Page 2 - The
About the Fantom Workshop Booklets The Fantom-X Workshop booklets explain some of the exciting features of Roland’s Fantom-X family of products. Each Workshop booklet covers a single topic, and is intended as a companion to the Fantom-X manuals. This booklet requires Fantom-X O.S. Version 2 or highe...
Page 3 - Search by Category
Selecting Patches on the Fantom-X In this section, we’ll talk about selecting a patch for the Fantom-X keyboard. While there are a few ways to locate a patch you want, the first step is to let the Fantom-X know that it’s a keyboard patch you’re after. Normally you select a patch for the keyboard and...
Page 4 - Selecting Favorite Patches; Adding a Patch to Your Favorites List
Search by Location Press F5 (Patch) to view your patches sorted according to their locations in the Fantom-X’s memory. Fantom-X patches are actually stored in groups, or “banks.” You can see the banks listed along the left side of the screen:• USER —This bank contains 256 memory locations in which y...
Page 5 - Exploring the Fantom-X Patches; Patch
Add a Patch Directly from the Patch List 1. On the Patch List screen, press F3 (Favorite) to display the Favorite Patch window. 2. Press F2 ( ↓ ) or F1 ( ↑ ) to select the desired Favorites bank. 3. Press 6 or 5 to select the desired location for the patch within the selected Favorites bank. 4. Pres...
Page 6 - Realtime Controllers; The Pitch Bend/Modulation lever; Piano Mode
Realtime Controllers The Fantom-X boasts an assortment of realtime controllers:• The Pitch Bend/Modulation lever — Push the lever forward to turn up the current patch’s LFO. Push it left or right to bend the pitch of notes down or up, respectively. • The keyboard itself —You can use “aftertouch” to ...
Page 8 - Owner’s Manual; How a Patch Works; Sampling on the Fantom-X; Tones: The Structure of a Patch; A tone doesn’t
You can turn on:• Tremolo —This effect causes notes to swing side-to-side, left-to-right, as in classic Stage-model electric pianos. • Chorus —Chorus adds the shimmering effect so commonly applied to electric pianos. • Phaser —Funky electric pianos often use phasing that adds a whooshing swirl to th...
Page 9 - Making Your Own Patches; Getting the Right Tones; About Tones and Polyphony
Each tone has its own set of about 90 parameters that determine how its waveforms or samples play. Tones can be set to play together in different ways, resulting in a variety of different sounds from the same basic sonic materials. In addition, there are parameters that control the behavior of the c...
Page 10 - Editing a Tone’s Parameters; The Four Graphic Editing Screens
0 Since the Fantom-X can play a whopping 128 voices at once, you’re unlikely to have any problems playing patches in Patch mode. When you’re using multiple patches during recording, however, you may notice notes not playing in passages with lots of dense instrumentation. If this occurs, check the pa...
Page 12 - The Pro Edit Parameters; What The Parameter Sections Do
The Pro Edit Parameters For detailed editing, the Fantom-X offers Pro Edit mode’s Patch Edit screen, in which all patch-wide and tone-specific parameters are arranged in sections from top to bottom on the display. To move from section to section, press F2 ( ↓ ) or F1 ( ↑ ). To edit a parameter withi...
Page 14 - Final Touches
Initializing a Patch If you’d like to start a patch from total scratch by setting all of the current patch’s parameters to their default values, you can “initialize” it using the Utility menu’s Patch Initialize operation. Don’t worry about running a saved patch by initializing it—you’re only resetti...
Page 15 - Selecting Patches Remotely Via MIDI; Owner’s Manua; Patch Bank Select and Program Change Chart; USER
To name a patch:1. The first character position is underlined, so turn VALUE to select the first character of the patch’s name. 2. Press 4 to move the underline to the next character’s position, and turn VALUE to select the second character. 3. Repeat Step 2 to enter the characters of the patch name...
Page 16 - The End; Owner’s
Group Number Bank Select Program MSB LSB Number PR-F 001-128 87 69 1-128 PR-G 001-128 87 70 1-128 PR-H 001-128 87 71 1-128 PR-I 001-128 87 72 1-128 GM (2) 001-256 121 0-4 (see patch list) CARD 001-256 87 32, 33 1-128 USER SAMPLE 001-2000 64 0-14 1-128 CARD SAMPLE 001-7000 65 0-53; 54 1-128; 1-88 XP-...