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Roland Fantom 8 £3,519

Roland’s ﬂagship workstation range is back after an 11-year

hiatus. Dan JD73 Goldman explores what’s new, inside and out

CONTACT WHO: Roland WEB: roland.com KEY FEATURES 88-note wooden/hybrid keybed with aftertouch. ZEN-Core engine. 256 voice

polyphony. PCM, VA, V-Piano engine. 7” colour touchscreen. Mod/Bender, 2x wheels, assignable switches. Extensive connectivity (MIDI, CV, USB). Arpeggiator,

chord memory, Motional Pad. 16-track clip based sequencer with TR-Rec, sampling, rhythm track. DIMENSIONS: 1432 x 439 x 153mm WEIGHT: 27.7kg

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Reviews | Roland Fantom 8 Roland Fantom 8 £3,519 Roland’s flagship workstation range is back after an 11-year hiatus. Dan JD73 Goldman explores what’s new, inside and out CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Roland WEB: roland.com 88-note wooden/hybrid keybed with aftertouch. ZEN-Core engine. 256 voice polyphony. PCM, VA, V-Piano engine. 7” colour touchscreen. Mod/Bender, 2x wheels, assignable switches. Extensive connectivity (MIDI, CV, USB). Arpeggiator, chord memory, Motional Pad.
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Roland Fantom 8 | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Well-built; clear, snappy touchscreen Powerful step LFOs, multimode analogue filter/drive, great sequencing, sampling and effects Streams multiple audio channels over USB, CV/gate outs - Expensive No dedicated tonewheel organ/ EP engines Not enough ‘bread and butter’ scenes. No full ‘linear’ audio track recording or user multisampling (currently).
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Reviews | Roland Fantom 8 THE ALTERNATIVES Korg Kronos 88 around £2,700 Korg’s flagship workstation is still holding its own! Nine engines including FM, EP, Piano, Tonewheel organ, Korg classic synth models and more. korg.com Yamaha Montage 8 around £2,799 Yamaha’s current flagship has their tried and tested AWM2 sample-based engine, coupled to Yamaha’s latest FM engine, FMX. It sounds great, has tight DAW integration with Cubase and user sampling/import, though no deep sequencer onboard. yamahasynth.