Roland Piano owner manual Matrix Control Settings Matrix Ctrl, Source 1-4 Matrix Control Source

Creating a Patch

Matrix Control Settings (Matrix Ctrl)

For details on the setting, refer to “How to Make the Patch Settings” (p. 42).

Matrix Control

Ordinarily, if you wanted to change tone parameters using an external MIDI device, you would need to send System Exclusive messages—MIDI messages designed exclusively for the Fantom. However, System Exclusive messages tend to be complicated, and the amount of data that needs to be transmitted can get quite large.

For that reason, a number of the more typical of the Fantom’s tone parameters have been designed so they accept the use of Control Change (or other) MIDI messages for the purpose of making changes in their values. This provides you with a variety of means of changing the way patches are played. For example, you can use the Pitch Bend lever to change the LFO cycle rate, or use the keyboard’s touch to open and close a filter. The function which allows you use MIDI messages to make these changes in realtime to the tone parameters is called the Matrix Control. Up to four Matrix Controls can be used in a single patch.

To use the Matrix Control, specify which MIDI message (Source parameter) will be used to control which parameter (Destination parameter), and how greatly (Sns parameter), and the tone to which the effect is applied (Tone parameter).

Source 1–4 (Matrix Control Source 1–4)

Sets the MIDI message used to change the tone parameter with the Matrix Control.

Value

OFF: Matrix control will not be used.

CC01–31,33–95:Controller numbers 1–31, 33–95

For more information about Control Change messages, please refer to “MIDI Implementation” (Sound/Parameter List).

PITCH BEND: Pitch Bend

AFTERTOUCH: Aftertouch

SYS CTRL1–SYS CTRL4: MIDI messages used as common matrix

controls.

VELOCITY: Velocity (pressure you press a key with)

KEYFOLLOW: Key follow (keyboard position with C4 as 0)

TEMPO: The specified tempo (patch tempo/sequencer tempo) or the tempo of an external MIDI sequencer.

LFO1: LFO 1 cycle rate

LFO2: LFO 2 cycle rate

PITCH ENV: Pitch envelope

TVF ENV: TVF envelope

TVA ENV: TVA envelope

Velocity and Key follow correspond to Note messages.

•You can use the tempo as a Matrix Control. This lets you change the tone settings in realtime according to changes in the Tempo. When synchronizing to the patch tempo, set the Clock Source parameter (PATCH/General) to “PATCH,” and specify the patch tempo with the Tempo parameter (PATCH/General).

To synchronize to the sequencer tempo, set the Clock Source parameter (PATCH/General) to “SEQUENCER,” set the Sync Mode parameter (SYSTEM/Sequencer) to “MASTER,” and specify the sequencer tempo with “ =**” in the upper part of the PLAY screen.

When synchronizing to the tempo of the connected MIDI sequencer, set the Clock Source parameter (PATCH/General) to “SEQUENCER,” and set the Sync Mode parameter (SYSTEM/ Sequencer) to “SLAVE MIDI.”

•Although there are no MIDI messages for LFO 1 through TVA Envelope, they can be used as Matrix Control. In this case, you can change the tone settings in realtime by playing patches.

•If you want to use common controllers for the entire Fantom, select “SYS CTRL1”–”SYS CTRL4.” MIDI messages used as System Control 1–4 are set with the Sys Ctrl 1–4 Source parameters (SYSTEM/Control) (p. 184).

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