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They sure can! If you click both buttons (and enable Arp in one or more zones) the keyboard will arpeggiate all the notes in the Chord Memory chord - even if you only have one note pressed. If you only select Arpeggio, it will only arpeggiate the notes you press down.

​@@contemporarysynthThanks for your reply. I believe the previous FA-06 was one at a time. Though that model has a linear sequencer.

Good point. Sometimes it's hard to know all the subtle differences between the FA-06, the FANTOM-06, and the FANTOM-6. It wouldn't surprise me if this something one of them (FA-06) can't do but the others can.

Thanks, George. Your encouragement keeps me coming back! I typically use a generic webcam for myself, and two cell phone cameras for the keyboard. The phones sit on a board that goes over the keyboard and is held up by two speaker stands on either side of my table. I'll include a picture for you next time. It's pretty low budget! I record the audio with a Tascam Model 12 mixer, the webcam video with the Windows Camera app, and the computer screen with OBS Studio. I build the sheet music with Sibelius, I mix the audio with Cakewalk and I make the videos with DaVinci Resolve. I'm still experimenting with (and learning about) different aspects of at least one of those every time. Definitely a work in progress! Funny story: I normally put a paper shade over the cell phones to reduce the glare on the keyboard screen. This time I forgot to put it up, so in the video you can see the shade sitting on the desk to my left, and the glare on the FANTOM screen through the whole thing. Oh well. Maybe next time!

Hi - you can save your Scene by clicking the red Write button beside the window. Good luck!

Good luck - sounds like it'll be a fun journey!

@@contemporarysynth yet I have been thru some difficulties. I mighta chosen a Boeing 777 when I shoulda chosen an helicopter... \thanks

Thanks for the encouragement, George. It's hard to stay motivated since there are so many better videos out there - but I've started working on a new one and hope to post it soon.

@@contemporarysynth Looking forward to it.

Good question, but sampling a guitar or sax would be challenging - and I don't think we'd ever get a result as good as all the professional tones that are out there, including some good ones on the Fantom. I recommend checking out some of those, and possibly editing them a little if needed, and save your sampling talents for unique sounds that only you can find or make.

@@contemporarysynth Do you know some one that has this wonderful prepared orchestral articulation sounds to install in the fantom as acustic guitar, sax, flutes, violins, ect.

There are some great sounds on the Roland Cloud. I showed a few of them in the video I just posted last weekend on MIDI synths. Zenology Lite is one example, but there are others. Some are even free. If you don't like the Fantom sounds you might not like the online tones either, but it might be worth taking a look.

Great idea! I'm definitely stuck for content. I'll see what I can come up with regarding the LFO. Cool challenge - thanks!

Hi - you sure can! You can come in with the stereo 1/4" jakcs, or through the balanced mono mic jack. Just be sure to enable the Audio In option on the Fantom, via Menu/Effects Edit/Audio In (select Line In or Mic as appropriate). I would use an Aux Out from your amp or mixer, or come directly from the turntable. Good luck!

Yeah, I used to adjust the eq every time - especially the Mid Gain - for a long time but then I kind of got used to the sounds. Now I don't even think about it. I think every electric piano sounds a little off since there are no live harmonics. This one is OK. It's really the other sounds and functionality that set it apart, IMHO. Good luck!

@@contemporarysynth Can you please share a video of your custom piano patches?I would like to hear what are the possibilities.And how much better it can get.

I don't have any custom patches, I just tweak the Low/Mid/High gain knobs to brighten the sound a little sometimes. Maybe check out the Roland Cloud? There are a few additional piano sounds there you can download for free. Maybe you'll like one of those!

Hi - yes, everything I do here works in every other version of Ableton Live.

Hi, thanks! Sometimes I use the sub out as a monitor, so I can send one sound to me and a different sound to the house or, in this case, my recorder. A click track and cue notes are examples of something I might want to hear in the headphones, but wouldn't want to go anywhere else. Hence the sub out. Hope that helps!

You're so right! But every bit of complexity and effort up front might turn into flexibility and power once you learn how to use it. It's definitely a balance, though.

I'm pretty sure you can, but I'd need a little more detail to know exactly. You can send MIDI to the fantom, then send the fantom audio back to your interface - even adding the sub out to give you two more output channels. DAW control shouldn't interfere with any that but, again, the details probably matter.

I completely agree that using a computer makes things easier and more powerful. But it's one more thing you have to bring, set up, and operate if you perform anywhere!

You sure can! It would take a little work since you'd need to get them into different tracks. Maybe try duplicating the entire drum pattern several times, then using the piano roll to delete all but one drum sound out of each track. There are a few other ways that come to mind. It might be easier to export the whole MIDI track to Logic and splitting it up there. Good luck!

thanks so much for your advice!@@contemporarysynth

Not sure I understand. Which midi inputs? For Ableton, you have to enable the Fantom MIDI inputs in the Preferences page. Check out Tutorial #13 - Integrating with Ableton Live Lite, Part 1 - for more on that!

He's a good guy...

Hope you figured it out by now - but if not, be sure you go to Menu/Effects Edit/Audio In, and select Mic the press the knob to enable Audio In. You might have to adjust the gain knob in the back by the mic input jack, too. So many details! It's powerful but it takes a little time to get it all down.

Ha! No training - just trial and error. That's why I thought the videos might help. Hopefully you'll figure things out faster than I did!

Hi - I meant to say that the instrument selected in the *DAW* resets to whatever patch is sent to it, but in this case that doesn't matter since I'm not going to use the DAW to make any sound - I'm using the FANTOM for that. If you tell me what you're trying to do I'm happy to take another look!

@@contemporarysynth Hi Paul, I am trying to import a midi file (Money by Pink Floyd) that I found in the Internet. Unfortunately, after connecting to the PC and playing the file on Cakewalk, the layer settings on the Fantom 0 are deleted. Is it possible to overwrite instrument settings in the midi file in order to use the midi file again at a gig? I can send you the midi-file if you need it

I just recreated this (I think) on my system. It seems to work best if you set the Cakewalk patch to None, so it doesn't override the keyboard tone, and set the Cakewalk channel to the Zone you're going to use on the FANTOM (e.g., channel 2 for Zone 2). Be sure to set the Cakewalk channel output to the FANTOM (with the ASIO driver selected in Preferences). You might have to try a few before it works. And be sure the channel volume is up! When you pick a FANTOM patch/voice you can save it with your scene. Once all that's set, it should work every time. Sorry if you've tried all that already! I'm happy to try out the midi file, if you think that's part of the problem: contemporarysynth@gmail.com. Good luck!

Yep. The 06, 07 and 08 are identical except for number of keys. The 6, 7 and 8 (no "0") are also all the same (as each other) except for number of keys. The "0" series - 06, 07 and 08 - have fewer features than the no "0" keyboards. Roland also makes a FANTOM FA-06, FA-07 and FA-08. Same size but with even fewer features - and at a lower cost. With some basic skills you probably don't need the full capability FANTOM, but there are lots of sites that talk about the differences. Good luck!

Sorry - thought I had replied to you! Everything you said was exactly right. Hopefully you got it working by now! You can also load the midi file to your keyboard via thumbdrive, though you have to convert it to SMF (standard midi file) first. I haven't tried that myself, but there's quite a bit on it in the manual.

Hi - interestingly, if you set the Env Times to 0, in the Amp Env page of the Param section (use the Zoom view) you can make it even shorter - so it thinks it does have a long release! A more constructive answer might be to try one of the toms, since they're already longer by default. Use the Pitch Env values (i.e., sent Env Level 0 and 1 to something really low, then use Env Depth to actually change the sound). Then you can use the Amp Env to values to adjust the attack, decay, sustain, release values. Good luck!

Thanks, @riloh58. I appreciate you seeing past the specific examples and focusing on the capabilities of the instrument. I wish I could do more of the modern stuff I hear online - maybe that will come eventually!

@@contemporarysynth You must do you and play the music that matters to you. It is what I do (when I can) and as you say, your demonstrations are to show how to get the most from a Fantom whatever genre you choose. Thank you again and have a great day.

Awesome - thanks! Good luck with the band!

Hi! I record eight mono vocal channels in #21 (ua-cam.com/video/PWhY2G3Fr0g/v-deo.html) but I talk more about the set up in #13 (ua-cam.com/video/WYdZa86xs_c/v-deo.html). Hopefully that's what you were looking for? Let me know if you're stuck and maybe I can help. The set up can be tricky!

Hi - you sure can! You can record them in real time (as MIDI or as audio) or load them as a file (again, as MIDI or audio). You can record multiple channels at a time, too, if you wanted to combine kits or other sounds. There are some buttons to learn on the keyboard, but it's all possible. I record a MIDI track from my DAW (Cakewalk) in Tutorial 11 as one example - ua-cam.com/video/rTu0a079zi0/v-deo.html. Good luck!