What is the sequencer, Midi and audio – Roland Fantom G8 User Manual

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What is the Sequencer?

The sequencer allows you to create a song by recording your performance on the keyboard or pads, or by
recording audio sources such as a mic or guitar connected to the Fantom-G’s input jacks, and then play
back the song you’ve created.

The Fantom-G’s sequencer can record MIDI and audio.

MIDI (phrases)

MIDI records your keyboard and pad performance as performance data. Each sequence of recorded MIDI
data is called a “phrase.” You can create up to 2,000 phrases in a single project, and each phrase can
contain sixteen channels of MIDI data.
There are 128 MIDI tracks in which MIDI performance data can be recorded. You can also create a song
simply by placing phrases in a MIDI track.
Although MIDI is similar to audio in that it is a way to record a performance, MIDI records the “performance
data” rather than the “sound,” and therefore allows you to freely make detailed changes to individual notes
and other data.

Audio (samples)

Audio refers to “sound” that you can record from a mic or guitar connected to the Fantom-G’s input jacks.
Each piece of recorded audio data is called a “sample.” You can create up to 2,000 samples in a single
project. WAV/AIFF format audio files from your computer can also be imported as samples via USB
memory (or by using the USB Storage function). (See

“Importing sounds (samples) from your

computer”

(p. 20 of this manual).)

There are twenty-four audio tracks in which audio (samples) can be recorded. You can also create a song
simply by placing samples in an audio track.

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MIDI and Audio

Song

MIDI Phrase List

Phrase Edit

Sample List

Sample Edit

MIDI Tracks