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And finally, to add a beat to the song, go back to the Studio Play 14
screen, select Part 10, press the SONG button, and use 6 to select
Track 10—you’ll find it below the 24 audio tracks on the Song Play
screen.
Repeat Steps 12 and 13 to sequence your drums.
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The Fantom-G offers lots of editing tools for refining your performance.
They’re discussed in the Perfecting Fantom-G Sequences and Recordings
Workshop booklet.
Recording an Audio Track
Now that you’ve got three MIDI tracks sequenced, let’s record an audio track
to see how that’s done. It’s pretty much the same as sequencing a MIDI
track.

Phrases, Meet Samples

When you sequence, you record a phrase, and when you record audio, you
record a “sample.” A sample is simply a digital audio recording. In songs, the
Fantom-G plays back samples on audio tracks. ( You can also play samples
from the keyboard or pads, but we’ll get to that later.)
Since samples occupy space in the Fantom-G’s memory, the amount
of audio you can record depends on what else is currently sharing
that space, and how large your Fantom-G’s user-expandable memory
is. We’ll discuss how memory works in the Saving Your Work on the
Fantom-G Workshop booklet.
The process of recording audio onto a Fantom-G song track has two stages:
Selecting an audio track you want to record on.
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Recording the track.2
While the Audio Track parts in a live set allow you mix your audio tracks
with your other tracks, you don’t need to visit the Studio Play screen
for the recording process itself.

But First: Plug Something In

Audio comes into the Fantom-G through its rear-panel AUDIO IN jacks. You
can connect
a low impedance mic—
• to the MIC/GUITAR jack. The Fantom-G can
provide phantom power for condenser mics that need it.
an electric guitar or bass—
• to the MIC/GUITAR jack.
a line level device such as a personal music player or CD player—
• to the
LINE L/MONO and R jacks for stereo sound, or to the L/MONO jack only
for mono sound.
For now, we’ll assume you’re plugging in a mic or a guitar or bass into the
MIC/GUITAR jack for simplicity’s sake.
If you’re connecting a
mic—
• that requires phantom power, set the rear-panel GUITAR/
PHANTOM switch to its ON position. If your mic doesn’t need phantom
power, be sure to set this switch to OFF to avoid damaging your mic.
guitar or bass—
• set the GUITAR/PHANTOM switch to Hi-Z so that the
Fantom-G’s input is optimized for the instrument’s high-impedance
output.
You can add effects to your audio as you record using the Fantom-G’s
input effect as you’ll see in the Sequencing and Recording booklet.