Workshop ®ÂØÒňΠ® Fantom-G Workstation Keyboard Using the Fantom-G with a Computer © 2010 Roland Corporation U.S. Windows XP™, Windows Vista™, Windows 7™, and Windows Media Player™ are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Mac OS X™ and iTunes™ are trademarks of Apple Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Roland Corporation U.S.
About the Workshop Booklets Roland’s Fantom G6, G7, and G8—the Fantom-G family—set a new standard for excellence in workstation keyboards, with spectacular sounds and incredible built-in effect-processing muscle. A beautiful full-color LCD display and innovative performance features make getting around a pleasure and make the G6, G7, and G8 a dream to play. For recording, the Fantom-G contains a powerful 152 MIDI/audio track sequencer.
The Things You Can Do with USB and the Fantom-G Current settings... In this booklet, we’re going to assume you know how to operate your computer. If you don’t, consult its documentation before proceeding. To allow your Fantom-G to do all it can do with your computer, you’ll need to install its driver on your computer. We’ll provide instructions for doing this starting on Page 5. ...go back to the Fantom-G. U S B U S B ...are sent to the software. Your edited settings...
The Fantom-G as a DAW Sound Module No matter how many soft synths your DAW has, the Fantom-G’s sounds can make a crucial sonic contribution. As a 16-part multitimbral sound module, you can play up to 16 Fantom-G sounds via MIDI from your DAW’s tracks. Live audio... U S B ...where they play notes. ...is recorded in the DAW. U S B Notes are sent to Fantom-G... The Fantom-G as a Sampler for Your Computer The Fantom-G can receive streaming audio via USB, and it can sample it, too.
Setting Up Your Computer for the Fantom-G Installing the Fantom-G Software on Your Computer The Fantom-G works with the following computer operating (OS) systems: • Windows XP™ • Windows Vista™ (32- and 64-bit) • Windows 7™ (32- and 64-bit) • Mac OS X™ (10.3.9 and higher) In this booklet we’ll describe the Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X installation of the Fantom-G’s USB MIDI driver and Editor/Librarian software.
When the driver’s installed, the wizard announces the completion of the installation process. If the “Software installation” window appears after you click Next, click Continue Anyway. If you can’t continue, see “About Driver Signing Options” to the right of this page. If the “System Settings Change” window appears, click Yes to restart Windows. 10 We’ll take you through these instructions in this booklet, so you can close this window, or drag it over to the side of the screen if you want to keep it open.
3 Click the Hardware tab, and then click Driver Signing. 4 Set “What action do you want Windows to take?” to Warn. 5 Click OK to close the Driver Signing window. 6 Click OK to close the System Properties window. 7 Return to the driver installation instructions earlier in this booklet. 2 Click Next. 3 Read the License Agreement, and if you’d like to proceed with the installation, click Yes. 4 Highlight the Custom installation, and then click Next.
If you want to install only one of the Fantom-G programs, make sure it’s the only one that’s checked in this window. 6 3 The Driver Setup window appears: 4 Click Next to display the Driver Setup instructions window: 5 Click Next. 6 If Windows Security asks if you’d like to install this device software— as shown above—click Install.
We’ll take you through these instructions in this booklet, so you can close this window, or move it off to the side if you like. 7 With the Fantom-G’s power turned off, plug one end of the included USB cable into its USB COMPUTER jack, and the other end into the USB jack you want to use on your computer. 8 Turn on the Fantom-G—after a few moments, “Installing device driver software” appears in the lower right corner of the screen.
Windows 7 5 Click Next, and the driver’s installed, and a window opens with instructions. Installing the Fantom-G USB Driver Software 1 Power up your PC with all USB cables disconnected except for your keyboard and mouse. If any applications are running, quit them. 2 Open the downloaded driver‘s folder, and double-click Setup inside. If Windows 7 tells you a program needs your permission to continue, click Continue.
Mac OS X Installing the Fantom-G USB Driver Software 2 Click Next, read the License Agreement, and if you’d like to proceed with the installation, click Yes. 3 In the Choose Destination Location window, you can select a location on your hard drive for the Fantom-G software—unless you have a reason to choose a different location, leave the default location as is—and then click Next to display the Setup Type window. 4 Highlight the Custom installation, and then click Next.
If your Mac displays a message about reboot caches, click OK. If your Mac has more than a single hard drive or volume, you may be asked to select the drive on which you want to install the driver before seeing the screen above. Select the drive with your active operating system on it, and then click Continue. 5 When the Mac’s restarted, make sure the Fantom-G’s power is turned off.
Exchanging Files With Your Computer You can use USB to move the following types of files over to the Fantom-G for importing: 2 Click Continue to display the Software License Agreement window. 3 After reading the license agreement, click Continue—if you want to print the agreement for your reference, click Print—and then click Agree. The Installation Type window appears. • Audio files—16-bit .WAV and AIFF-format samples that use a 44.1 kHz sample rate can be imported as the Fantom-G as samples.
5 Click: • F1 (Internal)—to exchange files between the Fantom-G internal memory and your computer. • F2 (USB Memory)—to exchange files between your Fantom-G’s USB stick, presuming one is currently installed and formatted, and your computer. The USB Storage screen is displayed for as long as your USB connection remains active. When you make your selection in Step 5, the selected Fantom-G memory area appears on your computer.
Here’s what’s in each of the folders in a project folder: This folder: Contains: PNL .txt files the Fantom-G has imported for use on the Favorite screens; and a file containing the project’s Favorites SEQ Using the IMPORT Folder The IMPORT folder acts as a temporary holding place for files you’ll be importing into the Fantom-G. Importing Audio Files the PHS, RHY, SMF, and SNG folders PHS the project’s phrases RHY the project’s rhythm pattern sets RPS the project’s RPS sets SMF SMF (.
Importing Images Preparing SMFs for Importing into the Fantom-G Before you can import an SMF into a project as a phrase or a song, drag the SMF—making sure it has a “.mid” file extension at the end of its name—into the SMF folder for the project. It’s here: FantomG.prj PNL SEQ PHS RHY SMF SNG SMPL SND You can import a 24-bit, 800 x 480 resolution .BMP (bitmap) image into the Fantom-G for use as a background wallpaper. To do this: 1 Drag-copy the .
With this patch, the Fantom-G’s keyboard and realtime controls send MIDI data to a receiving MIDI device such as a DAW, and not to the Fantom-G’s own sound engine. Setting Up Your DAW to Work with the Fantom-G Receiving Fantom-G MIDI Data in the DAW To get your DAW to receive MIDI data from the Fantom-G, select the Fantom-G as a MIDI input within the DAW, or set the DAW to receive all MIDI data coming into the computer.
As you select sounds for your studio set, you’ll move from part to part. Regardless of the part you currently have selected, though, you’ll still be using the MIDI channel you selected in Step 6 above. It’s up to the DAW to send each MIDI track’s data back to the correct part on the Fantom-G so that the correct sound plays. 6 As you play the Fantom-G’s sounds from the DAW’s MIDI tracks, you can send the Fantom-G’s output digitally into the DAW for recording as audio tracks if you like.
Setting Up the Fantom-G to Stream Audio Via USB Depending on your DAW, you may be able to use different audio interfaces for your input and output—if this is the case, you can listen to your DAW through another audio interface if you have one and prefer to listen this way. If you can’t do this with your DAW—or if you’d rather listen through the Fantom-G—set both the input and output to Fantom 6 44.1kHz. See “Receiving Audio From Your Computer In the Fantom-G” on Page 21 for more details.
The Audio Buffer size parameter can be helpful if you’re having trouble successfully record or playing back in your DAW. Larger buffer settings can get rid of clicks and pops, though they also increase lag, or “latency,” in the DAW. Vista 1 Click the Start menu and select Control Panel. 2 If you’re: Streaming Audio From Your Computer Via USB Since it allows you to stream audio via USB, consider using the Fantom-G as your everyday audio interface for your computer’s sounds.
Receiving Audio From Your Computer In the Fantom-G To prepare the Fantom-G to receive streaming audio from your computer: 1 6 Click OK to close the window. Set up a way to listen to the Fantom-G by powering it down, and then: • connecting headphones—to the Fantom-G’s rear-panel PHONES jack, or • connecting the Fantom-G’s 1/L/MONO and 2/R OUTPUT jacks—to a mixer/speaker system, or directly to powered speakers. 2 Connect the Fantom-G to your computer via USB. 3 Turn on the Fantom-G.
The End We hope you’ve found this workshop helpful. Keep an eye out for other Fantom-G Workshop booklets available for downloading at www.RolandUS. com.
