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Main Features
● Functions that stimulate your
creativity
The Fantom provides numerous functions that enhance its
playability for realtime performance, and let you develop this into
musical productions.
Numerous drum patterns based in actual professional drum playing
are built in. Twelve types of pattern variations including fills are
assigned to an octave of the keyboard, allowing you to perform the
drum part in real time. In addition, the drums can be made to play at
a steady, natural tempo, regardless of the timing at which you press
the keys.
A newly developed arpeggiator is also built-in. In addition to
complex phrases that would be impossible to play by hand, you can
also use the arpeggiator to play phrases that are similar to actual
performance. Furthermore, the D Beam and other realtime
controllers can be used to modify the arpeggio style. This not only
makes for a dramatic leap in expressive potential during a live
performance, but also supports your own playing.
Phrases played by rhythm patterns or the arpeggiator can be
recorded on the sequencer just as they are played. Your realtime
performance can be saved instantly as song data, or even used as a
template for a step-recorded phrase.
In addition, patterns created on the sequencer can be triggered by
the keyboard and played by the RPS (Realtime Phrase Sequence)
function. Rhythm patterns and complex phrases created using the
arpeggiator can be recorded on the sequencer, and then played in
real time, for amazing live performance possibilities.
● Designed to be a true musical
instrument
In a departure from the straight-line design of previous
workstations, the Fantom features a distinctive design, which
proclaims its worthiness as a true musical instrument, while at the
same time projecting a sense of quiet dignity.
● General MIDI- and General MIDI 2-
Compatible
The Fantom is compatible with both General MIDI and General
MIDI 2 standards. Any General MIDI and/or General MIDI 2
compatible music data (GM score) can be played back on the
Fantom.
General MIDI
General MIDI is a set of recommendations which seeks to
provide a way to go beyond the limitations of proprietary
designs, and standardize the MIDI capabilities of sound
generating devices. Sound generating devices and music files
that meet the General MIDI standard bear the General MIDI
logo ( ). Music files bearing the General MIDI logo can be
played back using any General MIDI sound generating unit to
produce essentially the same musical performance.
General MIDI 2
The upwardly compatible General MIDI 2 ( )
recommendations pick up where the original General MIDI left
off, offering enhanced expressive capabilities, and even greater
compatibility. Issues that were not covered by the original
General MIDI recommendations, such as how sounds are to be
edited, and how effects should be handled, have now been
precisely defined. Moreover, the available sounds have been
expanded. General MIDI 2 compliant sound generators are
capable of reliably playing back music files that carry either the
General MIDI or General MIDI 2 logo.
In some cases, the conventional form of General MIDI, which
does not include the new enhancements, is referred to as
“General MIDI 1” as a way of distinguishing it from General
MIDI 2.