Fantom G For Prog Rock/Metal/Techno?

[Arctica]

So I've heard the G's pianos, EPs, strings and brass, and it all sounds good to my ears (even if the brass could use a touch of work), but how about the heavier side of things?

Are leads, basses and techno sounds covered? Basically, what I'm asking is: can you get some downright nasty sounds out of this beast, or will I have to look elsewhere for that, such as a Virus or a vintage Korg?

I've been debating the purchase of an old Triton and Virus Rack, but I'm wondering if either or both would be unwarranted with the power of the G...

[DeRockn1]

I bought mine for techno and metal and or progressive

[Oliver Davis]

Now that we have Multi Sampling - Why not pop a load of Mellotron samples in the G ?

[Astral]

There is no "ready to go" performances/live sets that you can use for metal/techno production, you will have to program your own sets. Synth sounds ok. If you considering Virus Rack- I have it for sell with good proce, also Waldorf MicroQ.

[Arctica]

Mellotron? I'll have to Google it. I've heard references to them, but don't actually know what they are...

Oh, I know I'll have to program it myself, I'm just wondering if the G has the the potential to sound "dirty," if you know what I mean.

Astral, drop me a line at dave.b.fraser [at] hotmail.com if you would regarding your synths for sale.

[Arjan]

Now that we have Multi Sampling - Why not pop a load of Mellotron samples in the G ?

Why doesn't Roland give us some of those great large choir samples from SRX-06 in a downloadable format so we can put them on a USB stick? There is no way I'm going to replace my X with a G unless I can get those sounds on it. I use them a lot in our progrock band.