Roland Fantom-X Manuel utilisateur

Performing with the Fantom-X

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No. 8 in the Fantom-X Workshop Series

Workshop

written permission of Roland Corporation U.S.

About the Fantom-X Workshop Series

The Fantom-X Workshop Series is a collection of booklets

describing how to get the most out of some of the exciting

features of the Roland Fantom-X family of products. Much of

what’s discussed in the series also applies to the Fantom-S

keyboard and, to a lesser degree, the original Fantom.

Each booklet covers a single topic, with easy-to-follow

explanations, procedures and illustrations. Have fun learning

to master the Fantom-X in convenient bite-sized pieces.

Other Booklets in the Fantom-X Workshop Series

• The Fantom-X Experience—A quick tour of how the major

Fantom-X creative tools interact.

• The Sounds of the Fantom-X—A tour of the Fantom-X

sounds and Patch mode.

• The Rhythms of the Fantom-X—Exploring the pads, drum

sounds and rhythms of the Fantom-X.

• The Fantom-X Effects—This booklet helps you get the most

out the powerful effects processing in the Fantom-X.

• Recording Music on the Fantom-X—Learn how to record

your music in the Fantom-X’s full-featured sequencer.

• Sampling on the Fantom-X—Capture loops, vocals, noises or

any other sound with the Fantom-X’s advanced sampling

capabilities.

• Smart Storage in the Fantom-X—Learn all about the

Fantom-X’s storage options for samples and other data.

• Making a CD of Your Fantom-X Music—Learn how to turn

your Fantom-X music into a final audio CD.

• Advanced Fantom-X Recording Techniques—Learn how

to use time-based effects, record arpeggios, work with

mastering effects and record realtime patch tweaks.

About This Booklet

The Fantom-X is a potent performance machine, chock full of

features that help make your onstage experiences fun, and

provide inspiration as you perform. You can easily combine

sounds, and split the keyboard so you can play different

patches with the left and right hands. You can also manipulate

your sounds in realtime using a powerful set of controllers.

In this booklet, we’ll cover the Fantom-X’s Performance mode

in detail as it relates to playing music in a live setting.

(Performance mode is also used in recording on the

Fantom-X, as described in the Workshop series booklet

Recording Music on the Fantom-X.)

Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet

Throughout this booklet, you’ll come across information that

deserves special attention—that’s the reason it’s labeled with

one of the following symbols.

A note is something that adds information about the topic at hand.

A tip 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.

About Performance Mode

The Fantom-X’s Performance mode allows its sound generator

to play multiple instruments—up to a total of 16—all at one

time. This differs from Patch mode, where you can play two

instruments at once—one on the keyboard and one on the

pads.

Each of the sound generator’s 16 instruments in Performance

mode is called a “part.” You can select any patch or rhythm

set for any part, and each has its own set of parameters that

determine how it plays.

The ability to play multiple patches and/or rhythm sets at once makes the

Fantom-X a “multitimbral” instrument.

A Fantom-X performance isn’t just about parts and part

parameters, though. Performance mode brings a number of

Fantom-X features together in one place, allowing it to do

some cool and sophisticated tricks. It’s ideal for using the

Fantom-X in a live playing setup.

Using Performance mode, you can:

• combine multiple patches and play them at the same

time, creating a single enormous sound.

• “split” the keyboard, so that you can play one patch with

your left hand and a different one with your right.

• map a range of patches to different areas on the keyboard,

providing access to multiple tone colors at the same time.

• process a patch (or multiple patches) using all three of the

Fantom-X’s MFX processors.

• use the Fantom-X’s realtime controls to affect only the

desired sounds while leaving the others alone.

• play the Fantom-X and control external MIDI devices—all

at the same time.

• recall a multitude of Fantom-X features at the touch of a

button.

As you can see, Performance mode is especially suited to—

well, duh—performing music. Hence the name.

Of course, you don’t have to use Performance mode in a live music

situation—Patch mode will work perfectly well for you if you don’t need

Performance mode’s added features.

For information on using Performance mode to create a musical

arrangement using the Fantom-X sequencer, see the Workshop series

booklet Recording Music on the Fantom-X.

Getting Into Performance Mode

You can enter Performance mode using either of two buttons.

Press:

• LAYER/SPLIT—to display the Performance Layer screen. This

screen is optimized for combining parts and defining key

ranges . It also provides information about the status of the

Fantom-X effects and sequencer. Most of what we’ll be

doing in this booklet starts with the Performance Layer

screen.

• MIXER—to display the Performance Mixer1 screen, where

performance parts can be manipulated in a studio-

like environment. This is the screen you’d most often

start on when working with the Fantom-X’s sequencer.

The Performance Mixer1 screen is discussed in detail

in the Workshop series booklet Recording Music on the

Fantom-X.

Selecting Performances

Fantom-X performances are stored in groups, or “banks.” The:

• User bank—contains 64 memory locations in which you

can store your own performances, or edits of the factory

performances.

• Preset bank—holds the 64 pre-programmed factory

performances.

• Card bank—holds up to 64 performances that you’ve

stored on an installed PC memory card.

You can scroll and select stored performances on the

Performance Layer screen by highlighting the performance

number or bank name and turning the VALUE dial.

Most likely, though, you’ll find it more convenient to select

performances with the more direct methods described next.

Selecting from the Performance List

You can select a performance from the Performance Layer

screen or by opening the Performance List.

1. Press LAYER/SPLIT.

2. Press F5 (Perf List) to display the Performance List screen.

3. Press F2 (↓) and/or F1 (↑) to display the desired

performance bank: User, Preset, or Card.

4. Turn the VALUE dial to select the desired performance.

5. Press F8 (Select) to confirm your selection.

Selecting Favorite Performances

The Fantom-X allows you to store the performances you use

most often as “favorites.” There are eight Favorite banks, and

eight performances can be stored in each bank.

The Fantom-X also has a feature called “Live Settings” that provides way to

quickly access both performances and patches during a live performance.

We’ll discuss this feature later in this booklet.

Adding a Performance to the Favorites List

1. Select the desired performance as described in the previous

section.

2. Press LAYER/SPLIT, and then press F5 (Perf List) to display

the Performance List screen.

3. Press F3 (Favorite) to display the Favorite Performance

screen.

4. Press F2 (↓) and/or F1 (↑) to choose the desired Favorites

bank.

5. Turn the VALUE dial to select a location for the performance

within the selected Favorites bank.

6. Press F6 (Regist) to add the currently selected performance

as a new favorite.

From the factory, the Fantom-X comes with favorite performances already

stored in Favorites Bank 1. You can overwrite a stored favorite by simply

storing your own favorite performance its location.

Selecting a Performance from the Favorites List

From the Favorite Performance screen:

1. Press F2 (↓) and/or F1 (↑) to choose the desired Favorites

bank.

5. Turn the VALUE dial to select the location for the

performance within the selected Favorites bank.

6. Press F8 (Select) to recall the selected favorite.

Removing a Performance from the Favorites List

In the Favorite Performance screen, select the performance

you wish to remove from the list, and then press F5 (Remove).

Exploring the Factory Performances

Before we get into creating our own custom performances,

let’s try out some of the factory preset performances that

demonstrate the type of things you can do in Performance

mode.

After making a selection, play up and down the keyboard’s

entire length to check out what you’ve got. Play the drum

pads, too, and note how the sounds assigned to them change

when you select different performances.

Performance Description

PRST:34 Piano & Vox A really nice two-patch layer.

PRST:36 PhaserRhodes1 A fat electric piano, using all three MFX

processors.

PRST:46 Str Stack FS A rich and full strings layer, using three

patches.

PRST:49 Brass Sec FS A super-fat brass layer, using three patches.

PRST:51 Nice “Slicer” A massive split/layer, using two different MFX

“Slicer” effects.

PRST:52 Fat “Waves” Another massive split/layer, with the

arpeggiator assigned to the right-hand side of

the keyboard.

PRST:53 Tone Dly Ens A cool three-way split.

PRST:56 Neutron A huge three-patch layer, using all three MFX

processors.

Creating Your Own Performances

A Fantom-X performance brings a host of features together in

one place, at the single touch of a button.

A performance contains:

• settings for 16 different parts.

• settings for the Fantom-X’s realtime controls.

• effects settings.

• rhythm group settings.

• the designation of one part to be played from the pads,

the so-called “pad part.”

• the designation of one part to play an arpeggio, the so-

called “arp part.”

• arpeggio settings.

• a master tempo setting.

• Chord Memory settings.

• settings for the control of external MIDI devices.

You can freely edit any of the Fantom-X’s preset performances or

create your own, storing your changes to any user performance

location.

Starting From Scratch

When creating a new performance from scratch, we

recommend starting with the factory-preset performance

PRST:01 Seq:Template. This performance has all its parameters

set to their default settings, providing a perfect “blank slate”

for creating a performance from the ground up.

Another method of starting from scratch is to initialize a

selected performance, resetting its parameters to the factory

default settings.

From the Performance Layer screen:

1. Select the desired performance.

2. Hold SHIFT and press F1 (Init) to display the Performance

Initialize window.

3. Press 6 or 5 to select Default.

4. Press F8 (Select).

5. Press F8 (Exec) to initialize the selection.

Selecting Sound Control in Step 3 above initializes only the Offset and

Vibrato values in the performance—we’ll explain these later. All other

performance settings remain as they were.

You’re not changing anything in a stored performance when you initialize

it. You’re creating a new performance in the Fantom-X’s work RAM. Nothing

gets saved until you store the performance to a user memory location.

We’ll cover storing performances later in this booklet.

About the Performance Layer Screen

The Performance Layer screen is the place to start when you’re

setting up the Fantom-X for live playing. It features a graphical

display that makes setting up your own layers and splits easy.

It also provides useful information about what’s happening in

the currently selected performance. As such, you’ll probably

want to make it your “home” screen while playing live with the

Fantom-X.

Press LAYER/SPLIT to display the Performance Layer screen.

Information strip

Name area

Part and Key Range

area

Realtime Control

area

Information Strip

At the top of the Performance Layer screen, you’ll see useful

information about the currently selected performance and the

Fantom-X sequencer.

Transpose amount Loop status

Effects status

Current song name Current measure Sequencer status

Current tempo

Current time signatureOctave Shift amount

• Current song name—shows the name of the currently

loaded song.

• Current measure—shows the current song location by

measure number.

• Sequencer status—shows the current playback state of the

sequencer.

• Octave Shift amount—shows the current value of the

Octave Shift function.

• Transpose amount—shows the current amount of keyboard

transposition.

You can quickly transpose the entire performance by selecting the

Transpose value and turning the VALUE dial or pressing INC or DEC. A value

of C signifies no transposition. You can transpose up 6 semitones by dialing

in the F# value, or down 5 semitones by dialing in G.

• Effects status—shows the on/off status of the Fantom-X

effects processors. Effects that are currently turned on are

highlighted.

• Current tempo—shows the performance’s Preferred Tempo

setting (we’ll show you how to set this in a bit). If a song is

playing, this shows the song’s current tempo.

• Current time signature—show’s the song’s time signature

at the current location.

• Loop status—shows when looped song playback is turned

on. “Loop” is shown in green letters when looping is on.

The song and sequencer information on the Performance

Layer screen is very handy when you’re playing along with the

Fantom-X sequencer during a live show. For more information

on using the sequencer, see the Workshop series’ booklet

Recording Music on the Fantom-X.

Name Area

The name of the current performance appears here, as well as

the currently selected part’s patch or rhythm set.

Name of the selected performance

Name of the sound assigned to the selected part

Part and Key Range Area

The part and key range area provides information about the

16 parts in the current performance. You can see the parts that

can sound when you play the Fantom-X keyboard, and the key

range in which they can be played.

Settings for four parts at a time are displayed horizontally

onscreen. Select parts for playing and editing using 6 and/or

5. During selection, the display scrolls so you can select any

of the performance’s 16 parts. The black arrow at the left edge

of the screen points to the current selection. When a part is

selected, you can play it on the keyboard.

When you choose a new performance, Part 1 is automatically selected.

Part number Keyboard switch Key range indicator

Selection arrow Pad Part indicator

Here’s what’s here:

• Part number—This shows each part number.

• Keyboard switch—A part’s keyboard switch setting

determines whether or not the part sounds when the

keyboard is played, allowing you to play multiple parts

simultaneously. If a part’s keyboard switch box is:

• checked—the part sounds.

• not checked—the part doesn’t sound unless it’s the

currently selected part.

To place a check in a part’s keyboard switch box, highlight

the box and turn the VALUE dial.

• Key range indicator—Each part can play over the entire

keyboard or within a specified range of keys. The key range

indicator shows the key range set for a part by displaying

a blue line over a picture of the Fantom-X keyboard. We’ll

discuss setting a part’s key range in a bit.

• Selection arrow—This shows the currently selected part.

• Pad Part indicator—This indicates that a part is set to be

playable by the drum pads. We’ll talk about this later.

Realtime Control Area

This area shows the currently active realtime control knobs

and switches, as well as the current D-Beam status.

Layers and Splits

One of the Fantom-X’s most powerful performance tools is its

ability to “layer” sounds and “split” the keyboard. If you’re new

to electronic keyboard terminology, here’s what these terms

mean. In a:

• layer—two or more parts can be played simultaneously

from the Fantom-X’s keyboard.

• split—two or more parts can be assigned to their own range

of keyboard keys, allowing you to play different patches or

rhythm sets on different areas on the keyboard.

A layer or split can be simple—using only two parts—or

complex, using up to 16 parts. Layers and splits can even be

used together in the same performance.

Creating Layers

In this section, we’ll be using the Patch List screen to select patches and

rhythm sets for the parts in our performance. If you don’t know how to use

the Patch List screen, see the Workshop series booklet The Sounds of the

Fantom-X, or refer to the Fantom-X Owner’s Manual.

1. Press LAYER/SPLIT to display the Performance Layer

screen.

2. Press 6 or 5 to highlight the desired part. (We’ve selected

Part 1 here, as shown circled in red.

3. Turn the VALUE dial to place a check in the selected part’s

keyboard switch box.

4. Press F1 (Patch List) to display the Patch List screen where

we’ll select a sound the selected part. You can see the

number of the currently selected part the top of the Patch

List screen.

5. Choose the desired patch or rhythm set, and then press F8

(Select) to return to the Performance Layer screen.

6. Press 6 or 5 to select another part, and then turn the

VALUE dial to place a check in its keyboard switch box.

7. Press F1 (Patch List) to display the Patch List screen again

on which you can now select a sound for this part.

8. Choose the desired patch or rhythm set for the second

part in your layer. When you play the keyboard to audition

your selection, you’ll hear both parts’ sounds at the same

time.

If you want to audition a selected patch or rhythm set in isolation, press

and hold F8 (preview).

9. When you’ve decided on a patch or rhythm set, press F8

(Select).

10. Repeats Steps 7-9 to layer any additional parts.

A Word About Layers and Polyphony

Patches and rhythm sets are collections of sounds called

“waves” and “samples.” Every synth and sampler has a limit to

the amount of waves and samples it can play at one time. This

limit is referred to as an instrument’s “available polyphony,” and

each sample or wave in use is called a “voice” in this context.

Many Fantom-X patches are very complex, using lots of waves

and/or samples to create their sound. Ultra-fat sounds can

actually use up to eight voices when you play a single key!

The Fantom-X can play a hefty 128 voices at once, and this

is usually more than enough. However, when you’re layering

patches, it’s possible you’ll notice some notes not sounding

when you’re playing lots of chords.

If you run into this situation, check the patches you’re using

and see if you could swap one (or more) of them out for a

patch that uses fewer voices.

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