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Roland X-6 User Manual (348 pages)

Brand: Roland | Category: Musical Instruments | Size: 11.69 MB |

English

Table of contents

Owner’s Manual

1

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

2

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

2

IMPORTANT NOTES

4

Contents

10

Main Features

15

Panel Descriptions

16

Rear Panel

18

Getting Ready

19

Turning On the Power

21

Turning Off the Power

22

Listening to the Demo Songs

23

Various Performance Features

24

Control Pedal

25

Transpose (Trans)

25

Overview of the Fantom-X

26

About Memory

28

About the Onboard Effects

29

About the Sequencer

30

About the Sampling Section

32

About the Function Buttons

34

Moving the Cursor

34

Registering a page

37

Recalling a page

37

Playing in Patch Mode

38

Selecting a Patch

39

(Patch Finder)

40

Performances (Live Setting)

42

Selecting Favorite Patches

44

(Favorite Patch)

44

Transposing the Keyboard

45

Affected by the Controller

47

D Beam (Pad Trigger)

48

Assigning a Parameter to a

48

Controller

48

Playing Percussion

52

Instruments

52

Playing a Rhythm Set

53

Playing in Piano Mode

54

Playing electric piano

55

Saving a Sound (Patch)

55

Creating a Patch

56

Editing in a Graphic Display

57

(Zoom Edit)

57

Saving Patches You’ve

59

Functions of Patch

60

Modifying Waveforms (Wave)

62

Pitch Env

68

LPF BPF HPF PKG

69

Modulating Sounds (LFO)

74

Step LFO

76

How to Apply the LFO

76

Solo/Portamento

77

Sound (Solo/Porta)

77

Miscellaneous Settings (Misc)

78

Creating a Rhythm Set

83

Saving Rhythm Sets You’ve

86

Functions of Rhythm Set

87

Sounded (WMT)

89

Output Settings (Output)

95

Selecting Favorite

100

Performances

100

Using the Layer Screen

100

Playing in Performance Mode

101

Using the Mixer Screen

103

List (Performance Part View)

106

Creating a Performance

107

[F2 (Output Effect)]

108

[F3 (Pitch)]

109

[F4 (Offset)]

110

[F5 (Key Range)]

110

[F6 (Scale Tune)]

111

[F7 (External)]

112

[F8 (MIDI Filter)]

113

MIDI Filter

113

Selecting the Parameter

114

Controlled by the Realtime

114

Controllers or D Beam

114

Controller (Control Setting)

114

D Beam (Solo Synth)

115

D Beam (Assignable)

116

Saving a Performance

120

You’ve Created (Write)

120

Waving Your Hand Over

121

Sound (D Beam Controller)

121

Solo Synth

123

Using Knobs or Buttons to

124

Modify the Sound (Realtime

124

Controller)

124

Assignable Switch Settings

125

Using a Pedal to Modify the

126

Sound (Control Pedal)

126

Playing Arpeggios

128

Playing Arpeggios Along

129

Arpeggio Settings

129

Creating an Arpeggio Style

131

(Arpeggio Style Edit)

131

Saving the Styles You Have

132

Created (Write)

132

On and Off

133

Selecting Chord Forms

133

Playing Rhythms

135

Rhythm Pattern Settings

136

Creating an Rhythm Pattern

138

(Rhythm Pattern Edit)

138

Saving the Patterns You

139

Have Created (Write)

139

Creating Your Own Styles

139

(Rhythm Group Edit)

139

Saving the Rhythm Group

140

You Have Created (Write)

140

Sampling

141

Input Effect Setup Settings

142

Sampling Procedure

142

Dividing a Sample During

144

Sampling Earlier in Time

145

(Skip Back Sampling)

145

Editing a Sample

146

Displaying Sample Edit

148

Setting the Start/End Points

149

Making Settings for Sample

150

(Sample Parameters)

150

Assigning Samples to a Pad

151

(Assign To Pad)

151

From Patch Mode

152

From Performance Mode

152

Creating a Multisample

153

(Create Multisample)

153

Dividing a Sample into

157

Notes (Chop)

157

Joining Two or More

158

Samples (Combine)

158

Saving a Sample

159

Using the Pads

160

Making Settings for the

161

Pads (Pad Setting)

161

Writing the Pad Settings

162

Exchanging the Sound of Two

162

Pads (Pad Exchange)

162

Assigning a Pattern to a

163

Pad (RPS Function)

163

Using the Pads to Play

163

Playing Back a Song

164

Various Playback Methods

165

Start/Stop Song Playback

167

Recording Songs

168

Recording Your

170

Performance as You Play It

170

(Realtime Recording)

170

Inputting Data One Step at

174

Editing Songs

177

Editing Sequencer Data

180

Over the Specified Range

180

(Track Edit)

180

Aligning a Song’s Timing

181

(Quantize)

181

Erasing Unwanted Performance

183

Data (Erase)

183

Deleting Unwanted Measures

184

(Delete)

184

Copying Phrases (Copy)

184

Transpose the Key (Transpose)

185

(Change Duration)

187

Shifting Performance Data

189

(Data Thin)

190

Editing Individual Items of

192

Sequencer Data (Micro Edit)

192

Sequencer Data Handled by a

193

Phrase Track/Pattern

193

Moving Sequencer Data (Move)

195

Copying Sequencer Data (Copy)

195

Assigning a Name to a

197

Song (Song Name)

197

Saving a Song (Save)

198

Saving a Song with Samples

199

(Save Song+Samples)

199

Saving a Song (Save Song)

199

Saving a Song as an SMF

200

File (Save as SMF)

200

Loading a Song (Load)

201

Importing a WAV/AIFF File

202

(Import Audio)

202

Before You Use the RPS

203

Function

203

Using the RPS Function

204

While You Perform

204

Adding Effects

206

Applying Effects in Patch

207

Applying Effects in

210

Performance Mode

210

Making Reverb Settings

216

(Reverb)

216

Mastering Effect

217

About USB Functions

218

Switching the Storage Mode

218

Your Computer (Storage Mode)

219

Exchanging MIDI Messages

222

(MIDI Mode)

222

Basic Procedure

223

Functions of System

226

Parameters

226

Sync/Temp

227

Metronome

228

Using the Local Switch

229

How Do I Adjust the Volume?

229

Scale Tune

232

System Information

234

Data Management Functions

235

Using Fantom-X Editor

236

Fantom-X Editor System

237

Requirements

237

About V-LINK

238

V-LINK Parameters

239

Resetting the Image

239

Screws to be removed

240

5mm Hexagonal

240

Checking the Installed Wave

241

Expansion Boards

241

Installation de la carte

242

Vérification des cartes

243

Expanding the Memory

244

Checking that memory is

245

Ajouter de la mémoire

246

Vérifier que la mémoire est

247

Using a Memory Card

248

Troubleshooting

249

Issues Related to Effects

251

Issues Related to Saving Data

251

Issues Related to Sequencer

252

Issues Related to MIDI and

253

External Devices

253

Issues Related to Sampling

254

Parameter List

255

Misc Group (P.78)

258

CTRL 1–4 Group (P.81)

258

Effect Group (P.207)

258

Rhythm Set Parameter

259

Performance Parameter

262

Control Setting Group (P.114)

263

Pad Setting Group (P.161)

263

Arpeggio Group (P.128)

264

Rhythm Group (P.135)

264

Chord Memory Group (P.133)

264

Effect Group (P.210)

264

Rhythm Group Parameter

265

Sample Parameters

265

System Parameters

266

Effects List

270

12: STEP PHASER

274

13: MULTI STAGE PHASER

274

SAW1 SAW2

275

21: ROTARY

276

23: CHORUS

277

24: FLANGER

277

31: 3D STEP FLANGER

279

35: OVERDRIVE

281

38: VS DISTORTION

281

42: GATE

282

Feedback

285

Balance W

287

Balance D

287

64: REVERB

288

When Using 3D Effects

292

Chorus Parameters

293

Reverb Parameters

294

Input Effect Parameters

294

Error Messages

296

About MIDI

297

MIDI Implementation

298

2. Data Transmission

304

5. Parameter Address Map

311

6. Supplementary Material

328

MIDI Implementation Chart

331

Specifications

333

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