Roland Fantom-G Exploring the Fantom-G Sounds Live Mode and Live Sets

Exploring the Fantom-G SoundsLive Mode and Live Sets

The Fantom-G is more than anything else about Live mode, where you can

select “live sets.” A live set is a combination of

eight patches, rhythm sets, or sample sets, along with their patch effects, or

“PFX”—from the Fantom-G’s internal memory.

up to two ARX patches—

• from installed optional ARX expansion boards,

purchased separately.

chorus and reverb effects—

• associated with the live set itself.

up to 16 external sounds—

• you play via MIDI from the Fantom-G.

You can combine a live set’s sounds in a variety of ways. We’ll show you what

we mean in the following introduction to Live mode. (We’ll discuss Live

mode in greater detail in the Live Mode in the Fantom-G Workshop booklet.)

In this booklet, we’ll be exploring live sets that use internal Fantom-G

sounds only, just to keep things simple. We’ll discuss your other options

in the Live Mode in the Fantom-G booklet.

Each of a live set’s sounds is played by a “part” that has its own settings that

determine how the sound plays. Every live set has eight parts. You create

individual patches in Single mode, but you put them together in Live mode

by assigning each one to its own part.

We’ll be selecting live sets in the following sections. Here’s the basic

procedure:

Press the LIVE MODE button to enter Live mode.

The Live Play screen appears:

Live sets are stored in the Fantom-G in “banks.” The

PRST bank—

• contains live sets that are permanently stored in the

Fantom-G’s memory. (“PRST” is short for “Preset.)

• USER bank—contains live sets you’ve edited or created.

Use

2 3, 4, 5, and/or 6 to highlight the Bank

parameter.

Turn the Value dial or press INC and/or DEC to

select the desired live set bank. For now, select the

PRST bank if it’s not already selected.

Highlight the Live Set Number parameter.

Turn the Value dial or press INC and/or DEC to select the desired live 5

set.

In this screenshot we’ve selected the System G

live set, the first one we’ll listen to.