Here's a quick demo using multiple parts on the new Fantom 08. Everything's been played in real time, no overdubs. In the second part of the video I used the internal pattern sequencer playing along with a lead sound.
I just bought this today. Super excited to finally have a Fantom. I've been playing them in music stores since I was 18. 18 later and one will finally be in my home. Never give up guys!!!
Hi there! Bought this beauty 4 week ago after watching this video again and again. There is a video from Marc Watson out here. Very inspiring. Have fun with your new Fantom 0 and welcome to the club.
I'm a guitarist who was inspired by your videos more than 5 years ago. I've been buying synths like crazy ever since, learning and playing. You are a master.
I absolutely love this. Great playing and great sound from the Fantom. I'm getting the 07 next month and can't wait. I'd love the score for this piece. I think it's in B but playing by ear isn't my forte! Keep up the good work! 👍
Basically, Roland have done to the Fantom what Yamaha did to the Montage. Create a more affordable version of it, albeit without all of the gifts available on the premium model. Well done. About time.
Yes and no. Yamaha MODX is literally the same as Montage. It has the same possibilities as Montage, except aftertouch and less faders and knobs. On the other side Roland Fantom-0 series doesn’t have nZyme and V-piano, like it’s flagship brother. So it’s not the same keyboard with less controllers, comparing to MODX and Montage, because it has less possibilities than Fantom.
@@roggyo Umm, no, MODX is literally NOT the same as Montage, which you quite clearly go on to confirm and contradict yourself. There are loads of differences which justify the lower price of MODX, some I/O related, some build related, there's polyphony differences so they literally CANNOT play the same music, and MODX can only have 4 layered parts when switching performances. They may have the same underlying sound engines, but they absolutely cannot get the same out of it, so by logical inference they are literally not the same. I completely understand where you are coming from with regards to engines available, but then again, n/zyme isn't part of OS 3.0 anyway and is a paid extra (albeit a worthy one and justifies owning a Fantom over Fantom-0 in my opinion).
@@X22GJP Yes you are right about polyphony, built quality etc. I would add that Montage has better AD/DA converters as well and obviously better sound (majority don’t hear the difference but trained ear hears the difference in sound). Aftertouch doesn’t have nor MODX nor Fantom- 0. I know that for nZyme you have to pay extra money but it doesn’t work on Fantom - 0 series (even if you buy it), comparing to Montage and MODX, where literally everything what you buy for Montage you can use it and play on MODX and vise versa. I don’t understand what do you mean with - “MODX can have only 4 layered parts when switching performances”? Edit: MODX can have the same amount of layers and parts and scenes per performance as Montage. Variations of one performance are called scenes on Yamaha synths and there are 8 on both MODX and Montage. And on both synths Montage and MODX you can put the same amount of layers per performance, that’s why I didn’t understand what do you mean. Difference is only built quality, number of controllers, polyphony and aftertouch. That’s it. Otherwise whatever you can do on Montage you can do it on MODX as well, no limitations regarding programming possibilities.
I've heard the Montage and the MODX and the Montage has richer sounds, with more dynamics, the AD/DA also makes a big difference in quality sound, MODX's AD/DA looks like cheaper one
@@rickhunter6185 The difference in sound between the two is because of AD/DA converters, no other differences, they have the same sound engines, but converters obviously make the difference, just not a huge difference for average ear. Majority ppl even don’t hear the difference on blind test. But there is a difference and it should be because of the price. I suppose flagship Fantom has better AD/DA converters comparing to Fantom 0 as well. If there wouldn’t be any differences, no one would buy flagship models. My point is that Fantom 0 has more limitations than MODX comparing to their flagship brothers. Otherwise I prefer Yamaha samples, but I love Roland for synth sounds. Roland samples sound a bit outdated.
I have the Fantom 8 and I’ve been looking for a lightweight affordable 76 key keyboard to replace my dinosaur A-70. This is a welcomed addition. Thanks Roland. Note: a dedicated affordable 76 key controller would’ve sufficed 😎😎😎.
I get it about the 76 key controller, but as a Standalone DAWless creator, I am super amped about 256 notes of polypohy and ESPECIALLY 16 part multi timbral sounds READY TO GO!!
Started on a Mini Moog in 1975, then a Korg in 1979, Dx7, Roland, Juno's and a Sweet Artiria Anolog Laboratory. This Phantom Has everything wrapped into One...
Thanks for the video. I've been waiting for a video like this to check the potential of the Fantom O. Cus I love my FA 06 but I really want to know if the Fantom O deserve spent the money
Ive been fooling around with synths ever since the mid 80's. I absolutely love them. For awhile in the late 90's early 2000's i got addicted to buying keyboards and and rack units. My ex wife said i was a little obsessed. That was an understatement lol. But every year i think well cant do much more with them and eveey year i get proven wrong. This is some very beautiful sounds and some great playing.
Hi, Your game and videos are very enjoyable. Which Roland synthesizer would you recommend for EDM home studio work? Fantom 08 or JD-XA or System8? Thanks for the answer. All the best.
Domanda off-topic a GIANNI: secondo te ci sono possibilità che Roland mandi in Pensione Integra 7 e lo sostituisca con qualcosa di simile ad un Fantom Rack?
Hello ! Awesome sound. What can you tell me about the PH 4 keyboard board. Do the weighted keys feel comfortable? So far I've only dealt with Syntesiser keyboard beds.
The PHA-4 is I believe the best action at the pricepoint > for its intended use. However you need to be mindful of what it was designed for. A live gigging board; is not going to be aimed at imitating the flagship Fantom PHA-50. Or one of the great 'tanks' of acoustic reproduction such as the Kawai Mp11. Gosh is that one heavy to move. That 'intended use' then; is as a live performance keyboard bringing the engine to a range of keybeds that are either synth/lead/general purpose orientated, or Piano leaning instead (08). Nothing that isn't obvious there. Feel is very personal. Some hate Korg Rh3 - some pianists swear by it. Others are disappointed that Yamaha might have forgotten escapement on Nh3 - some conservatoire graduates actually prefer that! (return speed). So it's very very difficult to answer a question like this -- beyond general design. It was made to be expressive, light (weight) and more suited to keyboardists playing bigger pieces. If that's you -- you'll be as happy as the thousands of bands who used the earlier FA series over the years. If you're going 08 because you're looking depart from synth more and really delve into Piano alone; you may want to try a dedicated digital Piano instead. I assume you aren't because that misses out on a lot of the device as a whole -- in which case remember what a hybrid/versatile keyboard can do and what it can't. Nothing by design, can be the best at everything. If you can (and have prior preferences / experience) try one out before buying.
Hey Sir, inspiring as always. But how did you manage to avoid polyphony dropouts? I always have dropouts after layering 5 zones and playing them. Even though I used voicereserve
I didn't think about polyphony when playing this performance. Here I was careful using the sustain pedal only when it was needed and everything worked fine. Don't use voice reserve, I noticed that the whole system behaves better if left free too allocate voices as he want. 😉
@@Jason75913 well, if that is the case, then , yes, they will run into polyphony issues....someone like myself, where the master workstation keyboard runs the entire MIDI rig set up, with other keyboards and modules, it isn't an issue and someone who uses their workstation feeding into a DAW, will also get around that problem, because most of the sound will be generated by the plug ins of the DAW.
@@DrGargani and your average Roland keyboard user is a gigging keyboardist/pianist, that's what the feature set and marketing around these keyboards revolves around, and then the DAW integration and MIDI I/O is to appeal to a variety of other people, they try to cover a lot of ground
Bella Gatto!!! Non ho capito quando si trasferiscono le tracce su DAW (wave) questo sono 24 bit/96KHz ? O cosigli di uscire stereo e rientrare in scheda 96khz ?
Fantom-08? If it has the same keys as the older FA-08 keyboard, then maybe. Pianists tend to love the FP30 and occasionally the FA-08, but neither the FA-08 or Fantom-08 will beat the FP30 at piano _sound_
@@covett Except that’s only two samples- stereo L/R. For example? one piano program on a Nord is near 256mb, if not over. In today‘s piano VSTs they are WAY more than this for one piano- in the multi gigabyte range.
@@BNC593 Korg's Krome and Kronos go into the multi-gig range for pianos but yeah, too little user memory for user samples and expansions @ursulla just make sure not to buy a Roland keyboard for sampling, leave sampling to a proper sampler like the MPC One, Fantom-0 and such are _less than basic_
With up to 4 samples layered and individually pitched as you please per drum part (and that is one drumpart per key on the keybed), and each drum part also has 3 EGs and a filter this is all standard as far as Roland keyboards go
Se gestisci bene gli split delle varie zone, usi suoni giusti e sai usare bene il pedale del sustain é possibile 😉 In realtà se ascolti bene, un po' di voci vengono mangiate qua e là, ma nell'insieme nulla di così drammatico, considerando che ho usato veramente molte parti simultaneamente!
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@@pshimmons Don't know everything yet, but In the meantime: no analog, no XLR, no aftertouch, no V-piano, ......256mb, no 9th fader (which screws the organ, among many other things...), cheaper keybed, cheap wall wart instead of internal power supply, etc... From the videos it looks like the touchscreen may have changed, but who knows.
Hello. Thanks for your demonstration, but I, and I get the feeling from the comments, that few people know how this can be done on a phantom-0, if it is true that it can be done, and some of the sounds that They are heard in the video, they are not generated by fantom-0. Could you please provide documentation and a detailed example about it and even if you don't make it free, please put it on sale so that fans of these keyboards can learn and enjoy your magnificent work and decide to buy a Fantom-0. Thank you so much.
@@selling1232 I noticed it weighs about half as much. I tried lugging mine around in a nice rolling case.... Yikes! It is heavy. This one seems like it would be MUCH easier to move about.
Aftertouch? Of course not. Its a traditional Roland 3 wheeled ferrari. Another Roland product handicapped for some ill conceived notion of product displacement or hierarchy. And class compliant usb audio? Nope. Not even on the main fantom range, yet it is present on the new sp404 mk2. Rant over.
ASM can afford it, because their boards offer nothing but that. Most of their RND went into what is a perfectly fine - but very basic system. They aren't even in the same market space as Yamaha/Korg/Roland and never will be as they don't have even 0.1% of the footprint or value. AT has it's place but all the bigger brands will be loathe to put it on anything other than flagships with the right keybed focus for good reason. Not everyone needs it. Wants it or wants to accept the sacrifices elsewhere for the RND cost. AT has a specific feel. Which to some players just isn't welcome. Thats all it is. There's no 'standard' here at all. You just have no idea what you are talking about. You think companies with millions spent on RnD don't know what the market actually needs and wants? Lol. They are businesses that want profit and sales. Believe me. If it was wanted in enough numbers and was worth the development - you'd have it.
The drumkits are 25 years old for fucks sake. I don't hear anything new in the EDM drumkits, same shit as on the Roland JX305 & JV1080. Seems like Roland got super lazy. And the DSP on this is not cut-down version isn't enough to handle all the plugins which by-the-way cost shitloads of cash ☹️
