Who owns a Fantom G and X?

I use my G7 for live work and leave my X7 in the studio. Each has strengths, I enjoy playing both. On stage my wife plays an X6.

PC

Yep they both definitely have their strengths!

Hi Creative69.

In my opinion, I find many of the acoustic sounds, especially the piano, to be nicer on the X. The SRX sounds are amazing! That's why I own the X8 and the XR, both full of SRX cards. I am also enjoying the Integra 7, as nothing compares with Roland's Supernatural technology! I find myself turning to my G8 for distortion guitar as well as electronic and synth sounds, thanks to the amazing Sinevibes libraries that Artemiy has developed. All three ARX cards are decent. Having said that, the Integra excels in these areas as well.

I definitely find the Fantom Xs linear sequencer easier to work with. That is just the way my mind works and I know there are many out there who prefer the G's phrase sequencing approach.

Why all the apparent instrument overlap? Answer - Control over 256 MIDI channels and loads of polyphony! :-)

It's not surprising even the supplied X piano sounds are better than the G considering how heavily eq'd they are compared with those on the G. Even with heavy eq on the G I can't match those on the X although I can get pretty close, certainly good enough for the live work I do. The G also offers more flexibility of midi control for live work, e.g. I can control the lights from the G's pads while doing live sound switching at the same time. I don't think this is really practical on the X. But the G hads definitely got its software quirks.

PC

Its nice to know others are seeing the benefits of owning both X and G good to know I'm not alone.

I have owned a G7 next to my X7 for about 6 months. I sold de G7 because I thought it was a bit to expensive to don't use it. This is about 1,5/2 years ago.

After a few months using the G7 I asked a product specialist from Roland Benelux if the "G" is better than the "X". He told me; Not yet. Maybe not even for the future. It is another synth and it is stronger, faster and better than the X. But, he told me that the sounds on the X are more pure than the on the G.

This was my confirmation to get my money back in my pocket and sell the Fantom G. Well, that didn't worked really, because I bought myself a iMac after I sold the Fantom G7. That was a very good investment I can say.