Roland Musical Toy Instrument FXWS02 User Guide

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Workshop  
The Sounds of the Fantom-X  
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Selecting Patches on the Fantom-X  
Looking for Patches  
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.  
To search for a patch to use, press F1 (Patch List)—a screen like  
the one shown here appears.  
Normally you select a patch for the keyboard and a rhythm set for the pads.  
However, you can turn this around if you like. If you select a rhythm set for  
the keyboard, each key plays a different drum/percussion sound. If you  
select a patch for the pads, each pad plays the patch at a different pitch. For  
now, though, we’ll presume you want to play a patch on the keyboard.  
Press PATCH/RHYTHM to display the Patch Play screen, and  
then press F7 (Kbd) to select the keyboard.  
Search by Category  
The Patch List screen is configured by default to present you  
the available patches arranged by musical category, as you  
can see along the left side of the screen. Most of the time, this  
provides a sensible, easy way to locate a patch.  
If you don’t see category names listed at the left, press F4 (Patch Categ).  
Here’s how to select patches by category from the patch list:  
You can select patches on the Patch Play screen by highlighting  
the patch number—as shown above—or bank name, and then  
turning the VALUE dial. (We’ll explain banks in a few pages).  
Press F2 () or F1 () to select the category you want.  
Once the desired category is selected, press 5 or 6 or  
turn the VALUE dial to select a patch.  
You can try out the patch by playing the keyboard, or by  
pressing and holding F7 (Preview) to hear a brief passage  
that demonstrates the selected patch.  
When you’ve got the patch you want, press F8 (Select) to  
confirm your choice and exit the patch list.  
More typically, though, you’ll either be:  
looking for a patch you want to use, or  
selecting a known, favorite patch.  
We’ll discuss these two different operations separately. In the  
next sections, we’ll assume you’re on the Patch Play screen.  
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Viewing patches in banks is handy when a patch’s location—  
on a memory card or expansion board, for example— makes it  
easy to find. It’s also a great way to quickly play your samples.  
Search by Location  
Press F5 (Patch) to view your patches sorted according to their  
locations in the Fantom-X’s memory.  
Select the desired patch as we described on Page 4.  
Selecting Favorite Patches  
The Fantom-X has an even faster way of selecting patches you  
use over and over. You can designate 64 patches as “favorites”  
that can be selected using the eight F buttons. Each bank of  
favorites puts another eight patches at your fingertips.  
Adding a Patch to Your Favorites List  
There are two ways to add—or “register”—a Favorite patch.  
Fantom-X patches are actually stored in groups, orbanks.You  
can see the banks listed along the left side of the screen:  
Quickly Add a Patch from the Patch Play Screen  
USER—This bank contains 256 memory locations in which  
you can store your own patches, or edits of the factory  
patches.  
1. After selecting the patch on the Patch Play screen, press F2  
(Favorite) to display the Favorite Patch window.  
Preset-A through Preset-I—Preset Banks A-I hold the 1,152  
Fantom-X factory patches.  
GM—These two banks appear as one continuous bank  
holding the 256 General MIDI and General MIDI 2 sounds.  
CARD—This bank contains any Fantom-X patches you’ve  
saved to an installed PC memory card.  
User Sample, Card Sample—These banks allow you to  
directly select and play samples in user or card memory  
using the Auto Patch feature described in the Sampling on  
the Fantom-X Workshop booklet.  
2. Turn VALUE to select the desired Favorites bank.  
3. Hold down SHIFT and press the F1-F8 button you’d like to  
use for selecting the patch in the future.  
XP-A through XP-D—When you’ve installed an SRX Series  
wave expansion board, its patches show up in the XP (for  
“expansion”) memory area corresponding to the SRX slot  
in which you’ve installed the board.  
4. Press EXIT to return to the Patch Play screen.  
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Add a Patch Directly from the Patch List  
Exploring the Fantom-X Patches  
1. On the Patch List screen, press F3 (Favorite) to display the  
Favorite Patch window.  
Now that we’ve discussed the ways in which you can easily get  
to any of the many patches, we thought we’d point out a few  
patches that show off the Fantom-X’s range.  
We recommend finding these patches by category from the Patch List  
screen for now. Make sure to press F4 (Patch Categ) on the Patch List screen  
to display patches by musical category.  
Patch  
Category  
Take a moment to...  
UltimatGrand  
AC. Piano  
play up and down the keyboard,  
varying your touch to hear the  
patch’s expressiveness.  
The VorteX  
Synth FX  
Strings  
listen to the sheer complexity of  
this patch.  
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. Press F6 (Regist) to add the patch as a new favorite.  
X StrSection  
check out the rich realism of this  
string patch by playing lines and  
chords. (Keep your foot off the  
Hold pedal for best results.)  
Removing a Patch from the Favorites List  
FlamencoGt X  
HimalayaPipe  
Strobot  
AC. Guitar  
Flute  
play some tender guitar licks. Slap  
hard for a quick hammer-on.  
In the Favorite Patch window, select the patch you want to  
remove from the list, and press F5 (Remove).  
play this haunting, ethereal patch  
slowly, letting the sound unfold.  
Selecting a Patch from Your Favorites List  
Pulsating  
throb in time with this rave patch.  
Press PATCH/RHYTHM if you’re not already on the Patch  
Play screen, and then press F2 (Favorite)—your first bank of  
Favorite patches appears. To select a different Favorites bank,  
turn the VALUE dial.  
You can see that each of the Favorite patches has an F button  
name printed to its left—press the desired patch’s F button to  
select the patch.  
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The realtime controllers allow you to manipulate the sound of  
the currently selected patch or effect as you play, responding  
in realtime to your actions. To try this out:  
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 control sounds by  
pressing down into the keyboard.  
1. Select the Square Sphere patch in the Pulsating category.  
2. Press the D Beam ASSIGNABLE button so it’s lit.  
3. Press the REALTIME CONTROL button repeatedly—with  
each press, the functions of the REALTIME CONTROL knobs  
change, as shown on the display.  
The REALTIME CONTROL knobs (circled in red below)—By  
turning the knobs, you can:  
4. Play the patch and experiment with how the D Beam and  
REALTIME CONTROL knobs change the sound as you play.  
adjust a patch’s filter and envelope settings.  
adjust arpeggiator and rhythm generator settings.  
change the values of patch or effect parameters.  
As you operate a realtime control, you’re changing the value  
of one or more parameters in the patch or in the patch’s effect.  
We’ll explain how to set up assignable realtime control later.  
Piano Mode  
The Fantom-X offers a special Piano mode that provides the  
ultimate acoustic or electric piano-playing experience. When  
you press PIANO MODE so it lights, the Fantom-X display  
presents you unique options for the creation of the most  
realistic, expressive piano sounds.  
The two ASSIGNABLE SW buttons (circled in yellow above)—  
Press the buttons to turn settings on or off, or transpose  
the keyboard up and/or down by semitones.  
The D Beam—Move your hand up or down  
above the D Beam lenses to:  
trigger pads.  
play notes using a mono synth sound.  
change the values of patch or effect  
parameters.  
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Piano mode opens up by default with the Fantom-X’s  
extraordinary 88-note multisampled piano. You can, if you  
wish, select other acoustic piano patches, or select an electric  
piano patch.  
simulates the way in which a real piano’s strings cause  
its neighboring strings to vibrate in sympathy, creating a  
piano’s characteristic resonance. You can set the desired  
amount of resonance.  
If you’re on the acoustic piano screen—you can highlight the  
current patch’s name and turn VALUE to select a different  
acoustic piano.  
To adjust a parameter, press the corresponding F button, and  
the parameter’s window pops open onscreen. To close the  
window, press the F button again.  
If you’re on the electric piano screen—you can highlight the  
current patch’s name and turn VALUE to select a different  
electric piano.  
GM (General MIDI) acoustic and electric piano patches cannot be selected  
in Piano mode.  
To switch between piano types, press F1 (List), and then:  
Press F1 (AC. Piano) or F2 (El. Piano).  
Turn the VALUE dial to select the desired patch.  
Press F8 (Select) to confirm your choice.  
Electric Pianos in Piano Mode  
In Piano mode, the acoustic and electric piano screens offer  
their own unique options.  
Acoustic Pianos in Piano Mode  
With an acoustic piano in Piano mode, you can set:  
KeyTouch—ThisparameteradjuststheFantom-X’sresponse  
to the force with which you hit the keys in Piano mode.  
Select the value that best reflects your playing style.  
Open Close—As you raise or lower a real grand piano’s lid,  
the piano’s sound changes. Use the Open Close parameter  
to set the height of the virtual Fantom-X piano’s lid.  
Resonance—When you play an acoustic piano in Piano  
mode, the Fantom-X multi-effects are automatically set  
to use Effect 78, Sympathetic Resonance. This effect  
When you’re playing an electric piano, you can set the electric  
piano’s Key Touch (explained above), and turn on an effect  
typically used for electric piano.  
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You can turn on:  
There are two kinds of recordings a Fantom-X patch can play.  
It can play:  
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 the sound.  
EQ—EQ allows you to brighten-up or smooth out an  
electric piano sound to taste.  
built-in recordings—The Fantom-X contains 1,436 brief  
sound recordings stored as PCM “waveforms.When you  
install an SRX Series wave expansion board, you add even  
more waveforms from which patches can be built.  
your own recordings—A patch can also play recordings, or  
“samples,you’ve captured yourself on the Fantom-X, or  
that you’ve imported via USB. These may be brief chunks of  
sound, like the built-in waves, or complete performances.  
Speaker Simulator—This effect helps recreate the sound of  
vintage electric piano speakers.  
When you sample something on the Fantom-X, it’s a patch or rhythm set  
that plays it. See the Sampling on the Fantom-X Workshop booklet for more  
on sampling.  
To turn on and customize an effect, press its F button—the F  
button lights onscreen and its parameters are displayed. You  
can adjust the displayed parameters using the REALTIME  
CONTROL knobs. Each parameter is numbered to show the  
knob that controls it.  
Tones: The Structure of a Patch  
Each patch is a set of  
four sound-producing  
devices calledtones.It’s  
the tones that actually  
play the recordings that  
make up a patch.  
1BUDI  
For a detailed explanation of the electric piano parameters, see the Effect  
List section of your Owner’s Manual, starting on Page 270.  
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5POF  
How a Patch Works  
5POF  
If you want to edit patches or create your own, you’ll need  
to understand what makes a patch tick, so to speak. In this  
section, we’ll discuss the mechanics of a patch.  
Each tone can play:  
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a stereo waveform or  
sample, or  
two mono waveforms or samples.  
Where Does a Patch Get Its Sound?  
A patch may or may not use all four of its tones, depending on the  
complexity of the sound its programmer is trying to achieve.  
Each Fantom-X patch is actually a group of one or more audio  
recordings playing back together as a single sound. There are  
lots of settings in a patch that control how the recordings play  
and interact—the Fantom-X effects contribute significantly to  
a patch’s sound, too—but everything starts with this group of  
recordings.  
A tone doesn’t have to play a stereo waveform or sample, or two mono  
waveforms or samples—it can play a single mono waveform or sample  
if you like.  
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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.  
Getting the Right Tones  
Since a patch is made up of its tones, a key element in patch  
programming is choosing the right waves or samples for its  
tones to play.  
In addition, there are parameters that control the behavior of  
the combined sound produced by the patch’s active tones.  
A patch’s effect plays a large role in its final sound, too. To learn more about  
effects, check out the Workshop booklet The Fantom-X Effects.  
Making Your Own Patches  
If you’re tweaking an existing patch—or you’re editing a patch  
that plays samples you’ve made—the tones you want are most  
likely already in place. When you’re creating a new patch from  
scratch, though, the first thing you’ll want to do is figure out  
how many tones you really want to use. Many patches sound  
great with just one or two tones. There’s no need to use all four  
available tones unless each one really contributes to the sound  
you want—there’s no point in doing programming work for  
no reason, after all. And there’s another reason to keep your  
patches lean, as you’ll learn in the following section.  
After you’ve read the following sections and are ready to get started, see  
Page 56 in the Owner’s Manual for some helpful patch-programming tips.  
Inthisbooklet, wediscussediting—andthereforecreating—patchesonthe  
Fantom-X itself. If you prefer, you can accomplish the same thing on your  
computer using the Fantom-X Editor (and Librarian) software.  
To get to a patch’s parameters, select the patch on the Patch  
Play screen, and then press PATCH EDIT.  
You can create a new patch from one of your samples by selecting it from  
the patch list’s User or Card Sample bank, and then pressing PATCH EDIT.  
About Tones and Polyphony  
Every synth or sampler has a maximum number of waveforms  
or samples it can play at a single time. This limit is referred to as  
the instrument’s “available polyphony,and each note played  
by a waveform or sample is called a “voice” in this context.  
Each stereo waveform or sample a tone plays uses two voices,  
one for its left side, and one for the right. Likewise, a tone  
uses two voices when it plays two mono waves or tones. The  
more tones a patch uses, the more voices of polyphony it  
eats up. With four tones active, a patch can use eight voices  
of polyphony for each note you play. If you play a three-note  
chord, you’d be using 24 voices—if you play two chords with  
the sustain pedal down, you’d be using 48 voices!  
You may find it helpful to compare your edits against the last-saved version  
of the current patch as you work. See Page 60 in the Owner’s Manual.  
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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 patches  
you’re using and see if you can live without any of their tones.  
The Four Graphic Editing Screens  
The Owner’s Manual—starting on Page 60—provides more details than  
we can here, but the following brief descriptions will get you started.  
The Pitch Env Edit Screen  
Use the Pitch Env—for “Pitch Envelope”—Edit screen’s  
parameters to automate changes to a tone’s pitch as a note  
plays, as described on Page 68 in the Owner’s Manual.  
You can easily see how many voices you’re using at any time. Press PATCH/  
RHYTHM, LAYER/SPLIT or MIXER, and then hold down SHIFT and press F4  
(Voice Monitor) to view a graphic display of the voices currently in use.  
Activating and Selecting Tones  
To turn tones on or off on a patch editing screen, press F8  
(Tone Sw/Sel) to show the Tone Switch/Select F buttons.  
To turn each of the four possible tones on or off—press the  
desired F1-F4 button. When a tone’s on, it lights yellow.  
To edit a tone’s parameters—press the corresponding F5-  
F8 button. When a tone’s selected for editing, it turns  
red onscreen. To edit the parameters of multiple tones  
simultaneously, press their F buttons at the same time.  
The TVF Edit Screen  
The TVF—for “Time Variant Filter”—can remove selected  
frequency ranges from a tone’s waveform or sample, as  
described on Page 69 in the Owner’s Manual.  
To hide the Tone Sw and Tone Select buttons, press EXIT.  
Editing a Tone’s Parameters  
When you press PATCH EDIT, the Fantom-X offers a set of  
screens that let you literally see the effect of each edit you  
make.  
You can adjust important parameter values on the graphic editing screens  
using the four REALTIME CONTROL knobs.  
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The TVF Envelope Edit Screen  
The Structure Edit Screen  
The TVF Envelope Edit screen allows you to automate changes  
to a tone’s frequency content as a note plays, as described on  
Page 71 in the Owner’s Manual.  
On the Structure Edit screen, you can set the relationship  
between the patch’s tones—this can have a major impact  
on the patch’s sound. See Page 63 in the Owner’s Manual for  
more.  
The TVA Env Edit Screen  
The Patch Overview Screen  
The TVA Env—for “Time Variant Amplifier” envelope—Edit  
screen allows you to automatically shape a tone’s volume as a  
note plays, as explained on Page 72 in the Owner’s Manual.  
The Patch Overview screen provides quick access to the most  
commonly used tone parameters. Use F2 () or F1 () to move  
from section to section, and the REALTIME CONTROL knobs to  
adjust parameter values in the currently selected section.  
The Structure Edit and Patch Overview Screens  
There are two additional graphic editing screens you can  
display by pressing F5 repeatedly.  
To learn about the LFO parameters, see Page 74 in the Owner’s Manual.  
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TVF (Time Variant Filter)—The Time Variant Filter can  
remove selected frequency ranges from a tone’s waveform  
or sample. Set the properties and basic behavior of the  
filter here. See Page 69 in the Owner’s Manual.  
TVF Env (TVF Envelope)—The TVF envelope allows you to  
automate changes to a tone’s frequency content as a note  
plays. See Page 71 in the Owner’s Manual.  
TVA (Time Variant Amplifier)—The TVA parameters set the  
basic volume behavior of a tone, and set its panning. See  
Page 71 in the Owner’s Manual.  
TVA Env (TVA Envelope)—The TVA envelope allows you to  
automatically shape a tone’s volume as a note plays. See  
Page 72 in the Owner’s Manual.  
Output—The Output parameters determine where a tone’s  
sound goes: to effects or directly to selected physical  
outputs. You can set the amount of the tone to be sent to  
the desired effects. See Page 73 in the Owner’s Manual.  
LFO 1, LFO 2—LFOs provide repeating, cyclical changes  
to the desired parameter values, such as pitch, panning  
and more. Each tone has two standard LFOs that can be  
configured as desired. See Page 74 in the Owner’s Manual.  
Step LFO—The step LFO allows you to set up more complex  
repeating changes than a standard LFO. See Page 76 in the  
Owner’s Manual.  
Solo/Porta (Portamento)—These parameters determine  
whether the entire patch plays only one note at a time or  
multiple simultaneous notes, and sets the way in which  
one note moves to the next. Portamento, or note sliding,  
is also controlled by this group of settings. See Page 77 in  
the Owner’s Manual.  
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 within the selected section, press  
5 or 6 to highlight it and turn VALUE to adjust its setting.  
To enter Pro Edit mode, press F6 (Pro Edit) on a graphic editing  
screen. To return to graphic editing, press F6 (Zoom Edit) on  
the Patch Edit screen.  
What The Parameter Sections Do  
General—These parameters apply to the patch as a whole.  
It’s where you sets its musical category, overall level and  
panning, and set the patch’s importance to you when  
polyphony is at its limit. You can adjust its tuning and  
response, and do some overall tweaking to a few key  
parameters. See Page 60 in the Owner’s Manual for more.  
Wave—These parameters allow you to select each tone’s  
PCM wavesform(s) or sample(s), and set their basic  
behavior. See Page 62 in the Owner’s Manual.  
TMT (Tone Mix Table)—Set the manner in which the active  
tones interact here. Also, control the basic volume and  
playback characteristics of a tone with these settings. See  
Page 63 in the Owner’s Manual.  
Pitch—Set a tone’s basic tuning here, and how it responds  
to the Pitch Bend/Modulation lever, as well as to the pitch  
envelope, below. See Page 67 in the Owner’s Manual.  
Pitch Env (Pitch Envelope)—The pitch envelope allows you  
to automate changes to a tone’s pitch as a note plays. See  
Page 68 in the Owner’s Manual.  
Misc—These miscellaneous parameters allow you to delay  
the start of a tone as you play, and to set a tone’s response  
to certain MIDI messages. See Page 78 in the Owner’s  
Manual.  
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CTRL 1, 2, 3, 4—These parameters constitute the patch’s  
“matrix control” area. Matrix control lets you use a variety  
of devices, including MIDI messages, to alter patch  
parameter values as notes play. Each of the four CTRL  
screens lets you select a controlling device, orsource,and  
up to four parameters, or “destinations,for manipulation.  
Sources can be controllers transmitted from the REALTIME  
CONTROL knobs, as explained in the next section.  
The Patch Edit Utility Menu  
On the Patch Edit screen, press F4 (Util Menu) to display the  
Utility menu.  
To perform one of the Utility menu operations, highlight it  
using the VALUE dial or 6 or 5, and then press F8 (Select).  
Programming the REALTIME CONTROL Knobs  
To program the behavior of the REALTIME CONTROL knobs  
when their ASSIGNABLE LED is lit:  
Copying Tone Settings  
1. Hold down SHIFT and turn any of the knobs—the Control  
Setting screen appears, where you can set each of the four  
knobs to transmit the desired type of MIDI message.  
If you’d like to copy the settings from one tone to another  
within the same patch—or even “borrow” the settings of a  
tone from another patch—use the Tone Copy feature. In the  
Utility menu, select Patch Tone Copy.  
In the Patch Tone Copy window, you can select the tone you  
want to copy (the Source patch and tone) and to where you  
want to copy it (the Destination patch and tone).  
Press F2 () or F1 () to display and set the assignable behavior of the D  
Beams and ASSIGNABLE SW buttons.  
To audition the copy source patch, press F6 (Compare) so the Compare  
button lights red.  
2. When you’re done, press F8 (System Write)—in Patch  
mode, realtime control settings are stored in system  
memory. (In Performance mode, each performance has its  
own realtime control settings.)  
When you’re ready, press F8 (Exec) to make the copy.  
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Initializing a Patch  
Saving New or Edited Patches  
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.  
Whether you’ve been editing an existing patch or creating a  
new one, store your work in the Fantom-X’s memory before  
selecting another patch or powering off to avoid losing your  
work. To do so, “write” the patch. Here’s how.  
Don’t worry about running a saved patch by initializing it—you’re only  
resetting the parameters belonging to a copy of the patch currently in the  
Fantom-X’s edit memory. You can save this copy to a new memory location  
as described in “Saving New or Edited Patches” in the next column.  
Start by pressing WRITE—the Write Menu screen  
appears, ready to store your patch since you’re  
coming from a patch-editing screen.  
The Patch Edit Msmpl Edit Button  
The Patch Edit screen’s F5 (Msmpl Edit)—for “Multisample  
Edit”—button allows you to map out a group of samples  
up and down the keyboard. To learn about working on the  
Multisample Edit screen, see the Sampling on the Fantom-X  
Workshop booklet.  
Final Touches  
Once you’ve got your new patch’s parameters the way you  
want them, take a little time to program the patch’s effect. The  
Fantom-X effects add a lot to the sound of a patch.  
If “Patch/Rhythm” isn’t highlighted at the top of the screen,  
press F2 (Patch/Rhythm). If it is, you can press ENTER instead  
if you like.  
If you plan to use your patch in a recording on the Fantom-X,  
don’t worry about any slight changes you may need to make  
to the patch so it fits perfectly in your arrangement. Recording  
work takes place in Performance mode, where you can tweak  
many patch parameters while hearing the patch in context.  
Be sure to save your patch to user or card memory when you’re done, as  
described next.  
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To name a patch:  
Selecting Patches Remotely Via MIDI  
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  
you want.  
Since the Fantom-X has such extraordinary sounds, you may  
want to use it with an external sequencer, such as one you’d  
run on a computer. You can easily select Fantom-X sounds  
directly from a sequencing program by transmitting the  
appropriate MIDI messages on the MIDI channel for the  
Fantom-X’s keyboard or pads in Patch mode, or the patch’s  
part channel in Performance mode.  
As you name the patch, you can:  
See Page 230 in the Owner’s Manual to learn about the Kbd and Pad Patch  
TX/RX Channel parameters in Patch mode. Performance Parts 1-16 receive  
MIDI messages on MIDI Channels 1-16, respectively, by default.  
Press F1 (Change Type) repeatedly to jump between  
upper-case, lower-case and numeric characters.  
Press F2 (Delete) to remove the character at the underline’s  
current location.  
Press F3 (Insert) to insert a blank space in which you can  
enter a new character at the underline’s current location.  
To select a patch via MIDI, send the Fantom-X the appropriate  
Bank Select MSB and LSB values, and Program Change value.  
These values are listed in the following chart.  
The XP groups in the following chart depend on the SRX boards you’ve  
installed. See each installed board’s Owner’s Manual.  
When you’ve finished naming the patch, press F8 (Write). The  
Patch Write window pops up:  
1. Use F3 () and/or F2 () to select the Fantom-X’s internal  
user memory as the location in which the patch is to be  
saved, or to select Card if you’ve installed a memory card.  
2. Turn VALUE to select the user or card location in which  
you’d like to store the patch, and then press F8 (Write) to  
store the patch.  
Patch Bank Select and Program Change Chart  
Group  
USER  
CARD  
Number  
Bank Select  
MSB LSB  
Program  
Number  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
1-128  
001-128  
129-256  
001-128  
129-256  
001-128  
001-128  
001-128  
001-128  
001-128  
87  
87  
0
1
If there’s already a patch in the selected location, and you’d like to audition  
it before replacing it with a new patch, press F4 (Compare) so it turns red.  
As long as Compare is on, you can try out patches to see which one you  
want to replace. To turn off Compare, press F4 (Compare) again.  
87  
32  
33  
64  
65  
66  
67  
68  
87  
PR-A  
PR-B  
PR-C  
PR-D  
PR-E  
87  
87  
87  
87  
87  
Don’t worry about replacing one of the factory user patches. They’re all  
copies of preset patches permanently stored in your Fantom-X.  
3. The Fantom-X asks if you’re sure you want to proceed.  
Press F8 (Exec) to finish storing the patch.  
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Group  
Number  
Bank Select  
Program  
Number  
1-128  
MSB  
LSB  
69  
We hope you’ve enjoyed this introduction to the amazing  
PR-F  
001-128  
001-128  
001-128  
001-128  
001-256  
001-256  
001-2000  
001-7000  
001-  
001-  
:
87  
87  
87  
87  
121  
87  
64  
65  
93  
93  
:
sounds of the Fantom-X. Check out the other Fantom-X  
Workshop booklets, as well your Fantom-X Handbook, Owner’s  
Manual, and the Audio Track Expansion guide. We’re confident  
you’ll have a great time with the exciting, inspiring Fantom-X.  
PR-G  
70  
1-128  
PR-H  
71  
1-128  
PR-I  
72  
1-128  
For the latest Fantom-X updates and support tools, visit the Roland U.S.  
amazing Product Support team at 323-890-3745.  
GM (2)  
0-4  
32, 33  
0-14  
(see patch list)  
1-128  
CARD  
USER SAMPLE  
CARD SAMPLE  
1-128  
0-53; 54 1-128; 1-88  
XP-A  
XP-B  
XP-C  
XP-D  
SRX-01  
SRX-02  
:
0
1
:
1-  
1-  
:
SRX-01  
SRX-02  
:
001-  
001-  
:
93  
93  
:
0
1
:
1-  
1-  
:
SRX-01  
SRX-02  
:
001-  
001-  
:
93  
93  
:
0
1
:
1-  
1-  
:
SRX-01  
SRX-02  
:
001-  
001-  
:
93  
93  
:
0
1
:
1-  
1-  
:
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