the fantom x periance

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what's up yall. Let me know how you feel about the fantom x 6,7,8. Thinking of getting one. I used to have a phantom s but had to sell it. It was easy to use but I wasn't crazy about the sounds. How are the patches, audio track expansion , color screen, effects? Recently switched my sampler/drum machine to roland and I'm real impressed!!!!
 
Roland sounds are good. If I were you, I would just cop the Fantom XR, put a few SRX cards in it, and sequence it with the MV8800. MV and the XR would make a killer combo.
 
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for some reason i love the fantom x6 (of course i love the 8 more, but its way too out of my budget haha), but i go to guitar center all the time and always end up sitting down and play with the x6 for like half an hour...sometimes i got just for that lol... its gonna take me a few months to save up for the x6, but i know i want it... but like the other guy said, go with what works best for you... some people will come in here and bash on the fantoms, others will come and do the same for the motifs... just keep trying everyting you'd consider, and form your own opinion based on what feels good to you... it seems like you already have a good idea of what you want already, so just keep doing a little more testing on some other ones and you should come up with something soon... peace
 
I own a Fantom X-7, It has become the center of my keyboard rig.

Other keys: MO6, Triton Le, Karma, V-Synth, D50, M1, Wavestation, CS1X, JP8000, Prophecy. Notcounting grooveboxes, drum machines or rack mount sound modules.

I spend most of my time playing the Fantom X-7.

I tell others that it is the "Bread & Butter" of my studio. It's one hell of a sampler (rompler).
 
Are the sounds the same as the s series? Do you think going from an es8 to a x6 would be a positive or negative move? I don't play piano(trying to learn though) so the hammer keys don't matter to me. Having less keys don't either. I don't sequence on the motif much either. So its a matter of interface and sounds. Thanks
 
I love my fantom x6! Its easy to navigate (now that I know how to use it), and the sounds are good (and what you make of them!).
 
I have a dance friend who use to be primarily Korg and recently (last year) went to a Fantom X6.

He Loves it.

It has changed his writing style.

While I dont find much difference in sounds between the Motif stuff and Fantom, there is a world of difference when compared to Korg. Korg is bright and punchy (excited) sounding, always pushing forward in the mix. Roland is rounder and makes for smoother backing tracks.

Of course this is subjective....like always. I recommend auditioning each keyboard via headphones at you local store. Do this fast 5 to 10 minutes per keyboard with standard sound such as organ piano strings guitar. You'll hear the differences. Just playing around in the store may fool you into making qwick choices based on monitoring and environment of the store. (example korg will cut through the noise of the guitar wankers, yet be to bright in you mixes), hense the use of headphones and a determined method.

good luck
personally I'am always happy with my equipment purchases, of course my goal is to own it all.
 
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Do you sample on the x7 or just sequence the stock sounds? How are the patches compared to your other synths? Anything you really just can't stand about it overall?
 
Overall the fantom X is the best workstation! It has the biggest variety of sounds. The sequencer is great but I just make 4 bars loops and once i track the beat in pro tools i arrange them.
 
It did take me a few week to fall in love with the Fantom X7, The poly aftertouch made some patches run out-of-control such as guitar. The Pads took time to adjust to also, I still perfer others.

Sampling is extremely easy, chopping beats is fast and very efficent.

Being a lazy person and primarily a keyboard player, I've stop micro editing sequences. If the performance sucks, I simply play it again. And since I dont really do music for anyone but myself, sometimes I just give up on a beat and move on.

The only Roland product that I have been thrilled with is the SP-606. But being a infected with gear lust, I wont sell it.

I say the Roland Fantom X7 could easily be put to use on every song or beat you ever produce, where as many other products may have to set some songs out. But then on the other hand, the killer lead sound or that special patch that dominates the tune will usually come from another source. I think I am trying to say that the Fantom is the entire backing band, drums/guitar/bass/keys, but I always find myself reaching for another source for lead lines and the primary melody.
 
I am a strong roland supporter and i've owned a fantom workstation since it was just the fantom and like many others said in the previous threads the only thing holding roland back is the patches most of them sound way to synsethized like they come from the 80's. and im not a big fan of the drumpads on the fantom, their small, the velocity is all tense so that even if you put the sensitivity all the way up you still have to beat the pads like a red headed step child. but the upside is that the fantom line is so easy to use i mean the owners manual is 1/3 the size of any other major workstation, Im also big fan of the d-beam it adds a little pizazz into doin live shows. if only roland and korg put their heads together there would never be questions like this we would all jus go out and cop the new Rorg tantom-z and have the best of both worlds but thats not happenin ant time soon so i suggest you cop the best fantom on the market and the cheapest triton and just sample those lovely korg patches right into your fantom... Problem solved???
 
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