Roland Comparison ??? XV-racks vs Fantom XR vs Fantom G

[apex]

Does it make any sense to purchase one of the Roland XV modules OR the Fantom XR (rack) if you already own the Fantom G, MOTIF XS rack, Roland P-330/MKS-20 rack...?

Is there anything that one of those could bring to the table that I don't already have...

I'll explain why later. (maybe LOL).

OK YOU GOT ME I'M A GEAR SLUT. I've got a crazy opportunity in front of me, and I just want to see what you all think.

[karlosserio]

Hear the differences. Every sound module have some sounds that are his strong points. The only reason i would get an X over the others is the ability to store 6 SRX boards.

[Artemiy]

apex, the sound engine of the Fantom-G can do 100% of what the XV did, plus some more. You can get different presets and access to SRX boards, but the overall sound character will be too similar to make much sense, as to me.

I would recommend you to get the V-Synth XT instead. It's still a Roland but sounds absolutely different from the Fantoms and XVs, it's a magic machine, really.

[apex]

isn't that v synth going to be quite a bit more expensive than any of those other items I mentioned...

what's so magic about it?

[Artemiy]

apex, it's really hard to explain quickly, you can try this post of mine:
http://forums.rolandclan.com/index.php?action=show_thre...

[apex]

see ART... that techno/trance sounding stuff doesn't really fit well in my ears... (if you know what I mean... said as nice as I know how

remember I'm a church musician mainly. some other live stuff I guess from time too time, and some studio work too. but mainly church. (unless you are trying to help me create a new sound (altogether) for Gospel/Praise and worship music... then something like the V synth wouldn't be needed much in my set up.

This is the exact same person that has initialized all but about 30 of the first 250 performance (combo), live mode preset patches on the Yamaha Motif XS rack... just don't need all that crazy sounding stuff. Just great bread and butter!!!!

[Artemiy]

apex, I see!

Then have you looked at the Voices library for Fantom-G? Here is a demo:
http://www.sinevibes.com/media/41/Voices%20Demo.mp3

[vox]

Hey Apex!

Why not add some analog stuff to your rig ? You may want to balance the digital domain with some warmth and guts

[apex]

what do you mean by "analog"?

[kenchan]

like jupitor 8?

[dbijoux]

lol, he said "anal".

[apex]

if the jupitor 8 is analog, then what would the Fantom G be?

[vox]

The Fantom G would then be a digital synth. And a very digital sounding one, actually.

[dbijoux]

Rom, romp, romple, rompler.

Analog synths actually created their waveforms via analog circuitry.

[apex]

is the sound different? better or worse? is it a taste thing?