Fantom X Editor/Librarian. Roland supply a software editor on CD. Preset memory of an unexpanded Fantom X stands at 1024 patches. Roland Fantom X6/X7/X8 £1599. Fantom-XR: Synthesizer/Sampler - Absolute Power to Fuel Your Creativity.

If you're in the market for a workstation, instruments with a similar spec to the Fantom G include the Korg M3, which ships in different keyboard sizes and also has a rack version. The Yamaha Motif XS is in the same bracket, sporting a colour display and a maximum 1GB of sample RAM. National Lottery winners might fancy splashing out on Korg's posh OASYS (the Rolls Royce of workstations), while for the hard‑up muso on the road to financial ruin, Roland have the more affordable Juno G workstation synth — though far less sophisticated, it covers most of the Fantom's basic functions at a price that won't haunt you.

The Roland Fantom workstation's sound engine is based on Roland's XV5080 module, reviewed in SOS in November 2000 (see ). The company introduced the Fantom range in 2001 and have continued to refine it. You can follow its development in these SOS reviews: • Fantom FA76 (February 2002) • Fantom S/S88 (October 2003) • Fantom X6/X7/X8/XR (September 2004) The Fantom FA76 had no sampling and lacked computer connectivity (a floppy disk drive was used for saving data). User sampling was introduced with the 'S' model, which also added dynamic pads and replaced the floppy drive with a Smart Media card slot and USB. Long after the dawn of colour TV, the Fantom X became one of the first keyboards to boast a full‑colour LCD. Roland have continually improved the Fantom's specs over a seven‑year period. The Fantom G's factory presets have a lot to offer.

Descargar Pack De Codecs Para Windows Vista. Here's a brief selection of some I particularly enjoyed: Single Patches • 80 Pure EP: A real Fender Rhodes (at least, I assume it's real!), properly multisampled. The bell‑like tine sound is faithfully reproduced and the four dynamic layers capture the instrument's timbral variations.

• 131 Remember: Dreamy, ethereal pad sound. • 196 Himalaya Ice: Perfect TV Antarctica nature documentary fodder. (Cue melting iceberg shot.) • 521 6‑Str Bass Brt.

1: The best workstation clean electric bass that I've heard. • 901 Tpt Soloist 3: A bright, commanding solo orchestral trumpet for your Fantom fanfares. • 1302 Chaos 2003: Beautiful, spooky evolving pad sound. Live Sets • 004 Dream Lead: Progtastic searing lead guitar shored up by bombastic death metal bass racket. • 015 Westminster Abbey: A gigantic cathedral organ sound. • 026 Techno Shredder: Your left hand activates tuned funk grooves while your right hand plays palm‑muted distorted lead guitar. Result: hours of jamming fun.

• 030 Liquid Nylon & Strings: Absolutely heavenly, an improviser's dream. • 035 Cinema Str & Timp: Great for composing melodramatic film cues. • 041 Mega‑G Synth: Mega it certainly is, especially in the big, booming bottom end.

Roland Fantom G pros • Contains a huge, versatile collection of patches and multitimbral setups, and plenty of space to save your own. • Excellent Rhodes, pipe organ, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitar samples. • Pro‑quality reverb. • 24‑track audio recording, 128‑track MIDI sequencer. • Supports user multisamples.

Cons • Will not import third‑party sample libraries, only raw WAVs or AIFFs. • Sample loop points are not recognised. • No panning control for individual user samples. Summary Roland's Fantom G has something for everyone — a very large range of eminently playable patches for keyboardists, dynamic pads and deep menus for programmers, multitrack audio recording and MIDI sequencing for producers, and advanced slice, dice and loop facilities for sampleheads. Add all this together and you have a sophisticated, well‑designed, solidly constructed workstation with great powers of musical expression. All contents copyright © SOS Publications Group and/or its licensors, 1985-2018.

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