Roland Piano owner manual Creating a Performance, How to Make the Performance Settings

Creating a Performance

With the Fantom, you have total control over a wide variety of settings. Each item that can be set is known as a parameter. When you change the values of parameters, you are doing what is referred to as Editing. This chapter explains the procedures used in creating performances, and the functions of the performance parameters.

How to Make the Performance Settings

Start with an existing performance and edit it to create a new performance. But before you do, try to envision what the entire performance will sound like and decide which patch or rhythm set to assign to each of 16 parts.

1.Access the PERFORMANCE PLAY screen, and select the performance whose settings you wish to modify (p. 85).

If you want to create all your performances from the ground up, rather than the performances that have already been prepared, carry out the Initialize operation (p. 91).

2.Press [MENU].

The Menu window appears.

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3.Press or to select “Performance Edit,” and then press [8 (Select)].

The performance Edit screen appears.

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4.The parameters are organized into several editing groups. Press [1 (▲)] or [2 (▼)] to select the tab for the editing group that contains the parameter you wish to edit.

For details on the parameter groupings, refer to “Parameter list” (Sound/Parameter List).

5.Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to the parameter you wish to modify.

•Some of the parameters have a “ ” symbol. This indicates that if you press [LIST] when setting one of these parameters, the related window will appear. For example if you press [LIST] at a parameter that requires you to specify a name, the Name window will appear.

•When all the parameters cannot be shown within a single settings screen, a scroll bar will be displayed at the right side of

the screen. In such cases, press to scroll the screen downward.

If you have selected a screen for parameters that can be set for

each part or zone, first move the cursor to the parameter that you

wish to edit, and then press or to select the part or zone.

6.Turn the VALUE dial or press [INC]/[DEC] to get the value you want.

7.Repeat steps 4–6 to complete a performance.

8.If you wish to save the changes you’ve made, press [6 (Write)] to perform the Save operation (p. 93). If you do not wish to save changes, press [EXIT] to return to the PERFORMANCE PLAY screen.

If you return to the PERFORMANCE PLAY screen without saving, the display will indicate “EDITED,” reminding you that the performance settings have been modified.

If you turn off the power or select a different sound while the display indicates “EDITED,” your edited performance will be lost.

Initializing Performance Settings (Init)

“Initialize” means to return the settings of the currently selected sound to a standard set of values or to the factory settings.

The Initialize operation will affect only the currently selected sound; the sounds that are stored in user memory will not be affected. If you wish to restore all of the Fantom’s settings to their factory values, perform a Factory Reset (p. 195).

1.Access the PERFORMANCE PLAY screen, and select the performance that you wish to initialize (p. 85).

2.Access the Performance Edit screen (p. 91).

3.Press [7 (Init)].

The Performance Initialize window appears.

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4.Move the cursor to “Type,” and select the initialization type.

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