All user reviews for the Roland Fantom X6

The Roland Fantom x6 is a 61 key workstation that has all the bells and whistles that you will need. It probably has more than you will use! I compare this to the Yahama Motif and I feel they are alike and do the same thing. The Fantom sticks out a little more to be because of the screen and flow of the (software). It just seems more put together and easier to operate. It also has pads on the right side that you can assigned samples and such too. That is something that the motif doesn’t have.


UTILIZATION

This keyboard’s sound editing can be a bit overwhelming if you havent used it before but once you get the hang of it you will be just fine. Or you could pick up the manual and figure it all out pretty quick. The general set up is pretty easy. When it turns on it just loads everything up and you can start working right away.


SOUNDS

Sounds are great! I love the strings and brass. Some of the sounds are a little dry and thin though. that’s where I feel like the Motif wins at. The Motif sounds are much more full and thick. Also, they could have used a few more sounds that are distinct. I feel like some of these sounds are the same as other previous fantom boards. But I guess that’s what is suppose to happen.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, a great quality board. But if you love this one check out the Motif, it will blow you away! This board cost a good dollar though so make sure you can afford it. Most all of the popular workstations cost a good amount of money so be prepared to spend your savings on them. But they will last you a very long time unless you are dropping it or getting it wet. Keep it nice and clean and it will last you a lifetime. Great board, I recommend it.

Workstation 61 keys with editable sounds. The effect routing is relatively simple and effective

Impeccable connections (can be plugged into the usb pc)

UTILIZATION

This synth is a real gas plant! After a short week of ownership, it makes almost what you want. The sounds can be edited in some fine ...

It is a pleasure to use this synth even if the interface is not always what you got used to it easily!

SOUNDS

I play in several projects with very different styles. For now, I've never had to tamper too much for me to find a suitable one.

It has a nice sensitivity but I find that sometimes the sounds are a bit flat ... but all this is correct!

Overall, the simulation of analog roland are nice (missing more than that) and nothing particular to say about the rest

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year or two now never had a problem!

I played on yamaha and korg in the same range and I find the roland to "that little something extra"

If you find a good price in OCCAZ, do not hesitate!

5 to 61 octaves notes (but not sufficient)
Its very good and more is easily scalable
Good connectivity with USB.

UTILIZATION

Really easy to learn, surprisingly easy to use despite all these features. Bcp buttons are dynamic and are great for live performances.

SOUNDS

Has a little trouble finding the right sound (it may be because I am still zero), yet there is great diversity of sound.
Parcontre effects are well done and gives life to the notes.

OVERALL OPINION

For my first synth I really am completely satisfied. I do not think enough endow music to use this synth as it should but for now it suits me perfectly and it is really full.

Any new workstation with color display, the most beautiful effect.
With 2 bones audio track expansion (8 audio track).
For the rest, "News" or Roland.fr

UTILIZATION

Note that a machine for a while (synth, sequencer, floppy sentences, and multitrack)
The system is very stable and very fast processor!!
Level architecture, the FX is a disconcerting ease of use ... Everything has been designed and redesigned
for the user to compound, rather than try and create and configure.
We apreciated also velocity-sensitive pads, which can also be used to trigger samples, sound loops and even phrases (as in groovebox). Roland also allowed to use his last for the different reminds you the most use. (Practice)
Also very convenient to add the fact a text file (wordpad windows style) at your song and put your notes.
Other function ... the skip back sampling.Avec sound crazy, I play the chorus that kills but, unfortunately, my sequencer is on stop. Goodbye my zic ... Oh no! I press Skip Back Sampling, and my chorus is saved as a sample ... and this of course, after typing the pads or keys!! (Giant)
I could go on for hours but the list is too long ....

SOUNDS

Roland user for almost 10 years I have had the opportunity to play with a lot of synth Brand
SON and I know Roland and forth in and through!
But for my part I am very disappointed, on this one the, for the brand! Explanation:

For me that was beginning to have sounds "old fashioned" (if there is way) I said I sell everything and goes FX6 but, after a month of utlisation I realize that sounds not changed they sound without probably better because of polyphony (the mix general) of the new sound engine and the matrix control but too few new sounds ...

For a user who is not long Roland dates, although the sounds are nickels and I come back
not affect other comparative assessment published on Audiofanzine ... (FX6 vs Reason Vs TritonEx)

OVERALL OPINION

Of course the FX6 is an excellent choice for ease of use, which remains the main criterion
In terms of sounds, I think other former users roland, may be disappointed if their criteria
main renewal with new sounds that bring real qque something new to their
.................... creations I say is true shame is that Roland should also think its loyal customers!
Finally, and short, I think the rest FX6 very good in many areas and it addresses a new clientele, composers, film music, rock, jazz, hip-hop etc ... ..................
For those fond of the electro go your way and you turn instead to a Triton extreme ....

I just buy it! Without regret. it really is impressive mouth
and the piano sounds great
cest exactly what I sought a master keyboard with heavy touch (piano mode function to quickly find the huge piano sounds.
1050 patches

UTILIZATION

Everything is easy. trs intuitive!
trs clear color screen! quick navigation

SOUNDS

Most of the sounds are interesting and then there is room for new CRER (256)
I trs Varis styles of sudden this workstation is perfect for me and then the piano sound catches all sounds not so good!
effects not yet testbr jai /> lexpress good can rgler the aftertouch Veloci ...

I prfere sounds: piano, bell treble, bass, electro, tablecloths ...
the least: the voices, brass

OVERALL OPINION

Lai had yesterday so I made less than 24 hours! but I think it was worth it
jaime what's the most cest DGain, its ease his piano sound, rhythm and bass (quite powerful). groundwater as well.
compromise is in the size of a pattern (good acoustic sounds) and Triton (synthetic sounds good)!
ii it is served in lacoustique as in electro! as good in lensemble

the only problem cest price but worth the trouble ... the other 29 kilos fantom x8 PSE EST trs HARDCORE
before you buy a lot jai test the roland rd700sx, the triton, the motive and the ghost EST jai read!
The report price is good quality (pay 2899 euros music action)

I remade this choice with his eyes closed now let's see if this synth is sustainable and if its a priori long-term investment is no problem to make this the cot

- What type of keyboard (piano synth ...)? How many octaves?
Synthbr />
- What Controller (pitch, modulation, sustain ...)?
4 for live (assignable) + D Beam (JM Jarre)

- What connection (Audio, MIDI pedals ...)?
4 + 1 digital outputs, 1 stereo + 1 between digital, headphones, midi, pedals, USB, PC Card, and PSU

- How many sounds, effects? What styles? Are ditables?
full of sounds, styles and the effects of any editable (though safe)!

- Via a utility Mac / PC?
Both PC and Mac (but not required)

- What is polyphony? ...
128

What more? (My note 10/10)

UTILIZATION

- The configuration gnrale Is it easy?
Could not be more simple! (Word Mac user)
This is my first workstation and I never found any difficulty in getting anything with.

- The edition of sounds and effects is it easy?
idem, it's a pleasure!

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Yes.

My rating 10/10.

SOUNDS

- The sounds they agree your style of music?
Yes, and yet I am not "typquot; on a particular style. Thanks to the sampler!

- Are they ralistes?
They are beautiful (piano), some less, but fits me perfectly.

- The effects are they effective and responsive?
Yes, they are very interesting and many.

- The expression is good? (Raction VLOC the aftertouch)?
Very well for the keyboard (but be pressed like a brute for aftertouch) way to the pads.
This is my first real keyboard, so I can not compare.

- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest? ...
Pianos and guitard very good, medium low, if not all There's (electro sounds are interesting).

My rating 8 / 10.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
2 weeks: one in version 1.0 and now in v.2.1

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
most: all in one, functional and efficient.
the least: the lack of users (web resources).
there is dust under my screen. : /

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
No, but I saw a lot of demos on the net.

- How do you report qualitprix?
Average.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Certainly.

My rating 8 / 10.

For specifications: more appealing, everything has been said.

UTILIZATION

Simple operation, if one considers the cascading menu as ergonomic.
Edition could not be more simple with respect even sounds simplistic. As against a very big nod to the effects. We regret that there have almost three MFX.

SOUNDS

The database programs are ... old. There I found the presets JV80 (which itself had already sounds D50) with the same quality same with my old JD800. But it is a matter of taste. Duplicates in different banks ROM. Here is the first time I've seen here.

Realism varies from good to bad for some (wind instruments and electric guitars crying, pianos and strings very good). As against the widely SRX save the day.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it less than a year.
I was wrong machine is a sample player improved. Do not consider a sampler (the work on the samples is reduced to an absolute minimum) to really play with the sounds you turn on something else (V-Synth, Neuron), here was my mistake.

For against excellent general keyboard.

I'm a little hard on this machine, but it's true that overall it disappointed me.

Strong point: the ergonomics of game a true beast live, all keys are assigned to commands, the sequencer is excellent, the arpeggiator very good and the keyboard is very correct. Thanks to him I could do without external sequencer in services.

In short again this choice? NO!

Or a little more recent samples (I'm not a nostalgic series U110) and especially without duplicates. A real issue of sample (but not the use of a workstation).

See more advice, not aa chang ...

UTILIZATION

I'll start with the manual, since 'I believe that it is a paved, at best, can serve as a wedge wobbly table trs ...
This is an easy to use machine trs, trs intuitive, with a color LCD screen, trs comfortable, missing is the touch!
The various ditions are easy to turn, effects, LFOs, VFO, ufo, admin (!?!), are handy soon, and processing of sounds can be heard on.
The effects are of good quality, and work well.
The handling is simple: a button to an action, everything is marked on the keyboard, there's more that support it.

SOUNDS

I rap, and I coupled with my MPC 2000XL.
L must admit that it's super strong like machine, I left my pc ...
The sounds are provided with good trs, and maps, gentlemen, ladies, maps! Enchanting!
Basically more: violins, fltes, brass, and rhythm section ...
In good: leads, the various formulations of synths ...
Less good: The pads, the lack of expression of pianos ...
The keyboard is good trs, fluid.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had 2 or 3 months, I still learn it, was the fact, be tampering, and I love a.

Finally, the keyboard workstation joins us in the 21st century. I hereby predict the Roland Fantom G will enjoy the top spot in keyboard sales for the next couple of years. Why? Here are the main reasons:

UTILIZATION

-The screen is the best in the business. Gorgeous. Love it. No video redraw issues like the XS.

-DAW like sequencer. Plug in a USB mouse and you have computer-like sequencing at your fingertips. Highly robust, reliable, accurate sequencer with 128 MIDI track capability. Unheard of. No button pressing delays like the XS

-Buffet of extraordinary preset patches that are mix ready and can be seamlessly overdubbed together right out of the box. Roland sets up presets ready for your mixes. Drum kits are banging, EQ'd just right. Pianos, organs, rhodes, wurlies, bass (acoustic and synth), leads, pads, brass, etc etc are all AWESOME. Can not wait for new Keyboard expansion card. Incredible.

-No glitch LIVE mode that guarantees no delays between switching performances live in concert. Finally a company listened to us. LOVE IT. Thank you Roland. Live mode is SO cool

-Screensaver (16 to choose from!) and customizable wallpaper. You gotta love this. You can can actually customize your keyboard. Love it.

-Killer controllers like industry leading knob for pitch bend/data/assignable, dbeam, etc.



-AWESOME effects. Man I love all the insane effects. Also 2 LFO's with al kinds of awesome options.

SOUNDS

sounds are great, really big and warm. Sit perfect in my mixes and dont need to add too much too them. I love the brass!

OVERALL OPINION

Overall, Best looking board in existence by far. Puts the weird hospital-surgeon-green-colored Motif XS to shame. Yamaha is going to eat Roland's lunch for at least the next two years until Yamaha can put out the board they SHOULD have put out after the ES. Yamaha screwed their loyal clients and now they're going to pay for it. The Fantom is by far and away the best board for the money bar none. I absolutely LOVE my G6 and I can't keep my hands off of it.

Good keyboard qualit.Dans all a good many are produit.Avec Varis.
Good polyphony.
The sounds of choirs (as on all Roland) are not worth a good horribles.Rien Korg for a.
the pianos are good.
Some sounds are noys in effect, unusable in a mix.
We must attract clientle ....

UTILIZATION

Well here it is, I am not in agreement over other users.
It is true that while one can save space, but then .... you end up with synths factory gas! (And even the Roland Fantom is the simplest of all)
It is true that in the Fantom you have a box synthune rhythm, a sampler, an effects processor, and a squenceur with audio track expension a mini recorder she numrique.Mais galre.Pour activitet has put everything else it takes time.
I regret my old MC50, the VS880 in sync and my synth pack.
This time I kept my old JD800 back, and I buy a rcement microKORG.
M'clate and I, when I want a CRER sounds, and not much I navigate in menus and sub menus, is fast and good efficace.Mais is not seeking an opinion perso.Je m CRER me more sounds with the Fantom.C is too long.Je I use only the squenceur, and sampleur.A when a workstation with an interface of JD800? (Lol)

SOUNDS

The sounds like all the Roland synths are pretty good (except the vocals )....

My style is more Jarre, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield ... I have a little trouble find their mood feutre.Heureusement the JD800 and microKORG are l.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years.
Premire is my workstation.
It's a gas plant for me.
But relative to the pattern and the triton, it is the simplest.

Good quality price.

I buy one of plutt MV8000, and a pack like synth era.
And I think that's what I'll do .....

See description below if

UTILIZATION

I had all the marks of synths past 30 years, I practice the piano and synths and I'm pretty tonn of the rapid which we navigate from one menu to another without to take the head which was not the case with my art because I changed against the machine, here five days that I have and I went around to all these functions it must be said I spend about 5 hours a day while the sampling SSAI Fast Fashion patches performance, creation of a pattern arpgiator sequencer, multitrack, sampler, everything did pass, and I can say that I start mtris well the machine.

SOUNDS

I do dance, trance, Varita, pop, ect, sounds there are not bad, and we can make in gnral, pianos are good see trs even better than the pattern are, as the bass, the strings also good, acoustic guitars are good as long as the TRS motif, especially the acoustic although there who have a one possde mga kind of voice can be a yamaha, the saxes some way, through the chorus, as it is said there I prefried those of my karma, and my alesis fusion,
leads and the synthetic is good overall
expression is good for the part that put aftertouch requires strong support, however it is a majority of keyboard that is problem

OVERALL OPINION

I love the solid aluminum chassis the beauty of the color display on the pads it's pretty funny right cot sleep mode on this synth you believe a computer
gnral in the quality of sound, I had a lot of brand synth I'm pretty happy with this machine and I think the new G6 has to be super
I do it again this choice undoubtedly

Ben ... ditto!

UTILIZATION

It's pretty simple, always in the spirit Roland
Some small "problem" however:
Perf mode, if one assigns a number from the same midi channel, we can not rgler volume sparment must rgler what channel the end, or so I not understood
the config is pretty galre effects too, I think we could have done more simple, and yet I am not a novice!

SOUNDS

It has everything, but especially good pianos, piano finally a good, but good trs
Super brass in all, sounds sy, NTHS ect with super heat Roland
I use an 8 because they are trs ct complmentaires, one (reason) is what hurts the other (Rhodes, violin solo flutes, organs etc ...) and vice versa (brass, piano, synths and webs are its analog) as the best FX6
For me who has the 2 for me!

OVERALL OPINION

Overall super BCAN, especially because current diffrent other workstations (Triton grounds ect ...) found in a synth rcent of the heat they had lost good complement trs ment, on the other hand if we were to pick just, rather because

LE 2 JUIN 2009 EDIT: I added a V-Synth V2 and found the sound card especially with the Roland D50. It lacks the good old Fantom grain or the era they were content to 12 or 16 voice polyphony, but at least there was no consquence on his ... The V-synth allows me to find these big analog sound

Specifications are findable anywhere. Is there a software editor, nice ... Finally I have almost never used.

Audio input to use the internal effects on a song for example, or to record in the sequencer or sampler.

UTILIZATION

It's weird ... I feel I have the past 10 years, but I've had less than 3 years at the time of writing this. I worked 10 years on a XP80 before moving to the Fantom X6, I know the logic Roland.

A huge regret the pads can not be used to pad ... Encoding roulette spins, and turns and turns and turns ... It will end not misfire as the XP80, which it did not matter because I finally encode the values directly to the keypad. Classic example, in the sequencer, insert 36 measures from the measure 84 ... Well instead of encoding it in 25 hundredths of a second, you're playing roulette for 25 seconds (the button "shift" allows you to jump values of 10 instead of 1, it helps).

Another example, you need the last sounds of a bank which contains over 500 ... One example would be put at the beginning of the next bank and go back, but no, it does not work like that (it worked on XP80), you must get to the top of the bank and turn the wheel, given that can not call the preset with a numeric keypad (unlike XP80).

In short, this concern affect me much as you can see.

Apart from that, the configuration seems simple enough. There are lots of possibilities, it is impressive. It is a very complete keyboard workstation. The history of the keypad is a failure nonetheless.

SOUNDS

So yes, I put 10. The Preset Ultimate Piano "is to die for. I greatly prefer the sound of a Yamaha Motif XF (released 6 years after the Fantom X) Yamaha yet known for its super piano presets.

In fact I use quite a few sounds on the Fantom. Piano, Rhodes Stage Phaser, synthetic strings (I took the basic preset "Warm Pad" I think, and I opened a little filter). The effects are a killer. I fell in love with the phaser, which has lots of parameters and the results are sublime on Rhodes and tablecloths.

For information, I play in a rock band melodic / prog / metal a bit, and my sounds are predilections Piano, Rhodes, vintage tablecloths and a bit of hammond organ (discreetly). I do not use much else, sometimes also Mellotron Choirs.

I installed the "Ultimate Keys" for his synth sounds (Mellotron mostly ...), and Dynamic Drums "(which pokes fun at a slaughter house drumkits, yet very cool).

I never use sounds of saxophones, trumpets, cello, flute, etc.. So my use is mainly based "keyboards" and "synth". For that, the Fantom X is great.

And I forgot ... touching the keyboard! My oh my! I took a huge slap with XP80 ... who was then beaten by a JD800 that I had used. And the Fantom X is still above those two in terms of touch. A true happiness.

Cons by the reactivity of pads to make enough perceived void. I thought to use them, and I finally abandoned the idea.

OVERALL OPINION

I use since March 2007, ie for almost 3 years now. What I decided is the sound of piano. I wanted to buy the Fantom X7 at the base, but there was an X6 stock with an attractive price (for a few small scratches on the frame, but I do not see them even more).

It remains an expensive instrument, but really worth it. The sequencer is very useful to record some demos (MIDI + Audio). I also play guitar, bass and vocals, so it allows me to record ideas for songs offer to members of my group. We even used the sequencer for recording models (before transferring the audio mixer in Sonar seriously anyway).

My set-up on stage now is a Fantom X6 and XP80, the latter using only MIDI keyboard. All sounds come out of the Fantom.

And before you forget ... Element génialissime, the Skip Back sampling. The synthesizer registers itself continuously and stores up to 45 seconds of sound. Sometimes I hum (microphone plugged into the Fantom) and find a melody or a text totally improvised ... then hop, I press Skip Back Sampling "and I found the last 45 seconds of what I played and sang. Class!

There's plenty of other things, arpeggiator, etc.. But here I quoted all that is most striking for me. My main keyboard

The Roland Fantom X6 is a keyboard and music workstation consisting of 61 keys and a whole lot of parameters. It's pretty much an all in one station for keyboardists and composers alike. It's got an LED screen to monitor everything on as well. As far as it's connections go, it's got standard MIDI connections as well as a slew of 1/4" jacks for your ins and outs (six outputs), and for two pedals. It also has a USB port for easy transport of files to your computer. It's a fully polyphonic keyboard and also has a unique assignable wheel.

UTILIZATION

The make up of the Roland Fantom X6 certainly takes some getting used to, as this is a really in depth work station that offers a lot. It's going to take months of practice to get used to how to use everything on here, but using it for it's basic features is simple enough. The LED screen shows you the different patches as well as all sorts of parameters and further control. For hardware parameters, it's got all sorts of things to work with as well, including a recording section, a drum pad, and a variety of other gadgets to work with. A manual would definitely be a good idea for a new user, but I haven't seen one for myself.

SOUNDS

The sounds heard on the Roland Fantom X6 are extremely impressive. It's got pretty much every sort of sound you could think of, ranging from acoustic pianos to synthesizers. I'd say that all of the sounds are pretty realistic, with the more synth like sounds being the most. The presets are very helpful and sound great, even if you're just using them as starting points. The rhythms and arpeggios are also awesome to have, although I haven't delved too deeply into this aspect of the Fantom X6.

OVERALL OPINION

The Roland Fantom X6 is pretty much the perfect keyboard based workstation, and is only one within a line of impressive Fantom keyboard. It isn't too difficult to use that you couldn't just jump right in and try it, and also isn't too basic as it has a whole lot you can do with it if you have the time and are willing to spend it learning how to use this. If you're a keyboard player looking for a great all purpose workstation, the Fantom X6 and the Fantom series keyboards in general absolutely need to be factored in.