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What is a sequencer?

Song

On the Fantom-X, the term “song” refers to a composition you create using the sequencer.

The song contains musical data together with settings for the sound generator. In other

words, a song can contain all the information for an entire composition. When you’re finished

creating your song, you can save it as a SONG file. Later, you can load this song file to

reproduce the complete state of your song, including the musical phrases, settings for the

sound generator, and the effects (but not the mastering-effect).

→ “Playing Back a Song” (p. 164) in Owner’s Manual

→ “Recording Songs” (p. 168) in Owner’s Manual

→ “Editing Songs” (p. 177) in Owner’s Manual

Track

Inside the Fantom-X’s internal sequencer, a “track” is an area that holds musical performance

data. There are sixteen tracks (1–16).

Patch

“Patches” are equivalent to individual instruments such as bass, piano, and guitar.

→ “Playing in Patch Mode” (p. 38) in Owner’s Manual

Performance

On the Fantom-X, a “performance” contains settings that let you use up to sixteen patches

simultaneously.

→ “Playing in Performance Mode” (p. 97) in Owner’s Manual

Part

A performance contains sixteen “parts.” For each part you can adjust the volume, pan, and

other settings. For example, you can assign a piano patch to part 1, a guitar patch to part 2,

etc., and adjust the volume balance of each instrument.

→ “Using the Mixer Screen” (p. 103) in Owner’s Manual

Channel

The sequencer uses “channels” to communicate with the sound generator. Here’s an example:

• In the sequencer: record the bass on channel 2.

• In the sound generator: set the bass to receive channel 2

In this example, the musical performance data on channel 2 will play the bass sound.

→ “Viewing the data within a track” (p. 178) in Owner’s Manual

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