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Owner’s Manual
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 3 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 011 101b • Do not allow any objects (e.g., flammable material, • The unit and the AC adaptor should be located so their coins, pins); or liquids of any kind (water, soft drinks, location or position does not interfere with their proper etc.) to penetrate the unit. ventilation. .......................................................................................................... 101c
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 5 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 IMPORTANT NOTES Before Using Cards Using Memory Cards 704 • Carefully insert the memory card all the way in—until it is firmly in place. 705 • Never touch the terminals of the memory card. Also, avoid getting the terminals dirty. 707 • This unit’s memory card slot accepts CompactFlash or Smart- Media (3.3 V). Microdrive storage media are not compatible. 708 • CompactFlash and SmartMedia (3.3 V) cards are constructed
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 6 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Contents USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................2 IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4 Main Features........................................................................................11 Panel Descriptions................................................................................12 Front Panel.........................
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 7 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Contents Creating a Rhythm Set .........................................................................55 How to Make Rhythm Set Settings........................................................................................................ 55 Saving Rhythm Sets You’ve Created (Write) .......................................................................................57 Functions of Rhythm Set Parameters ..........................
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 8 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Contents Sampling..............................................................................................100 Sampling Procedure............................................................................................................................... 100 External Input Settings .......................................................................................................................... 101 Skip Back Sampling...
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 9 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Contents Adding Effects.....................................................................................157 Turning Effects On and Off................................................................................................................... 157 Making Effect Settings ........................................................................................................................... 157 Applying Effects in Patch Mode
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 11 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Main Features The Fantom-Xa is a high-quality workstation synthesizer that makes Built-in high-resolution 16-track pro-quality sound, playability, and compositional power available to sequencer everyone. The latest sound generator, versatile effects, a powerful sequencer, and a sampler that lets you record, process and play The internal 16-track sequencer lets you record as soon as inspiration vocals or audio phrases—a
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 12 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Panel Descriptions Front Panel fig.Front 1 3 4 7 11 13 14 10 6 8 12 5 9 2 15 ASSIGNABLE switch ([ ], [ ]) 1 D BEAM Use these buttons to switch the assigned parameter or function to Switches D Beam function on/off. You can apply a variety of effects modify the sound in realtime (p. 84). to sounds simply by moving your hand (p. 80). * Hold down [SHIFT] and press (or rotate) one of the above swi
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 17 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Listening to the Demo Songs The internal demo songs will feature the Fantom-Xa’s exceptional sounds and effects. 1. Press [MENU] to open the Top Menu Window. fig.TopMenu 2. Press to select “6. Demo Play.” fig.DemoPlay 3. Press [ENTER]. The DEMO MENU screen appears. fig.DemoMenu You can also access the DEMO MENU screen by holding down [SHIFT] and pressing [MENU]. 4. Turn the VALUE dial or press [CURSOR] to select a song
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 19 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Overview of the Fantom-Xa How the Fantom-Xa Is Organized Classification of Fantom-Xa Sound Types Basic Structure When using the Fantom-Xa, you will notice that a variety of different categories come into play when working with sounds. What follows Broadly speaking, the Fantom-Xa consists of a controller section, a is a simple explanation of each sound category. sound generator section, a sequencer section, and a sampl
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Fantom-Xa_e.book 20 ページ ２００４年１０月２２日 金曜日 午後２時３分 Overview of the Fantom-Xa Each percussion instrument consists of the following four elements. LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) (For details, refer to the explanations for “Tones.”) Use the LFO to create cyclic changes (modulation) in a sound. The Fantom-Xa has two LFOs. You can use the LFO to apply an effect to WG (Wave Generator): 1–4 either the WG (pitch), the TVF (filter), or the TVA (volume). When an LFO is applied to the WG p
