Roland Piano About Memory, Temporary Memory, Non-Rewritable Memory, Overview of the Fantom

Overview of the Fantom

About Memory

Patch and performance settings are stored in what is referred to as

memory. There are three kind of memory: temporary, rewritable,

and non-rewritable.

Fantom
Preset E (PR-E)				System
Preset D (PR-D)
Preset C (PR-C)
Preset B (PR-B)
Preset A (PR-A)				User (USER)
Patch				Patch
128				128
Rhythm Set		GM (GM2)		Rhythm Set
16	* 1			16
Multitimbre		Patch		Multitimbre
16	* 1	256		16
Performance		Rhythm Set		Performance
64	* 1		9	64
Select		Select	* 2	Select	Write
	Temporary Area
	Select
	EXP C Slot (XP-C)			Data File (.SVD)
EXP B Slot (XP-B)				Patch
EXP A Slot (XP-A)
				128
	Patch			Rhythm Set	Load
				16
Rhythm Set				Multitimbre	Save
				16
				Performance
Wave Expansion Board				64
				System
				Disk

*1 Only in PR-A (PRST)

*2 The selected Patches/Rhythm Sets cannot be changed.

Temporary Memory

Temporary Area

This is the area that holds the data for the patch, multitimbre, or performance that you’ve selected using the panel buttons. When you play the keyboard or play back a sequence, sound is produced based on data in the temporary area. When you edit a patch, multitimbre, or performance, you do not directly modify the data in memory; rather, you call up the data into the temporary area, and edit it there.

Settings in the temporary area are temporary, and will be lost when the power is turned off or when you select another patch/ multitimbre/performance. To keep the settings you have modified, you must write them into rewritable memory.

Rewritable Memory

System Memory

System memory stores system parameter settings that determine how the Fantom functions.

User Memory

User memory is where you normally store the data you need. USER memory contains 128 patches, 16 rhythm sets, 16 multitimbres, and 64 performances.

Disk (Optional: 3.5” 2DD, 2HD)

Patches, multitimbres, performances, and system settings can be stored on disk together as a single file.

Non-Rewritable Memory

Preset Memory

Data in Preset memory cannot be rewritten. However, you can call up settings from preset memory into the temporary area, modify them and then store the modified data in rewritable memory (except GM2).

Wave Expansion Boards (optional: SR-JV80/SRX Series)

The Fantom can be equipped with up to three Wave Expansion Boards (one SR-JV80 series, two SRX series). Wave Expansion Boards contain Wave data, as well as patches and rhythm sets that use this Wave data, which can be called directly into the temporary area and played.

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