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Originally Posted by Trell Blaze  Um...what you need is a dedicated sampler (or perhaps an MPC). I don't know of ANY keyboard workstation with this much power dedicated to sampling. If such a board existed the price would probably be astronomical (see Korg Oasys).
I have to question some of these. First and foremost, the Fantom X (and pretty much any modern workstation in existience) has an undo function. I can't imagine that Roland would take a step BACKWARDS and not put one on their new "flagship". Are you sure you could not find it? On the X, you have to press the shift (or one of the F keys...i forget since I use it with my mind set on auto-pilot) button to get to the undo function. I would guess that the G works in a similar manner.
Also the thing about not being able to switch track types. This makes absolutely no sense to me as the Fantom (as well as any other Roland board) does not possess this shortcoming.
As for track editing, again, you need a DAW or full blown sampler. Personally I was not very impressed with the Fantom G, but don't you think you're asking a bit much of a keyboard (as in: seeing as how it's a keyboard workstation, naturally there would be an emphasis on keyboard features instead of sampling features)?
Or are you one of those guys who believes that a workstation should be able to replace a complete studio...  |
You don't know any keyboard workstation with this much dedicated power? Korg Oasys? You have never heard of the Korg M3 and Triton series, Yamaha Motif series, Ensoniq ASR, and even Roland's Fantom X workstations? Many of the functions I wrote about above can be found in these workstations. Specifically, the Motif XS: slices samples and assign it to keys and is not limited to 16 slices, has adjustable sample rates, pitch shift, converts stereo samples to mono, etc. The Korg M3 has just as many functions I wrote about above: Import Akai S1000/3000 samples, sample to USB storage, sample rate convert, play samples from keys in sample mode, convert mono samples to stereo, sample editing such as silence...copy...paste...fade in/out, pitch shift, and sliced sample automatially converted to a multisampled program.....
Roland has marketed the Fantom G with claims it rival dedicated samplers. They have added analog and digital inputs as well as a USB audio I/O so you can stream samples to and from the unit to a computer as well as use it as a VST instrument. There are 3 dedicated buttons for sampling/samples. In addition to that, they attempted to revamp the sequencer which now includes 24 tracks of audio with a mouse for DAW-like editing. But it comes up a little short with half-implemented features. So no...I don't think I am asking too much for the Fantom G to have the same features found in workstations in the same price range..past and present. Is there a particular function I wrote about that you think is too much for this workstation?