Roland FANTOM-0 - How to set up Keyboard Switch Groups 

Man, i also didn't see he was pressing Edit there..... He should have mentioned it! Thanks for your help! Saved me a trip to the manual. :)

Hi, I admit, being a guitar player I'm a caveman with keyboards, I have an RD-300SX and don't readily know how to split/dual/transpose etc on that!! I'm used to a pickup switch, volume and tone, so the Fantom O is a world of mystery to my limited brain🤣 but it's a wonderful machine, I adore the T.W.O. Hammond sounds especially. The Switch Groups are fantastic, though I have to revisit the video every time I want a new one!! I've also learned why keysmen frown at guitarists a lot!!🤣@@Marbles35

I don't believe you.

You can blend, split and assign each zone or group, up to 16, combinations per Scene

So easy to do that, in Roland workstations

Is it plugged into an external monitor or amplifier?

Not between the zones in a scene. However, if you change scenes it will cut

You can change it with an option called "Scene Remain" but it will limit your scenes to 8 zones instead of 16

Can you usean external pedal to switch between Pads? After a key group? Like a scene chain but one that doesn't cut off sounds when you change the scene.

Yes, you can split, later and assign each zone as you want, it's great for live performances

I agree. These videos are hard to follow.

@Mike Owusu - I'm old and not that quick!

@@tubeDude48 Me too!

@@wicksp335 - I discovered that if you tap on the gear, you have the option to slow the video down.

The buttons are different as well. $4,000 on this Fantom 8 and i don't know how to use it. Musicians aren't computer geeks. This is frustrating as hell.

Why on earth would this be a wrong idea??? This is a great use of the pads and you obviously didn't watch the video because there ARE layers. Split options are defined for each tone individually. If you set tone 1 from C1 to C4, and tone 2 from C#4 to C8, and set both tones to be active for the group 1 which is triggered by the pad 1, there you have your split.

@@petara45 what about volumes? if you want the piano at 100 and the strings at 50 volume?

@@williamshaneblyth I don't own the Fantom-0 but every multitimbral keyboard produced in the last 35 years is capable to set volume separately for every part. It is described somewhere in the manual. It can certainly be done on the Fantom. Otherwise, the multitimbrality and the keyboard itself would be completely useless.

@@petara45 my point was it wasn't mentioned or shown where it is set. Not about the keyboard but more about completely missed out of the video and not obvious at all from the screens shown. I don't own one yet and like to see how and the basics are implemented if it's not even mentioned I assume nothing. I can't play one cause I where I live remotely so these type of videos are important the modx videos show all this stuff in depth.

@@williamshaneblyth Look, this is a short video about creating switch groups. It is not a substitution for the manuals. And Ed says clearly he will show you how to "create switch groups for zones inside a scene". So, it is your job to download the manual, take a look what a zone is and what a scene is. Different terms for the same thing as you have on the MoDX (Performance and Part). You can create a scene with up to 16 zones, each zone has a sound you select, and you set the volume and the keyrange for each individual zone. That means that zones can even overlap, have the same volume, or be split with different volumes. These things are standard for over 35 years on keyboards. Once you have your Scene created in a way you want, you save it. And this video tells you how to turn zones inside your scene on and off with the pads. Creating scenes is not part of this video, but it is explained in the manual. Otherwise, each of these videos would be 20 minutes long and contain needless information most people are familiar with. Editi: here I found a video which explains in depth the basics of how to create splits, layers and so on. One just have to search a littlebit more. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--9ZH6oBDumA.html