Buy Roland Fantom-X8 88-Key Sampling WorkstationRoland Fantom-X8 88-Key Sampling Workstation Product Description:
- 128-voice workstations with 88-note Fantom-X8 Progressive Hammer-Action Keyboard
- Seamless integration of audio and MIDI using gorgeous new ROM waves and sampling with realtime timestretch capability
- New color LCD screen - a first in a workstation keyboard!
- Innovative features like Skip Back Sampling, Dynamic Pad Bank and V-http://amzn.com/dp/B000UZ61ZS/?tag={ucomicscom}*
- 3 MFX processors, plus dedicated reverb, chorus and mastering processor
Product Description
The Fantom-X Series are the world's first 'Giga-Workstation' keyboards, giving musicians nearly 1GB of wave memory when fully expanded and powerful 128-voice polyphony. The synthesis section has all-new waveforms and room for 4 SRX expansions, while the sampler's RAM can be expanded to 544MB, with an inexpensive DIMM chip - enough memory to use like a digital recorder. The Fantom-X Series is also the first line of workstation keyboards with a color LCD screen.
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The Fantom-X Series is not only a great choice for studio musicians, but also for live performers. Using Roland's V-http://amzn.com/dp/B000UZ61ZS/?tag={ucomicscom} technology, musicians can trigger and manipulate video clips when connected to an Edirol video editor like the DV-7PR. Imagine being able to instantly trigger clips from the Dynamic Pad Bank, or create transitions and effects using the pitch bender and knobs. It's a live performer's dream!
The Fantom's 2nd most obvious unique feature is the new, improved 16 rubber Dynamic pads. Use them for drums, vocals or sounds with the Fanom's amazing realtime timestretch, wave edit and chop capability and its ability to load .WAV/AIFF files right off your computer. (Of course it samples - analog or digital.) For that matter use the PC card slot for up to 1 GB storage or even an external drive. The very cool USB file sharing feature has been upgraded to also act as an MIDI interface.
Another unique tool is the Skip Back sampling that always lets you go back in time and capture whatever you just played. These waveforms immediately draw themselves on the color display. If you are playing to a groove, the wave is set to be cut and adjusted by the beat (it appears on a barline grid).
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Fantom X8 is the best keyboard / workstation I've ever used
By Troy Michael
I have been a professional keyboardist for over 35 years and I have owned many keyboards, synthesizers, and workstations during that time. The Fantom X8 is far and away the BEST keyboard / workstation I have ever used. It is the workhorse of my entire business and it has never let me down. You can do ANYTHING with this keyboard, move octaves, tune the keyboard to other instruments (and not the other way around), and everything about it is so simple and intuitive. I love it. There is even a theremin feature built right into the face of the keyboard, which is just plain fun. It has a full 88 keys and the touch sensitivity of each key is incredible for something in this price range. Mine was worth every last penny I spent on it, and I have made that money back many, many times. I am now a diehard fan of Roland and this keyboard has performed beautifully. Solid, well-built, and cleverly laid out.
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