Roland FANTOM-8 User Manual

Owner’s Manual (this document)
Read this rst. It explains the basic things you need to know in order to use the
FANTOM.
PDF Manual (download from the Web)
5 Reference Manual (English)
This explains all functions of the FANTOM.
5 Parameter Guide (English)
This explains all parameters of the FANTOM.
5 MIDI Implementation (English)
This is detailed information about MIDI messages.
To obtain the PDF manual
1. Enter the following URL in your
computer.
http://www.roland.com/manuals/
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2. Choose “FANTOM-6”, “FANTOM-7”, or “FANTOM-8”
Before using this unit, carefully read “IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS” (inside front cover), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (p. 2), and “IMPORTANT
NOTES” (p. 4). After reading, keep the document(s) where it will be available for immediate reference.
© 2019 Roland Corporation
Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
IMPORTANT NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Panel Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rear Panel
(Connecting the External Equipment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turning on the Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Turning o the Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Making the Power Automatically Turn o After a Time
(Auto O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
An Overview of This Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Units of Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Performing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting a Sound
(SCENE/TONE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Layering Zones
(Layer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Dividing the Keyboard into Two Regions
(Split). . . . . . . . . . . 12
Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Semitones
(Transpose) . 12
Raising/Lowering the Key Range in Octaves
(Octave) . . . . . . 12
Playing Arpeggios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Playing Chords
(Chord Memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Selecting/Playing Rhythm Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changing the Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Sliders and Control Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Analog Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Simultaneously Modifying the Volume of Multiple Zones
(Motional Pad). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Editing a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Editing a Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Editing the Eects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Saving a Scene or Tone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recalling Scenes in the Order of Songs
(Scene Chain) . . . . . . 15
Sampler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing a Sample by Pressing a Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Playing a Sample Continuously
(Hold). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Switching Banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Moving/Copying Samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
How the Sequencer Is Structured. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Playing the Sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Recording a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Creating a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Performing Live with a Plug-in Synthesizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
USB Driver Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Controlling an External MIDI Device
(EXT MIDI OUT) . . . . . . . . 22
Using USB Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Controlling an Analog Synthesizer
(CV/GATE OUT) . . . . . . . . . 22
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Detailed Function Settings
(Menu). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Backing up User Data
(Backup/Restore) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Returning to the Factory Settings
(Factory Reset) . . . . . . . . . . 23
Main Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner’s Manual

Roland FANTOM-8 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	FANTOM-8
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English