Fantom G sensation

It's my sound design scratchpad, song or beat idea scratchpad, performance tool, effects processor, MIDI keyboard and audio interface.

"buying one with similar capacities but not that expensive"

LOL

Sounds like youre not familiar with syntetizers... With the similar capacities you will need deal with the same interface or worst, and probably with more or just different limitations...

price?
Maybe a JUNO Stage... If you want a syntetizer...
A Fantom X, you will find complicated too..
Its really difficult...

Maybe synth its not what you seek for, maybe a arranger...
Then you will need a specific sound, and you will need synth functions... its troublesome...

I owned a G8 in past, I have to downgrade to a G6 due the wheight.

I play a lot live, at least 1 day a week... I stick with Fantom G and use mostly in Live Mode and some sound design that its needed even to covers. The results I get after I can use the potential of Fantom G really worth the price and effort.

FG have yet much more potential, that I hope will be addressed soon in a OS upgrade.

Actually its the first keyboard i own. Usually i played on a normal Piano, but after i decided to play in a band, i knew I needed a keyboard. So I looked around and I found an excellent choice, the Fantom G8, for its capacities, size(which now i find it troublesome to move back and forth in gigs),and for its friendly method
You said you played most of the time in LIVE MODE. I know its cool, cause you choose your instruments and switch between them. I prefer to use the studio mode, but the negative aspect about it, its that its risky while trying to save or load songs., so Im always kind of nervous. I use Studio mode, cause we play our songs using backup sampling like hearing strings, or synth effects, and stuff).

How do you do it to always play in live mode, switch between a lof of patches, and make it sound great. Imagine playing the cover ITS MY LIFE from Bon Jovi, it has a lot of samples being used and sometimes you need to be playing 4 at the same time. Whats your method of using LIVE MODE, and that works??

thanks

In my case, I cannot play pre-recorded songs, if to you its possible, the Studio Mode its the better choice. The studio mode I prefer on a pre-recorded song, live I prefer combine instruments and parts on the keyboard with Live Sets...

Live sets its best way to combine patches or simply change patches, 8 by set, if you need complex changes, you need create more than one live set for song and switch between then while you playing. In FG you can do smooth changes of your sounds without interruptions. If you have recorded a song you can even automate this patches ou live set changes. (someone correct me if Im wrong)

Require creativity to create good live sets, you get with time. You need patience to learn all gear you buy today... FG Im learn with time and with a lot of help of the rolandclan community (Videos / Forum / Manual).

I have times that I lost patience too, but when you start discover the tool, really we get fantastic results with FG.