Settings Common to All Modes (System Function)
Keyboard Sens (Keyboard Sensitivity)Sequencer Settings (Sequencer)
Adjusts the keyboardOs touch.fig.15-04_50
Value
LIGHT: Light weight synthesizer keyboard like
MEDIUM: Standard
HEAVY: Acoustic piano simulation
Aftertouch Sens (Aftertouch Sensitivity)
Specifies the Aftertouch sensitivity. Higher values will allow
Aftertouch to be applied more easily. Normally you will leave this at
O100.�
Value: 0�100%
Power Up Mode
For details on the setting, refer to OHow to Make the System
Specifies the condition that the Fantom will be in when the power is Function Settings� (p. 178).
turned on.
ValueSequencer
LAST SET: Reinstates the patch and performance selected at the
time the Fantom was last turned off.Sync Mode
DEFAULT: The Fantom will be ready to play Performance Specify the synchronization message that the FantomOs sequencer
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Value
Backlight Saver
MASTER: The Fantom will be the master. Choose this setting when
Specify the time to pass before the backlight saver function is using the Fantom by itself without synchronizing to another device,
activated. If you do not want to use the backlight saver, set it to or when you want other MIDI devices to synchronize to the Fantom.
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SLAVE MIDI: The Fantom will be the slave. Choose this setting
If there are no panel operations or MIDI input for longer than the when you want the Fantom to synchronize to MIDI Clock messages
time specified here, the backlight will go dark. While the backlight is received from another MIDI device.
off, the display darkens, and the BEAT orange indicator lamp blinks.
SLAVE MTC: The Fantom will be the slave. Choose this setting
Value: OFF, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 minuteswhen you want the Fantom to synchronize to MTC (MIDI Time
The backlight saver function will be defeated when you play the Code) received from an external device.
keyboard or operate the panel of the Fantom, or when the following REMOTE: Use this setting when you wish an external MIDI device
MIDI messages are received.to have remote start/stop control. The tempo will be in accord with
Y Channel Voice Messagewhat has been set on the Fantom.
Y Channel Mode Messages
Y System Exclusive Message
MIDI Clock and MTC
MIDI Clock and MTC (MIDI Time Code) are both messages
Backlight Saverused for synchronization. Select either of them depending on
This backlight saver extends the backlightOs operational life. If the application.
the backlight becomes dim or fails to light, the display screen MIDI Clock transmits and synchronizes operations to a
will be dark and difficult to read.sequencerOs performance tempo, whereas MTC synchronizes
The factory default settings call for the Backlight Saver function operations between devices based on an absolute time. Since
to be switched off. However, in order to maximize the life of the Roland VS Series workstations are hard disk recorders, they
backlight, we recommend that you turn the Backlight Saver cannot send MIDI Clock. Therefore, using a MTC is convenient
function on.for synchronization of the hard disk recorder and the Fantom.
However, VS Series devices also feature specialized tracks for
recording MIDI Clock, so with the FantomOs MIDI Clock
recorded in this manner, we have another synchronizing
technique in which the VS device appears to be sending MIDI
Clock (although it is actually playing back tracks to which MIDI
Clock has been recorded). However, since the tempo must be
recorded to the VS sync track beforehand, MTC is only
convenient in synchronizing with songs that do not contain
great amounts of tempo data.
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