Fantom-Xa: more details

[Artemiy]

Today Roland officially introduced the new member in the Fantom line - Fantom-Xa - http://www.roland.com/products/en/Fantom-Xa/index.html and I am here to give you some interesting info about it.

Fantom-Xa includes 64 Mb wave ROM that is identical to that of the Fantom-S series. Polyphony is 128 voices, and up to 512 Mb DIMMs may be installed - like on the X series. It includes all Fantom-S patches, as well as 128 all-new patches and some new rhythm kits.

The more exciting thing is that I have been involved in demo composition for this new Fantom-Xa, and you will also find preset samples on this one created by me. Soon the demo (named Auto Mate) will be available on Roland's sites, and more info on my work will be published at Artemio.net.




Artemio.

[mucsusn]

Once again...........U DA MAN!!!!!!

[Septimo]

cool artemio, what a privilage! congrats!!!

will the new patches be available soon here in the site?

Septimo ,'^)

[Artemiy]

Thanks for your kind words, guys!

Septimo: I'm not sure, but I will try to acquire those patches. I guess that when someone purchases a Xa, they will be available here anyway.

[chick corea]

when is it comming out ???


selling fantom x r in perfect condition ..except for the manual..

PLEASE PLEASE I NEED THE SAMPLE CONVERTER ROLAND PROMISE!! AND DID NOT GET..!

[Artemiy]

No idea. I'd expect it to be available in no less than 3-3.5 months, like with all of the FS and FX series.

[toom driver]

As a Fantom S owner, my reaction to the Xa is unprintable. I am more and more convinced that I will never buy another brand new Roland product as I will not trust that it is not just a pre-production marketing exercise. And to be honest I don't really care whether Roland takes any notice or not.

Toom!

[newman]

Yeah its odd.. But anyways good job Artemio! Hope your getting paid or recognized or even a job!!!! Anyways I knew there was gonna be a ROM cut. if it had 128 MB ROM as the FX did i wouldve gave my FX back

[FatBoyJim]

As a Fantom-S owner I have no reaction other than cool, 128 more free patches. I still love my F-S and though this won't help the resale value it really does not matter to me because I don't plan on selling mine anytime soon and the Fantom-X has already killed the resale value anyway.

Hey Artemio, so the A stands for Artemio?

Glad to see that Roland keeps the Fantom line alive and this site will continue to grow and get better because of this.

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Check out Lawrence's Fantom-S website: http://fantom.wilkesworld.co.uk/
Check out Artemio's other Fantom-S website: http://artemio.net/projects/fantom-s/

[ProgressiveD]

Thanks for the new details.
I'm no longer interested in buying one knowing it only has the F-S ROM data. Seems like I'll keep my XR after all.

Still a great competitor to the Triton LE though.

Congratulations Artemio for your involvment in that product, you deserve it.

At last, I'm part of the gang !

[Artemiy]

Thanks a lot guys. I was very glad and damn honoured to participate in demo composing for Xa and I hope to publish the demo soon.

[mic pacino]

Big ups Art! Good things really do happen when you stay on the grind.

One.

Mic Pacino

[Phait]

This is nice to hear Artemio, I'm happy for you.

But I'm still miffed at Roland's decisions (not sure what to think).

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[pianodick]

Congratulations Artemio.

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