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Owner’s Manual (this document)

Read this first. It explains the basic things you need to know in order to use the

FANTOM.

PDF Manual (download from the Web)

Reference Manual (English)

This explains all functions of the FANTOM.

Parameter Guide (English)

This explains all parameters of the FANTOM.

MIDI Implementation (English)

This is detailed information about MIDI messages.

To obtain the PDF manual

Enter the following URL in your

computer.

http://www.roland.com/manuals/

Choose “FANTOM-6”, “FANTOM-7”, or “FANTOM-8”

Before using this unit, carefully read “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (inside front cover), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 2), and “IMPORTANT

NOTES” (p. 4). After reading, keep the document(s) where it will be available for immediate reference.

Contents

USING THE UNIT SAFELY

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

IMPORTANT NOTES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Panel Descriptions

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Top Panel

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Rear Panel

(Connecting the External Equipment)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Introduction

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Turning on the Power

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Turning off the Power

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Making the Power Automatically Turn off After a Time

(Auto Off)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Basic Operation

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

An Overview of This Unit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Units of Sound

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Performing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Selecting a Sound

(SCENE/TONE)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Layering Zones

(Layer)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions

(Split)

. . . . . . . . . . . 12

Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Semitones

(Transpose)

. 12

Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Octaves

(Octave)

. . . . . . 12

Playing Arpeggios

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Playing Chords

(Chord Memory)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Selecting/Playing Rhythm Patterns

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Changing the Tempo

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the Sliders and Control Knobs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the Analog Filter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Simultaneously Modifying the Volume of Multiple Zones

(Motional Pad)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Editing

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Editing a Zone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Editing a Tone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Editing the Effects

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Saving a Scene or Tone

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Recalling Scenes in the Order of Songs

(Scene Chain)

. . . . . . 15

Sampler

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playing a Sample by Pressing a Pad

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Playing a Sample Continuously

(Hold)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Switching Banks

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Moving/Copying Samples

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sampling

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Sequencer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How the Sequencer Is Structured

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Playing the Sequencer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Recording a Pattern

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating a Group

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Creating a Song

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Performing Live with a Plug-in Synthesizer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting to Your Computer

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

USB Driver Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Controlling an External MIDI Device

(EXT MIDI OUT)

. . . . . . . . 22

Using USB Audio

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Controlling an Analog Synthesizer

(CV/GATE OUT)

. . . . . . . . . 22

Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Detailed Function Settings

(Menu)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Backing up User Data

(Backup/Restore)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Returning to the Factory Settings

(Factory Reset)

. . . . . . . . . . 23

Main Specifications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for FANTOM 6

Page 1: ...electing a Sound SCENE TONE 12 Layering Zones Layer 12 Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions Split 12 Raising Lowering the Key Range in Semitones Transpose 12 Raising Lowering the Key Range in Octave...

Page 2: ...f locations Subject to temperature extremes e g direct sunlight in an enclosed vehicle near a heating duct on top of heat generating equipment or are Damp e g baths washrooms on wet floors or are Expo...

Page 3: ...nit will not be used for an extended period of time Fire may result in the unlikely event that a breakdown occurs Route all power cords and cables in such a way as to prevent them from getting entangl...

Page 4: ...f against the irretrievable loss of data try to make a habit of creating regular backups of the data you ve stored in the unit Roland assumes no liability concerning the restoration of any stored cont...

Page 5: ...lected zone becomes the current zone Controller Explanation CONTROL knobs 1 8 Various parameters or functions can be assigned to these knobs The parameters that can be controlled depend on the functio...

Page 6: ...ction Controller Explanation CUTOFF knob Specifies the cutoff frequency of filter Type LPF CUTOFF RESONANCE RESONANCE knob Specifies the resonance of filter FILTER TYPE button Specifies the type of fi...

Page 7: ...e phantom power phantom power supply DC 48 V 10 mA Max Stereo input via a TRS plug is not supported LEVEL knob 1 2 Adjusts the input level of the MIC INPUT jack MIN MAX E FOOT PEDAL jack Controller Ex...

Page 8: ...first turn off the unit then unplug the power cord from the power outlet Refer to To completely turn off power to the unit pull out the plug from the outlet p 2 Making the Power AutomaticallyTurn off...

Page 9: ...the cursor Confirming or Canceling theValue ENTER button Use this button to confirm a value or execute an operation When you move the cursor to a tone or parameter and press the ENTER button a list ap...

Page 10: ...ect a scene This shows information about the parameters that you can control using knobs E1 E6 TONE EDIT screen Switches to the PRO EDIT screen Touch to switch between tabs Swipe to scroll Touch to mo...

Page 11: ...device or mic The recorded sample can be played by pressing a pad Sample This is a piece of sampled sound For each sample you can specify looping and other settings and assign it to a pad Units of So...

Page 12: ...zone 1 tone and the low region plays the zone 4 tone 2 To cancel split press the SPLIT button to make it go dark When you cancel split the high and low regions KEY RANGE are reset and return to the l...

Page 13: ...ou can use the control knobs and sliders to adjust the parameters that are assigned in advance to the scene or the system ASSIGN1 lets you adjust the parameters that are assigned for each scene ASSIGN...

Page 14: ...h TONE EDIT The TONE EDIT ZOOM screen appears 4 Move the cursor to the desired parameter and edit the value You can use knobs E1 E6 to scroll between tabs and directly edit parameters MEMO 5 5 The TON...

Page 15: ...iously located in the save destination is overwritten 1 Press the WRITE button The WRITE MENU screen appears 2 Touch the item that you want to save For example if you touch SCENE the SCENE WRITE scree...

Page 16: ...ess the CLIP BOARD button 2 Hold down the CLIP BOARD button and press the move destination pad The sample is moved If there is a sample in the move destination pad the message Overwrite OK appears Pre...

Page 17: ...ue Parameter Value Explanation Format MONO Samples the sound as a single waveform Choose this if you re using one mic and sampling in mono If you re inputting in stereo the L and R sounds are mixed an...

Page 18: ...UP 02 Verse1 GROUP 02 Verse1 GROUP 05 Ending GROUP 03 Verse2 SONG MEMO Patterns groups and songs are all saved for each scene Playing the Sequencer Playing Pattern 1 Select a scene 2 Press the PATTERN...

Page 19: ...sage appears To cancel touch CANCEL 6 To execute touch OK All patterns are deleted NOTE Deleted patterns cannot be recovered Realtime Recording Realtime REC 1 Press the 7REC button The REC STANDBY scr...

Page 20: ...scroll bar at the left edge of the screen you can move the displayed range of notes up or down 5 5 By using the piano roll type scroll bar at the top of the screen you can move the displayed area thro...

Page 21: ...move the display area up or down 5 5 Use the piano roll type scroll bar in the upper part of the screen to move the display area through the measures Creating a Group 1 Press the PATTERN button The PA...

Page 22: ...uce sound when you play the keyboard You can use the internal sequencer or MIDI data from an external device to play the internal sound engine Lit red INT The internal sound engine produces sound when...

Page 23: ...en touch RESTORE A confirmation message appears To cancel touch CANCEL 3 To execute touch OK NOTE Never turn off the power or remove the USB flash drives while the screen indicates working 4 Turn the...

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