Roland Piano Functions that stimulate your creativity, Designed to be a true musical instrument

●Functions that stimulate your creativity

The Fantom provides numerous functions that enhance its playability for realtime performance, and let you develop this into musical productions.

Numerous drum patterns based in actual professional drum playing are built in. Twelve types of pattern variations including fills are assigned to an octave of the keyboard, allowing you to perform the drum part in real time. In addition, the drums can be made to play at a steady, natural tempo, regardless of the timing at which you press the keys.

A newly developed arpeggiator is also built-in. In addition to complex phrases that would be impossible to play by hand, you can also use the arpeggiator to play phrases that are similar to actual performance. Furthermore, the D Beam and other realtime controllers can be used to modify the arpeggio style. This not only makes for a dramatic leap in expressive potential during a live performance, but also supports your own playing.

Phrases played by rhythm patterns or the arpeggiator can be recorded on the sequencer just as they are played. Your realtime performance can be saved instantly as song data, or even used as a template for a step-recorded phrase.

In addition, patterns created on the sequencer can be triggered by the keyboard and played by the RPS (Realtime Phrase Sequence) function. Rhythm patterns and complex phrases created using the arpeggiator can be recorded on the sequencer, and then played in real time, for amazing live performance possibilities.

●Designed to be a true musical instrument

In a departure from the straight-line design of previous workstations, the Fantom features a distinctive design, which proclaims its worthiness as a true musical instrument, while at the same time projecting a sense of quiet dignity.

Main Features

●General MIDI- and General MIDI 2- Compatible

The Fantom is compatible with both General MIDI and General MIDI 2 standards. Any General MIDI and/or General MIDI 2 compatible music data (GM score) can be played back on the Fantom.

General MIDI

General MIDI is a set of recommendations which seeks to provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary designs, and standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound generating devices. Sound generating devices and music files that meet the General MIDI standard bear the General MIDI

logo (). Music files bearing the General MIDI logo can be played back using any General MIDI sound generating unit to produce essentially the same musical performance.

General MIDI 2

The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 () recommendations pick up where the original General MIDI left off, offering enhanced expressive capabilities, and even greater compatibility. Issues that were not covered by the original General MIDI recommendations, such as how sounds are to be edited, and how effects should be handled, have now been precisely defined. Moreover, the available sounds have been expanded. General MIDI 2 compliant sound generators are capable of reliably playing back music files that carry either the General MIDI or General MIDI 2 logo.

In some cases, the conventional form of General MIDI, which does not include the new enhancements, is referred to as “General MIDI 1” as a way of distinguishing it from General MIDI 2.

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