Is anyone using their Fantom to trigger samples like Ableton
22 Mar 2007, 11:01I wasn't sure how to search for this, so I thought I'd start a new topic. If there are any exisiting topics about this, please let me know.
Some background. My band Thousand Houses is a three piece (guitar, drums and me). I cover the bass parts with my left hand triggering a Moog Voyager RME. I use my MacBook Pro for Rhodes and Wurly samples (Scarbee run from Logic Pro). I use an Xp-60 on top to trigger the bass sounds and I split the board so I can have some synth pads on top.
I just bought a Fantom X6 on ebay which will arrive on Friday. I am really excited about it and will be replacing the XP-60 in my setup.
Since I am covering bass parts with my left hand, I have a lot left to do with just one remaining hand. I had been thinking about using Ableton Live to trigger some samples, (pads, arrpegios, etc.) to fatten up our live sound a bit. However, I am really curious about using the Fantom pads to accomplish the same thing. I watched the videos at the Roland site and am really excited about the skip-back sampling feature and assigning things I have played to pads.
If I am not mistaken, I could even have my guitar player lay some things into the Fantom and I could trigger them at the right points of the song.
Is anyone using their Fantom in this way? What are the things I should be concerned about? Here are a few I came up with.
1. Sample load time. If I have a different set of things for each song, I assume I can assign them to the pads as a kit and have the kit change on each song. Is there a lot of downtime when doing this? I suppose it depends on the size of the samples of course.
2. Memory. I am not sure how much the Fantom comes with and how quickly I would use it up. Again, I am sure that depends on the size of the samples. I am thinking that the things I assign to pads will be relatively short. A few bars at the most.
3. Tempo. I would like to get away with not using headphones for my drummer. However, if I want to use rhythmic samples, I imagine it would be necessary. I guess I could hit the tap tempo but that would be problematic, I would guess. I assume performances can be saved with a starting tempo, correct? It probably wouldn't matter as much if I were just triggering samples that were held pads.
Those are the things I came up with off the top of my head. I am totally open to comments, ideas and warnings.
Thanks!!
Mitch
Some background. My band Thousand Houses is a three piece (guitar, drums and me). I cover the bass parts with my left hand triggering a Moog Voyager RME. I use my MacBook Pro for Rhodes and Wurly samples (Scarbee run from Logic Pro). I use an Xp-60 on top to trigger the bass sounds and I split the board so I can have some synth pads on top.
I just bought a Fantom X6 on ebay which will arrive on Friday. I am really excited about it and will be replacing the XP-60 in my setup.
Since I am covering bass parts with my left hand, I have a lot left to do with just one remaining hand. I had been thinking about using Ableton Live to trigger some samples, (pads, arrpegios, etc.) to fatten up our live sound a bit. However, I am really curious about using the Fantom pads to accomplish the same thing. I watched the videos at the Roland site and am really excited about the skip-back sampling feature and assigning things I have played to pads.
If I am not mistaken, I could even have my guitar player lay some things into the Fantom and I could trigger them at the right points of the song.
Is anyone using their Fantom in this way? What are the things I should be concerned about? Here are a few I came up with.
1. Sample load time. If I have a different set of things for each song, I assume I can assign them to the pads as a kit and have the kit change on each song. Is there a lot of downtime when doing this? I suppose it depends on the size of the samples of course.
2. Memory. I am not sure how much the Fantom comes with and how quickly I would use it up. Again, I am sure that depends on the size of the samples. I am thinking that the things I assign to pads will be relatively short. A few bars at the most.
3. Tempo. I would like to get away with not using headphones for my drummer. However, if I want to use rhythmic samples, I imagine it would be necessary. I guess I could hit the tap tempo but that would be problematic, I would guess. I assume performances can be saved with a starting tempo, correct? It probably wouldn't matter as much if I were just triggering samples that were held pads.
Those are the things I came up with off the top of my head. I am totally open to comments, ideas and warnings.
Thanks!!
Mitch