Owner`s manual

The Grabbable, Mousable Phrase

On the Fantom-G’s display, you can grab a phrase with your mouse and

move it to a different time in the song.

Here we’re dragging a phrase rightward to

move it later in the song.

Editing Phrases

Clicking F4 (Phrase Edit) on the Song Edit screen presents a menu of ways

you can edit the currently selected phrase. We’ll discuss phrase editing in the

Perfecting Songs, MIDI Tracks, and Audio Tracks Workshop booklet.

The Fantom-G Audio Recorder and Its Samples

The Fantom-G studio’s audio recorder captures sound, or “audio,” coming

into its rear-panel input jacks, and converts it to a digital representation of

the sound. It then stores this data as file called a “sample.” There are basically

two ways to create a sample on the Fantom-G. You can:

• record audio in the audio recorder—so that the Fantom-G places the

sample on an audio track in the current song for playback. This is the

method to use when you want to record live audio alongside already-

sequenced MIDI tracks. We’ll explain these audio tracks a bit later.

• sample audio—that you’ll play back by striking keys on the keyboard or

the pads. To sample audio, you use the Fantom-G’s SAMPLING button

and the tools you’ll find there.

You can also sample the Fantom-G’s own outputs during mixdown—

or to create complex samples—using a type of sampling called

“re-sampling.”

Samples offer similar benefits to those of phrases—the differences lie in that

with samples you’re dealing with audio recordings, not MIDI data. Let’s say:

• you’ve got a beat loop—you’ve sampled or imported and want it to

provide the rhythmic basis of your song. Simply assign the sample to

an audio track, and then quickly copy it multiple times on the Song Edit

screen to build out your entire song structure.

• you’ve recorded the perfect vocal harmony—and you want it on all of

your choruses. Simply insert the sample wherever you need it.

• you want to compile bits and pieces of something—into a great solo. Grab

their samples and arrange them on an audio track.

Regardless of how you create a sample, it winds up in the project’s sample

list and can be used however you want to use it—placed on an audio track or

played from the keyboard or pads—as many times in a project as you like.

This is the sample list for the factory demo project.

To get to the Sample List screen, press the LIST/EDIT area’s SAMPLE

button once or twice.

Editing Samples

The Fantom-G’s a full-featured sampler, so it contains a rich assortment of

sample-editing tools and operations. You’ll find more information about

sample editing in the Fantom-G Owner’s Manual.