roland fantom s

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Connect the outputs to the inputs and you'll get feedback I suppose.:D j/p

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a motive, this has a huge ass lcd, chop up sampling, velovity sensitive pads just like the akai, and lots of other stuff.
 
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The Fantom really seems to be the underdog in the workstation game... I'm curious about it's performance as well.
 
I bought my fantom s88 in late december and even though I have not yet played much on it. I have also limited knowledge of keyboreds and what not. My thoughts would be that, as of the moment the sample pad is horrible and so far I am disappointed in howhard i must hit both the keybored keys and sample pad. My mom owns a grand piano and compared to the hit on the rolands keys bothers me..

Yet then again i have little knowledge on it all and I hope to jam on it more in the future. In the mean time I have 2 other toys too master as well that I got last week. Ie mpc 1000 which I am already pretty comfortable with after a week of use and understanding of most functions. My other, digidesigns pro tools digi 002 Mixing bored, in which I just recently got down to finally work on my main computer even though its old (400mhz scsi drives) .. good for its time ha and... trying to work on my laptop but i am having playback engine buffer prblems with that. Oh yeah I also bought a town house so I am moving in two weeks I'll take a picture of most of my equipment then..
 
You can adjust the velocity on the Fantom keys and I am sure on the pads also.
 
I have a Fantom-S 61 key.

The last time I touched a keyboard before that was when I was 8 years old, I'm 21 now. Yikes.

So I didn't know what I wanted, just something that could sample. Needed a workstation keyboard. I tried it out, and an "old" Yamaha EX7 I think it was, or 5.. well, I didn't like Yamaha's interface. When I played the Fantom, I fell in love. So I bought it October last year.

Since I'm completely new, this board is a blessing. I had a couple troubles getting started, but honestly - probably 90% of how I learned it was on my own, no manual. That's how straightforward it's interface is. And I love it's sounds, and how I can manipulate them, and bring my own in. I just LOVE it.

So overall I'm satisfied, I'd just say try one out yourself.

Unfortunately Roland has stopped making them now that they revealed the Fantom-X with full-color LCD, 128 Polyphony and other things. It's basically what the Fantom-S should've been. That unit will retail for like $2000. If you don't need what it offers beyond the Fantom-S you can get the FS cheaper for sure.
 
Fantom S is a nice board. I like what it can do. The pads could be better but everything is not perfect. But for an all in one workstation, it covers much ground. This is a workstation that will grow with you. You can create multisamples and manipulate sounds with ease. The large LCD screen helps and I never needed to use the software editor to edit the fantom s patches. If you put your mind to it, you could use this thing period without any other gear. The sounds are great. The price right now is a deal thats why korg lowered the price on the Triton Le. The sequencer is different to what I'm use to. I still us my MPC 2000Xl to sequence everything.
 
I have a Fantom-S 61 key as well. Dope ass board. Super easy to use. You can download for free all 1024 patches off of the xv5080. Real time time-treatching. The pads are nice, not the best, but nice.
 
i think this is the best keyboard on the market to tell u the truth, u can do sampling and everything. Everybody is prolly gonna tell u to get the triton, but go to a music store and try one, u can adjust the pad sensitivity and all that. i got a 61 key for christmas and i've done a couple of hot joints on it. I highly recemend it, espeically if u wanna be different but still put hot music out there

holla
 
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