Fantom 66 Keyboard

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2) Can I setup 88 key based keyboard zones/ splits and layers in the Fantom 0 and simply MIDI in a lighter weight 88 key weighted board into Fantom 0 and play the Fantom setups? .... Like Elze does with Kronos 61s. I hoping for a plug and play solution and not having to program the 88.

I'm wanting to use a Fantom because I'm hooked on using the built in SP404 pad samplers Roland implements in the Fantoms and FAs. The flagship Fantom 7 is an option but I getting close to musical retirement and not really wanting to spend that much money at this point. I will need to look at the polyphony and other specs.

1) not sure, but I think it has some kind of live set mode

2) you definitely can, I've seen a number of people on the internet connect external boards to their Fantom-0, defining splits and layers from within the performance mode on the Roland, including our very own @EscapeRocks. One thing you'll have to keep in mind is that the Fantom's VTW organ engine is limited to midi channel 2, so if you still want to control that from the internal keyboard, you'll have to have the external board not sending any note data on channel 2

One thing you'll have to keep in mind is that the Fantom's VTW organ engine is limited to midi channel 2, so if you still want to control that from the internal keyboard, you'll have to have the external board not sending any note data on channel 2

The equivalent of Kronos Combis are Scenes, but they are presented on screen in a manner similar to Kronos Set List, with 512 locations (32 pages of 16), smaller Note fields, though the only "re-ordering" available is via re-writing them into the desired locations (e.g. no "insert" or "delete").

The equivalent of Kronos Set Lists (i.e. easily re-orderable pointers to the scenes/combis rather than the scenes/combis themselves) are the Scene Chains, and again, there are 32 pages of 16 (though the screen can only show the full names of 8 of them at a time, via a scrollable list). They are selectable via the screen or via hard buttons.

You could choose to name the Scene based on the song or program it's associated with. In fact, IIRC, the default name is the name of the program (Tone) it contains (or the first one, if it contains multiple. But I'm not near it now to confirm.

2) Can I setup 88 key based keyboard zones/ splits and layers in the Fantom 0 and simply MIDI in a lighter weight 88 key weighted board into Fantom 0 and play the Fantom setups? .... I hoping for a plug and play solution and not having to program the 88.

2) you definitely can, I've seen a number of people on the internet connect external boards to their Fantom-0, defining splits and layers from within the performance mode on the Roland, including our very own @EscapeRocks.

I don't think that's true (despite Moonglow's concurrence as well). You can plug in the 88 to trigger the Fantom sounds, but if you want to split multiple Fantom sounds, AFAIK, you'll have to program those splits on the 88. External MIDI does not respect the key range (split points) of the parts as defined internally on the Fantom. (It does on the Montage/MODX, which I'm mentioning for a reason that I'll get back to.)

I don't think that one's right either... The VTW organ definitely has to be on Part 2, but IIRC, you can define what channel you want Part 2 to receive on, it's not locked to only receiving on channel 2. (That's a Montage/MODX restriction, you can't reassign what channels Parts receive on, but the Fantom's don't have that restriction. Between this and the previous one, I wonder if you were mixing up the MIDI implementations of the Yamaha and Roland here.)

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Right, when I said it was added in a Fantom update, I was talking about the 6/7/8. All the Fantom updates that existed in the Fantom when the Fantom-0 came out were already incorporated in the Fantom-0 as shipped. The OS is essentially identical, apart from the obvious differences in the features/specs, like 16-part scenes with seamless transitions on the full Fantom vs. 8-part on the Fantom-0, no V-Piano engine in the 0.

Another very cool thing is the Fantom can natively show you what you're doing in Mainstage, and call patches directly. If you use smart control, it will also display those and let you use the knobs to control those.

Regular Fantom 7 owner here. No - you need to program your zones on your controller keyboard. Straight layers across the full key range will work, but you have to have splits assigned on the controller as the Fantom's internal splits aren't able to be played over midi. This is unlike Yamaha and Korg boards.

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