Roland fantomxr rackmount sound module sampler 400. Review and history of the roland fantom g tweakheadz. Very clean, there is a port to use a mouse so its easy to navigate the screen. Roland has announced that the new fg connects live project is now available on the roland website. This update includes the fg connects live package, emphasizing the powerful live performance potential of the fantomg. This is my first video in a couple of years, but i think it will be the first of many more to come. Rolands new sound generator chip which is rolands most powerful to date. Roland fantomg7 keyboard synthesizer for sale online ebay. Rolands fantomx series comes in a choice of three keyboards, all with one thing in common. The fantom g6 was the last roland brand keyboard ive bought mainly because i simply havent needed a new board since the purchase in 2011. It makes recording so much easier than before,but the usage of the 128 track sequencer is easier and harder in the same hand.
The best roland fantom the roland fantom g7 is a great little board if you like to stack up voices. These new sounds for the roland soniccell are the result of over 4 years of programming by professional wind controller player sound designer matt traum. There are many new sounds presented including an 88key split piano a multistage velocityswitched stereo sampled piano. New roland fantom gattobus factory patches selection duration.
There is also a gm patch bank 256 patches and 32 preset rhythm groups plus 9 gm rhythm groups. Voices brings a wide collection of vocal, choir and vocoder sounds, including 330 original samples, 30 multisampled instruments and 50 patches. If roland had another couple of years to iterate on what they could do with all the banks of patches theyve included with the new instruments, they could bring everything up to. Roland fantom x series leads free patches by carlitos. Roland has announced a free update for owners of the fantom g. Hundreds of new dance, pop and hiphop oriented patches. Still, for acoustic sounds, the motif is the one to beat, and from what i heard at namm, the fantomg is certainly up there especially considering many of the srx board patches are included. At fantoms core are rolands custom behavior modeling chips, powering the instrument with smooth, precise control, massive polyphony, and full patch remain for seamless transitions. Introducing the most powerful and luxurious live workstation in roland history. A live set is a combination of eight patches, rhythm sets, or sample sets, along with their patch effects, or pfxfrom the fantomgs internal. Learning how to use your new roland fantomg has never been easier thanks to the official roland dvd owners manual. The roland fantom g6 is the standard for production.
Live mode and live sets the fantomg is more than anything else about live mode, where you can select live sets. Fantomxr is a 1u rack module featuring more then 1gb of patches and allowing 128mb internal wave rom. I am thinking they may have added another 64mb on top of the fantom s 64mb as many patches are compatible. New orchestral sounds including all type of strings, woodwinds and brass. Synthonia roland fantom x series leads free patches. A truly great new feature is that if you change patch while playing, there is no audio drop. Roland clan forums view topic fantom g piano patches.
Roland always puts out the most creative and warm sounds. Roland fantomg6 launched at the 2008 winter namm show, the g series fantom arrives in three forms g6 61 keys, g7 76 and g8 88. The fantomg is a dream instrument that redefines the boundaries of playability and creativity with its. Fantom nails coveted instruments from rolands vaunted legacy of genredefining synths, while blazing new synthesis frontiers. We have 3 roland fantoms manuals available for free pdf download. New orchestral sounds including all type of strings, woodwinds.
It also raises the fantomx series waveform capacity to approximately 1gb when fully expanded. At many peoples requests, i did a video on how to sample notes from another keyboard juno60. The largest of these features rolands extremely impressive ivory keyboard response. Dedicated piano, organ, and synth sound enginesorganized in three intuitive blocks on the front panelprovide all the essential tones you need, right under your fingertips. It is clear that roland provided a new set of presets with the x.
Though the samples are decent on that board, the patches are not, leaving velocity switching during performances highly detectable. Roland fantom g sampling multisample user patch instrument. The new fantomx series can play expressive 4tone patches with 128voice polyphony. The roland fantomg7 workstation is a dream keyboard instrument that redefines the boundaries of playability and creativity.
The factory patches contain a large number of brandnew creations, with five preset banks of 128 patches each. It will appeal to musicians working with urban and. However, the g has a best of collection of srx patches and can load new arx cards. Rolands fantom g6, g7, and g8the fantomg familyset a new standard for excellence in workstation keyboards, with spectacular sounds and incredible builtin effectprocessing muscle. The fantom is discontinued but i wouldnt necessarily say it was dead. Both new libraries are based on totally new multisampled instruments developed at sinevibes, which means they radically change how the fantomg sounds. You could enhance your synth with these new 17 program. Roland fantom g sampling multisample user patch instrument mapping. Roland fantom8 music workstation keyboard sweetwater. Roland fantom g preset sounds performance no talking. Roland fantomg from sampling to create patch with bpm sync. The g6 has 5 octaves but you can transpose if you need too.
I think the problem for most people is that the massive suite of existing roland patches are, at root, no matter how complex many of them may sound, relatively vanilla. The fantom x which i own had an undo feature which came really handy when making editing functions, but the g series for some reason doesnt. Everything on this board is well built and put together to last. So much potential here but roland yet again finds a way to poison their own tech with decisions that make absolutely no sense. Roland fantom g vs fa vs new 2019 fantom gearslutz. Fantom g can have 16 insert fx per patch, fantom x can only have three. When you want to use the fantomg in the most traditional, straightahead waymaybe with a single patch on the keyboard and a rhythm set or rhythm on the padssingle modes the way to go. Page 5 exploring the fantomg sounds the live play screen appears. Vcombo vr09 this synth is travelready, affordable, and outfitted with toplevel roland sounds, the vcombo vr09 is the ideal allinone solution for performing keyboard players. After the fantomx, roland produced its successor, the fantomg, which included twice the waveform memory, more patches, 128 voice polyphony,advanced and easy to use sequencer.
Personally, ive always considered korgs more for new age and mellow electronica, yamahas for jazz, solo, and orchestral work, and rolands for rock, hip. This patch uses the first of the two waveform sets on the srx02 board and improves on the many flaws of the included patches that come on that expansion board. These sounds load inside the roland soniccell sound module not inside a wind controller. Furthermore, the s88 has an additional bank of eight dedicated piano patches. Fgws06editing fantomg patches and rhythm sets roland. Fantomg accepts new arx wave expansion cards, has larger fullcolor screen, 16 insert effects per patch and other improvements. Fantom g piano patches versus fantom x piano patches by darth x8. See more ideas about roland fantom, the incredibles and synthesizer music. A useful lead pack for your powerful roland fantom g. Advanced sound engine, revolutionary arx supernatural expansion bay, largesized color lcd, powerful new audiomidi sequencer, firstclass action, and much more make the fantomg7 a keyboard youll want to experience. I have gathered that you cant delete any of the factory preset patches, but i got mine used and the last owner has a bunch of patches in the user category some of which. Fantomx techsyn fantomx techsyn is filled with more supercool synth sounds, fat analog basses, original dance stabs and hits, rich sweeping resonant pads, cuttingedge synth leads and cool synthfx that will inspire you to. Rolands fantom g has something for everyone a very large range of eminently playable patches for keyboardists, dynamic pads and deep menus for programmers, multitrack audio recording and midi sequencing for producers, and advanced slice, dice and loop facilities for sampleheads.
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