[ddots-l] Re: questions to fantom synthesizer

  • From: Mark Dew <jmkeybd1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:48:17 -0500

Vince, the fantom x does that.

Mark

At 02:48 PM 10/8/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>>   >
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