fantom G !!! - finally

[sambasevam]

i'm dead tired and can't wait to hit the bed. looking forward for tommorow....

the video is on the internet.

[wudsiba]

uncool... Let me scrape this salt out of my wound...

[acoustictones]

Good night form MN as well...time to turn in, and I look forward to A LOT of good news tomorrow.

[sambasevam]

Comeon now - i was just aplayin'

Wouldn't do nuthin to hurt a brotha o' mine! I swur it!

Now, I only asked whether you guys saw the video. It was a question wannit? I didn't see it, and was curious if you guys happened to see any.

Well, I guess there ain' no videos on nuthin yet..I know just as much as yall.

*ducks, prepares special NAMM flame suit, and goes underground*

[SRUT, BUT...]

Go here:

http://www.roland.com/synth/fantom/download.html

or

http://www.roland.com/synth/fantom/


http://www.roland.com/products/com/Fant ... /top_L.jpg

[jrevenko]

"That 8.5" Touch Screen is REALLY sweet! "

Sure, you can touch it. But... I think it will not repond

[uhura]

http://www.roland.com/products/en/Fantom-G8/specs.html

specs and lage pictures

[SRUT, BUT...]

Okay, here is the updated...

Fantom G Questionnaire, NAMM 2008 :



MARKETING
- Is Fan-G replacing or complementing the Fan-X? REPLACING
- Prices?
- Availabity US / Europe / Germany?
- Will there be a rack-version?
- Will there be a 37 key version?


PADS
- Can the 16 buttons still be used as pads like in the current X model? YES
- Are they trigger BUTTONS now? If so, do they have a higher level of functionality than the current pads on the X? What can be assigned to them?


SEQUENCING / RECORDING / EDITING
- What else can be recorded to the sequencer (patch edits, for instance)? Can it record all MIDI information?
- How does it handle 128 MIDI tracks? Are there seperate tracks for keys/pads/external or are they freely assignable?
- Hard drive inside or do you record on to the card slot media? NO HARD DRIVE, USB FLASH STORAGE
- In what ways can the audio tracks be automated...
- Anything going on with RPS?
- Does it have piano roll/graphic edit as well as list edit?

ARPS
- How many pre-programmed arps are there? (e.g. compared to Motif's 6600 and Korg's Karma engine) 128 (same as Fan-X)
- How many user-programmable arp slots are there?
- How many simulaltenous arps are available?
- Can the arp setups be switched in relatime? (ala Motif XS or Korg Karma?)


SOUNDS / ARX / EFFECTS
- Meaning of "ARX lets you add sources of synthesizer”?
- Are the ARX-slots SRX-compatible? NO
- Any existing SRX-sounds onboard Fan-G?
- Quantity of waveforms: 2153 (Fan-X: 1480)
- Quantity of patches: 1500+256 (Fan-X: 1152+256)


VARIOUS
- File system: changes / improvements compared to Fan-X?
- Display: Resolution? Angle adjustable? 800x480, NOT ADJUSTABLE (like Fan-X)
- In/Out: Layout? How many MIDI outs?
- USB 2?
- USB: Is it possible to stream both midi and audio via USB? YES: USB Computer Connector (supports file transfer or mass storage class, and Audio/MIDI)

- Usable as a sound card as well?
- Sampling still included? Skip back sampling still there? YES
- Storage media formats? Maximum size? NO HARD DRIVE, USB FLASH STORAGE
- Synthesis: what forms of alternative synthesis (other than ROM and sampling) are available e.g. VA? FM? etc.


...to be continued...

[2TIM316]

Here's my questions:

1) Do any of the onboard ROM samples differ from what is available on the Fantom-X along with the appropriate complement of SRX boards? i.e. is there anything new that one couldn't achieve with a Fantom-X and the appropriate SRX expansion board?

2) Will there be any way to achieve virtual analog via the ARX expansion? What other synthesis technologies are possible via ARX?

[SRUT, BUT...]

...so for me it looks clearly as the replacement for Fan-X since it is (only) a evolution of X instead of a possible revolution.

Therefore I expect the price to be slightly higher than before, but not too much so that competition is going to be very hard for YAMA + KORG.

A little disappointment is: polyphony (still only 128)

Great are:
- Each patch has a own effect, so no accustic difference between the two playing modes anymore!
- more sounds: +700
- USB Flash storage (should be faster than X)
- More inputs


Major questions remain:
HOW DOES THIS BEAUTY SOUND?
HOW MANY OF THE SRX SOUNDS ARE ONBOARD?
USB 2 or still USB 1?


I doubt whether they have re-written / de-bugged the interface...

[2TIM316]

Hey STRUT, BUT - thanks for your comments. And as I see it you were officially the first to post word about roland.com turning on the Fantom-G pages. However a fellow forum member Vee-CeeOh has created a comments and opinions thread which we're all hoping everyone will agree to use so as to avoid confusion. Hope you'll join us there!

[cuborg]

I love already this baby...

[Radek]

...so for me it looks clearly as the replacement for Fan-X since it is (only) a evolution of X instead of a possible revolution.

BTW. is a revolution still possible? I mean because even current Fantom-X is prettu good soundwise. Well... I have Juno-G and I doesn't complain.

Therefore I expect the price to be slightly higher than before, but not too much so that competition is going to be very hard for YAMA + KORG.

Except for arps Fantom-G is clearly superior to XS and M3 in almost every way.

A little disappointment is: polyphony (still only 128)

Indeed. I'd expect a bit more or a combo with 128 "S+S" plust something like 32 "VA/FM" (whatever). Perhaps those voices are epanded with more filters and such?

Great are:
- Each patch has a own effect, so no accustic difference between the two playing modes anymore!

Can we say finally?

- more sounds: +700

It should have file based patch system so it could take any number of patches.

- USB Flash storage (should be faster than X)

Hopefully...

[cuborg]

>>Except for arps Fantom-G is clearly superior to XS and M3 in almost every way.

well, I don't think so that G will beat the XS in terms of sounds, but other features for sure since many already were better in fantom X.

[cuborg]

finally video!
http://www.rolandus.com/products/produc ... arentId=83