The New Roland Fantom - the Future of Synth Keyboard Workstations? 

Got one last week, in part because of this video. I haven't been disappointed. Sounds amazing and the integration with Logic Pro is incredible. Seamless, inspiring. Worth it.

congrats on the nice demo Jack, pity we couldn't meet up at the launch event!

EXCELLENT presentation...as usual! Showing the capability of this beast and having fun! Well done!

I was NOT expecting the awesomeness of that ending jam. I read the comments saying how good it was but I was not ready for that drop lol holy shiiiit. Jack, you're insane. Much love brotha man!

Renewed my hope for Roland! A beauty!!

damn I just want to take a moment to appreciate how much work Jack and the Maltese Falcon put in to make these videos! Thanks guys!

Maybe they should replace the “Demo" button on other keyboards with a "Jack" button. It sounds better to me :-)

I love your videos Jack! Perfect blend of technical info, playing and fun... thanks!

Holy ....... is this real , im blown away right now. this looks Beautiful.

that ending sold the fantom to me months ago. Thanks Jack, I love it :)

Been saving my nickles and dimes to get one of these and I'm just waiting for them to come back into stock this summer. I can't wait and have to make due with watching videos of it until I can finally have it in my hands. Looks incredible and sounds amazing.

Hey Jack! Awesome playing at the end of this one, You were on fire!🔥 👏 🎹

This video did help in my original decision to buy a Fantom 8 some months back. I really enjoy it -- but I have one real annoyance with the Fantom: Most modern polysynths like the Polybrute, even older instruments like the Alesis Ion, both of which I am intimately familiar with, have _far_ superior mod matrices, where basically every mod source (control surfaces, LFOs, envelopes, etc.) can be assigned to basically every voice parameter (in particular every continuous voice parameter). Which is unfortunate because the Fantom has an astonishing array of voicing possibilities, and with 4 foot controllers, the wheels/joystics, all of the knobs and automation, and the sheer number of LFOs -- having them mostly bound to a small number of bland parameters feels really limiting. I wish I could do things like assign an LFO to an n/zyme shape radius, or send key velocity to attack time on a Zen Core patch (or amp on any of the non-velocity-sensitive model expansions!), or release time to a foot controller. But these parameters just aren't exposed in CC or in the mod matrix to even configure, and it's very strange considering they're adjustable during performance so it's not like the compute power to do it isn't there. The Fantom really shines on sampled instruments - whether it's SN-A or any of the sound packs you can get, but it's not that great (in my experience) for doing ground-up sound design, mostly for combining other sounds. Which is fine, but it feels like it's a firmware update away from going from "awesome" to "the only synth you'll ever need".

Great to see Roland back, it's a great synth, a D50 meets a V synth for me. But I think the huge price tag in today's market...not so great.

Lol that was a sick shred at the end!

Jack on the V-Piano is lovely. This is a quick walk through of a really deep synth with one of the best presenters on RU-vid. The speed of access without paging through menus and a real touch screen are top notch, modern UI. No demo button might be a deal breaker though. They should load Jack's outro into every unit.

This channel deserves WAYYYY more subs, their production quality and reviewing is truly amazing.

Very nice review, I'm glad you showed a bit more about how it works and how it feels to operate, in addition of course to how it sounds

Wow! This is a monster of a keyboard. Great presentation, thanks for the video!

I love you Jack! Great introduction and final outro! Greets from Germany

Roland is bringing loads of practicality to the table, this will be a remarkable product with no doubt 😍😍

Looks like everything the Montage should have been. Nice job Roland.

Your reviews are always entertaining! Thanks!

Shred at the end 🤘🏻and now he feels epic!

Does it have an Organ section with drawbars and everything?

3:38 I'm always excited by a nice rear, too. Not sure we're talking about the same thing though

Can't wait to connect my Seaboard to this. I was considering Kronos but now I am happy that my Birthday plus Christmas Gift will be this.

When I bought the XP80, the top of the Roland workstations line back in 1996, I went to the bank and began refunding the loan for years. Here, it's almost double the price if I want the full size keyboard ! I'm a little bit afraid the bank will refuse the loan lol. But a fantastic workstation.

I’ve seen many of your videos and the instruction is very good. Well done my RU-vid friend!

Awesome playing at 24:41

😂😂😂😂Bruh Jack has me dying every video. My favorite channel I swear.

Last compilation at the end reminded me of an updated 80s teen movie soundtrack. Nice and smooth

Goodness, that’s BIG!

I should start saving up for this

Solid rock out at the end. Maybe I haven’t watched enough yet but, respect.

It looks good but is it as good as the Yamaha montage or modx? My old Fantom x6 is extremely heavy and that's why I'm Yamaha dude now. What's the weight of this fantom?

Beast! I'm getting the 61 key version. Thank you for the video.

Wow! Again, KILLIN playin Jack! It doesn’t matter what keyboard you have!

This was the best demo yet, that I've seen of this beauty. You're enthusiasm has probably sold 10 of them already 👊 One question for you, which hopefully you can answer. Is there a probability mode function on the tr rec style sequencer, like there is on the mc707?

The sound effect at 12:50 when you listen with an earphone. Good stuff

FUCKING YAAAAAAS!!! I was discussing with the guys in guitar guitar about when a new fantom was gonna come out, and for the sake of a sale they were trying to convince me it still had years before a new one. I wasnt having any of it and got a MODX instead. And now, Im going to buy this from you guys instead! :D :D :D :D

Looks cool and might be my next workstation etc. Sold my Kronos 2 88key and going to be in the market for a new workstation and this might just be the one. I didn't know they were coming out with a new Fantom.

This think is sick. I still use my Fantom x-8 even though it's a slog to actually use to it's full potential anymore. I mainly use it for it's keyboard (which is still very responsive and dynamic in spite of its age) and how the resonance filter can create some great destructive effects. I'd love to be able to justify the 4k to own this new model...maybe someday.

Based on feel (keybed action), features and functionality, which would you buy... Fantom 8, Montage 8, Kronos 88?

So how far or near is to the fantom x6 and g6 series?

Disculpe la pregunta que Cámara de vídeo está usando?

Makin some fire on that sequence bit nice 1 jacky

best demo EVER!!!!!!! Yeah!!!!

Imagine if you plugged in a USB controller like XKeys or Seaboard and the Midi is passed to the 5-pin Midi Thru.... Hey, how long does it take for this workstation to turn on, up and running? 40 seconds? That's quite good.

Please help me! I’m so new to music production and bought this, don’t judge lol I can only hear it with my head phones or on pro tools. What speakers would be best for live play?? Thank you so much

Cool looking sound panels in the back. Can someone provide more info or a link? Thanks

What a solo on the outro!!!

I can see this selling well to the pro guys needing an all-in-one.

that outro was a killer 🔥

If someone were to combine the functionality of the Fantom with the sounds on the montage, that would be the best keyboard in the world

Wow ... what does THAT look like? .... cool vid Jack

What...the.... where did this drop from? Daaamn. Just when i was happy with my move to Yamaha, Roland come knocking on my door again. Edit: That price though... wow.. I could buy a 128GB SSD upgrade for a MacBook Pro for the same money! ;-)

"40 seconds to turn on F-you Kronos!" you're hilarious mate!

Can we load samples?

@20:20 Nice to *finally* see Roland doing EFX unit double-buffering like the Kronos (I'd proposed this about 15 years ago on the RolandClan forums before the Kronos even existed). Dual EFX streams, one for 'last patch' and another for 'current patch' should be table-stakes for any synth, workstation or not, going forward. CPU horsepower is cheap, and there is no longer any excuse for any performance or studio synth now to cut off or 'pop' when changing patches.

Great review skillz, Jack. Andertons don’t pay you enough....At least two bags of bacon fries should be standard rate fare

Very montage-like, light indicators for sliders and knobs, in+out audio interface, everything in one mode. Seems like Roland chose the yamaha way over the korg way.

Do you think they are hiding a production small package to compete with MPc studio two And do you think Native Instruments is going to come up with a touchscreen

Any demonstration of the quality of the orchestral sounds? As a bread and butter instrument it's nice to have pianos and synths, but for the price point I'd expect it to be good in all areas.

Could you do a release of the new kurzweil pc4? Thx for all your nice videos

Seems like an amazing keyboard but - unless I'm mistaken - no tonewheel modelling? Seems a shame because otherwise this would be the complete all-in-one stage instrument.

Jack is second only to Nick Batt.

How much is it?

I looked up the price, but it gave me crippling anxiety.

Man I been waiting and waiting for Roland finally! There back! I didn’t like my Roland rd 2000 sounds. These sounds seem miles ahead but for $4000 they should be 😂

“F you Kronos!” Hahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

Who in their right mind wouldn't want an adult activity centre like that! Awesome!

is there a mic hidden in that cactus?

Which country Mededed

Hi Jack. Is this better than the Jupiter X?

Did they ever solve or mitigate the polyphony issue?

With the USB connectivity, it would be great if it had USB C, adn used the internal power supply to charge a laptop, so the laptop only needs the one cable to the keyboard, and the keyboard rig only needs one power socket (excluding an amp or monitor).

Yeah! My Roland FA06 only takes 9 seconds to turn on! Take that Roland Fantom! Wait, umm, oops, sorry.

Great workstation. A proper job...not dumbed down and plasticky

Been waiting for the new flagship from Roland! Beast Mode engaged!!

Thinking if i should sell my stage 3 for this??!! 🤔

14:00 "Georgy Porgy", great song. Oh man, now I need two piles of money - one to buy the keyboard, the other for enough lessons to get some chops.

21:11 the V-Piano??? Cut out. But even with this the new Fantom seems to be something really great.

Jack Duxbury has got to be one of my favorite humans on the planet.

Not sure how many people this will be ideal for. I mean, if you’re going to do this much music production, and with a computer screen...why not just use a few hardware synths with a DAW? I get wantin to use hardware - that’s all I use these days- but if I were to get that serious into production again, buying a 3400 synth seems incredibly economically inefficient. With that kind of doe, you could have a pretty sweet mini studio with decent monitors, an iMac or Mac book and some nice hardware synths/keyboards as well.

Why you all are demonstrating only envolops function pls show us other operating too bro

Think it will be good, tho very expensive me thinks?

Roland may have finally delivered a Kronos killer..

At 12:43 am I the only one who had a huge smile on his face???

Yeah this may have just jumped the Kronos on my wish list. But...why are the mod wheels so far away?

if u look at this guy in a certain angle, he kinda looks like steph curry.......

At 21:12 the piano sound is cut by changing to another sound. That should be fixed.

I have the RolandCloud.So,why I should buy this?

Cant lose with Roland

19:23 Isn't that nicked from Omnisphere 2?

the first patch is enough to buy it

It's like QVC for synths :D

I’ll stick with my Roland Fa 06 thank you very much

The Fantom is even better now.

good showman ))