Owner's Manual - Roland

Troubleshooting• Is the data concentrated at the beginning of the beats in thesequence data?Avoid overlapping data with the same timing by setting anoffset of 1–2 clocks instead. Data may easily becomeconcentrated at the beginning of the beats in the song datawhen, for example, the song data is input using Step Recording,or if the data is quantized after being input with a keyboard inreal time. Because of this, large amounts of data are sent to theFantom-X, and the processing for expressing sounds becomesbogged down.• Is there a Program Change at the point where the songperformance is sluggish?Change the position of the Program Change. When ProgramChanges are inserted in songs, processing time for switchingpatches increases, which may then cause the performance tobecome sluggish.• Is there a System Exclusive message at the point where the songperformance is sluggish?Move the location of the data. System Exclusive messagescontain large amounts of data, thus placing a heavy burden onsequencers and sound modules. Try repositioning data andchanging System Exclusive messages to Control Changes forany data for which Control Changes can be substituted.• Is there an Aftertouch or other such large Control Change at thepoint where the song performance is sluggish?Move the location of the data. If the data is no longer needed,delete the data. In some cases, when using a keyboard thatfeatures aftertouch to input data, you may end up inputtinghuge amounts of data before realizing this is happening. Suchlarge amounts of data can place an excessive load on yoursequencer and sound module.You can use the Track Edit operation Data Thin (p. 190) to thinout unwanted messages.Issues Related to MIDI andExternal DevicesNo Sound from connected MIDI device.Check the following points.• Is the instrument set to transmit MIDI messages?• In Patch ModeKbd Patch Rx/Tx Channel parameter (Keyboard part) (p. 230)Pad Patch Rx/Tx Channel (Pad part) (p. 230)• In Performance ModeKBD switch -> Performance Layer, Mixer screen/KBDExclusive messages are not received.Check the following points.• Is the instrument set to receive Exclusive messages?Set the Rx Exclusive parameter to “ON” (p. 231).• Does the Device ID number of the transmitting device matchthe Device ID number of the Fantom-X?Check the Device ID parameter (p. 230).• Are you attempting to write to the User area? Data can bewritten to the User area only in Librarian mode.I connected an external sequencer or MIDI keyboard to theMIDI IN connector, and attempted to play a Fantom-X rhythmset, but there was no sound. Why?Check to make sure that the MIDI Transmit channel of theexternal MIDI device and the Fantom-X’s MIDI Receive channelare matched. The MIDI Receive channel used by the Fantom-Xin Patch mode is set with the Kbd Patch RX/TX Channelparameter (keyboard part) and Pad Patch RX/TX Channelparameter (pad part). Rhythm Set performance data is generallyreceived on MIDI Channel 10.Messages from MIDI IN are not being received.Additionally, the MIDI IN connector cannot be used if USBmode (p. 218) is set to MIDI. Set the USB mode to Storage.When using sequencing software, operating the knobs or othercontrols does not affect the sound.For some sequencing programs, System Exclusive messages arenot transmitted by the Thru function. If you are using suchsequencer software and want to record system exclusivemessages, turn on the following parameters.• In Patch ModeLocal Switch parameter (p. 229).• In Performance ModeKBD switch (p. 101).When the Bend Range for a Patch is increased (48), the pitchdoes not rise sufficiently, even when a MIDI Pitch Bendmessage is received.While Patch Bend Ranges can be set anywhere between 0 and48, when certain Waves in which the pitch is raised (in the +direction) are used, the pitch may stop rising at a fixed point,rather than continuing to go up. Although a value of 12 isensured for the upper limit of raised pitches, use caution whensetting the Bend Range above this figure.253