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By: Ikedi Ani-okoye.

Roland Fantom

Roland: Roland is a Japanese manufacturer of instruments. Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi founded this company on 18th April 1972. The company was at first located in Osaka. Then in 2005 it was relocated in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Roland has a varied range of synthesizers. Roland SH3A, Roland SH1000. All these are popular models of Roland.

The Roland Fantom X8 88 Key Sampling Workstation has nearly 1G.B of wave memory and 128-voice polyphone, which is very powerful.

Roland’s Fantom-X

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!

Roland Fantom development

With the introduction of last year's XV5080 module, Roland fantom further refined their vision of the ultimate S+S (ie. sample-based) studio workhorse. This synthesizer bundled together some of the finest sounds and effects Roland fantom have yet produced: the pick of the JD, JV, XP and XV series. Adding the ability to replay samples in Roland, Akai, WAV and AIFF format was another welcome step forward.

Roland Fantom features

The 76-note keyboard has a very pleasing action: quite firm and very 'hammerable'. Given just how playable it is, I found myself wishing that Roland fantom had dared to be just a little radical and revolutionary and bestowed polyphonic aftertouch upon the Fantom, rather than the channel aftertouch it has.

The other performance tools on offer include the traditional Roland fantom waggly stick, which combines pitch-bend with a perpetually inadequate, shallow-travelling modulation. The D-Beam is much more interesting, allowing you to tweak the filter, level, and modulation in real time, and additional user-assignable control is offered in the form of four knobs and four buttons.