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Contents
IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4
How To Use This Manual........................................................................6
Notation Used in This Owner’s Manual...................................................................................... 7
Main Features........................................................................................14
Panel Descriptions................................................................................16
Front Panel................................................................................................................................................. 16
Rear Panel.................................................................................................................................................. 18
Overview of the Fantom .......................................................................19
How the Fantom Is Organized ............................................................................................................... 19
Basic Structure ............................................................................................................................... 19
Classification of Fantom Sound Types....................................................................................... 19
About Simultaneous Polyphony................................................................................................. 21
About Memory.......................................................................................................................................... 22
Temporary Memory...................................................................................................................... 22
Rewritable Memory ...................................................................................................................... 22
Non-Rewritable Memory............................................................................................................. 22
About the Onboard Effects .....................................................................................................................23
Effect Types.................................................................................................................................... 23
How Effects Units Work in Different Modes............................................................................ 23
About the Sequencer................................................................................................................................ 24
What Is a Song? ............................................................................................................................. 24
What Is a Track? ............................................................................................................................ 24
Songs and the Sound Generator Mode ...................................................................................... 25
How Phrase Tracks, Parts and MIDI Channels Interact..........................................................25
Positions for Storing a Song.........................................................................................................26
Basic Operation of the Fantom ............................................................................................................... 27
Switching the Sound Generator Mode ([MODE]).................................................................... 27
Switching Screens from the Menu ([MENU])........................................................................... 28
Viewing a List of Patches or Other Data ([LIST])..................................................................... 28
About the [1]–[8] Buttons.............................................................................................................28
Moving the Cursor........................................................................................................................29
Modifying a Value ........................................................................................................................ 29
Assigning a Name......................................................................................................................... 30
Playing in Patch Mode..........................................................................31
About the PATCH PLAY Screen............................................................................................................ 31
Displaying PATCH PLAY Screen............................................................................................... 31
Selecting a Patch .......................................................................................................................................32
Selecting Favorite Patches (Favorite Sound)............................................................................. 33
Selecting Patches from the List.................................................................................................... 33
Auditioning Patches (Phrase Preview) ...................................................................................... 34
Selecting Patches by Category (Patch Finder) ..........................................................................34
Transposing the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift) ................................................................ 35
Transposing the Keyboard in Semitone Steps (Transpose)................................................................36
Selecting the Tones That Will Sound (Tone On/Off)..........................................................................36
Playing Single Notes (Mono).................................................................................................................. 37
Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento) ....................................................................................37
Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator)........................................................................................................... 38
Holding an Arpeggio....................................................................................................................38
Simulating a Rhythm Guitar ....................................................................................................... 38
Using an External MIDI Keyboard to Play Arpeggios ............................................................ 39
Making Arpeggiator Settings ...................................................................................................... 39