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Projects - Best Practices /Possibilities?

Projects - Best Practices /Possibilities?

9 Mar 2013, 15:21
Hello All,

I have been using my G6 for quite a while now and usually I use it as a glorified midi keyboard and sound module, relying on my other gear for sequencing and sampling primarily because I could never really get my mind around the best way to use the workstation in regards to saving / projects / file system etc.

The big issue for me is all of the demo stuff and songs wasting slots and space. I am wondering how people are using the machine in the following ways:

Projects - do you use a new projects per song / track?
I typically make multiple songs in a projects / well up to 50 obviously. I am running into problems copy a song from one project to the other (all sounds / sets / midi data / samples etc. Just not working...

Load Time / Data - Are each of your projects loading up all data internal and project data comes with 1.50?
Could I boot up in safe mode and then save as that small data project and use as a template for my projects. I really do not all the demo stuff in all my projects. If I cannot get around these issues and basically find a better way to use the system I may have to let the Fantom G go and look for an alternative. I am kicking myself in the ass for selling my Triton Ex and MC-909 for this think now. I want an easy work flow.

Factory Patches / Sounds - Are the all the Fantom G internal sounds and the new sounds that are in 1.50 and FG Connects all included on boot up in safe mode? I am kinda confused how to access the sounds in FG Connects and Factory Roland sounds from on central location, internal ideally?
Clearly I am lost.,

Peace,

Re: Projects - Best Practices /Possibilities?

9 Mar 2013, 16:38
I've been using just the demo project in the interanl memory, although I have cleared out the demo samples. I still have the demo phrases in there. I think the best way to work it in one project if you re not doing audio recording or using much sampling. Faster load time if you can keep the project small, and avoids some hassles with the Fantoms lack of utilities for moving data between projects. If you want to do a lot of auido recording, then maybe one project per song? I don't think there's any perfect way... Have to discover what suits you.

Re: Projects - Best Practices /Possibilities?

15 Mar 2013, 05:36
No, the new sounds and phrases/patterns are not loaded when booting in safe mode as they are all in the USER areas.
Jayson Wonder wrote:

Factory Patches / Sounds - Are the all the Fantom G internal sounds and the new sounds that are in 1.50 and FG Connects all included on boot up in safe mode? I am kinda confused how to access the sounds in FG Connects and Factory Roland sounds from on central location, internal ideally?
Clearly I am lost.,

Peace,

Re: Projects - Best Practices /Possibilities?

13 May 2013, 01:13
Plug in a USB stick, connect your computer to the Fantom with a USB cable, press Menu, then USB Storage (F3), press USB Memory (F2), then on your computer an Explorer window should open up automatically (Windows). Open Folder to View Files, navigate to the newly created drive (E: in my case), click on the new drive (at the root of it) on the left side, the PNL, SEQ and SND folders should all be visible on the right now. Press Ctrl-A to highlight all of the folders in the right side, scroll (up) to the C: drive and locate the folder (that hopefully you have already created) for the entire project, on the right side click with the right mouse button and drag the 3 folders from the new drive to the C:folder where you want to store them locally. Navigate to the C:<folder> where you stored them, locate the SEQ folder and expand it on the left, click the ARP and PHS folders on the left and clear out their contents on the right side, then reverse the process and drag the project folder back to the new drive (Fantom). Now on your USB stick you will have a "thinned" out file that loads a hell of a lot quicker. USE CAUTION when doing this however, I would not recommend doing this with an existing project that you have put a lot of work into until you try it first with an empty project. Where I had problems was when I used an existing project and moved my Live Sets around in the Librarian software and saved it back to the USB stick. That caused some minor problems with programs not being available in the right places for the Live Sets. If all you are doing is trying to create a template to use that loads faster then you should be alright.

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