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You don’t have to control four parameters in realtime. Just set up as many
parameters for realtime control as you like.
The Sys Ctrl area at the bottom of the screen lists the MIDI messages
currently assigned to the four System Controllers. These globally-available
realtime control sources are available to any patch, rhythm set, or
performance.
The REALTIME CONTROL Knobs and D Beam
The REALTIME CONTROL knobs and D Beam have three
realtime operational modes. The:
• REALTIME CONTROL knobs—can be set
to control filter/envelope parameters,
arpeggiator/rhythm parameters, or assignable
parameters. To select the mode, repeatedly
press the FILTER/ENV•ARP/RHY•ASSIGNABLE
button—the current mode is indicated by
a lit red LED. When you’re controlling MFX
parameters you’ve chosen, set the knobs to
ASSIGNABLE.
• D Beam—can trigger a pad, act as a simple synthesizer, or
control assignable parameters. When you want to control
an MFX parameter you’ve selected, press ASSIGNABLE so
it lights.
When and Where Are Effects Saved
After you’ve set up your effects just so, save your work to make
sure you don’t lose it when you power-off, select another
patch or rhythm set in Patch mode, or another performance in
Performance mode.
Saving Effects Settings in Patch Mode
When you’ve created or edited the effects associated with a:
• patch—write the patch to user or card memory to save
your effects.
• rhythm set—write the rhythm set to user or card memory
to save your effects.
Saving Effect Settings in Performance Mode
To save your effects in a performance—when you’re preparing
to record or using splits and layers in performance, for
example—write the performance to user or card memory.
When you set up effects during the process of recording a song, those
effects—along with all of your other song data—can be saved in one
operation using the Song Save or Save Song + Samples procedure,
described in the Workshop booklet Sequencing on the Fantom-X.
Moving Effects from Patch to Performance Mode
The Fantom-X is a great instrument for inspiring new
musical ideas, particularly in Patch mode, where you can be
experimenting with patches, rhythm sets and rhythms, and
the arpeggiator. It’s easy to record a new idea right in Patch
mode.
When you want to add more parts to your arrangement,
however, you’ve got to move your idea over into Performance
mode, where multitrack sequencing takes place on the
Fantom-X.
Since a patch’s effect settings are often critical to its sound,
you’ll most likely want to move the patch into a performance
with its effects intact so it sounds the same there as it did
when inspiration first struck.