I'm very happy to have met your videos. Happily, TH-cam has subtitles which can translate in real time to another tong. Thanks to you, I can use quickly the Fantom 7. Thank's you very much to share your experience. FrenchGuy
you know, it is such a pleasure to see someone who really understands his instrument, giving clear step by step instructions on how to do something that is by nature, very complicated, however, due to YOUR ability, you have made it uncomplicated. I have wanted to do a similar video using my Motif to control the other keyboards, but have not done so out of laziness...lol..but you have set a bar for me to reach for should I ever..and I would have a great advantage because my oldest son is a digital video editor and would be able to film it at a very high level.....for people like myself, who still use a master keyboard and it's sequencer to control the rig instead of DAW, you have enlightened how to do so for this new Korg keyboard....thank you, and kudos!!!
Very kind of you, thanks. If you want to use the Fantom as a Master Controller for your rig ... I've got some videos coming up that you REALLY want to see. Stay tuned!
@@ZTAudio btw: I just also watched your video on basic Zones, and it was equally excellent...problem I have at this point, though with the Roland, is it has some big limitations compared with my Motif: the 32 measure length, for example, and with the Motif , when daisy chaining the sections of the patterns, I can insert a timing or tempo change anywhere in the song, which really comes in handy, not to mention that I can have almost any timing that I want, whereas the Fantom is limited to only two . This sequencer seems set up perfectly for "modern" music, whereas I do primarily older covers from the advent of the BEATLES to the mid 80s or so, as well as jazz and blues. And hey, I like several of Roland's front men , but you CLEARLY convey the information in a manner that assumes the viewer knows NOTHING and needs to understand the basics of basics, something missing in most videos.
Oh man...this is the video I’ve needed since I bought my Fantom. The external bank part just made my life complete! Thank you 🙏🏼👌 Just got yourself one more subscriber
Thank you! This is the video I needed! I love my old modules and watching this helped me get them hooked up. I have a Fantom 07 but the info worked perfectly on mine! Made my day!
Thank you 😊 I have fantom 06 around 2 months and still learning it ,of course 06 its a bit different but the system and navigation seems to be the same.....your videos are wery helpful, nice and easy to understand 👌👌 today I will plug in the micro korg 😉 regards
Hey! I really need your input on something. I want to connect a Fantom XR rack rompler to the Fantom 08, so I can play it using the Fantoms keys. The problem is, almost all other rack romplers have knobs on them to control the cutoff, resonance, attack, & release right on the front panel. So if I want to play a synth and have those controls on the Fantom, I would have to use the menu and scroll to what I want, switch to a different knob to change the value, then go back to the scroll knob, quickly scroll, then switch to a different knob and change the value, and I feel in the moment, I just may over scroll.. and it will be annoying to play synth from a Fantom XR on the Fantom 08. So I was considering just buying a Fantom X6 to have physical knobs, and call it a day. Then I realized.. that the Fantom 08 has a section on the right called "Synth Ctrl".. Can I use that to control the Fantom XR? Do I have to assign any valued? Like for example, here in your video, if you would have reached for the filter knob and turned it or the resonance knob and turned it, or hit LoPass or HighPass, etc, would it have altered the sound of your Korg? If you're unsure, could you possibly test it for me and get back to me? There's no info online about it, and this will be the deciding factor on if I buy a clunky Fantom X6 or am able to just stick with a compact Fantom XR. Thanks in advance! You video was amazingly helpful btw!
I don't have a Fantom, and somehow, I found myself on your channel. This Fantom is an absolute beast of a machine with all that MIDI workflow, I even wonder if Yamaha is capable of doing this on their Montage/MODX line. Now I want a Fantom, but it costs a kidney. 😢 I hope I can get a Fantom Lite in 2021 (I don't think Roland will do it, but crossing fingers) until then, let me just continue watching your videos on a keyboard I do not have but I'm absolutely in love with.
@@andysw3 Yup! Though I am a bit chuffed that there's only 256MB of key sampling space, I am not a fan of the pianos, would have love to sample my fav piano library and add it to the keyboard, or use an iPad with say Ravenscroft, but the Roland's are not class-compliant. Decisions decisions decisions...
Awesome, thank you, just what I needed. Now all I have to do is find out how to do the opposite as at times, I need to record the arpeggio from a ModX into the Fantom sequencer, if that's possible. Appreciate the video's
revisiting this excellent video ZT, I would just like to add that the only thing you changed on the Korg slave unit, was the MIdi Receive channel....I would like to mention that on many keyboard, you have to go into the System menu, and Midi, and set your slave so that it WILL accept Midi program change data....many times the default state is that it is off to avoid inadvertently changing the sound on a slave unit, however, to do what you have shown in this video, that option must be turned on.
Your videos are very pleasant to watch. I just purchased the Fantom 6 and I'm having issues syncing it with my Mpc X. Well its synced, but the Mpc will start as soon as I hit record on the Fantom. It doesn't wait for the one bar count-in that i have setup on the Fantom. Any suggestions?
Hi, as a new Fantom 7 owner this video has helped me enormously as I now have several external synths controlled from my Fantom. What I really want to do now is be able to select each synth (on their respective Zones) from the pads and not the zone buttons. I've seen it done on YT but cant find anyone who can tell me how to do this, Roland Tech guys just tell me "use the Zone buttons". Is this something you've done and could explain please? Thanks
Great video. So I guess you would use a MIDI hub to connect many synths into the Fantom and assign them each of the zones and if the Fantom is connected to DAW they would all appear in the DAW since one can control DAW on the Fantom itself?
That’s all great, but is there a way the external instrument can use the Fantom effects, and how do you do that. Also I sequenced an external sound but how do you get this permanently to audio. If you unplug the external instrument, the sequence reverts to the Fantom sound
The Roland Fantom is a very easy to use machine.. I figured out all this controls by just playing with it a few hours. However, something that bothers me a lot, is these capabilities were already present in the older Kurzweil such as the K2500, K2600 and later on k2661. I still have a K2661 which Ive used for many years, with the same exact purpose. I just cant understand why it took so long for other brands to implement a decently flexible midi controller inside their workstations... I still believe the K2661 is a bit more powerful and flexible, and easier to use. It just lacks a better screen and the lovely lit faders
Is it also possible to map the pads or knobs (like the cutoff knob) of the fantom to a CC Midi Numbers if its selected in the channel faders so it also can be used to control the daw or vsts?
Hi zt! I can't seem to find an answer for this anywhere. Can the fantom send different program changes mid sequence? Is it in the piano roll somewhere? I have a korg wavestate that I use a lot for sound effects and things like that. It would be nice to be able to have the fantom automatically changes patches on the wavestate mid song.
Any ideas on how to trigger the patterns in a TR-8S from sequences in the Fantom? All I can find is selecting TR-8S patterns through program changes in Fantom. But I need to change the patterns in the TR to match song sections in the Fantom (TR pattern 1-01 starts with the Verse group in Fantom, 1-02 with Bridge, etc.). Seems weird to me that one can't trigger TR patterns with notes in the Fantom.
Is there a way to use the mod wheel and map it to VST instruments using the Fantom as a MIDI controller for that instrument? For example I have a library that requires using the mod wheel to sound authentic but my FANTOM will not control it. Is there a way to program that ?
Hi ZT, I have the Fantom 8 and don’t know how to use it as a midi controller for the soft synths I have. How do you assign the sliders and knobs to control the Audio Units in Logic? While I love the Fantom, I want to be able to control the OB-Xa-V, Repro-5 and other soft synths.
hi ! great video. I have a question as someone new to fantom and trying to work it all out ! I managed to get it connected to Logic Pro via usb midi .. I downloaded the 80 classic sounds pack and when I playtime fantom the sounds dont come out in Logic Pro .. when I go to zone edit I see three sounds are lit red INT . when I click them to grey the sounds work. just wondering why the patches would come with INT red active and what it does ? .. so even though its says INT in grey it has to be red to be on ? also in advance there's BOTH again in grey , so does that mean not active until clicked ? all the 80 patches I believe have INT switched on , as many of the defualt fantom factory sounds like homecoming .. so I will have to set INT to off and write each factory patch ? thanks for any light you can shine, ive been googling for hours no luck and the manual doesn't say what INT EXT BOTH does
So I've been debating on getting the Fantom 8 or a Fantom 7. If I ever gig again, I am thinking about what I may need to lug with me. My current gigging setup has been a Korg Triton LE 88 and a Roland Juno Stage. The korg mainly for piano. Can MIDI work the other way? Meaning, can I get a Fantom 7, and a 88 key MIDI controller, and set the MIDI controller to ALWAYS play Roland's grand piano sound, and then jump around on the Fantom for all my other instruments and synths?
ZT Audio - I have a Fantom 8 and I would like to purchase a professional quality say 61 key velocity sensitive semi weighted key bed with after touch that I could get. Then connect it as you did with the King Korg. Use it to play any zones on my Fantom 8 that I configure for EP’s, Synth’s, Guitars,etc. Do you have a favorite in mind?
Great video! Thanks. I have learnt a tonne. Haven’t got the fantom yet but I’m trying to work out of it can be set up like this: if I got one I’d like to set up the pads to send external midi notes, but not have them mapped to the keys as well. So playing fantom sounds internally and then hitting pads to play notes on another midi module for example. Have you tried this? Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Remy
Can this program change functionbe done with a USB cable? Ive tried it and it doesnt seem to work, only works with Midi cable. Thanks for this though, videos are great!!
Hi sir, I have a question. I have converted midi in fantom 06 in my hand through smf player, everything is converted, but the volume level is reduced when I write the scene and load it again, the volume level changes. Is there any solution for that? If the volume is set, it does not come the same
I may be setting up my Fantom the wrong way. I am using it as a controller keyboard for Cubase with "local" off. When local off is activated a lot of functions change or do not work on the Fantom. If I keep local on I can use one dedicated zone to control any other synths I have midi to Cubase. Sometimes you just need to be shown a different respective to what your trying to accomplish. Thank you.
How to change pitch on an external bit of gear (to split in the correct pitch) if your gear isnt midi mapped for NRPs, or it is but a different ,mapping to Roland. Theres no "standard" here. Surly theres a way to internally apply the offset before sending note day out of the board?
Please Help!! Midi control function not working between my Roland Fantom and my PC, via USB. Roland USB drivers are all up to date and I have even tried other USB ports on my PC. Running Windows 10. Many thanks 😃
Brilliant, lots of fun controlling external devices over MIDI from the Fantom. Have you tried the opposite, to drive sounds within the Fantom using another keyboard over MIDI..? There is very little in the User Manual, just a description of the MIDI In port but I cant see how to select the MIDI In port from the Zone Edit screen. There is a Sound List for the Fantom which contains the Tone name, LSB, MSB and PC numbers, have you had a go at trying this before.?
Great video . Just wondering if you could help ? Hi folks. Some help with Latency ... When using a 25key Novation USB midi controller I get zero latency in Logic Pro X. But using the Fantom 8 with Local Off as a USB controller I have pretty bad latency. Seems to be the controller and nothing within the computer. Any ideas on how I could resolve this ?
OK, I am back, I'd like to know with the external midi control, does it work with an iPhone/iPad synth and can I use the faders to control the volume etc of the iPhone/iPad synth?
I never knew you were "gone", lol. The Fantom sends MIDI messages. If your iPad synth can receive them ... you're good to go. In other words, it depends upon which iPad synth you have. I'm not volunteering to figure this out for you, BTW.
I know this is an old vid, but this is driving me nuts and I'm wondering if its just me doing something dumb. Lets say I'm recording a EXT midi track in tone slot 5, and I want it to send to midi channel 1. I set this up in the tone editor, shift press the tone 5 button to turn it green, record my track, and all is well. However, as soon as I switch that green button back off, the Fantom starts transmitting that track to channel 5. This behavior happens on all tone slots / tracks. No matter what channel I set the tone editor to TX to, it will always revert back to whatever number the tone / track is. This forces me to make sure I keep the three tones empty in case I want to include my outboards. Its easy enough but irritating. I'd think this is a bug, but surely in the time that the Fantom has been around, I couldn't be the only one to stumble into this. Which leads me to believe its me doing something foolish. In my defense, I'm not sure what I'm doing on this planet. I believe there has been a mistake made there as well.
Saving doesn't correct the behavior. I'm not saying the midi TX channel assignment changes when the scene is changed, its ignoring the TX channel as soon as the green button is turned off.
I don't have a Mac, and so I don't use Mainstage. I presently use an application called "Cantabile" on a Windows-based laptop. I may switch to a Mac when the M2-based models become available. If so, I'll probably do a video at that time. Ed Diaz' videos are really good concerning Mainstage integration. I'm not sure what I could add.
Can you please make a video on vst control through usb to say akai vip or omnisphere controlled fully by omnisphere ? The fantom keep saying connect to pc when select daw but it is already connected
Awesome tutorials! Million thanks for sharing your knowledge about this great workstation. Any possibility of giving a guidance about how to simultaneously record all of the Fantom's zones (within one preset) in Logic Pro X as separate MIDI tracks (each zone recorded on a separate MIDI track and playing back through Fantom's sound engine)? Fantom is capable of transmitting each zone as a separate audio and Logic can record the audio coming from each Fantom's zone on a separate dedicated audio track. Can this be done with MIDI? It's easier to edit MIDI (for example quantization) then audio. Looking forward to your future Fantom tutorials. Subscribed.
@@ZTAudio Not a problem. Thanks for your quick response. I do appreciate it. Looking forward to more Fantom tutorials. You definitely have talent to teach others. Thanks for your help.
@@HammyGirl999 I have Ableton Live, ZenBeats and Reason. I've configured them to use the Fantom as audio-interface ... works fine, no issues. For the most part however, I use a piece of software called "Cantabile" ... a bit like Mainstage for Windows.
@@ZTAudio Thanks. So I will stop worrying now and trust that everything will be figure-out-able with the new Fantom and Cubase or other windows DAW. Thanks for sharing your experience!
I love this series as I just purchased a Fantom (I saw you comment about this series you did over on PAD channel). I have a MODX that I honestly just don't like... I couldn't really get into it as an instrument and personally did not think the sounds were the quality that it should be if they are the same engine as the $3k Montage. I also couldn't get my head around the Kronos at all, it was so overly complicated and there was not much instruction. I feel with this series I will not have similar problems with the Fantom! I have a quick question (or suggestion for future video)... is there any special integration with other Roland synths? I have a System 8 and it would be awesome if the Fantom automapped controls with their own synth lines. I also have a TR-8S, so any integration with the aira product line would be a huge plus. Have you noticed any integration with your JD-XA that was smoother than it was with your KingKorg?
I like having a second, assignable MIDI out ... which I use exclusively for my JD-XA. I don't use the JD-XA as a multitimbral "module", so it's in "remote keuboard mode". That allows me to play the Fantom keyboard, assign the output to MIDI2 and not worry about what MIDI channels each JD-XA part is assigned to.
I am trying to go the other way. I would like to simply play a midi file on my computer and have the sound come out the Fantom using the Fantom's instruments. Using Falcosoft Midi Player, I can click on the keys and have sound come out the Fantom, but if I load a MIDI file and play it, it is silent. There has to be a way to use the Fantom's sounds from another MIDI device, but I have yet to figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.
Well, I don’t use that program, but I am not having any problems doing it with Cubase or Ableton Live. So, it’s likely an issue with how the MIDI player app is configured.
@@ZTAudio Thank you. That is very good to hear. A midi file obviously consists of multiple tracks, voices, etc. Is there anything you need to do with the zones on the Fantom or any other settings in order for it to respond to the MIDI In port and just play whatever comes in with the correct instruments that change along the way, etc.? Does it automatically choose the General MIDI patch set when it receives input on MIDI in? I will try Cubase and see what happens. I have a Sound Canvas and that plays just fine, but not the Fantom.
I got home and played with it some more. What I found is that if I go into Menu - Zone Edit, as soon as I load a MIDI file, it wipes out all of the zone Type and Bank columns on the tracks that the MIDI file uses. If I then go back and set them to Z-Core and select a Bank, I can play the MIDI file and it works. I can't seem to save this though. Every time I load a new file, I have to go through line by line and set it again. Also, the instruments are all wrong. I thought I saw a General MIDI set in the documentation previously but I can't find it now. Also, I downloaded Reaper, but I can't get it to play at all yet. It acts like it is playing but no sound comes out and it doesn't reset the zones even so I am doing something wrong there. I wish this was easier. Thanks again for your help.
Harry S. Hey Harry, I’m curious to know your experience using the Fantom and TR8S combo. Are you going over USB or MIDI? And does the TR8S write into the sequencer of the Fantom? (I’m quite new to MIDI itself).
Hey, loving these videos! I'm wondering if you can try something for me, since I don't have one yet!! Let's say I have a song arranged and in different sections of the song, I want particular zones to switch either on or off. Could this be programmed to happen automatically as the song goes through the arrangement? Hopefully I've explained that well enough!
@@ZTAudio amazing! I'm thinking of a situation where I want to have multiple patches all within the same scene, rather than having to set up five scenes for one song.
@@jadigistudios I've had no problem getting MIDI to work in "Generic" mode ... tested on iPhone6, iPhone8+, iPad Mini Gen3 & iPad Air Gen3. My daughter won't let me borrow her 2019 iPad Pro, lol. I didn't expect audio-over-USB to work, as Roland never indicated support for that feature. That's disappointing, but not a show-stopper. The MODX is handier to physically connect ... one cable for both MIDI & audio, However, I find the MODX fiddly and inflexible to configure. I'll likely end up doing videos on both. I am waiting for the MODX OS 2.0 update coming on October 24th, before doing a full eval of the MODX.
@@ZTAudio Thanks @ZT Audio, I'll try!!..... but to be honest my biggest problem with this board with all it has to offer you can't pass audio through it with iPad.... With direct connection Yamaha has this feature and its beautiful, I just don't get how Roland missed this opportunity...
Dear @ZT Audio, i appreciate your videos. i have a question , can you please help me out. i know this not the right video page i am raising this question. since i didnt seen any relevant page. Roland Fantom 6 has three external usb device connection, is it possible to connect USB monitor, the reason i am raising this question, is it possible to attach external touch screen with roland. i have seen video montage 6 has the ability ,but its not an yamaha suggested. few videos i have seen in you tube th-cam.com/video/zrrvr8kL088/w-d-xo.html
Can you help me with something? I am taking a piano course on Piano Marvel and I have the app on my iPad. The app recognizes the Fantom but there is no sound coming from the keyboard when I play. I tried on the iphone as well with same results. My Int/Ext button is red, should it be green for external since I'm using the keyboard to control the app on the iPad? I am going to check out the rest of your playlist for the fantom as well.
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brotha!! This is GOLD! Thank you for the time to 'splain in laymen's term. no fancy graphics, just down to brass tacks! Much appreciated!!!
I'm very happy to have met your videos. Happily, TH-cam has subtitles which can translate in real time to another tong. Thanks to you, I can use quickly the Fantom 7.
Thank's you very much to share your experience.
FrenchGuy
you know, it is such a pleasure to see someone who really understands his instrument, giving clear step by step instructions on how to do something that is by nature, very complicated, however, due to YOUR ability, you have made it uncomplicated. I have wanted to do a similar video using my Motif to control the other keyboards, but have not done so out of laziness...lol..but you have set a bar for me to reach for should I ever..and I would have a great advantage because my oldest son is a digital video editor and would be able to film it at a very high level.....for people like myself, who still use a master keyboard and it's sequencer to control the rig instead of DAW, you have enlightened how to do so for this new Korg keyboard....thank you, and kudos!!!
Very kind of you, thanks. If you want to use the Fantom as a Master Controller for your rig ... I've got some videos coming up that you REALLY want to see. Stay tuned!
@@ZTAudio btw: I just also watched your video on basic Zones, and it was equally excellent...problem I have at this point, though with the Roland, is it has some big limitations compared with my Motif: the 32 measure length, for example, and with the Motif , when daisy chaining the sections of the patterns, I can insert a timing or tempo change anywhere in the song, which really comes in handy, not to mention that I can have almost any timing that I want, whereas the Fantom is limited to only two . This sequencer seems set up perfectly for "modern" music, whereas I do primarily older covers from the advent of the BEATLES to the mid 80s or so, as well as jazz and blues. And hey, I like several of Roland's front men , but you CLEARLY convey the information in a manner that assumes the viewer knows NOTHING and needs to understand the basics of basics, something missing in most videos.
Oh man...this is the video I’ve needed since I bought my Fantom. The external bank part just made my life complete! Thank you 🙏🏼👌 Just got yourself one more subscriber
I spent have of last week trying to configure MIDI on the Fantom, this week it took 23 minutes and 15 seconds..! Keep em coming ZT.
Thanks for your clarity and no bullsh*t approach to explaining things..it was a breath of fresh air
Thank you! This is the video I needed! I love my old modules and watching this helped me get them hooked up. I have a Fantom 07 but the info worked perfectly on mine! Made my day!
Thank you 😊 I have fantom 06 around 2 months and still learning it ,of course 06 its a bit different but the system and navigation seems to be the same.....your videos are wery helpful, nice and easy to understand 👌👌 today I will plug in the micro korg 😉 regards
I’m Really enjoying your tutorials. very informative and easy to understand.
Hey! I really need your input on something. I want to connect a Fantom XR rack rompler to the Fantom 08, so I can play it using the Fantoms keys. The problem is, almost all other rack romplers have knobs on them to control the cutoff, resonance, attack, & release right on the front panel. So if I want to play a synth and have those controls on the Fantom, I would have to use the menu and scroll to what I want, switch to a different knob to change the value, then go back to the scroll knob, quickly scroll, then switch to a different knob and change the value, and I feel in the moment, I just may over scroll.. and it will be annoying to play synth from a Fantom XR on the Fantom 08. So I was considering just buying a Fantom X6 to have physical knobs, and call it a day. Then I realized.. that the Fantom 08 has a section on the right called "Synth Ctrl".. Can I use that to control the Fantom XR? Do I have to assign any valued? Like for example, here in your video, if you would have reached for the filter knob and turned it or the resonance knob and turned it, or hit LoPass or HighPass, etc, would it have altered the sound of your Korg?
If you're unsure, could you possibly test it for me and get back to me? There's no info online about it, and this will be the deciding factor on if I buy a clunky Fantom X6 or am able to just stick with a compact Fantom XR.
Thanks in advance! You video was amazingly helpful btw!
Tutorial perfection! Check out the others on his playlist. Invaluable info.
I don't have a Fantom, and somehow, I found myself on your channel. This Fantom is an absolute beast of a machine with all that MIDI workflow, I even wonder if Yamaha is capable of doing this on their Montage/MODX line. Now I want a Fantom, but it costs a kidney. 😢
I hope I can get a Fantom Lite in 2021 (I don't think Roland will do it, but crossing fingers) until then, let me just continue watching your videos on a keyboard I do not have but I'm absolutely in love with.
Looks like Roland granted your wish - new Fantom-0 series has just landed!
@@andysw3 Yup! Though I am a bit chuffed that there's only 256MB of key sampling space, I am not a fan of the pianos, would have love to sample my fav piano library and add it to the keyboard, or use an iPad with say Ravenscroft, but the Roland's are not class-compliant.
Decisions decisions decisions...
This may just have convinced me to buy this instrument😄🎹🎹🎹🏴
Korg uses 00 to 127
Rolands starts from 01 to 128
Which makes it confusing at times when dealing with midi chaining, great video!
Great video. Thank you for sharing your good work.
Subbed good stuff- love the new Fantom quite powerful.
Mine just arrived. This is the video I needed. Thanks!!
Awesome, thank you, just what I needed. Now all I have to do is find out how to do the opposite as at times, I need to record the arpeggio from a ModX into the Fantom sequencer, if that's possible. Appreciate the video's
revisiting this excellent video ZT, I would just like to add that the only thing you changed on the Korg slave unit, was the MIdi Receive channel....I would like to mention that on many keyboard, you have to go into the System menu, and Midi, and set your slave so that it WILL accept Midi program change data....many times the default state is that it is off to avoid inadvertently changing the sound on a slave unit, however, to do what you have shown in this video, that option must be turned on.
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks
Your videos are very pleasant to watch. I just purchased the Fantom 6 and I'm having issues syncing it with my Mpc X. Well its synced, but the Mpc will start as soon as I hit record on the Fantom. It doesn't wait for the one bar count-in that i have setup on the Fantom. Any suggestions?
Hi, as a new Fantom 7 owner this video has helped me enormously as I now have several external synths controlled from my Fantom. What I really want to do now is be able to select each synth (on their respective Zones) from the pads and not the zone buttons. I've seen it done on YT but cant find anyone who can tell me how to do this, Roland Tech guys just tell me "use the Zone buttons". Is this something you've done and could explain please? Thanks
Merci pour ces informations très utiles… 👍👍🏻
What are the midi jitter and lag for the Fantom? I am very interested but want to know more about performance
very good tutorial.. Thanks! 👍💯
Très instructif… Merci….👍
Great video. So I guess you would use a MIDI hub to connect many synths into the Fantom and assign them each of the zones and if the Fantom is connected to DAW they would all appear in the DAW since one can control DAW on the Fantom itself?
That’s all great, but is there a way the external instrument can use the Fantom effects, and how do you do that. Also I sequenced an external sound but how do you get this permanently to audio. If you unplug the external instrument, the sequence reverts to the Fantom sound
The Roland Fantom is a very easy to use machine.. I figured out all this controls by just playing with it a few hours. However, something that bothers me a lot, is these capabilities were already present in the older Kurzweil such as the K2500, K2600 and later on k2661. I still have a K2661 which Ive used for many years, with the same exact purpose. I just cant understand why it took so long for other brands to implement a decently flexible midi controller inside their workstations...
I still believe the K2661 is a bit more powerful and flexible, and easier to use. It just lacks a better screen and the lovely lit faders
Is it also possible to map the pads or knobs (like the cutoff knob) of the fantom to a CC Midi Numbers if its selected in the channel faders so it also can be used to control the daw or vsts?
thanks for tutorials 😊
Hi zt! I can't seem to find an answer for this anywhere. Can the fantom send different program changes mid sequence? Is it in the piano roll somewhere? I have a korg wavestate that I use a lot for sound effects and things like that. It would be nice to be able to have the fantom automatically changes patches on the wavestate mid song.
Any ideas on how to trigger the patterns in a TR-8S from sequences in the Fantom? All I can find is selecting TR-8S patterns through program changes in Fantom. But I need to change the patterns in the TR to match song sections in the Fantom (TR pattern 1-01 starts with the Verse group in Fantom, 1-02 with Bridge, etc.). Seems weird to me that one can't trigger TR patterns with notes in the Fantom.
Is there a way to use the mod wheel and map it to VST instruments using the Fantom as a MIDI controller for that instrument? For example I have a library that requires using the mod wheel to sound authentic but my FANTOM will not control it. Is there a way to program that ?
Hi ZT, I have the Fantom 8 and don’t know how to use it as a midi controller for the soft synths I have. How do you assign the sliders and knobs to control the Audio Units in Logic?
While I love the Fantom, I want to be able to control the OB-Xa-V, Repro-5 and other soft synths.
hi ! great video. I have a question as someone new to fantom and trying to work it all out ! I managed to get it connected to Logic Pro via usb midi .. I downloaded the 80 classic sounds pack and when I playtime fantom the sounds dont come out in Logic Pro .. when I go to zone edit I see three sounds are lit red INT . when I click them to grey the sounds work. just wondering why the patches would come with INT red active and what it does ? .. so even though its says INT in grey it has to be red to be on ?
also in advance there's BOTH again in grey , so does that mean not active until clicked ? all the 80 patches I believe have INT switched on , as many of the defualt fantom factory sounds like homecoming .. so I will have to set INT to off and write each factory patch ? thanks for any light you can shine, ive been googling for hours no luck and the manual doesn't say what INT EXT BOTH does
thank you for the great tutorial. how to make the slave keyboard (in your case the kingkorg) follow the tempo changes on the fantom?
How can I use the fantom as a midi controller in logic pro x to control vst plugins
Hi, can you control the filter cut off and envelopes via automation from your DAW (logic in my case) thank you
i assigned my fantom to maschine studio and it always plays the maschine even if Im on zone 1 piano on the fantom. Any idea what that might be? Thanks
So I've been debating on getting the Fantom 8 or a Fantom 7. If I ever gig again, I am thinking about what I may need to lug with me. My current gigging setup has been a Korg Triton LE 88 and a Roland Juno Stage. The korg mainly for piano.
Can MIDI work the other way? Meaning, can I get a Fantom 7, and a 88 key MIDI controller, and set the MIDI controller to ALWAYS play Roland's grand piano sound, and then jump around on the Fantom for all my other instruments and synths?
Yes.
ZT Audio - I have a Fantom 8 and I would like to purchase a professional quality say 61 key velocity sensitive semi weighted key bed with after touch that I could get. Then connect it as you did with the King Korg. Use it to play any zones on my Fantom 8 that I configure for EP’s, Synth’s, Guitars,etc. Do you have a favorite in mind?
Would the ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe 73 key work ?
Mind blown!!!!🤯
Great video! Thanks. I have learnt a tonne. Haven’t got the fantom yet but I’m trying to work out of it can be set up like this: if I got one I’d like to set up the pads to send external midi notes, but not have them mapped to the keys as well. So playing fantom sounds internally and then hitting pads to play notes on another midi module for example. Have you tried this? Any help much appreciated. Thanks, Remy
Can this program change functionbe done with a USB cable? Ive tried it and it doesnt seem to work, only works with Midi cable. Thanks for this though, videos are great!!
Hi sir, I have a question. I have converted midi in fantom 06 in my hand through smf player, everything is converted, but the volume level is reduced when I write the scene and load it again, the volume level changes. Is there any solution for that? If the volume is set, it does not come the same
Does this work the same way for combi mode on a korg?
Will this work on the Fantom 0 series ? ty
I may be setting up my Fantom the wrong way. I am using it as a controller keyboard for Cubase with "local" off. When local off is activated a lot of functions change or do not work on the Fantom. If I keep local on I can use one dedicated zone to control any other synths I have midi to Cubase. Sometimes you just need to be shown a different respective to what your trying to accomplish. Thank you.
I'll try to look into that, if possible. I don't have Cubase, but I do have Cubasis, or maybe I can use a demo version or something.
How to change pitch on an external bit of gear (to split in the correct pitch) if your gear isnt midi mapped for NRPs, or it is but a different ,mapping to Roland. Theres no "standard" here. Surly theres a way to internally apply the offset before sending note day out of the board?
Please Help!! Midi control function not working between my Roland Fantom and my PC, via USB. Roland USB drivers are all up to date and I have even tried other USB ports on my PC. Running Windows 10. Many thanks 😃
Brilliant, lots of fun controlling external devices over MIDI from the Fantom. Have you tried the opposite, to drive sounds within the Fantom using another keyboard over MIDI..? There is very little in the User Manual, just a description of the MIDI In port but I cant see how to select the MIDI In port from the Zone Edit screen. There is a Sound List for the Fantom which contains the Tone name, LSB, MSB and PC numbers, have you had a go at trying this before.?
Did you work out how to do this?
Amazing. Thank you
Great video . Just wondering if you could help ?
Hi folks. Some help with Latency ...
When using a 25key Novation USB midi controller I get zero latency in Logic Pro X. But using the Fantom 8 with Local Off as a USB controller I have pretty bad latency. Seems to be the controller and nothing within the computer. Any ideas on how I could resolve this ?
OK, I am back, I'd like to know with the external midi control, does it work with an iPhone/iPad synth and can I use the faders to control the volume etc of the iPhone/iPad synth?
I never knew you were "gone", lol. The Fantom sends MIDI messages. If your iPad synth can receive them ... you're good to go. In other words, it depends upon which iPad synth you have. I'm not volunteering to figure this out for you, BTW.
Thank you
Hi great videos thank you for that. Can you do a video on USB audio connection with for example Ableton Live as it's not straight forward thanks
How to prevent midi note lock?
I know this is an old vid, but this is driving me nuts and I'm wondering if its just me doing something dumb. Lets say I'm recording a EXT midi track in tone slot 5, and I want it to send to midi channel 1. I set this up in the tone editor, shift press the tone 5 button to turn it green, record my track, and all is well. However, as soon as I switch that green button back off, the Fantom starts transmitting that track to channel 5. This behavior happens on all tone slots / tracks. No matter what channel I set the tone editor to TX to, it will always revert back to whatever number the tone / track is. This forces me to make sure I keep the three tones empty in case I want to include my outboards. Its easy enough but irritating. I'd think this is a bug, but surely in the time that the Fantom has been around, I couldn't be the only one to stumble into this. Which leads me to believe its me doing something foolish. In my defense, I'm not sure what I'm doing on this planet. I believe there has been a mistake made there as well.
You'll need to SAVE your Scene if any such changes are made. Otherwise everything will revert if you select the Scene again.
@@ZTAudio Thank you!!! I'll give that a try.
Saving doesn't correct the behavior. I'm not saying the midi TX channel assignment changes when the scene is changed, its ignoring the TX channel as soon as the green button is turned off.
Can you pls make a video how to setup roland fantom to mainstage ?
I don't have a Mac, and so I don't use Mainstage. I presently use an application called "Cantabile" on a Windows-based laptop.
I may switch to a Mac when the M2-based models become available. If so, I'll probably do a video at that time.
Ed Diaz' videos are really good concerning Mainstage integration. I'm not sure what I could add.
How set volume to the pad in warm pad pno
Can you please make a video on vst control through usb to say akai vip or omnisphere controlled fully by omnisphere ?
The fantom keep saying connect to pc when select daw but it is already connected
I don't have OmniSphere, and gave up on VIP years ago. So I cannot be of help to you.
Awesome tutorials! Million thanks for sharing your knowledge about this great workstation. Any possibility of giving a guidance about how to simultaneously record all of the Fantom's zones (within one preset) in Logic Pro X as separate MIDI tracks (each zone recorded on a separate MIDI track and playing back through Fantom's sound engine)? Fantom is capable of transmitting each zone as a separate audio and Logic can record the audio coming from each Fantom's zone on a separate dedicated audio track. Can this be done with MIDI? It's easier to edit MIDI (for example quantization) then audio. Looking forward to your future Fantom tutorials. Subscribed.
I'm not a Logic user, so it's doubtful that I'll do such a tutorial. :-(
@@ZTAudio Not a problem. Thanks for your quick response. I do appreciate it. Looking forward to more Fantom tutorials. You definitely have talent to teach others. Thanks for your help.
@@ZTAudio Do you use any external DAW with the Fantom?
@@HammyGirl999 I have Ableton Live, ZenBeats and Reason. I've configured them to use the Fantom as audio-interface ... works fine, no issues.
For the most part however, I use a piece of software called "Cantabile" ... a bit like Mainstage for Windows.
@@ZTAudio Thanks. So I will stop worrying now and trust that everything will be figure-out-able with the new Fantom and Cubase or other windows DAW.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I love this series as I just purchased a Fantom (I saw you comment about this series you did over on PAD channel). I have a MODX that I honestly just don't like... I couldn't really get into it as an instrument and personally did not think the sounds were the quality that it should be if they are the same engine as the $3k Montage. I also couldn't get my head around the Kronos at all, it was so overly complicated and there was not much instruction. I feel with this series I will not have similar problems with the Fantom! I have a quick question (or suggestion for future video)... is there any special integration with other Roland synths? I have a System 8 and it would be awesome if the Fantom automapped controls with their own synth lines. I also have a TR-8S, so any integration with the aira product line would be a huge plus. Have you noticed any integration with your JD-XA that was smoother than it was with your KingKorg?
I like having a second, assignable MIDI out ... which I use exclusively for my JD-XA. I don't use the JD-XA as a multitimbral "module", so it's in "remote keuboard mode". That allows me to play the Fantom keyboard, assign the output to MIDI2 and not worry about what MIDI channels each JD-XA part is assigned to.
I am trying to go the other way. I would like to simply play a midi file on my computer and have the sound come out the Fantom using the Fantom's instruments. Using Falcosoft Midi Player, I can click on the keys and have sound come out the Fantom, but if I load a MIDI file and play it, it is silent. There has to be a way to use the Fantom's sounds from another MIDI device, but I have yet to figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.
Well, I don’t use that program, but I am not having any problems doing it with Cubase or Ableton Live. So, it’s likely an issue with how the MIDI player app is configured.
@@ZTAudio Thank you. That is very good to hear. A midi file obviously consists of multiple tracks, voices, etc. Is there anything you need to do with the zones on the Fantom or any other settings in order for it to respond to the MIDI In port and just play whatever comes in with the correct instruments that change along the way, etc.? Does it automatically choose the General MIDI patch set when it receives input on MIDI in? I will try Cubase and see what happens. I have a Sound Canvas and that plays just fine, but not the Fantom.
I got home and played with it some more. What I found is that if I go into Menu - Zone Edit, as soon as I load a MIDI file, it wipes out all of the zone Type and Bank columns on the tracks that the MIDI file uses. If I then go back and set them to Z-Core and select a Bank, I can play the MIDI file and it works. I can't seem to save this though. Every time I load a new file, I have to go through line by line and set it again. Also, the instruments are all wrong. I thought I saw a General MIDI set in the documentation previously but I can't find it now. Also, I downloaded Reaper, but I can't get it to play at all yet. It acts like it is playing but no sound comes out and it doesn't reset the zones even so I am doing something wrong there. I wish this was easier. Thanks again for your help.
@@ZTAudio , I have a PC, and before I get a Fantom am wondering if it works great as a Midi controller with Cubase? Any concerns with that setup?
@@HammyGirl999 It doesn't have the level of integration that Logic would have, but there's no reason it won't work very well as an audio-interface.
Nice video's
Thanks.
How to tempo sync so that the Fantom is the Master?
What are you trying to sync it with?
ZT Audio it’s solved, I synced it with a Drum Machine TR8-s
Harry S. Hey Harry, I’m curious to know your experience using the Fantom and TR8S combo. Are you going over USB or MIDI? And does the TR8S write into the sequencer of the Fantom? (I’m quite new to MIDI itself).
Hey, loving these videos! I'm wondering if you can try something for me, since I don't have one yet!!
Let's say I have a song arranged and in different sections of the song, I want particular zones to switch either on or off. Could this be programmed to happen automatically as the song goes through the arrangement?
Hopefully I've explained that well enough!
If I understand you correctly, the Fantom is specifically designed to do that (or something so close I can't tell the difference) from the start.
@@ZTAudio amazing! I'm thinking of a situation where I want to have multiple patches all within the same scene, rather than having to set up five scenes for one song.
Can't get iPad to work directly via camera connection no audio or midi
Interestingly enough, I'll (probably) be doing a video about that soon ... standby!
I think you'll find a disappointing discovery.... iOS connectivity should be a standard, Yamaha does this very well even at there low cost boards
@@jadigistudios I've had no problem getting MIDI to work in "Generic" mode ... tested on iPhone6, iPhone8+, iPad Mini Gen3 & iPad Air Gen3. My daughter won't let me borrow her 2019 iPad Pro, lol.
I didn't expect audio-over-USB to work, as Roland never indicated support for that feature. That's disappointing, but not a show-stopper. The MODX is handier to physically connect ... one cable for both MIDI & audio, However, I find the MODX fiddly and inflexible to configure.
I'll likely end up doing videos on both. I am waiting for the MODX OS 2.0 update coming on October 24th, before doing a full eval of the MODX.
@@ZTAudio Thanks @ZT Audio, I'll try!!..... but to be honest my biggest problem with this board with all it has to offer you can't pass audio through it with iPad.... With direct connection Yamaha has this feature and its beautiful, I just don't get how Roland missed this opportunity...
@@jadigistudios Yeah ... I hate that. They really should have better iOS support.
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Dear @ZT Audio, i appreciate your videos. i have a question , can you please help me out. i know this not the right video page i am raising this question. since i didnt seen any relevant page. Roland Fantom 6 has three external usb device connection, is it possible to connect USB monitor, the reason i am raising this question, is it possible to attach external touch screen with roland. i have seen video montage 6 has the ability ,but its not an yamaha suggested. few videos i have seen in you tube th-cam.com/video/zrrvr8kL088/w-d-xo.html
You can plug "class compliant" devices in to the USB device ports. MIDI Controllers work, but I am reasonably certain that monitors are not supported.
I hope someone sees this…desperately need help trying to midi control my V combo from my fantom. Please Anyone 😂
Tudo enrolado, bagunça, não ex0lica nada só complica..
Can you help me with something? I am taking a piano course on Piano Marvel and I have the app on my iPad. The app recognizes the Fantom but there is no sound coming from the keyboard when I play. I tried on the iphone as well with same results. My Int/Ext button is red, should it be green for external since I'm using the keyboard to control the app on the iPad? I am going to check out the rest of your playlist for the fantom as well.