Roland Piano - Manuel (Page 25)

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Overview of the Fantom
Overview of the Fantom
Tempo Track
The Tempo track records tempo changes of a song over time. It can
be used for tempo changes during a song. If a song has the same
tempo from beginning to end, the Tempo track can be ignored.
When a song is first recorded on the Fantom, a tempo setting at the
time of recording will be stored at the beginning of the Tempo track.
Therefore when song playback starts from the beginning, the song
will always play back at this initial tempo.
Thus playback tempo is determined by the Tempo track setting. If
you modify the tempo during playback, the overall tempo of the
song will be controlled by the setting you make.
Beat Track
The Beat track records the time signature of each measure of a song.
Set the Beat track when recording a new song, or when you want to
change time signature during a song.
Pattern Track
You can also use the Pattern track to record musical passages,
separately from the Phrase tracks. Musical data in the Pattern track is
regarded as separate Patterns. Up to 100 Patterns can be created, and
each Pattern can contain data for 16 MIDI channels, as with Phrase
tracks.
Patterns can be assigned to a Phrase track, so if you are using
repetitive phrases such as drums and bass, it is convenient to record
each musical phrase in a pattern, and then use the MICROSCOPE
screen to assign the pattern to the track (p. 134). In this case, the
Phrase track contains only the Pattern Call numbers that refer to the
desired Pattern, and not the actual Pattern data. Therefore the same
Pattern can be used any number of times with a negligible increase
in memory used.
The RPS function (p. 159) for immediate playback also applies to
Patterns. Patterns are therefore convenient for live performance, if
you’ve recorded necessary sequencer data as Patterns and take them
to the gig.
Patterns also make fine scratch-pads for musical ideas.
Songs and the Sound Generator
Mode
The Fantom’s sequencer can be used at any time, regardless of the
mode of the sound generator (Patch/Multitimbre/Performance).
Normally, when recording or playing back a song, you will put the
sound generator in Multitimbre mode. The reason for this is that in
this mode, only the sound of the specified MIDI channel will be
heard when you record while playing the keyboard of the Fantom,
and that when the song is played back, the parts can independently
play up to 16 different sounds. Thus, this mode is suitable for
recording and playing back a song that uses an ensemble of multiple
instruments, such as drums, bass, and piano.
If you wish to record your playing using a layered/split
performance, set the sound generator to Performance mode.
If you wish to record your playing using a single sound, you can set
the sound generator to Patch mode.
How Phrase Tracks, Parts and MIDI
Channels Interact
When the sound generator is in Multitimbre mode, you will need to
be aware of how the phrase tracks, parts, and MIDI channels
correspond to one another. Otherwise, you may not hear the sounds
you expect, or song editing may be more difficult than it should be.
For this reason, we recommend that you always maintain the direct
numerical correspondence between Phrase tracks 1–16, parts 1–16,
and MIDI channels 1–16. These are the settings that will be in effect
when the power is turned on, or after you perform the Song
Initialize operation (p. 127).
fig.01-10.e
Phrase track 1
Phrase track 2
Phrase track 3
Phrase track 4
Phrase track 5
Phrase track 6
Phrase track 7
Phrase track 8
Phrase track 9
Phrase track 10
Phrase track 11
Phrase track 12
Phrase track 13
Phrase track 14
Phrase track 15
Phrase track 16
Sequencer
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
Part 11
Part 12
Part 13
Part 14
Part 15
Part 16
Sound Generator
Ch 1
Ch 2
Ch 3
Ch 4
Ch 5
Ch 6
Ch 7
Ch 8
Ch 9
Ch 10
Ch 11
Ch 12
Ch 13
Ch 14
Ch 15
Ch 16