Written by: Wendell Gibbs Jr.
Now, I’m a music producer myself, and even I’m searching for the right keyboard. I think it’s safe to say I found it. Now the next step to get the money to get it. But thats not the point right now; let’s explore this great workstation together.
First off, this workstation is called the Roland Fantom. It’s comes in three different models, the Fantom X6, X7, X8. There are also newer model which are The Fantom G6, G7, G8. But back to the X series. This machine has a total of 1GB when its memory is fully expanded. The board has 88 keys with 128 voice performance. It offers room for four SRX expansion boards, allowing users to customize their sound banks to fit their specific needs.
The Fantom-X is the first the first line of workstation keyboards with a color LCD screen.
The X6 model has 61 keys, X7 has 76 keys and the X8 has 88 keys. They all have progressive hammer action keyboard settings. It has Seamless integration of audio and MIDI using gorgeous new ROM waves and sampling with realtime time stretch capabilities. It has 8 stereo audio tracks integrated with internal MIDI sequencer allowing the user to organize the beat by created patterns. It also provides a PC card slot for backing up samples and data up to 1 GB. It has 4 line outputs; 2 going to stereo outputs and 2 going to mono outputs.
So far this board sounds awesome right? I’m so excited about this. How about you? Okay, that’s good to know, but there’s a ton more.
The boards all come with the new sound generator chip that is the one of the most powerful sound chips that are in workstations to date. It is said to have better sound cards than PC computers before hundreds of dollars are spent to upgrade it.
The Fantom-X is the first workstation keyboard capable of handling audio on the level of a digital recorder. This means you can record either short samples for playback on the keyboard, or long, linear takes similar to a digital recorder.
Wow, this has to be if not the best then one of the best board in the market right now. The X6 is priced at $1,495 with an option of 4 payments of $375.75 as the play as you pay feature on zZounds.com. If you’re looking for a board to consider, this would be a great one to look upon getting.
2 comments:
Dang right...the Fantom X is an awesome board. There was one other board that had a color LCD screen though, the Korg OASYS but that is in a class of its own. Also, American Musical Supply has the Fantom X8 available for 5 payments instead of 4 so each payment is a little less money.
Hi there, I'm relatively new in this high end workstation keyboards. I was offered to buy a secondhand S88, and to me it sounds superb and close to real instruments. What is your advice in comparison to the X and G series? Shall I opt for the X series instead of S88? Thanks.
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