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The Value Dial and Cursor Buttons
In the Workshop booklets, we refer to the
up, down, left, and right cursor buttons
as the 5, 6, 3, and 4 buttons.
To navigate the Fantom-G’s display from the front-panel—which is to say,
not using a mouse—you work with the cursor buttons and the Value dial:
You select something on the display using the
1 5, 6, 3, and 4
buttons. This lets the Fantom-G know what it is you want to change.
You make the change you want using the Value dial.
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Selecting

There are a few different kinds of things you can select with the cursor
buttons. The two most common ones are:
settings, or “parameters”

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phrases—• chunks of MIDI or audio data in the Fantom-G sequencer.
When you select a parameter onscreen, it becomes highlighted.
A parameter before
it’s been selected
A parameter after it’s
been selected
Once a parameter’s been selected, you can turn the Value dial to change its
setting, or “value.”
As you’ll see in the next booklet, you can also easily select parameters
and set values using a mouse.
ENTER, EXIT, SHIFT, INC, and DEC
The five buttons below the Value dial are also important in the operation of
the Fantom-G. Press the
ENTER button—
• to display a window or menu of choices
regarding what you’ve selected onscreen, or to execute
operations. Pressing the ENTER button sometimes provides
a “yes” answer to questions the Fantom-G displays.
EXIT button—
• to close a menu or return to the previous
screen during a variety of Fantom-G operations. You can
also cancel some operations using the EXIT button. Pressing
the button sometimes provides a “no” answer to questions
displayed onscreen.
SHIFT button—
• to change the behavior of cer tain other
controls, as detailed in the Workshop booklets and Owner’s
Manual. It can also reveal hidden screens, as we’ll see.
INC (for “increment”) button—
• to raise the value of the
currently selected parameter, or to move up through a list
or menu displayed onscreen.
DEC (for “decrement”) button—
• to lower the value of the
currently selected parameter, or to move down through a
list or menu displayed onscreen.
Pressing the SHIFT button while turning the Value dial or using the INC
or DEC buttons causes values to change in larger increments.
About Patches, Rhythm Sets, and Sample Sets
There are three basic types of sounds on the Fantom-G:
a patch—
• plays a single sound at different pitches, depending on the
keys or pads you play.
a rhythm set—
• plays a different percussion sound from each key or pad.
a sample set—
• is a collection of 16 samples you want use together.