Roland FANTOM Synthesizer: Overview

[@mattsynth]

Finally after 10 years a new Fantom, sweet.

[@veciimusic]

w/o wifi midi.. :/

[@justaname1862]

And WONT do as much as The Fantom of 10 YEARS AGO! Its a Fail as a Workstation.

[@yourfellowhumanbeing]

@@justaname1862 It's funny, how dedicated you are on trashing this synth. You could easily ignore it, but instead you chose to comment multiple times. What's in it for you.?

[@justaname1862]

@@yourfellowhumanbeing it looks/sounds like a great "Synth"...its just not a "Workstation"...Whats in it for me? The hopes that they fix it! Now...any other questions?

[@yourfellowhumanbeing]

@@justaname1862 Not a workstation. Can you elaborate?

[@DavidLilja]

Congratulations Roland on what looks to be a fantastic instrument!

[@domitian671]

This looks and sounds like the most powerful, capable keyboard I've seen...ever. Well done Roland, I definitely want one. Blows me away that they even included an analog filter.

[@rios_5314]

Analog filter how does that work? Im new to this, im a rookie.

[@pcuimac]

Demos always look great until confronted with reality.

[@justaname1862]

Buy an Analogue synth if you want to fiddle with knobs all day...This is a Workstation

[@atcfisherman]

The best synth workstation ever. Can't wait to get mine.

[@gh1b]

atcfisherman Been playing it all day. It’s amazing

[@jesusmayo]

Esto SÍ que está a la altura de lo que se espera de Roland en sonido y calidad de construcción y NO lo que estaba haciendo estos últimos años con malos materiales 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@cc11studio]

I just put my order in and will receive it January 3rd. I love all the 3 big boards: Roland, Yamaha & Korg, but for me it always comes down to the piano and in my PERSONAL opinion, Roland has always ruled the piano sounds. I own the Yamaha Motif XF7 (and a soon to be retired Jupiter 80), and this should be a great compliment!

[@88keyssavio8]

legend is back again

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

I like the red back panel. ;)

[@juliocesargarcia1497]

Congratulations Roland regards from Caracas Venezuela.

[@HUMZMIC1]

My Gosh that was a AWESOME video...I LIKE!!!

[@chadmike5539]

Wow. I love Roland.. again...

[@florianruf5039]

Amazing instrument, performance and high professional advertisement... you let speak the Fantom, great! I ❤️ the pad sounds

[@sjcongo]

a new beast of workstations 😍 looks really badass

[@dictabeat]

You didn't just come out guns blazing. You came out to brutally murder the entire competition. I am so impressed right now with this...

[@asifkarim4400]

Beautiful display of this new machine.

[@YEE941]

She’s back baby😎😎😎

[@Khordmaster]

This appears to be everything I could ever want in a keyboard/workstation and for that reason I'll be purchasing 😁😁😁😁

[@justaname1862]

Its NOT a true Workstation...it fails in so many areas...very very dissapointed

[@EvilDragon666]

Nicely clipped that piano when recording into Logic. :)

[@CharlesFerraro]

You’re that “evil dragon” person, right? Pretty sure I’ve seen that profile pic on a few forums.

[@EvilDragon666]

@@CharlesFerraro Yep ;)

[@AussieSongs]

Geat Demo, Mark

[@BaseMosquito]

Great..Love the jamming vibe

[@nekow1785]

Welcome back Roland. Welcome back Fantom❤️

[@justaname1862]

It shouldnt even be called a Fantom...its not a true Workstation

[@MidimanSam]

@@justaname1862 Fantom wasn't a workstation, it was a Stage/Performance machine and a mighty one at that!

[@justaname1862]

@@MidimanSam ummmmm...yea it was...my Fantom X and G "Workstations" wont be going anywhere...i would be going backwards getting this new one....it doesnt even have a real Sampler..and bank balance down by $6500.00...ive owned Roland workstations ever since the W30 and for the first time ever im looking at getting a Kronos

[@chillbro2275]

This thing looks super cool. There's a bunch to get into, that i've never messed with, like Synthesizer stuff.

[@zibbybone]

3:30 "I'll Wait...til the price comes down"

[@justaname1862]

It needs to come Waaaaay down $6499.00 for a 76....and its really only an FA with more controller capabilities

[@dmn2273]

@Just Aname I have no clue where you get your pricing from it’s half that at Sweetwater

[@murrayhutchison6918]

I am not blind. I am hugely sympathetic to this post. I support the blind Rachel Flowers via David Kalman’s go fund me page. It seeks to compensate for her blindness by providing funds to enable her with tech to compensate. Recently she changed over to Apple and found that her Nord keyboards would not work speech wise with her Mac. I am delighted to report that Nord responded very quickly and wrote connecting speech ware for her Nords. Some companies are very responsive to blind users. Top marks Nord. Roland you need to learn lessons.

[@dddamone3240]

Bought the Fantom G6, $3400, then Roland stops all support. Meanwhile other synth companies have support for their products of half the price of a Fantom, for twice as long. I've been a loyal Roland customer and fan since the 80's, and I still am a fan, but after neglecting to support their flagship workstation, and focusing all their attention to theremin effects modules, keytars, 808, 707 remakes, the Jdxa overlay situation, and other silliness. So I'm happy to see the new Roland products, but with the amount of time that's past, all the new companies, and new products, it may be too late for Roland to get me to come back. With that said, it does look pretty impressive....to see them finally catch up with the times.

[@evankeal]

I second that sentiment with the Jupiter 80. Roland products are not supported much after the fact, at least in synth and drum musical products. However they typically last forever so support really only means offering product enhancements. But I would prefer if they didnt erase all acknowledgment of a product a few years later like a bad ex girlfriend. I am confused in this case because of the name. Did they reuse Fantom name like Jupiter as a new flagship that has little in common with Fantoms 1 thru 10 or whatever they are? Its interface has a slight similarity to the Jupiter 80. I guess in 8 years they will release their next flagship as the Juno-something.

[@pcuimac]

Same here. FG1.5 was the last they did and it did NOTHING to manage multi sample multi velocity layer patches. I couldn't believe it until today.

[@angelocalafato4148]

Same for me with my Sonic Cell: no support for usb audio driver for windows 10!

[@blackwraith9608]

Speedy Urushibara same here me with my RD-700GX i bought in 2009 and get no more support for usb driver for windows 10. Really dissapointing with roland brand.

[@JustinThomasProducer]

I just bought one . Feeling like a kid on Christmas eve .

[@Tirdad1981]

Such an awesome synthesizer deserves a professional and arranged presentation.

[@SpaceGoingUp]

Wonderful!

[@GlavenMaven]

I’ve always wanted high resolution buttons.

[@dominicbofficial]

The water now LOOKS like water.

[@tomasreil]

Neuvěřitelná továrna na tóny :-)

[@silverqumera]

6:40 Sounds like every time I turn on KARMA on my Korg M3. Idk how this monster will compete against Kronos...

[@Check-it-out]

Does it have a Bluetooth option to connect my wireless headset to ?

[@DeGrale.]

Is it’s OSX driver going to support the old Fantom series? Probably not...does it have an OSX editor that will work with the old Fantom series, probably not....

[@StringsofLight]

I am wanting to be able to just sit down and start recording a song. I dont want to mess with any looping or certain amount of measures. I just want an open recording highway that will allow me to press record and start recording. How can I do this? Is there a way to record without looped tracks, or without any preset amount of measures for recording? Roland Fantom X-8 had this functionality which is why I purchased it. Does this upgraded flagship model of a beast not have this capability? Or am I missing something?

[@wolus73]

Exactly. When will the linear sequencer be available?

[@jmcoffin1]

Does Roland have any plans for integration with Bitwig (1st choice) or Cubase (2nd choice) both running on PC? Also does Roland have any plans to support MPE ... especially polyphonic pitchbend? Note that I’m not interested in using approaches to support polyphonic pitchbend that involve assigning multiple instances of one instrument, each to a different MIDI channel... unless there’s an easy way to edit all instrument instances simultaneously.

[@digitaria6574]

Will the sampler record from an external audio input while the sequencer is playing

[@mpmi7588]

Are you able to load other classic Roland synths into this keyboard?

[@superchickensuperchicken7939]

RolandChannel, I was at the Roland website yesterday and I didn't even see the new Roland Fatom on the website

[@gh1b]

SuperChicken SuperChicken It was released today.

[@superchickensuperchicken7939]

ok thanks, ghib, I will check it out

[@raseshgandhi6702]

Fantastic

[@s_praneet_9913]

Where I buy this please reply me sir

[@dolo747]

i still use my fantom g.. might be time to upgrade.

[@justaname1862]

Dont...you will be going backwards...sadly...ive looked at it. My Fantom X and G wont be going anywhere soon.

[@martinvigo8589]

Este sinte es megaprofesional, es su clon del Jupiter 8😊

[@carbonarrow7]

I want to see a new Fantom 8 VS roland FA 08 video????????????? WHICH IS BETTER NOW????????????????????

[@bandungbusdriver5256]

it's not a match... fa is like simplified version of the phantom... like kronos with krome... montage with modx... motif with mofx... fantom and kronos that would be a match... i bet on fantom though

[@danielfoddrell9796]

It’s about freakin time! Y’all must’ve been sleep for 10 yrs 🤦🏽‍♂️ I kinda like the “Montage” look it will compliment my Montage 8 very well!

[@YEE941]

That’s a sexy duo for sure

[@MethodicBR]

I think is a big miss that the New Fantom don't have SuperNatural acoustic sounds like Jupiter 80 since it is a workstation. As it is now is more like a VA Workstation + VPiano with some 90s acoustic PCM sounds.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

It has the supernatural sounds now. It’s a great keyboard.

[@MethodicBR]

@@mikemorrisonmusic Cool! I will take a look , thank you!

[@SHOWWHITE]

Let me put it simply, scene is similar to KRONOS SETLIST which was introduced in 2011

[@MohammedElSanousi]

So

[@simonboisjoli316]

Any chance for a JD-XA price drop following this year's releases? Asking for a friend...

[@xp50player]

Looking for a list of the PCM multisamples, only Drum Instruments listed in SoundList manual.- Update: I see the PCM tones are from the XV-5080/FA/Integra-7 with 64mb ROM, + some new drum samples.

[@mbf6160]

All jokes aside this is really dope piece of hardware with a basically a built it daw right into the synthesizer for recording and laying down ideas very nice Jones roland 👍🏽

[@mbf6160]

You can have this wonderful synthesizer and it will only cost you your first born 😄

[@justaname1862]

Hi...will it read GM and or SVQ Files????? Please tell me it does...otherwise not worth me looking into. I know it seems like a dumb question...but things like that have happened before and i dont use a laptop or any software live...actually at all...i wouldnt use "Any" of its midi/DAW controller stuff...it has to be totally stand alone...Does it have a full blown sampler unlike the FA series??? It should for the price (Wow)...

[@akirawilliams556]

LOL 06:40 the solo reminds me of the episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he gets the future musicians to play 'something he can dance to'. LOL! Of course it sounds dated just like this synth!

[@Crissutil]

I want to be millioner ! That is so cool!

[@Czyszy]

Cool. The only thing I don't like about the new Fantom is the price.

[@jamieanderson7757]

Sounds and “music” on this demo don’t inspire me - is this product just designed for weekend hacks rather than artists?

[@justaname1862]

YES...it seems so...the lack of a fully blown linear Sequencer is a giveaway...and NO SAMPLER...the New Fantom so far is a fail as a Workstation...doesnt even have any Audio tracks...it would be ok for Bedroom hacks...but how could they afford $6500.00 anyway...and another $2500.00 at least for outboard gear to have a completed Workstation...The X and G are by far better Workstations.

[@okay1904]

You spoke my mind - most of these hardware keyboard manufactures have become like Nokia, not able to discern that they need to reach a whole new higher level of sound quality and usability. No way would I go back to a workstation except for a few sounds, but most of these are much better done with Spectrasonics or IK Multimedia or AIR instruments and it is so much easier to add an unlimited number of high quality effects in a DAW.. For sonic quality these terrible sounding patches are dated... and sound dated.......and very weak...

[@instrumentalistjade8367]

Im a Roland Fantom user and tried it all from the first Fantom Fa 76, fantom X, fantom G, FA 06 and 08.. also an integra 7 user. All i can say about this new fantom, its great if you use it integrated with computer/VST.. Also the new controls makes it better.. but i still need to try it in person before deciding getting it which is i always do before buying a new synth.. in terms of sounds, theres really nothing new on sounds coz the sounds ive heard on this demo can be produced by any other synths/modules if you are only giving time on how to edit your ADSR( Advance delay sustain and release).. Lastly im still interested with this new synth. The outputs and new computer connections are great to have. The touch screen is not amZing coz we know this is old technology, even the korg trinity from the 90s has that touch screen already. Thanks Roland. i dont know if does it have a smooth transition? Hope it does coz you are too late.

[@justaname1862]

Its a fail for me...i dont need or want a laptop for live use...and this new Fantom seems to want to rely on one...NO real Sequencer...No real Sampler...for me its not even close to my Fantom X...it wont even load a standard midi file (smf)....AND ITS $6500.00....Even at $2000.00 i wouldnt update....i had the money ready to go when i heard about its launch but i would be going backwards from my X and G Fantoms.

[@junio19.]

amazing!!

[@erikjohnson9112]

Some of this could be interesting, but I want to hear more about the modeling (yes, this is just an overview, so it won't have everything). Also, more info about the aftertouch is an area of interest.

[@mrigankasandilya7720]

I hope roland have a joystick like the korg kronos have and also a small ribbon adjacent to it for using it simultaneously for heavy leads

[@carbonarrow7]

Can you now load user created sets onto a USB drive for more memory expansion and play back when needed???

[@tomeknowakowski2923]

Nice instrument, nice sound. Roland could also do a professional keyboard for the studio, a combination of synthesizer with styles, sampler. I miss this in the brand's offer.

[@j.r204]

WOOW

[@mauricio3827]

No Brasil deve chegar a preço de Ouro,...

[@carbonarrow7]

Which has more patches and can you load patches onto the new fantom 8 like the FA 08????????

[@EduardoFariasdui]

Super!!!!

[@Zarabozo]

What's the polyphony? Still obsolete 128 notes like all Roland models from the last 20 years?

[@jonlbarry]

256 notes I believe.

[@ademagba]

Does any one know where to buy this?

[@jimmyodm697]

After seeing this clip only one question pops up. How many of you still uses the internal sequencer of your workstation?

[@justaname1862]

Heaps...i dont even use a laptop....thats why its called a "Workstation" all in one box and no need for external gear...at $6500.00 this should not need anything...but...unfortunately it is a fail as a Workstation.

[@boothbuster]

If THIs were the mc707 then we’d have a winner... sigh. (This screen, interface, front panel, I mean, in groovebox format.)

[@daviddehorne1971]

I’m sorry; I’ve always been a big fan of Roland but FFS... Seriously Roland; couldn’t you at least use some more edgy inspiring NEW sounds & textures when demonstrating how to create a new song... uggh; sounded like the same same dished out from too many other uninspired new hardware synth demos. I gotta say I was uninspired. As opposed to the short & sweet new Fantom demo from Sergio Selim. Now THATS how you make a freaking GREAT synth video that truly inspires!

[@kevinpsalms]

Yea it was cringe worthy

[@rolandglobal]

That's why we work with such great artists like Sergio, to give each genre and music taste some special attention.

[@psytrance9449]

I think it would be great if roland re released the jp8000 engine & sounds with more new sounds & capabilities like the v synth & fantom

[@dustermaniac]

Is this a Kronos and Oaysis all mixed into one unit? It sounds like it is.

[@CharlesFerraro]

Oh it’s not anywhere near as capable as that. Not by a long shot. But you know to each their own.

[@DanielMorales-qp8rf]

This is nowhere near a kronos..

[@snakedike]

@@DanielMorales-qp8rf They are clearly going after the kronos market. And there are some places it seems to match capability and some places it seems to exceed capability of the Kronos. They are cherry picking what they show us so it will be a while before we hear of any weaknesses or limitations. I love my kronos but this looks real interesting.

[@dustermaniac]

@@DanielMorales-qp8rf Yes the Kronos is better

[@EnnyO_Lobby]

6:40 Sounds like something out of Dragon Ball Z!

[@jimmybuffet4970]

Roland went shopping and came out of the store with an entire system interface from Korg, a looper straight from GarageBand, Mixing from Yamaha, and an audio engine from 2004. Lol

[@stickdeck]

Wow Ableton Live has completely changed the game 👍

[@sonicocr]

reminds me Kurzweil VAST engine... multiple engines in multiple layers... (32 layers in the case of Kurzweil).

[@Mikepepp2]

Still only 8 note polyphony for the sampler section. Aka. Sp404sx. Mannnnnnnn. Come on

[@anthonyhill4700]

I know it's a good workstation I just want to know how much it cost. I want the seven by the way. Roland I need answers😠

[@heavenlyflavours7485]

Certainly a computer does everything this 'new fantom' does, but, it should do atleast something which computer does not. What about analog synth with oscillator section replaced with full blown sampler? With modern arp, sequencer and semi modular lfos, cv i/p, o/p would keep busy musicians busy for long.

[@carpegiane1504]

Come to Brasil

[@nyarlathotep4]

Jahahaha

[@djice1804]

Good Bye Yamaha Montage or whatever it’s called. Thank U Roland for listening to real people. Gift 2 self right on time 4 Xmas.

[@musella974]

Why goodbye Montage ? I have the MODX 7, I have the Montage 8 and I will add the Fantom 8 !

[@junio19.]

yes!! you have the reason

[@musella974]

@@junio19. I have 27 Roland and 5 Yamaha ! Old and new items ! I've just ordered the System 8 and for my birthday, I will buy the Fantom 8 !

[@junio19.]

@@musella974 good for you!! this piano is amazing!!

[@danielfoddrell9796]

Nah that Montage is still Killing!

[@PavolCápay]

Dear ROLAND, We want new MV (the mpc killer) right now 😎🎶

[@ggolds5]

Why no attention, mention, or samples of ORGAN sounds?.???

[@pcuimac]

Come on guys. You knew that V-Piano does not support patch remain! All your presenters showed that great patch remain feature with the Zen Core engine, but omitted to say that it doesn't work as expected. There is also no sampling engine to speak of. You only have a 8 voice one shot or loop sample player with 4x16 samples. There is not even a hint how big the sample ram is. I want to like the machine, but its development isn't finished yet. There is not even a MIDI event editor like the Microscope function on the Fantom G. smh

[@veciimusic]

I don’t understand why it doesn’t have wireless MIDI like Jupiter X.

[@midiresurrectedagain9340]

LOVE ROLAND But TOO LITTLE Too LATE. The BUCK STOPS & My F6.. #PEACE

[@hedegaard8]

Or Korg Kronos

[@boothbuster]

I love my Kronos even though it gets little use. Fantoms always intrigued me but they always dropped them so fast, plus it always seemed like too much crap packed in... this one is interesting though.

[@hoangtruong7166]

good roland

[@NothingHereButMe]

My wallet just started crying

[@johnk7267]

I wonder how long they will support the USB driver before Roland decides to stop updating it at a certain OS version and suddenly something that has always worked perfectly stops working. This is what happened with the Fantom X and a bunch of other gear. Big slap in the face to customers who shelled out a lot of $ on premium equipment!

[@stevehaydon6753]

Spent an afternoon playing the Fantom 7 and 8 - build quality looks great and the actions are very good, lots to like BUT - patch remain does NOT work with the V-Piano engine. Works as expected with all other sounds...

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

What is patch remain?

[@adakadakbassbot8648]

Hey Roland guys! I am huge Roland but I am not getting it. I am dreaming about a hardware workstation fully integrated with DAW, but no such product on the market. Apart from synth engine which seems obsolete (PCM+VA instead of wavetable/resynthesis/etc), I am not getting the integration method. It is cool to record wavs and use fantom as controller for vsts. But: every modern producer starts to process sounds right away. So, having a possibility to have a back and forth transfer option could allow to apply modern production to Fantoms sound. But seems its impossible except this way fantom-to-pc, right? I am not getting the point of this stripped down version of ableton. Real ableton will be 100 miles ahead anyway. It is cool to record initial ideas on the fly somewhere on tour, but that’s it. Soundwise it sounds like SPACE music from 80th which I also adore but if you will listen to modern Billboard songs it is totally different. Just trying to understand who is target customer (except JMJarre of course)? Touring musicians who want to record ideas on the fly maybe. In 2000th Fantoms were widely used as real production tools in studios and I had a hope to have something applicable for this in 2019... Look, having a sound I start to produce it right away! Compression SC filtering saturation etc, apart from 3-7 automation lines. Is this possible to do such a product? With usb full integration like eElectron did with their saturation device. I would be the first customer and I am not alone. I am not getting this product, however the army of fantom users was huge back in the days and maybe still is. Would be great to have here some comments about benefits of having such a workstation in 2019. (PS Still love you, Roland, anyway 👍🤗)

[@djice1804]

ADAKADAK Bass bot - I’m with you on the sound side of things, but remember this is just another tool, you create what’s next. The new sounds on the billboards top 100s are created from these keyboards in combination with softwares, plugins, fxs, manipulation, tricks etc...Also with any new keyboards, you have to give it time before you can truly know what its capable of. I was thinking about the Yamaha montage, but not with that many feature + plus a Sequencer on board this bad boy.

[@adakadakbassbot8648]

DJ ICE I agree with you about getting deep into what you have. Just sad that review of this keyboard decreased my GAS, I decided to keep what I have. In this sense this MC707 is getting more attention I think (different beast though)

[@doctorsynth1]

Why is Wavetable preferable over PCM? I had expected this kind of integration to come out when Roland owned Cakewalk, but it did not. I’m excited to see that they are making it work with Logic and Mainstage.

[@cromdesign1]

Jesus! Just looked at the price over here for the cheapest version. 3500 euro’s! The music in the beginning was selling it since it reminded me of the music of utopia(amiga) Nice that there is something new though! I wish inegration with pc was better. Wifi/ftp/bluetooth etc. those usb sticks are anoying!

[@ВикторУшаков-з9м]

Всего каких-то ТРИСТА, наших, "штук" - И я бы смог на ЭТОМ поиграть! Всех удивить - знакомых, подруг, И что-нибудь замыслить и создать! Ведь тут же ВСЁ-В-ОДНОМ, всё поместилось: Любые звуки, лупы. барабаны! Всё сразу очень здорово сложилось - Вот жаль страна у нас немножко странная. Наш курс рубля паршивый, дохлый, мелкий, мы нищие - в таком огромном мире. И я попал в крутую переделку - МНЕ НЕ ИМЕТЬ FANTOM в своей квартире...

[@TEXHO3OHA]

Bring back JD-800 🙂 Currently own V-Synth GT and Jupiter 80, and JP-8000..... and Integra 7

[@VadimShinnik]

You made so powerfull machine with a lot of features but why main feature like organ is so bad? Roland you have upgraded and perfected what you already have good, but organ sounds always was bad....If you made Universal machine all supose to be at pro level with such a simple things like organ in 2019!!!

[@ianulibarri2913]

Sheesh, who edited this? The pointless cuts are so distracting, I was missing what he was saying.

[@josepacheco9653]

Kinda reminds me of the montage tbh

[@stryker1999]

If Montage only had a sequencer...

[@IVANLEEespinosa]

HOLY SH*T! just shut up and take my money!

[@pcuimac]

Fanboys with to much money.

[@justaname1862]

All $6500.00 of it...and its not even a true Workstation....you have got to be kidding!

[@georgek.9853]

So Roland built Ableton Live into a keyboard. :-D... okie dokie.

[@Wulfcry]

I've played with it a few hours , it sounds nice a bit thin here and there and there is room for improvements. Well this is more a performance synthesizer then a workstation, Any one still thinking a workstation is a thing scratch it the fantom is a performance synth good sound , deep integration with daws etc.

[@justaname1862]

It sure is not a "Fantom"...its a big FAIL for me!