Owner`s manual

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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.
If your DAW can accept MIDI data on all MIDI channels—
often referred to as “omni” mode—enable this option.
Otherwise, you’ll need to match its receiving channel to the
Fantom-G’s transmission channel, as we’ll describe in “Using
the Fantom-G as a Controller and a MIDI Sound Module”
below. If you want, you can just set your DAW to receive on
MIDI Channel 1 now, which is what we’ll set the Fantom-G to
use for transmission in the following sections.
Sending Data from DAW Tracks to the Fantom-G
All DAWs provide a way to direct sequenced MIDI data from individual MIDI
tracks to the desired external devices such as the parts—and sounds—in a
Fantom-G studio set. Consult your DAW’s documentation to learn how to
direct data from the DAW’s MIDI tracks to the desired Fantom-G parts.
Setting Up the Fantom-G for MIDI
Using the Fantom-G as a DAW MIDI Controller Only
Setting up your Fantom-G simply for use as a MIDI keyboard controller with
a computer-based DAW is quick and easy:
Press the Fantom-G’s SINGLE MODE button to display the Single Play
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screen.
Select the Part Group parameter and set it to External—when you do
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this, the ---: (No Send) External patch is selected.
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.
By default, MIDI Channel 1 is selected as the channel the Fantom-G
uses to send data to your DAW. This channel is usually fine, but if you
need to change it for some reason, set the Part Number parameter on
the Single Play screen to the desired MIDI channel.
Using the Fantom-G as a Controller and a MIDI Sound Module
You can use the Fantom-G’s sounds with a computer-based DAW, with or
without also using it as the DAW’s keyboard controller. The Fantom-G is
“multitimbral,” which means that each of its parts act as an independent
sound module you can play from one of your DAW’s MIDI tracks. Here’s how
get set up:
Press the MENU button and click F2 (System).
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Press F2 (Group/Down) to select the Sound tab of parameters, and 2
then set Local Switch to OFF.
Press F2 (Group/Down) to select the MIDI parameters, and then set:
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Transmit Program Change—• to OFF.
Transmit Bank Select—
• to OFF.
Soft Through—
• to OFF.
Remote Keyboard Switch—
• to OFF.
Advanced users may want to dig into these parameters to learn about
they options they offer for more adventurous uses of the Fantom-G as
a MIDI controller. See the Owner’s Manual to learn more.
Press the STUDIO MODE button and select the studio set you want 4
to use. (The style-based factory preset studio sets are a good place
to start.)
Press the PAD MODE button, and then hit Pad 10 to select the MIDI
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TX SW pad mode, as shown on the next page.