Roland Fantom G8 User Manual

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Contents
USING THE UNIT SAFELY.........................................................................................4
IMPORTANT NOTES ..................................................................................................7
Contents......................................................................................................................9
01: Introduction (Overview and Basic Operation) ... 19
Main Features...........................................................................................................20
Panel Descriptions...................................................................................................22
Front Panel............................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Rear Panel ..............................................................................................................................................................................24
Making Connections................................................................................................25
Connecting an Amp and Speaker System......................................................................................................................... 25
Connecting a USB Mouse (sold separately)......................................................................................................................26
Placing the Fantom-G on a Stand....................................................................................................................................... 27
Turning On the Power..............................................................................................28
Turning Off the Power......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Listening to the Demo Songs .................................................................................29
Song Automatically Loaded at Power-on (When Loading a Project)............................................................. 29
Various Performance Features...............................................................................30
Velocity/Aftertouch............................................................................................................................................... 30
Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever .............................................................................................................................30
Octave Shift (OCT) .................................................................................................................................................30
Transpose.................................................................................................................................................................30
Hold Pedal...............................................................................................................................................................31
Control Pedal...........................................................................................................................................................31
Overview of the Fantom-G ......................................................................................32
How the Fantom-G is Organized .......................................................................................................................................32
Basic Structure......................................................................................................................................................... 32
Different Units of Sound .......................................................................................................................................32
Single / Live / Studio Modes...............................................................................................................................33
About Polyphony ................................................................................................................................................... 34
About Memory...................................................................................................................................................................... 35
About the Internal Effects....................................................................................................................................................36
Types of Effects.......................................................................................................................................................36
About the Sequencer ............................................................................................................................................................ 36
Audio and MIDI .....................................................................................................................................................36
What is a Song?....................................................................................................................................................... 36
What is a Track?...................................................................................................................................................... 37
Songs and the State of the Sound Generator ......................................................................................................37
SMF (Standard MIDI File .MID)...........................................................................................................................37
About the Sampling Section................................................................................................................................................ 38
Basic Operation of the Fantom-G...........................................................................39
Switching the Sound Generator Mode ..............................................................................................................................39
How the Function Buttons Work .......................................................................................................................................40
Moving the Cursor ...............................................................................................................................................................40
Editing a Value...................................................................................................................................................................... 41
Assigning a Name ................................................................................................................................................................42
Basic Pad Operations............................................................................................................................................................43
Switching the Pad Mode........................................................................................................................................ 43
Viewing the Pad Settings....................................................................................................................................... 43
Using the Pads as Numeric Keys .........................................................................................................................43
Shortcut Menu....................................................................................................................................................................... 44
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Roland Fantom G8 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	Fantom G8
Category	Electronic Keyboard
Language	English