Hi, Mark here from Roland, and I'm
very excited to introduce Model
Expansions for FANTOM:
four perfect recreations of
legendary Roland synthesizers
now on your FANTOM.
Along with all the other great
sounds in FANTOM, Roland has
engineered JUPITER-8,
JUNO-106,
JX-8P, and SH-101: accurate-sounding
recreations of our legendary synths
that are now easily acquired from
Roland Cloud.
Let's have a quick tour of the four
Model Expansions.
First off, the king of synths, the
JUPITER-8.
Then we have the JUNO-106.
That is, I have quick access to the
basic parameters, but also deep
access via the multi-touch screen.
Let's have a look at the JX-8P.
And the fourth Model Expansion is
the SH-101.
Notice how the colors and the
appearance changes for each model.
JUPITER.
JUNO-106, JX-8P,
and the SH-101.
Let me give you a brief overview of
the Model Expansion, control and
workflow in FANTOM.
Using the Model Expansions in
FANTOM, I now have hands-on
tactile and extremely tangible
and versatile workflow using
FANTOM's touchscreen and
high-resolution knobs.
For example, I could start with a
preset from the JX-8P and
then make it my own.
All of the parameters are onscreen
of the JX-8P, and it's
really easy to find everything
that I need.
As I play the tone that I'm editing,
I have different ways of controlling
that sound, whether I use the
high-res knobs to change the
envelopes or filter or
use the knobs below the multi-touch
screen or in fact,
just use the screen itself.
There are different ways for me to
manipulate my sound.
The menu on the left-hand side gives
me access to all the different
synthesis sections of the Model
Expansion engine, giving
me a great visual representation
of what's happening inside the
FANTOM and being able to
finetune the different parameters.
The
ability to see these parameter
details onscreen.
For example, the waveform shapes
helps me make different choices
while I'm programming the sound.
Looking at the JUPITER-8 parameters
on the multi-touch screen, I have
a wide variation of everything
I need and a great visual
representation of things like the
Key Mode to condition and Pitch
Drift simulating the sound of
an old analog synth.
The display conveniently shows
waveform shapes for your LFO
and oscillator settings and
parameters for your filter, etc.
The same applies for the other Model
Expansions, and all of the functions
and parameters for each model are
right here on the touchscreen.
With the new Model Expansions on
FANTOM, I can combine the sounds
of Roland's legendary synths with
the rest of what FANTOM has to
offer. I can mix of pad
from the JUPITER with my own V-Piano
tone that I've tweaked to my
liking or a SuperNATURAL electric
piano.
I can easily set up Zones with my
own Scene that I've created and
switch between the new Model
Expansions from Zone to Zone,
or combine them with layers and
splits, just like this.
This means I can have layers and
splits of Model Expansions
together with the other FANTOM
sounds, whether they be ZEN-Core,
SuperNATURAL, V-Piano,
a multi-sample, or even a
vocoder.
The Model Expansions found in the
FANTOM are compatible with the
Expansions found in ZENOLOGY
Pro.
This gives amazing performance and
production flexibility.
I can create a patch in ZENOLOGY-Pro
on my laptop using Model Expansions
and then import into FANTOM
and vice versa.
Meaning I can create or edit
a tone using one of the Model
Expansions in FANTOM and
then export that tone via
a USB stick back into
my laptop and load it into
ZENOLOGY Pro in my DAW.
As
an example, I have an instance of
ZENOLOGY-Pro loaded on my
laptop and I've loaded
the JUPITER-8 Model Expansion
using preset number one,
"Berlin Night."
Now, I'll quickly edit a few
parameters to my liking.
I'll change the frequency on the
VCF, change the attacks on Envelope One and Envelope Two.
Now, not only can I save that new
tone, I can export it via
USB to load into my FANTOM's
JUPITER-8 Model Expansion.
Model Expansions bring detailed
recreations of legendary
Roland synthesizers to your FANTOM.
And there are also Model Expansions
Sound Packs now available on
Roland Cloud.
FANTOM is an evolving platform with
new sounds and capabilities
being added regularly.
So stay tuned for more.
And thanks very much for watching.