Owner`s manual

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Importing Images
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:
Drag-copy the .bmp file from the computer into the FANTOM G
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removable drive’s IMPORT folder.
Disconnect the Fantom-G from your computer following the
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instructions in “Shutting Down the USB File-Exchange Connection “
on Page 14.
Follow Steps 3-10 on Page 299 in the
3 Owner’s Manual. You’ll also find
instructions on this page that explain how to select the imported
image as your wallpaper.
Importing Text
As we noted in the Power User Control Workshop booklet,
you can display text in the text area of the Favorite Play and
Edit screens. You’re free to use this feature any way you like,
displaying anything from lyrics to set lists to the names of a club
owner and his or her staff.
It starts with a text file—with .txt extension at the end of its name—you
create on your computer. Once you’ve created it:
Drag-copy the .txt file from the computer into the FANTOM G
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removable drive’s IMPORT folder.
Disconnect the Fantom-G from your computer following the
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instructions in “Shutting Down the USB File-Exchange Connection “
on Page 14.
Follow the steps in “Importing a Text File (Import Text)” on Page 56 of
3
the Owner’s Manual, beginning with Step 2 to import your text to the
desired Favorite Play or Edit screen.
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
SEQ
PHS
RHY
SMF
SNG
SMPL
SND
PNL
Once you’ve done that and disconnected from the computer, you can import
the SMF—see Page 22 of the Sequencing and Recording Workshop booklet.
Using the Fantom-G with a DAW
The MIDI Side of Things
Once the driver’s been installed, the Fantom-G makes a great MIDI partner
for a computer-based DAW. It can act as:
a MIDI keyboard controller—
• for sequencing in a DAW. In Single mode,
the Fantom-G provides MIDI note and controller data that plays the
DAW’s soft synths/samplers, and that the DAW’s MIDI tracks capture.
a MIDI keyboard controller and a multi-timbral MIDI sound module—
• that
provides up to 16 independent sounds for the DAW’s MIDI tracks. Studio
mode allows you to control the DAW from the Fantom-G’s keyboard
while taking advantage of the Fantom-G’s sounds and effects.
You can also access the Fantom-G Editor/Librarian software by inserting
it as a virtual instrument on a VST-supporting DAW’s channel strip.