Roland Fantom-Xa (2004)
Music production workstation with 128-voice PCM-based synthesizer/sampler, MRC-Pro sequencer, 6 effects processors, dynamic pads and infrared D-Beam.
Synthesis
General
- 128-voice, 16-part synthesizer
- 4 tones per patch
- Each pair of tones can be joined into 10 different structures (serial -24 dB/octave filter, Ring Modulator or Booster)
- Each tone consists of wave generator (WG), filter (TVF), amplifier (TVA) and 2x LFO generators
- General MIDI Level 2 compatible sound bank
Generator
- Preset ROM wave, SRX wave, single sample or multisample can be used in generator
- FXM with color and depth controls
- 4-stage pitch envelope
Filter
- -12 dB/octave resonant/self-oscillating filter
- Types: LPF, BPF, HPF, Peaking, non-resonant LPF2, LPF3
- 4-stage envelope
Amplifier (TVA)
- Tone velocity switching/cross-fading
- 4-stage envelope
LFO
- Rate tempo sync
- Waveform: sine, triangle, saw up/down, trapezoid, square, one-shot up/down, S&H, random, chaos, v-sine, programmable 16-step LFO (step/smooth modes)
- Standard destinations: pitch, filter cutoff, amp level, amp pan
Matrix Control
- 4 sources (controllers, LFOs, envelopes)
- 4 destinations per source (generator/filter/amp parameters, LFO depths/rates, envelopes)
Effects
- 3 MFX processors with 78 algorithms each (COSM speaker and guitar amp simulation, filters, choruses, flangers, phasers, lo-fi, radio, tape echo, turntable, 3D RSS effects, step-programmed effects, etc.)
- 24-bit reverb unit
- Chorus/delay unit
- 3-band mastering compressor
Sampler
- Sampling via mic/line input with pre-effect (compressor, limiter, EQ, noise gate, center canceller) with auto/manual divide and auto-trim
- WAV/AIFF import/export
- Sample editing (truncate, normalize, envelope, chop, time-stretch)
- Up to 128 multisamples, 128 zones max in each
- Skip-Back Sampling always retains up to 40 last seconds of everything you hear/play
Sequencer
- 16-track x 16-channel sequencer
- up to 100 patterns per song, each with 16 channels
- RPS for triggering patterns with keyboard and pads
- Shuffle/grid/groove quantize
- Piano roll and full micro edit, SysEx editor
- Any on-screen realtime sound/effects edits can be recorded as SysEx messages
- Programmable arpeggiator, rhythm generator and chord memory
- SVQ song format stores all performance/patch/effects data
Memory
- 64 MB wave ROM, 1x SRX board slot
- 4 MB sample RAM (up to 516 MB with 1x DIMM board)
- 16 MB internal flash storage RAM
- PC card slot
- User memory - performances: 64, patches: 256, multisamples: 128, arpeggio: 128, rhythm: 128, chord: 128
- Card memory - performances: 64, patches: 256, multisamples: 128
Controls
- 61 keys with velocity
- 10 backlit pads
- Infrared D-Beam for controlling and triggering sounds and playing the analogue-modeling Solo Synth
- 4 context-sensitive control knobs
- 240x64 dot backlit LCD
Connections
- Stereo line and direct outputs
- Stereo line input, mono mic input
- USB port with USB-storage and USB-MIDI modes
- MIDI in/out/thru
