Owner's Manual - Roland

ContentsUSING THE UNIT SAFELY ..............................................................................3IMPORTANT NOTES........................................................................................4Main Features ................................................................................................15Panel Descriptions ........................................................................................16Front Panel................................................................................................................................................. 16Rear Panel.................................................................................................................................................. 18Getting Ready ................................................................................................19Connecting an Amp and Speaker System............................................................................................. 19Placing the Fantom-X8 on a Stand (For Fantom-X8 user) ................................................................. 20Turning On the Power ............................................................................................................................. 21Adjusting the Display Contrast (LCD Contrast).................................................................................. 22Turning Off the Power............................................................................................................................. 22Listening to the Demo Songs.......................................................................23Listening to the demo song loaded when you start up the Fantom-X ............................................. 23Listening to the other demo songs......................................................................................................... 23Various Performance Features ....................................................................24Velocity/Aftertouch ..................................................................................................................... 24Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever.................................................................................................... 24Octave Shift (Oct) .......................................................................................................................... 24Hold Pedal...................................................................................................................................... 24Control Pedal ................................................................................................................................. 25Transpose (Trans).......................................................................................................................... 25Overview of the Fantom-X ............................................................................26How the Fantom-X Is Organized ........................................................................................................... 26Basic Structure ............................................................................................................................... 26Classification of Fantom-X Sound Types................................................................................... 26About Simultaneous Polyphony................................................................................................. 28About Memory.......................................................................................................................................... 28Temporary Memory...................................................................................................................... 29Rewritable Memory ...................................................................................................................... 29Non-Rewritable Memory............................................................................................................. 29About the Onboard Effects ..................................................................................................................... 29Effect Types.................................................................................................................................... 29How Effects Units Work in Different Modes............................................................................ 30About the Sequencer ................................................................................................................................ 30What Is a Song? ............................................................................................................................. 30What Is a Track? ............................................................................................................................ 30Songs and the Sound Generator Mode ...................................................................................... 31Positions for Storing a Song......................................................................................................... 31About the Sampling Section.................................................................................................................... 32Where Samples are Stored ........................................................................................................... 32Basic Operation of the Fantom-X ........................................................................................................... 33Switching the Sound Generator Mode....................................................................................... 33About the Function Buttons ........................................................................................................ 34Moving the Cursor........................................................................................................................ 34Modifying a Value ........................................................................................................................ 35Assigning a Name......................................................................................................................... 36Registering and recalling frequently used screen pages (Bookmark) .............................................. 37Registering a page......................................................................................................................... 37Recalling a page............................................................................................................................. 37Viewing an explanation of each button (Help) ....................................................................................37Viewing the number of voices used by the sound generator (Voice Monitor) ............................... 376