Fantom 2.0 Update Released

[jeffincltnc]

Fantom 2.0 Update Announcement

 

Nice update from Roland this morning for Fantom OS 2.0.

 

Multi sampling to keyboard, lots of sequencing improvements and UI enhancements. Clearly the big release feature is multi sampling, though.

 

Now I'm just hoping my friend Busch creates Vintage Keyboard Collection library for Fantom... please, please, please.

[bennyray]

You are spot would love to have the Purgatory Creek RHODES AND WURLI'S available for the fantom that I have in my KronosI would buy today.

 

Thanks for the update info.

[ElmerJFudd]

Anything about an organ engine like V-Combo or FA?

[jeffincltnc]

No VR/VK modeled organ, no drawbar controls.

No Jupiter-X models in Fantom.

 

Personally, I'm fine with that and I think that Roland is always going to limit a functional capability to one specialized piece of gear. I know others believe differently that the flagship product should contain the best of everything the manufacturer has.

[allan_evett]

No VR/VK modeled organ, no drawbar controls.

No Jupiter-X models in Fantom.

 

Personally, I'm fine with that and I think that Roland is always going to limit a functional capability to one specialized piece of gear. I know others believe differently that the flagship product should contain the best of everything the manufacturer has.

 

 

Either that, or they'll put out a dedicated drawbar organ engine in a future update. I'd like that if it happened to be a new, Zen-Core based version of TW. In the meantime this has worked well for me; sounds similar to the TW engine in the RD2000, or even the VR-09: https://www.facebook.com/groups/patchland/?post_id=2565078523735674 There is a Dropbox link if any Fantom users here want to try it.

 

I read up on OS 2.0 earlier this morning and watched a video presentation. The multi-sampling alone takes the Fantom to a completely new level. Just wish I could have sampled and mapped the 20-30 favorite custom Programs/Combis in my Kronos before I sold it.

[AnotherScott]

No VR/VK modeled organ, no drawbar controls.

Roland's main product specialist demo guy (whose name escapes me at the moment, the one who isn't Ed Diaz) must really regret that initial video presentation he did where he talked about being able to use those faders as drawbars...

[AnotherScott]

Just wish I could have sampled and mapped the 20-30 favorite custom Programs/Combis in my Kronos before I sold it.

If you ever backed up your Kronos, you might be able to borrow (or rent) one for a day to complete that project. Yeah, I know, no one backs up their keyboard data. ;-) But here's one more reminder of why it could be a good thing to do.

[AnotherScott]

In the meantime this has worked well for me; sounds similar to the TW engine in the RD2000, or even the VR-09: https://www.facebook.com/groups/patchland/?post_id=2565078523735674 There is a Dropbox link if any Fantom users here want to try it.

Looks like a well thought out implementation. Simply combining sine waves will indeed get you the basic character... that's what Hammond was aiming for in the first place (though the imperfections are part of what give the real thing its magic). One thing to be aware of when "building" an organ like this is that a 9 drawbar registration will use 9 instances of polyphony for every key. And since the sine waves will be triggered at all different starting points, you can expect some phase issues. But yeah, it seems like a good stopgap or fallback if the Fantom is all you have at hand.

[xp50player]

Thanks for checking out my tonewheel emulation. There are other nuances I would have liked to add, like hard/soft, fast/slow perc variations, if there were only more assignable buttons. Now with the multisample feature, I can make the foldback split using a single partial, and possibly do the chorus via LFO on a second partial, instead of having to run a chorus effect after the Rotary MFX, although this would affect polyphony.