Tony, your videos meet my needs better than anybody else's out there. Yours are more practical, and you took the time to figure it out beforehand instead of just stumbling around trying to be the first vendor to post. Thanks, Tony!
Most the people making those videos aren't actually selling the product, they just review so it's more about RU-vid views to them. For Tony it's to help sell units or at least get people into his store so he takes more time to give great detailed demonstrations.
Tony, I always wait with anticipation for your videos. Your retail sales ability and gigging experience make them so much more meaningful to me personally. I was the GM of Technics in the US before Panasonic closed us. I would have loved to have someone like you on my national staff. Congratulations on another brilliant video and thanks for making the instrument and it's features relevant. Cheers.
Wow what a superb demo! Beautifully filmed! You have a quality of showing things very fast and still remain very understandable! Chapeau! Adri from Holland
As usual, your reviews are absolutely the best out there, no only because of your concise explanations, and enthusiasm, but also your skill as a player.....I always look forward to them whenever there is a new keyboard out there, as you manage to cut to the chase so much better than other reviewers....Thank you, once again!
exactly the info I've been looking for as I use the Fantom G8 live. No other demo shows what you did and I watched them all. Thank you very much. Hopefully you'll do more.
Everytime I watch this channel makes me want to get a visa just to personally visit you there in the U.K. & thank you for being an inspiration to me & the rest of the aspiring musicians out there. Keep safe and God bless you!
Tony I would die to work with a keys man like you..you are nothing less than a God. keep up the great vids dude! And OMG what a keyboard the Fantom is! Love the 3 part layer of piano styrings and rotary organ ..gorgeous!
You are a very clear to understand and organized speaker. Thank you. Some targeted camera work of what you were talking about or pressing would have been a huge bonus.
I have a Fantom 8 and although there is a significant learning curve, the excellent keyboard action and the ability to craft our own unique sounds make the keyboard well worth the price of admission. The main downside is that this is a very large and heavy keyboard so unless you have roadies to handle your gear, or you are a YOUNG, avid bodybuilder with a full size SUV to transport this in you wouldn't want to gig with this. I also have the RD-2000 and although it is significantly lighter and smaller, it is still a handful for one person to carry.
What lighter keyboard would you gig with? I have the RD800 and while it's great it's so heavy! I'd like to get something lighter to take to gig practises.
I liked the video, but thought I should mention that yes, OLD Yamaha's had voices and performances, but since Montage everything is performance. Same setup as the scenes at Fantom.
Very cool video, thanks Tony! If you were in the USA I would head down and buy one today. You have done and excellent job of hitting the basics and would love to see you do a follow-up video showing how to use the drum system and building a song! thanks so much for creating this vid!
By far the best demo shown on this keyboard and all the other sounds as well. This makes my decision alot easier on what to get next. Thank you so much :)
This guys videos make sense. I am so sick of hearing these other guys with the heavy synth sounds, saw waves etc. BORING BORING BORING!!! Same old crap over and over. Tony, keep up with the way you present boards, very clear, very much to the point, very useful for everyday players. Good job!!! Please do more and explore more of the reg. type sounds... Orchestral, Strings, Clavs, EPs, Acoustic Pianos, Horns etc. Show the drum patterns alittle more and how to do a fast edit etc. Whatever your do... DONT FOLLOW THE CROWD that are presenting videos for this board.... ALL THE SAME and NOT GOOD FOR ANYTHING. Thanks
Exactly! Most of the reviews I've seen just focus on the synth sounds and same old plodding drum programming. Tony has done it differently which is a welcome breath of fresh air.
@@bobsta For sure. It seems we are not alone in this. Everyone fatigues of the usual Sonic Blast Synth sounds and the beats that are useful for nothing other than EDM etc. Personally, I would like to see him put out a video showing a full sequence being done with pianos, drums, orchestrals etc. Hopefully he does it. Personally, I am not pulling the trigger on this board until I see more of what I would be using.
in case you didn't know it's because of your playing skills & editing knowledge would make me buy the Roland Fantom, thank you! P.S. You and Luke Edward's have great taste in music. And you both love the Iron Eagle sound track love it! 🙂❤
26:32 i was also tricked to save my effect on 1 zone as i was only saving the scene, not the tone, and losing my changes... but it was before I watched your video, thank you, very helpful!!!
Thank you for the video. Would you please be so kind enough as to consider doing a review of the Roland Fantom 2019? It's not just a workstation, but I believe a fully fledged synthesizer. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, they've added a new wavetable engine to the keyboard. I really like it. Thank you!
This is a good demonstration for the gigging keyboard player, but unless you can utilise all of the features of this board that the vast majority of players would never use, then I cant see how Roland justify the price. Kronos and Montage OS3 can do all of this and more at much lower prices, and if you considered MODX OS2, you could buy the 6,7,& 8 for the price of one Fantom 7.
Fantastic...was getting so tired of DAW this DAW that and fiddling with envelope knobs etc reviews of the Fantom...YAWN...there are suprisingly live gigging keyboardists out there that want to use it for what it was built for LIVE PLAYING and see it real world usage and not bedroom hero looping and knob twidling...Thank You. PS...knowone can seem to answer this ...will it read SMF or SVQ files??? And does it have a proper full blown Sampler...not a pretend one like the FA series????
Hi, great vídeo! Congras! It would be great to have a comparisson between Roland Fantom 8 and the new Korg PA5x 88 ;) I'm in the fence which one should I buy! I'm very bad at programing, so I want something simple with great sounds ready to use! Thanks :)
that string riff sounded familiar. couldn't remember the song, though. remembered hearing it in a movie, but couldn't remember the name. remembered that louis gosset jr. was in it, though. googled him to see what movies he was in. iron eagle was it. looked up the iron eagle soundtrack. saw "one vision" in there. ah, that was it. sometimes the internet really is awesome.
So much better than the official demos where the all say the same talking points. I use my synth for live stage playing so this is just way I wanted to see. Definitely better than my FA06, but I think I'll keep that for a while longer
Great video. Just what I wanted. Still can't afford one. Would you take an electric drill and a broken M1 as trade in? I'd need at least £2500 for both.
I would like your assistance if you are so kind...First of all, excuse me "my English", I am not a native English speaker... I am in a dilemma about whether to buy a KORG PA5X or a ROLAND FANTOM 0... I would like to know if the ROLAND FANTOM has the capability that the KORG PA series does have, which is to LOAD A SONG and SEPARATE IT by tracks; this greatly facilitates song editing. I assume that the ROLAND models would also have that very IMPORTANT capability... but I have not seen any mention in the many videos I watched about the FANTOM regarding that capability. Thank you so much, in advance...
I have a very hard decision to make am buying my first good piano because what I was learning on was not close to an acoustic piano at all. Anyways I saw a used Yamaha clp-430 in a very flawless condition at the price of the Roland FP-30 with stand and pedals, so I was wondering which key action do you recommend: the GH3 or PHA4 standard. Thanks for your time and help, love your stuff keep up the amazing work.
Thank you very much for a right to the point video! Would you please tell what kind of speaker/subwoofer system you had the Fantom connected to in your video? It sounds fantastic even on RU-vid!
Is this easier to use than Yamaha Montage? I never used a synthesizer. Only piano and organ. Also second question, which has better pianos and organs sounds? Looking at Yamaha PSR SX900 , Montage and Roland Fantom.
Think its already out there, don't think the base sounds is any different from the Integra. Sounds pretty familiar to me, but I might be wrong. I aint a Roland user currently, but I doubt Roland has changed strategics lately. They normally rely on a sound generation for sbout a decade
Would like to see a comparison of the Fantom 8 to the fantom X8 fir functions, saving creations and how to find by letter - number - name orders. What is new and different , what is lacking, can you copy patches to usb thumb drive and use them from there, ect. No one has done this yet and i am sure there are many out there who want to know.
The Fantom x8 is soooo outdated. A comparison with the Roland Fa- series will be better. I have owners the Fantom X8, and The Fa-08 as well. The X8 is not worthy.
Maple Green montage can morph between the motif synth and the Yamaha DX Kronos has the 9 discrete synth engines similar to oasys So far, I’m aware that Fantom has the v-piano engine from the Roland flagship pianos
Look Korg Kronos: 9 Engines for each sound,Sampler( Can do about anything you want) Yamaha Montage: Pure Analog Circuit, FM Synthesis,Sampler (Can do about anything you want) Roland New Fantom: (Drum Pads, Very good Midi intergration has no sampler but can do much more( Can do anything you want) It’s all about YOU!!!!!! Cause I will tell you one thing every one is biased get your ass up and go try a board for yourself and at the end of the day you won’t even use all the features these top boards are offering cause I don’t with my Montage 8
Just like my Fantom G I hate that the scene does not save any editing I do to the individual sounds. My Yamaha Modx does save all edits to there scene which I just love. Does the Fantom still have performance editing?
Tony, quick question. How is the action compared to a FA08? Is it as weighted or Is it more similar to a FA07? Also, how is the action on the RD88 compare?
Great video! You explained that the Fantom has just one mode called a Scene mode, but then you showed us that it also has a Single Tone mode. It seems that Scene mode is the equivalent of a typical performance mode on another keyboard, and Single Tone mode is like the typical voice mode. Is there a multitimbral mode such that 16 (or more) different sounds can be controlled separately via MIDI channels or is this done via Scene mode as well? Also, can all of the tones be edited or do you have to save them into user slots? If the latter, how many user slots are there for tones? Thank you so much in advance for any answers you can offer!
