Synth Robot

I received my replacement Fantom 8 a couple days ago (for a non-aftertouch related keyboard issue). It gave me a chance to compare aftertouch on two different Fantom 8's. On the first Fantom, aftertouch is there, but to...

When using the VTW engine, is there a way to program the knob above the 8th slider to function as a control for the 9th drawbar? I was looking at getting a Fantom 08, but did not realise or even consider that Roland woul...

I love my Fantom 8 in terms of superior hardware not to mention all the software capabilities. The key bed is second to none. I use a Roland RPU 3 Pedal board. It has 3 x pedals and the middle peddle covers all the press...

The AT works on my Fantom 6, but it is very hard to control the amount of AT modulation. But generally speaking: When I buy a synth from a dealer, the dealer is responsible that the customers rights are according to nati...

Yes the knobs have 0-1023 resolution unlike the usual MIDI values of 0-127, but the aftertouch on mine is like BINARY (ON / OFF). One of the worst things I find about the aftertouch being so BAD and ROLAND is not only IG...

It seems I have to be blunt on here to get a reaction from Roland, as I contacted them in Australia and was just fobbed off to fill out a request ticket for Roland Backstage (that’s an appropriate named for it). I have m...

I’m not keen on being nickel and dimed on a $4k synth +100 I agree with this above, also the update to v3.00 is still missing some much needed and wanted functions like the aftertouch fixed on the Fantom 8 (see all the o...

It seems a little strange to me that the Fantom cannot just play a WAV or MP3 file from a USB stick like a myriad of other Roland synths. I would like to be able to play along or practice with a track simply, without run...

The Virus is a great synth for trance etc., and sounds different than most other synths. It has this punchy solid sound (which I would describe as having a 'je ne sais quoi') that most synths cannot match. In addition if...

It's a legitimate gripe, but the way it was written made it sound like a temper tantrum... No I wasn't angry, I was laughing when writing it at how stupid I thought it was to trust Microsoft as the only source of a drive...