Roland Fantom-Xa , Playing Single Notes (Monophonic), Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento), Playing Percussion Instruments,

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Playing in Patch Mode
When using a patch for a naturally monophonic instrument such as
sax or flute, it is effective to play in mono.
1.
From the PATCH PLAY screen, press [PATCH EDIT].
2.
Press [F1 (COMMON)] and then press [F4 (CTRL)].
3.
Press to move the cursor to “Mono/Poly.”
4.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to select “MONO.”
Now you can play in mono mode.
If you assign “Mono/Poly” as a function to be controlled by the
assignable switches ([ ]/[ ]), you can easily switch
between mono/poly by pressing a button (p. 84).
Portamento is an effect which smoothly changes the pitch from the
first-played key to the next-played key. By applying portamento
when Mono mode is selected (see the preceding item), you can
simulate performance effects such as slurring on a violin.
1.
From the PATCH PLAY screen, press [PATCH EDIT].
2. Press [F1 (COMMON)] and press [F3 (PORTMNT)].
3.
Press to move the cursor to “Portamento Switch.”
4.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to select “ON.”
You’re ready to play portamento.
If you assign “Portamento Switch” as a function to be controlled
by the assignable switches ([ ]/[ ]), you can use a button
to easily turn portamento on/off (p. 84).
In Patch mode, you can play percussion instruments from the
keyboard and pad by selecting a rhythm set. As the rhythm tone
assigned to each key and pad varies by the rhythm set selected, you
can play a wide range of percussion instruments.
The Fantom-Xa lets you assign the parameters that will be affected
when you operate the realtime control knobs, assignable switches, D
Beam, pitch bend, or modulation lever. This lets you modify the
sound in a variety of ways by operating the controllers.
You can specify whether operating the controller will affect the
sound assigned to the keyboard part or the sound assigned to the
pad part.
1.
From the PATCH PLAY screen, press [F3 (CONTROL)] and
press [F3 (PART)].
The CONTROL SETTING screen appears.
fig.ControlPart
2. Press to select the parameter.
3.
Use the VALUE dial or [INC] [DEC] to select the part.
4.
If you want to keep the settings, press [F6 (WRITE)].
* When Patch mode is selected, controller settings cannot be saved for
each individual patch. Controller settings are saved as system settings.
5.
Press [EXIT] to return to the PATCH PLAY screen.
For details on assigning a parameter to a controller, refer to
Modifying the Sound in Real Time (p. 80).
Playing Single Notes
(Monophonic)
Creating Smooth Pitch
Changes (Portamento)
Playing Percussion
Instruments
Selecting the Parameter
Controlled by the Realtime
Controllers or D Beam
Controller (Control Setting)
Specifying the Part that Will be
Affected by the Controller
Parameter Value Explanation
Bender and Modu-
lation Part Select
KBD,
PAD
Part controlled by pitch bend mes-
sages or modulation messages
D Beam Part Select Part controlled by the D Beam
Knob Part Select Part controlled by the realtime
control knobs
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