Roland Fantom Xa

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Roland Fantom Xa Product code: SKU Manufacturer: Roland Price: $1,395.00

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Roland Fantom-Xa

Roland's Fantom-X series has redefined the cutting edge of sample-based workstation technology. If you crave Fantom power, but want a more cost-effective way to Fantomize your rig, Roland has the perfect synth for you. Meet the Fantom Xa a multifaceted sampling workstation with an affordable price tag

Affordable 128-voice expandable workstation with brand new patches

Maximum 644 MB wave memory expandability via SRX-Series Wave Expansion Board (1) and DIMM for sampler memory

Maximum 102 minutes mono sampling time when fully expanded

Skip Back Sampling captures phrases you've just played

Intuitive user interface with Part buttons, numeric keys that can act

as Sound Category-select buttons

USB for MIDI communication and file transfer with PC/Mac

V-LINK for controlling Edirol video products

Flagship Features

Many of the attributes that make the flagship Fantom-X series so popular have been ported to the Fantom-Xa. Check out these mouth-watering specs: 128-voice polyphony, up to 644MB expandability, Skip Back Sampling, high-resolution built-in sequencer, realtime audio timestretching, COSMŽ modeling effects, mastering processor, USB port, WAV/AIF compatibility, and an SRX expansion slot. The Fantom-X's sequencer has the largest capacity in the industry, and the Fantom-Xa is no different. It's always waiting for you to start recording - just press the Record button from any mode and you're off.

Deep Synthesis

Under the Fantom-Xa's hood is one of the most powerful synth engines on the market. It's loaded with great raw waveforms, stereo four Tones with semi-modular structures, multiple filter types, and up to eight syncable LFOs per patch, including the Fantom's user-programmable Step LFO, which you'll find highlighted in the Pulsating and Beats&Groove categories. Use the onboard rhythms to launch a breakbeat from the pads, then press the Category Lock button to surf through dozens of perfectly sync'd rhythms for instant dance-floor inspiration. Enable the Xa's arpeggiator (choose from over 100 programmable patterns) and warp it with the twist of a knob.

Stellar Sound Bank

The foundation of any workstation is its sounds. They should inspire you to play, create, and write music, and keep you coming back for more. Like its big brothers, the Fantom-Xa shines with great patches, covering all the traditional keyboard and orchestral categories, plus banks of modern electronic textures and beyond. Over 1,000 patches are categorized by family (Electric Guitars, Soft Pads, Organs, etc.) so it's easy to find your sound quickly.

Skip Back Sampling

The Fantom-Xa is equipped with a powerful and innovative feature found in the Fantom-X series: Skip Back Sampling. It's an ultra-cool sound design tool, and is also handy for "rescuing" magical moments that you would have otherwise lost. If you play a great lick, for example, and wish that you could hear it back (and even retain it as a sample), simply hit the Skip Back button and there it is! Skip Back can also be used for handy recording of external guitar or vocals in time with the internal sequence, or as a productive way of quickly resampling your realtime performance with knob and controller tweaks.

Seamless Audio/MIDI Integration

Whether you're sequencing MIDI tracks, triggering samples, or even recording audio directly to RAM, the Fantom-Xa makes combining these elements a simple process. Lay down a drum track by combining the internal drum sounds with audio loops, which can automatically sync to tempo via realtime time-stretching. Then record some keyboard parts via MIDI and finish your song by tracking a guitar or vocal as audio. The high-resolution sequencer holds up to 400,000 events, and supports Standard MIDI Files.

World-Class Effects

The Fantom-Xa is loaded with studio-quality COSM effects. There are three MFX processors onboard, plus dedicated reverb, chorus, and even a mastering processor with multiband compression. Export your polished, finalized mixes to a PC or Mac via USB for CD burning.

Connectivity and More

There's no shortage of I/O on the Fantom-Xa. Take advantage of four audio outputs, a headphone out, a pair audio inputs, MIDI in, out, and thru, a Hold pedal input (halfpedal recognition), Control pedal input (assignable), and a USB port that supports file transfer and acts as MIDI interface. One handy USB cable connected from Fantom to computer is all you need. The onboard PC Card slot allows up to a gigabyte (!) of patch and sample data storage. You'll also get Roland's famous D-Beam controller and V-LINK output.

Finally, the Fantom-Xa comes with Fantom-X Editor software for Mac and PC that allows full-scale computer control via simple USB connection Hz (fixed)

Specifications

• Keyboard 61 keys (with velocity)
• Sound Generator Section
• Maximum Polyphony 128 voices (shared with the sampling section)
• Parts 16 parts
• Wave Memory 64 M bytes (16-bit linear equivalent)
• Waveforms 1,228
• Preset Memory Patches: 768 + 256 (GM2)
• Rhythm Sets: 36 + 9 (GM2)
• Performances: 64
• User Memory Patches: 256
• Rhythm Sets: 32
• Performances: 64
• Card Memory (PC card) Patches: 256
• Rhythm Sets: 32
• Performances: 64
• Effects Multi-Effects: 3 systems, 78 types
• Chorus: 3 types
• Reverb: 5 types
• Input Effects: 6 types
• Mastering Effects: 3-band compressor
• Sampling Section
• Data Format 16-bit linear (File Type: .WAV/.AIFF)
• Sampling Frequency 44.1 k
• Maximum Sampling Time mono: 47 sec. approx., stereo: 23.5 sec. approx.
• When sampling memory isn't expanded (4 MB)
• mono: 102 min. approx., stereo: 51 min. approx.
• When sampling memory is expanded with DIMM (516 MB)
• Number of Samples User memory: 2,000 (maximum total approximately 4 MB)
• Card memory: 7,000 (PC card)
• Sequencer Section
• Tracks Phrase tracks (16 MIDI channels per track): 16
• Tempo track: 1
• Beat track: 1
• Patterns: 100
• Resolution 480 TPQN
• Tempo 5-300
• Note Capacity approx. 400,000 notes
• Song Length 9,998 measures
• Recording Method Realtime recording, Step recording
• Others
• Arpeggiator Preset: 128
• User: 128
• Rhythm Pattern Preset: 256 (32 groups)
• User: 256 (32 groups)
• Chord Memory Preset: 64
• User: 64
• Display 240 x 64 dots graphic LCD (with backlit)
• Pad Buttons 10 pads (Trigger/Category Selection/Numeric Keys)
• Controllers Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever
• Control Knob x 4
• Assignable Switch x 2
• D Beam Controller
• Connectors Headphones Jack
• A (MIX) Output Jacks (L/MONO, R): 1/4 inch phone type
• B Output Jacks (L, R): 1/4 inch phone type
• Input Jacks (L/MONO/MIC, R): 1/4 inch phone type
• Hold Pedal Jack (Half Pedal recognition)
• Control Pedal Jack (assignable)
• MIDI Connectors (IN, OUT, THRU)
• USB Connector (supports file transfer and MIDI)
• AC Adaptor Jack
• Expansion Slots Expansion of waveforms and patches for the internal sound generator
• SRX expansion board: 1 slot
• Expansion of sampling memory
• DIMM: 1 slot (supports 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB (3.3 V))
• External Storage Device PC Card: 1 slot (supports SmartMedia and CompactFlash using PC card adaptor)
• Power Supply DC 9 V (AC Adaptor)
• Current draw 1200 mA
• Accessories Owner's Manual
• CD-ROM (Editor, USB MIDI driver)
• PC Card Protector
• AC Adaptor (PSB-1U)
• Options Wave Expansion Board: SRX Series
• Keyboard Stand: KS-12
• Pedal Switch: DP-2, DP-8
• Foot Switch: BOSS FS-5U
• Expression Pedal: EV-5
• Size and Weight
• Width 1,065 mm 41-15/16 inches
• Depth 358 mm 14-1/8 inches
• Height 114 mm 4-1/2 inches
• Weight 10.9 kg 24 lbs. 1 oz.