Roland Fantom-X7 User Manual

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Contents

USING THE UNIT SAFELY ..............................................................................3
IMPORTANT NOTES ........................................................................................4
Main Features ................................................................................................15
Panel Descriptions ........................................................................................16

Front Panel................................................................................................................................................. 16
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................. 18

Getting Ready ................................................................................................19

Connecting an Amp and Speaker System............................................................................................. 19
Placing the Fantom-X8 on a Stand (For Fantom-X8 user) ................................................................. 20
Turning On the Power ............................................................................................................................. 21
Adjusting the Display Contrast (LCD Contrast).................................................................................. 22
Turning Off the Power............................................................................................................................. 22

Listening to the Demo Songs .......................................................................23

Listening to the demo song loaded when you start up the Fantom-X ............................................. 23
Listening to the other demo songs......................................................................................................... 23

Various Performance Features ....................................................................24

Velocity/Aftertouch ..................................................................................................................... 24
Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever .................................................................................................... 24
Octave Shift (Oct) .......................................................................................................................... 24
Hold Pedal...................................................................................................................................... 24
Control Pedal ................................................................................................................................. 25
Transpose (Trans).......................................................................................................................... 25

Overview of the Fantom-X ............................................................................26

How the Fantom-X Is Organized ........................................................................................................... 26

Basic Structure ............................................................................................................................... 26
Classification of Fantom-X Sound Types................................................................................... 26
About Simultaneous Polyphony................................................................................................. 28

About Memory.......................................................................................................................................... 28

Temporary Memory...................................................................................................................... 29
Rewritable Memory ...................................................................................................................... 29
Non-Rewritable Memory ............................................................................................................. 29

About the Onboard Effects ..................................................................................................................... 29

Effect Types.................................................................................................................................... 29
How Effects Units Work in Different Modes ............................................................................ 30

About the Sequencer ................................................................................................................................ 30

What Is a Song? ............................................................................................................................. 30
What Is a Track? ............................................................................................................................ 30
Songs and the Sound Generator Mode ...................................................................................... 31
Positions for Storing a Song......................................................................................................... 31

About the Sampling Section.................................................................................................................... 32

Where Samples are Stored ........................................................................................................... 32

Basic Operation of the Fantom-X ........................................................................................................... 33

Switching the Sound Generator Mode....................................................................................... 33
About the Function Buttons ........................................................................................................ 34
Moving the Cursor........................................................................................................................ 34
Modifying a Value ........................................................................................................................ 35
Assigning a Name ......................................................................................................................... 36

Registering and recalling frequently used screen pages (Bookmark) .............................................. 37

Registering a page......................................................................................................................... 37
Recalling a page............................................................................................................................. 37

Viewing an explanation of each button (Help) .................................................................................... 37
Viewing the number of voices used by the sound generator (Voice Monitor) ............................... 37

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