I checked it out but didn't buy one. I actually like roland's older sounds more, except for the guitars, (the xv and jv series, for example.) They sound fatter and warmer to me. Just my subjective observation. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vince Mistretta To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 2:48 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: questions to fantom synthesizer Has anyone tried the Fantom "G" series yet? That has a feature which turns the Pad buttons into numeric keys for direct entry access with just a push of the "Numeric" button. On 10/8/09, Omar Binno <omarbinno@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > wow. Thanks Mark. I had a fantom x a few years back, and I didn't experiment > with it that far. I did notice that the left and right arrows wrapped > around. This is good to know though. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Dew > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:43 PM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: questions to fantom synthesizer > > > That is not the case with the fantom x. > I have edited all my favorite voices with out that experience. > The curssor up and down buttons stop at the top and botton. > There are some cases where the left and right will circle around. > It could very well be, I've been using Roland for 23 years and I am used > to > the madness of it all. > After editing the voices I save them to the user section. > Then I put them in the favorite list. > There are 20 banks containing 16 slots to a bank where you can save a > voice. > When you bring up the favorite list the up and down cursor buttons scrolls > through the banks and the f1 through f8 below the screen selects the > voice. > Hold the shift and press f1 through f8, > this selects the 9 through 16 voice of that bank. > Run the up button up and it stops at bank 1. > Run the down button down and it stops at bank 20. > They do not wrap around. > When you enter the edit mode, the f1 and f2 below the screen scrolls throu > the different parameter pages. > F1 stops at page 1 and f2 stops at page 18. > The up and down cursor buttons selects the parameter to be edited. > They do not wrap. > I'm not sure, but there could be a setting some where in a menu that would > change this. > Of course as you know as a blind user, we all have to be determined to > find > a way. > > Cheers! > > Mark > > > > > > At 11:43 AM 10/8/2009 -0400, you wrote: > > Most Roland keyboards are largely inaccessible for blind users. The > >reason for that is that their cursors wrap around in the menus. They > don't > >stop at the top or the bottom. So you won't know where you left off if > you > >forget your last position on a menu. They do sound great though. > ----- > >Original Message ----- From: Oliver Zenz To: > ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 11:26 AM Subject: [ddots-l] > >questions to fantom synthesizer > >Hi Listers, > > > >some times I have heared, that the roland fantom gear is little or > more > >accessible by blind users. does anny body of you know something more? > > > >I heared the Juno G, and this little thing sounds pretty well! so I > found > >out, that it consists to be of the same soundchip as like the fantom, > >but it > >just has 61 keys, and i was looking after one with 88 keys. But all > models > >have different sounds, and i would love to have the same sounds in > anny > >keyboard of this gear, so under the link below you will find a kind of > >editor and librourian that lets you transfer sounds from one to the > other, > >wich is normally not possible, because roland placed the waves for the > >sounds in each model in different places. now this editor knows where > the > >waves of each model are placed and makes the apropriat changes to the > >sounds. so now one can transfer a sound from the fantom-xs to the juno > g > >and > >so on. > > > >http://perplextor.wordpress.com/category/juno-g/ > > > >Thanks and enjoy. > > > >ciao, > > > >Oliver > > > >PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > >To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >and in the Subject line type > >unsubscribe > >For other list commands such as vacation mode, > >click on the immediately following link: > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > >send a message, to > >ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >and in the Subject line type > >faq > > > > > PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! > To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > unsubscribe > For other list commands such as vacation mode, > click on the immediately following link: > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or > send a message, to > ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and in the Subject line type > faq > -- Vince Mistretta Call me at 561-234-7631 Skype Name: vin5451 (Please email me first) PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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