Hello everyone since it came out i own a Roland XP-30. I have always been very happy with it, and i have not followed the new products that came out. I think it is time to buy a new one, and i have been looking on the internet but i have a lot of questions. I am interested in the Fantom S . I know that there is a 88 keyboard version which is called the S88. And there are other ones like the x6, x7, x8 or the XA But i do know really know the difference. I am looking for a keyboard with 61 keys, the best accoustic piano sound there is and good brasses and strings. It must be expandle. I also want to know if i can listen to single patches somewhere on the internet , to find out which how they sound. What can you recommend me ? Are the sounds of the fantom series better than the XP series ? Does the fantom S have the same piano as the fantom X ? You can send me an email in dutch, german or english or reply in this newsgroup Thanks in advance R.Denessen
At least in the US, the Fantom S has been discontinued, replaced by the Fantom X. At the time of its inception, the Fantom X had the best piano that Roland built. Since that time, however, they've come out with a new piano patch that uses 3 samples per note times 88 notes. LOTS of samples, intelligently velocity-switched -- quite nice. This piano is currently only built-in to the RD700sx, a stage piano, and not the Fantoms. However, this piano is now also available on an SRX expansion board, the SRX-11 I think, which can be plugged in to the Fantom S or X series either. Both the S series and the X series come (or came) with either 61- or 76-note synth action keyboards, or 88-note hammer action. The X series also has a little brother, the XA, which does NOT have all of the new patches in the X series (I think they're S series patches, actually). I don't know if it'll accept the SRX expansion boards or not. I don't know if you can hear patches on the 'net or not. Hope that helps! Later, Michael Houston On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:22:12 +0200, "denico" <> wrote: > >Hello everyone > >since it came out i own a Roland XP-30. I have always been very happy with >it, and i have not followed the new products that came out. >I think it is time to buy a new one, and i have been looking on the internet >but i have a lot of questions. > >I am interested in the Fantom S . I know that there is a 88 keyboard version >which is called the S88. And there are other ones like the >x6, x7, x8 or the XA > >But i do know really know the difference. I am looking for a keyboard with >61 keys, the best accoustic piano sound there is and good brasses and >strings. >It must be expandle. > >I also want to know if i can listen to single patches somewhere on the >internet , to find out which how they sound. > >What can you recommend me ? > >Are the sounds of the fantom series better than the XP series ? Does the >fantom S have the same piano as the fantom X ? > >You can send me an email in dutch, german or english or reply in this >newsgroup > >Thanks in advance > >R.Denessen > > >
Hello Michael, Thanks for your info ! It helped me a lot. Kind regards R.Denessen "Michael Houston" <> schreef in bericht news:1125586482.6031be0527ef8f30001fc43de1f82159@teranews... > At least in the US, the Fantom S has been discontinued, replaced by > the Fantom X. > > At the time of its inception, the Fantom X had the best piano that > Roland built. Since that time, however, they've come out with a new > piano patch that uses 3 samples per note times 88 notes. LOTS of > samples, intelligently velocity-switched -- quite nice. This piano is > currently only built-in to the RD700sx, a stage piano, and not the > Fantoms. > > However, this piano is now also available on an SRX expansion board, > the SRX-11 I think, which can be plugged in to the Fantom S or X > series either. > > Both the S series and the X series come (or came) with either 61- or > 76-note synth action keyboards, or 88-note hammer action. The X > series also has a little brother, the XA, which does NOT have all of > the new patches in the X series (I think they're S series patches, > actually). I don't know if it'll accept the SRX expansion boards or > not. > > I don't know if you can hear patches on the 'net or not. > > Hope that helps! > > Later, > Michael Houston > > On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:22:12 +0200, "denico" <> > wrote: > >> >>Hello everyone >> >>since it came out i own a Roland XP-30. I have always been very happy with >>it, and i have not followed the new products that came out. >>I think it is time to buy a new one, and i have been looking on the >>internet >>but i have a lot of questions. >> >>I am interested in the Fantom S . I know that there is a 88 keyboard >>version >>which is called the S88. And there are other ones like the >>x6, x7, x8 or the XA >> >>But i do know really know the difference. I am looking for a keyboard with >>61 keys, the best accoustic piano sound there is and good brasses and >>strings. >>It must be expandle. >> >>I also want to know if i can listen to single patches somewhere on the >>internet , to find out which how they sound. >> >>What can you recommend me ? >> >>Are the sounds of the fantom series better than the XP series ? Does the >>fantom S have the same piano as the fantom X ? >> >>You can send me an email in dutch, german or english or reply in this >>newsgroup >> >>Thanks in advance >> >>R.Denessen >> >> >> > >
