doing on the Fantom G and ts quietly sampling it too in the background This means that you never need lose a sudden flash of musical briliance again When you ve just played something unexpected and great Skip Back Sampling can catch it for you from thin air Lets demonstrate how it works 20 1 Selecta patch youd tke to play 2 Play anything you like on the keyboard for about 10 seconds ay 2 Press the blue SKIP BACK SAMPLING button The Fantom G goes back in time and creates a new ample from the last 10 seconds of your playing Skip Back Sampling can be pre set to grab anywhere from the last 5 to 40 seconds of music 10 seconds is the default setting As with audio track recording the amount of audio you can capture with skip Back Sampling depends on the amount of sample memory you Curent have available in your Fantom G 4
9. you how assign a sound to a part using a patch as an example 4 On the Studio Play screen press the button until one of the part level faders is boxed in yellow as shown here so its selected Normally youd use the and or buttons to select the part you want but for now Part 1 is the one we want so we re good to go You can immediately see which part s selected on the Studio Play screen the part s channel strip ts red There are faster ways to select parts using the mouse or the pads as We ll see in the two Power User Control Workshop booklets 2 Press Ft Patch List button to display the Patch List screen The Patch List works the here the same way it did in Single mode on Page 11 3 Select a patch A keyboard patch would be fine for now select the first Keyboard patch Neo Cav 1 4 Press Fa Select to retum tothe Studio Play sereen where you can see by its picture and name that Neo Clav 1 is now assigned to Part 1 Repeat Steps 1 4 to assign a bass patch of your choosing to Part 2and a rhythm set you like to Part 10 Sequencing a MIDI Track The recording of a MIDI data the type of data that plays the Fantom G s sounds is called sequencing Well use this term consistently throughout the Workshop booklets Wel save the ward recording for the process of capturing live audio onto tracks You can break down sequencing into two steps selecting the sound you want to sequence on the Studio Play
10. ONES jack or by connecting the jacks to an mixer interface or amplier attached to speakers Control Issues While the second and third Fantom G Workshop booklets Power User Control and Power User Control 2 The Pads go into detail regarding the operation of the Fantom G s frontpanel buttons knobs switches pads and such we need to tell you just a few things to get started For now wel discuss front Panel operations without a mouse for simplicity sake and because not everyone has a mouse The Power User Control booklet discusses mouse use on the Fantom G We do recommend using a mouse of course The Fantom G Display and F Buttons The Display Have you noticed the Fantom G s display ust joking At the heart of the Fantom G s operation is its display that provides helpful information Whatever you re doing Well discuss what you see there as we go along Button Up Beneath the display is a row of 10 buttons AI the way to the left youl find the MENU bunion Youve iready used it if you performed a factory reset on Page 2 Pressing this button displays a menu of important Fantom G operations At the ght th Diy buton tt hr enu ioana tems aera mreana conny al besten rt bzg in between these two buttons are the eight F buttons that playa crucial role in operating the Fantom G The 8 buttons are saft buttons whose behavior depends on what youre doing or mare specifically whats currently on the display above
11. Roland Workshop Fantom G Workstation Keyboard M spus maent apts pained yt nomen tad opt 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 builtin effect processing muscle A beautiful full color LCD display and innovative performance features make getting arounda pleasure and make the G6 G7 and GB a dream to play For recording the Fantom G contains a powerful 152 MIDVaudio track sequencer Each Fantom G can aso 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 G5 G7 G8 Owners Manual This booklet requires Fantom G Operating System v1 10 or higher You can download the latest Fantom G OS for free from www RolandUS com About This Booklet The best thing about the Fantom G is the way in which it seamlessly brings together all ofthe tools you need to create modem music This booklet provides a hands on introduction to the Fantom G Wel take you briefly through its different sections to give you an idea whats in store for you on the Fantom G 2 Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet Throughout this booklet youll come across information
12. Song Play sereen isn t already visible 2 press the button to select an audio track for naw select Song Track 9 which is also Audio Track 1 The Recording Process 1 Pressthe N button to retum to the start of the song 2 Press the REC button to open the Audio Rec Standby window and start the metronome rome cet gt Selec parame setit to MCT aan ae oat 3 Set the Input Select parameter to MIC GUITAR as we did in the screenshot above 4 Make sure that Audio Rec Mode is set to SOLO and set Audio Rec Channel to MONO since wel be recording a monaural signal Watch your input level in the Audio Rec standby window s meters as You sing into your mic ar play your instrument as loud as you intend Reach around the back of the Fantom G and tum the LEVEL knob located just to the right of the MICIGUTTARjck as viewed from the Fantom G playing postion to set your level as loud as possible without lighting the meters CLIP indicator ioe SE ae To begin recording press Fe start the Audio Rec window opens You hear four beat countin before recording actually begins Make your recording as you hear the prevously sequenced MIDI track playing When youre done hit the STOP button to end recording the Fantom G asks if you want to assign your newly recorded sample to the currently selected track or toss it out and try again To keep your recording press F7 OW Te delete the sample from the Fantom G memory
13. chesareorganizedinto instrument type categories to make them easier for you to find Trough we re looking for a pateh now you can select patches rhythm sets or sample sets from this screen telling the Fantom G what you want by pressing the appropriate F2 F5 button 3 Select the desired patch category using the F1 Categ Up and or F2 Categ Down buttons 4 Once you re in the category you want tum the Value dial or use the INC DEC buttons to highlight each patch When a patch is highlighted you can play it on the keyboard or press F7 Preview to hear the patch play some appropriate musical snippet The Fantom lt s Magic Controls offer another quicker way to navigate the Pateh List sereen And even better a mouse lets you find a sound by entering its name ina virtual QWERTY keyboard We ll talk about these features in the Power User Control Workshop booklet 5 Once you ve found the patch you want press F8 Select to load it into Single mode Well talk more about the Patch List sereen in the Single Mode in the Fantom G Workshop booklet Now might be a good time to check out some of the Fantom G patches using the steps above Playing Drum Sounds from the Pads Single mode has its own set of three parts similar to those in Live mode Theres the Keyboard part that typically plays a patch This part uses MIDI Channel by default in Single mode Sample Set part that s designed for playing a sample set t
14. ck 2 for sequencing 12 Pressthe le button return to the beginning of the sang otherwise sequencing will begin wherever you last stopped playback 13 Repeat Steps 1 8 to sequence your bass track skipping Steps 2 and 3 you probably dont need to change the tempo change again a7 14 And finally to add a best to the song go back to the Studio Play Sereen select Part 10 press the SONG button and use to select Track 10 you ll find it below the 24 audio tracks on the Song Play 45 Repeat Steps 12and 13 to sequence your drums The Fantom G offers lats of editing tools for refining your performance They re discussed in the Perfecting Fantom G Sequences and Recordings Workshop booklet Recording an Audio Track Now that youve got three MIDI tracks sequenced lets record an audio track to see how thats done Its pretty much the same as sequencing a MIDI rock Phrases Meet Samples When you sequence you record a phrase and when you record audio you record a sample A sample is simply a digital audio recording In songs the Fantom G plays back samples on audio tracks You can also play samples from the keyboard or pads but wel get to that later Since samples occupy space in the Fantom lt s memory the amount af audio you can record depends on what else is currently sharing that space and how large your Fantom G s user expandable memory is We ll discuss how memory works in the Saving Your Wark on the Fantom G Wor
15. d key ranges The reason were here though is something else altogether Check out the Pad Mode parameter setting the arrow above s pointing to tt says RHYTHM PTN for rhythm pattem The Fantom G5 DYNAMIC PADS can do quite a few diferent things They can be set so that they do different things depending on the live set you ve got selected this is thelr default behavior and a very handy way to work onstage tn Grand the pads play rhythm pattems Rhythm pattems can be great for playing along with onstage or when you re composing or jamming Press a ad to begin playback af ts rhythm pattem the pad flashes as the pattem plays To change immediately to another rhythm pattern press another pad To stop playing a rhythm press the curently fashing pad In the Fantom G rhythm patterns are phrases belonging to the current project that play the rhythm sounds of the current live set The anes You re hearing now belong to the Fantom G s demo project We ll Explain projects In the third Fantom G Workshop booklet Saving Your Work on the Fantom G Wet discuss rhythm pattems in detail in the Rhythm Patterns RPS Arpeggios and Chord Memory Workshop booklet PRST 010 RPS TEMP 98BPM Check out the Pad Mode setting in this live set RPS TEMP 98BPM shows off the Fantom G Realtime Phrase Synthesis or RPS capabilities With RPS you can trigger sequenced phrases from the DYNAMIC PADS This lets you se passages onstage or in recording
16. elect all of the sounds you need for a song s MIDI tracks add effects to MIDI and audio tracks and finally mb the song To enter Studio mode press the STUDIO MODE button to display the Studio Play A Studio Part Party A studio set is made up of parts and effects much like a live set However in Studio mode there are more parts shovm here in blue and effects shown in gray D ES Upton Eemal te Here s whatall of thie means Each studio set contains 16intena sound parts forthe intemal patches and or rhythm sets you want to usein the song 24 Audio Track parts for the 24 audio tracks you can have in a song 1 16 EXP 1 parts that allow you to use the sounds from an ARX expansion board installed into the first ARX expansion slot 1 I6EXP 2parts for the sounds from an ARX expansion board installed into the second ARX expansion slot The number of ARX parts and therefore the number of sounds you can use at once depends on the ARX board 16 Extemal Parts to play sounds from extemal MIDI devices A song rack can play external sounds using any of 16 MIDI channels each of hich has is own part 2 To navigate between the different types of parts on the Studio Play screen hold down SHIFT and use the and cursor buttons Astudio set also offers quite a lot of effect processing power PFX Each ofthe 16 Internal and EXP parts has its own PFX MFX for muhi effects Each stud
17. f to juggle Of course no device has infinite power Patch Remain switches seamlessly from one live set or patch to another but not to a third live set if the first one s notes and effects are stil playing That s just too much stuff to retain Qe ooox Therefore to go from live set to lve set to lve set using Patch Remain remember to wait until the first ive sets notes stop playing or take your foot off of your hold pedal before going to the third one Obviously if you scroll through the live set list Patch Remain won t keep up and youll hear gitching Therefore if Patch Remain is important to you youl need a strategy and to do a little setup work to get directiy from one live set to the next one you want without passing through others in between The Fantom G offers multiple ways to do this including Favorites The Favorites feature allows you to gather together all of your live sets patches and studio sets for quick selection The mode youre current in doesrt matter with the Favorites feature Which jumps effortlessly into whichever mode you need to go In the Fantom G you can even use the pads to select Favorites an extremely fast and easy way to work especially onstage User Groups User Groups are similar to Favorites except that they operate in a single mode In Live mode you can set up User Groups of the live sets you want to use In Single mode your User Groups contain patches You can
18. he basic procedure 4 Pressthe LVE MODE button to enter Live mode Live sets are stored in the Fantom G in banks The PRST bank contains live sets that are permanent stored inthe Fantom G s memory CPRST is short for Preset USER bank contains live sets you ve edited or created Use 4 and or to highlight the Bank parameter Tum the Value dial or press INC and or DEC to select the desired live set bank For now selectthe PRST bank if its not already selected Highlight the Live Set Number parameter Tum the Value dial or press INC and or DEC to select the desired live Int suet eve lected the Ste eset histone wel en ta PRST 001 System G Lets begin with the first live set the Fantom G displays when you power up PRST OO System G This Iive set does more than just show off the great sound of the Fantom G it also shows you how you can split and layer patchesinaliveset f System G isn t already selected use the previous steps to selectit now Play some notes below Middle C with your left hand you hear a throbbing complex groovethat plays atthe pitch ofthe note whose key you press Now play some notes above Middle C with your right hand to hear a classic brass Synth sound with an unusually interesting traf As you play the keyboard you can see the notes you play light up onscreen in pink Split Personalities Each ofthe patches in System G is set to play only from a specific range of ke
19. io set hasa pair of MFX and a chorus and reverb that any ofits Audio Track on Internal parts can use ARX effects Each ARX board provides its own effects for its EXP part sounds The number and type of effects varies from board to board Mastering effect Each studio set contains a mastering effect with Which you can add the final overall processing to an entire mix Input FX A separateinput effectis available for processing ve audioas it comes into the Fantom G for recording on one of your song s racks The Fantom G contains helpful factory built PRST studio sets and we ll show you how to make your own in this booklet The Studio Mode in the Fantom G Workshop booklet gets into Studio mode and studio sets in more detail Recording Your Own Song Starting a New Song 1 Press SONG and then F1 Song List to display the projects song list 2 Select any USER INI SONG these are blank empty songs Were _akeady in the USER bank because the demo songs load from there am ee we selected the tint song at wih cet ng This INIT SONG titte ts the fastest way to see in the song Uist if a song song location is empty For this reason we strongly recommend naming Your songs as you write them into the Fantom lt s memory so you can tell f a location is truly empty later on We ll explain how to store a song in the Saving Your Wark on the Fantom G Workshop booklet 3 PressF Load and then press F7 OK to confirm the ope
20. kshop booklet The process of recording audio onto a Fantom G song track has two stages 4 Selecting an audio track you want to record on 2 Recording the track While the Audio Track parts in a live set allow you mix your audio tracks with your other trachs you don t need to visit the Studio Play screen for the recording process itself v But First Plug Something in Audio comes into the Fantom G through its rear panel AUDIO IN jacks You a low impedance mic to the MIC GUTTAR jack The Fantom G can Provide phantom power for condenser mics that need it an electric guitar or bass to the MIC GUITAR jack a ine tevel device such as a personal music player or CD player to the LUNE MONO and R jacks for stereo sound or to the LIMONO jack only for mono sound For now well assume yout plugging in a mic or a guitar or bass into the MICIGUITAR jack for simplicity sake I youre connecting a mie that requires phantom power set the rearpanel GUITAR PHANTOM switch t9 its ON postion I your mic dosnt need phantom owe be sure to set this switch to OFF to avoid damaging your mic guitar or bass set the GUTTAR PHANTOM switch to HEZ so that the Fantom G input is optimized for the instruments high impedance output You can add effects to your audio as you record using the Fantom G s input effect as you ll see in the Sequencing and Recording booklet Selecting an Audio Track 1 Press the SONG button if the
21. mo Songs 1 Press the SONG button in the LIST EDIT area to display the Song Play screen a a This screen shows your song s tracks ands where a session starts You re seeing the tracks of the demo song we re about to listen to However since we ve been doing other things since powering up we ll reload the song to make sure tt plays correctiy The demo songs contain special data they send to the Fantom G as they load or at power up Your own songs won t require reloading to play correctly The Fantom G plays one song at a time though it can hold up to 50 songs in a project we l explain projects in the Saving Your Werk on the Fantom G Workshop booklet 2 Press F1 Song List to display this project s songs 2 3 Highlight the fist song Be In My Word and press F Load and then F7 OK to confirm your intentions the song loads A Aherthe song s loaded press PLAY to hear the song as you watch its MIDI and audio tracks go by onscreen You can adjust the overall level using the Fantom G VOLUME knob Listen to the entire song or press STOP a any time To play the song again from the top press the 1 button and then press PLAY 7 To play the other demo song repeat Steps 2 5 selecting Thelight instep3 About Studio Mode and Studio Sets You can record ideas on the Fantom G in both Live mode and Single mode but ful on song production happens in a Studio mode studio set That s where you s
22. ng press STOP The Fantom G asks Assign New Phrase to Track Ifyou ke what you played press F7 OK to assign the new phrase to its track The phrase is also added to the phrase lst for use elsewhere in the song or in another song in the curent project gt didnt like what you played press FB Cancel to immediately delete the phrase from the Fantom G s memory You can now see your new phrase on the Song Play screen Weve sequenced jt two measures bae he dt 99 badge the phrase shows the sangs cet sgth 7 TheFantom Gautomaticallytakes youbacktowhereyour sequencing started so to hear your new phrase press PLAY 15 playback automatically ends after the track s sequenced data plays or you can press STOP whenever you want 9 ifyou donit ike what you hear at all and want to remove the phrase from the track and from the Fantom G s memory press the MENU button and then F5 Undo When the Fantom G asks if youre sure press F7 0K We didn t want to distract you earlier but when the Realtime Recording window is open you can rehearse without sequencing Tools in this window also allow you to erase sequenced notes and other performance data in realtime We ll get into this window in greater detail nthe Sequencing and Recording Workshop booket 10 Press the STUDIO button to retum to the Studio Play screen and select Part 2 with its bass 41 Pressthe SONG button to retum to the Song Play screen and press to select Tra
23. ou ply arhythm set plays a different percussion sound from each key or padl asample set is a collection of 16 samples you want use together Exploring the Fantom G Sounds Live Mode and Live Sets The Fantom G is more than anything else about Live mode where you can selective sets A ive seris a combination of eight patches rhythm sets or sample sets along with their patch effects or PAC from the Fantom G intemal memory upto two ARX patches from installed optional ARK expansion boards purchased separately chorus and reverb efects associated with the live set itself upto 16 extemal sounds you play via MIDI from the Fantom G You can combine alive set sounds in a variety of ways Wellshow you what we mean in the following introduction to Live mode Well discuss Live mode in greater detail in the Live Mode in the Fantom G Workshop booklet In this booklet we ll be exploring live sets that use internal Fantom G sounds oniy just to keep things simple We ll discuss your other options in the Live Mode in the Fantom G booklet The Party of the First Part Each o a live set s sounds is played by part that has its own settings that determine how the sound plays Every lve set has eight parts You create individual patches in Single mode but you put them together in Live mode by assigning each one to its own part Selecting Live Sets Well be selecting live sets in the following sections Here s t
24. ration the new empty song lads Putting Together a Studio Set In any recording studio you have to first gather the instruments ar in the ase of the Fantom G patches rhythm sets ete you want to record That s essentially what you do when you constructa studio set Here how Starting a New Studio Set 1 Press STUDIO to retum to the Studio Play screen highlight the Bank and Studio Set Number parameters and turn the Value dial to select an unused USER studio set All ofthe unused sets have the name INIT Sunio set As with songs you can tell if a studio set is unused by its name so naming each one as you set it up isa good idea Press F2 Utility to show the Studio Set Utiity screen 3 W it ist already highlighted as shown above highiight Studio Set Name and then press the ENTER button In the STUDIO SET NAME window you can assign the studio set a new name As youl eam ater everything you save or write in the Fantom G gets its name in a window like this 4 Asthe window opens thefirst character ofthe studio set snewname is underlined Turn the Value dial to select the character you want Press once to select the next position and then dial in the character you want there 6 Repeat Step 5 until you ve renamed the studio set as desired 7 Press F OK and then F8 Edt when you re dane Assigning a Sound to a Part To usea sound na song you ve got to first assign itto apart Wel show
25. rd orto bend notes by moving the lever right and left SI and 52 switches Press these buttons above the modulation lever to toggle changes to the live set sound on and off Control Sliders 1 8 By default the sliders control the levels of the ive set parts thought they can do all sorts of other things if you prefer Control knobs 1 4 The control knobs circled in red above do diferent things depending on the live set youre using We haven t yet mentioned the D Beam because i s off by default in mast ve sets N s a powerful realtime controller though and can be used for manipulating sounds triggering pads or as a separate mono synth We l discuss it in Manipulating Sounds In Realtime booklet Patch Remain One ofthe Fantom G best features is its Patch Remain feature which is available in both Live mode and Single mode which wel discuss next Patch Remain allows you to switch from one live set to another or one patch to another in Single mode without hearing any glching To understand how Patch Remain works its a good idea to understand what its doing in Live mode a live set has eight internal patches each af which has its own effect With ARX cards installed you ve got even more As you switch from one live set to another the Fantom G holds onto all af the curently playing notes and effects as it loads the second Ive sets sounds and effects in preparation for the next notes youi play That s a lot of stuf
26. s and set values using a mouse ENTER EXIT SHIFT INC and DEC on v coe The five buttons below the Value dial are also important in the operation of the Fantom G Press the ENTER button to display a window or menu of choices regarding what youve selected onscreen or to execute operations Pressing the ENTER button sometimes provides ayes answer to questions the Fantom G displays EXIT button to close a menu or retum to the previous screen during a variety of Fantom G operations You can also cancel some operations using the EXIT button Pressing the button sometimes provides ano answer to questions displayed onscreen SHIFT button to change the behavior of certain other controls as detailed in the Workshop booklets and Owner Manual k can also reveal hidden screens as well see INC for Increment button to raise the value of the current selected parameter or to move up through a list or menu displayed onscreen DEC for decrement button to lower the value of the currently selected parameter or to mave down through a list or menu displayed onscreen Bf Of B Pressing the SHIFT button while turning the Value dial or using the INC or DEC buttons causes values to change in larger increments v About Patches Rhythm Sets and Sample Sets There are three basic types of sounds onthe Fantom G a patch plays a single sound at different pitches depending on the keys or pads y
27. t shows the creative ways in which you can split your keyboard First ofall we ve got something new here Part 8 is playing a rhythm set as shown in the Type column This gives Within You tabla sounds that play from Middle C to the Gt above i Youve also got asiar glisin the octave just below Middle C sitar notes with a drone below the sitar glis deansitarnotes above the tablas asynthpad behind all ofthe sitar notes courtesy of Parts 4 and 8 PRST 024 Syn Bass Menu Sounds in a live set dott have to be split or layered they can also be assembled in a live set for quick acess This can particularly handy onstage rina fast paced studio session Syn Bass Menu is a good example ofthis as Sre all of the Ive sets with Menu in their names The key to this type of ive set is the setting of the KBD switch we first noted on Page 6 Notice how they re all tumed off in Syn Bass Menu Ply the keyboard you hear the sound of the first par s patch Big Mini 2 1 no KBD switches are tumed on when you havent manually selected any other parts the first parts sound plays Otherwise in the Fantom G when there are no KBD switches tumed on the part that s currently selected pays Press until you ve selected the second part and play the Tickers patch Use the button to check out the other bass patches in this live set PRST 005 G Grand G Grand isa great Fantom G piano divided up into eight optimaliy tweake
28. the buttons Each button has asf label shown onscreen booklets when we want to you to press an F button we l name the button and show its soft label in parentheses For example weld refer to F5 in the illustration above as F5 a Liveset List in the instructions throughout the Fantom G Workshop em In screens that contain more items than can be displayed at once F6 wil have a pages icon as shown In the illustration above you can press F to view the screen s second page or to scroll down Y The Value Dial and Cursor Buttons nthe rsp okt we referto the dow et and ight ars bts ame ay yand gt batons To navigate the Fantom G display from the front panel which is to say not using a mouse you work with the cursor buttons and the Value dial You select something on the display using the and buttons This lets the Fantom G know what itis you want to change 2 You make the change you want using the Value dial Selecting There are a few different kinds of things you can select with the cursor buttons The two mast common ones are gt settings or parameters phrases chunks of MIDI or audio data in the Fantom G sequencer When you select a parameter onscreen it becomes highlighted paneer arts ented Once a parameters been selected you can tum the Value dial to change its setting or value As you ll see in the next booklet you can also easily select parameter
29. the pads interesting capabilities we ll be discussing in the Power User Control 2 The Pads booklet In this Iive set the arpeggiator is adding texture An arpeggio can also be useful as the basis for a dance groove Wel getinto arpeggios in the Rhythm Patterns RPS Arpeggios and Chord Memory Workshop booklet Go Exploring Now s a good time to check out the other amazing live sets in the Fantom G So far we ve been selecting live sets using the Live Set Number parameter but theres an easier way When you re on the Live Play screen press FS iver List to view all of your available ive sets For each preset live set you ll find a brief description of what it sounds Uike or does The small QWERTY keyboard in the Live Set List window allows you to find live sets fast by typing in thelr names when you ve connected a mouse We ll explain this in detail in the next booklet Check Out the Fantom G Realtime Controllers As you try out patches dont forget to play around with the Fantom G assortment af realtime controllers They re highly customizable and you can 2e in the Live Play sereen what they ll doin any given situation Well get into the realtime controllers in detail in the Manipulating Sounds in Realtime booklet but heres what they are Modulation lever and 51 and S2 switches The modulation lever at the left of the keyboard allows you to add modulation which typically produces vibrato by pushing the lever forwa
30. uses MIDI Channel 9 by default in Single mode Dynamic Pad Part that usually plays a rhythm set By default this part uses MIDI Channel 10 in Single mode Here s how to play drum sounds on the pads in Single mode Press the PAD MODE button in the DYNAMIC PADS area of the front ppane this opens the Pad Mode window In this window you can see the 16 different things the pads can do and select the desired mode by hitting the corresponding pad 2 since right now we want to select the second mode RHYTHM press the 2 pad When youre returned to the Single Play screen you can see the Pad Mode parameters now set to RHYTHM 3 Toselect the desired rhythm set start by highlighting the Single Play screen s Dynamic Pad Bank parameter which can be set to USER for your own rhythm sets PRST For but in rhythm sets GM for General MIDF to select one of the standardized General MIDI rhythm sets To learn about General MIDI see Roland s An Introduction to MIDI infocus booklet which you can download from the Roland US website A Setthe parameter to PRST for now 5 Highlight the Number Pad parameter Tum the Value dial or use the INC DEC buttons to select the desired rhythm set The Fantom G Recording Studio The Fantom G features its own recording studio with up to 152 wacks Including 24 audio tracks Lets start exploring it by listening to the factory demo songs Playing the Factory De
31. ys Parts 1 65 patches nthe blue square below play only below Middle Cas you can see onscreen when you play up and down the keyboard The patches played by Parts 7 and 8 in red in the following illustration play oniy from Middle C up Prstami Thisis called split because the keyboard is split into two keyboard ranges that play diferent sounds You can split a keyboard in a live set into up to eight ranges with intemal sounds and more with ARX and MIDI sounds You can see the name ofthe patch each part plays in the part list s Patch Number Name column You can also see that each of the parts sounds is a patch as shown in the Type column Layer Cake You also see that the lower range of the keyboard plays six parts at once and the upper range plays two When sounds play together they re Iayered Layering is a great way to create complex interesting sounds System G demonstrates what we mean under your left hand youive got an extremely complicated rhythmic texture created by sb patches layered on top of eachother under your right hand you ve got simple synth brass notes that slowly morph into a pretty burly sample and hoid sound that results from layering the 80s Brass 3 the synth and Cross Talk the burble patches You can see that all af these patches are tumed on by looking at their lit KBD for keyboard switches PRST 003 Within You Within You provides a group of instruments for playing Indian musie I
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