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9. Press F8 (Save As SMF).
10. The Fantom-X asks if you’re sure you want to proceed.
Press F8 (Exec) to finish storing the SMF.
Editing a Song
Re-Voicing a Recording
MIDI data doesn’t care what sound it plays. This is one of the
great advantages to MIDI sequencing since it means you can
change the patch or rhythm set a recording uses at any time.
Changing a part’s sound after recording is called “re-voicing.”
As your arrangement evolves, you may change your mind
about sounds you want to use, or you may stumble across
even better sounds you didn’t know about.
To re-voice a part, go to the Performance Mixer1 or Part View
Level/Pan screen and assign a new patches or rhythm set to
the part.
Track and Pattern Editing
The Fantom-X offers a vast array of editing tools with which
you can refine, twist or mutilate a song’s recorded MIDI data
until the song sounds just the way you want it to.
The process begins with the selection of the track or pattern
that contains the recording you want to edit. From there, you
can dig down into the separate MIDI channels of data the track
or pattern may contain and edit their data as desired.
Here’s a list of the Fantom-X’s track- and pattern-editing tools,
and what they do.
Editing Tool
This Tool:
Data Thin
removes unnecessary or redundant MIDI data in a
track or pattern to preserve space in work RAM.
Exchange
swaps data between tracks and/or patterns.
Time Fit
changes the length of the entire song as desired.
Truncate
removes silent measures from the front of a track or
pattern, moving the first note to top of the song.
Change Duration
changes the lengths of selected notes as desired.
Merge
combines one track’s or pattern’s data with another.
Extract*
extracts the selected MIDI data from one track or
pattern and places it on another.
Shift Clock
shifts the location of the selected data in fine
increments forward or back in time.
Insert
inserts one or more blank measures into the track or
pattern at the current location.
Transpose*
shifts the pitch of the selected notes up or down.
Change Velocity
adjusts the velocity of selected notes, making them
sound as if they’ve been played harder or softer.
Change Channel
changes the MIDI channel with which the selected
recorded data is associated.
Quantize*
adjusts the timing of selected notes.
Erase
removes the selected MIDI data from the song.
Delete
removes measures from the track or pattern, moving
the remaining data forward to fill the resulting gap.
Copy
copies the selected data to the desired song location
or to another track or pattern.
* Tools with an asterisk are described in detail later in this booklet.
For a detailed description of all of the track editing tools and their
parameters, see the chapter called “Editing Songs” in the
Fantom-X Owner’s
Manual
.
