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Originally Posted by Jahrome  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? |
From what I've understood through my reasearch of the board, many of the features that you say are not there do indeed actually exist on the machine.
And as I already mentioned, the Korg Oasys has this kind of power but is an a whole different price range. Not many people are thrilled to pay 6 - 8 k for a keyboard workstation.
I've owned a fantom X for a few years and I can't imgaine Roland going BACKWARDS in functionality.
I have yet to play with the G's sequencer (the board didn't interest me long enough to get that far) but something within me tells me that they wouldn't take away features that exist on the X series.
On my X, I am able to change track type, load/delete multiple samples in one pass, undo, as well as assign the track output. You're telling me that Roland has taken away these functions in thier new system?
Do the M3 and Motif allow you to drag & drop samples?