I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 14:17

I am kissing my Fantom G6 goodbye
A part of me (my wallet) wants to die

But in a while all I´ll remember
is how much it sucked,
and how much I wished that the programmer
of the Operating System would be punish-*****

Yep - Im selling mine now ! See ya in the V-synth forum !

Cheers

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 14:29

Are you actually selling it now? Or is just an intention?
If it's not sold yet, for how much are you selling it? **answer me on the market place**, if you did not sell it yet.
I could be interested...

Thanks

Make Music and be Happy !!
PauloF

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 14:34

"and how much I wished that the programmer
of the Operating System would be punish-* "

I'll not sell mine, it still serves me well for the way how I use it, but I'm all with you on your wish regarding the OS programmer.

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 14:59

I dont know what you mean, the OS is fantastic. Even puts Mac OS to shame with its usibilty

Tell you who should be shot is the guy that wrote the VST, cos the constant read write errors are a piss take. I even get them on my Macbook

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 16:05

Speaking of irony... ;-p

Make Music and be Happy !!
PauloF

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 16:08

Well, it was a bit of a joke too with the poem, but I AM selling it...

(PauloF- I have already a buyer, will ship it after Christmas.)

The truth is that I have not been that unsatisfied with the FG as many other people
here seems to have. The sounds/waves are great I think, the effects are great too,
I´ve done a lot of great stuff on it. I´m not losing so much money either, maybe 2-300 Euro.
I´ve had it for almost 2 years now. I believe that the sequencer could be better though,
but thats not the reason either that I´m selling it really, it is more a matter of that it is
time for me to move on, need something with a pattern based sequencer instead
and something that is more of a real synth than a rompler.

Cheers to you all and a MERRY X-MAS !

)

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 16:23

i always thought the FG's sequencer was more pattern oriented than song.

real synth than a rompler... hummm... you mean like a moog or nord analogish digital synth or something? i dont support that fantoms are great analog-ish synths but have you played with the basic waveforms?

basic like sine wave, saw wave, pulse and such?

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 16:44

I see what you mean, that phrases in the FG are sort of "patterns"
but I wanna chain patterns together as songs like on an old drum machine,
if you ever used C-lab Creator for Atari ST you know what I´m talking about.
Thats the ideal sequencer for me. I will propably go for an AKAI MPC something....

"basic like sine wave, saw wave, pulse and such? "

Yep, something that does not have electric piano or nylon guitar waveforms

And something with LOTS of knobs on it, the FG has to few !

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 17:25

but you can make patterns and arrange them on your orange buttons then sequence them into a song, no?

i have an akai groovebox so i kinda undestand wat you are saying but the fundamentals are the same to me.... (?)

the biggest reason why i use cubase is for its very quick editing capabilities.

yah, i can understand the real-time control portion for the synth part... but i dont see why you cant just use the basic waveforms and just ignore the piano or guitar waveforms.

i donno, just confused. anyway GL!

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

20 Dec 2010, 21:53

@Rolandnald Biggs,
(PauloF- I have already a buyer, will ship it after Christmas.)
Cheers to you all and a MERRY X-MAS ! )

Thanks for the info anyway

And a MERRY X-MAS and a happy New Year to you too!

Make Music and be Happy !!
PauloF

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

24 Dec 2010, 12:28

Sold mine for $1200 on ebay. Got a Yamaha XF6. MUCH HAPPIER!!!! Not even a close call.

Roland could have saved it with more ARX cards or something, but chose not to.

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

29 Dec 2010, 18:09

AB77:
You fared pretty well as I paid $1575 for my G6 new. Ebay & PayPal take such a large chunk of commision that I now go to Craigs List long before going there.
I'm a veteran of synths and had ARP and Moogs when they first hit the market!
Ouch!
Can truely say that I never owned a piece of gear that could do it all or that did not lack in some way. I'm sticking with my G6 and 7 as I feel the instruments are well crafted, do most of what I need, (as the sequencer is good enough for live but I'm a
MOTU-DP user) and the screen info blows everything else away, including the new Yamaha series. There will always be a better mouse trap....

Tom

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

29 Dec 2010, 20:11

Glad to hear of your deal, Tom. Getting it new for that price is great.

The ebay sale did hurt me because of the ebay and paypal fee.

And I should stress that for MY music, the Yamaha is generally better - HOWEVER, there are many great things about the G6. I actually worked very hard to get some great sounds on it - the editor really helps.

And for synth sounds - the G6 is great.

I just think that some of the acoustic sounds are better on the Yamaha.

But the nylon patches that you can buy for the G6 show how great it can be with good samples.

So best to you and Happy New Year,
AB

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

30 Dec 2010, 18:27

AB77:
Bottom line: It's what works for you!
I've got a room full of gear including a Motif Rack. If the G could do it all, I'd have no need for the Motif or the rest of the 1/2 ton of software & hardware.
Best of luck with the new Motif.
Regards,
Tom

Re: I´m kissing my FG6 goodbye....

31 Dec 2010, 00:55

Tom - it is ineresting how we are all different. I have an addiction to Yamaha SY77 synths. Ever since I got one in the 1980's, I have always had to have one!

As far as Roland goes - I have the Roland RD700GX with the SN piano card and I love it.

I wish the Fantom G had allowed for SRX cards - that alone would have caused me to keep mine. But it certainly as fantastic sounds that some people will think are necessary and others may just pass it by.

And I just ordered a Roland FP7F for piano at gigs. (So I am not anti-Roland)

Fortunately, we will in a time with so many choices.

Happy New Year,
AB