Roland Piano Basic Operation of the Fantom, Switching the Sound Generator Mode MODE, Patch Mode

Basic Operation of the Fantom

Switching the Sound Generator Mode ([MODE])

The Fantom has three sound generating modes: Patch mode, Multitimbre mode, and Performance mode. You can select the sound generating mode (state) that is most appropriate for how you are playing the Fantom.

Use the following procedure to switch between these modes.

1.Press [MODE].

The Mode window appears.

2.Press or to select the desired mode, and then press [8 (Select)].

When you select a mode, the PLAY screen of the corresponding mode appears. In each mode, the upper left of the PLAY screen will indicate the mode.

Patch Mode

This mode is used to play individual sounds (patches or rhythm sets) from the keyboard. If a rhythm set is selected, you can play percussion instruments from the keyboard.

The keyboard controller section and the sound generator section are connected by a single MIDI channel (the patch receive channel).

Overview of the Fantom	Fantomtheof
Multitimbre Mode	Overview

This mode is suitable when you are using the sequencer to create a song, or when playing song data. When creating songs or playing song data, a different MIDI channel is assigned for each patch used in a part. Such a set of sounds selected for each part to play is called

amultitimbre.

The keyboard controller section and the sound generator section are connected by a single MIDI channel (the receive channel of the current part).

Performance Mode

This mode allows you to combine multiple sounds (patches or rhythm sets) to create complex setups, or to use the Fantom as a master keyboard. You can play patches together (Layer) or divide the keyboard into two regions and play different patches in each region (Split).

The keyboard controller section and sound generator section are connected according to the zone settings.

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