Roland Piano Manuel d'utilisation
Owner’s manual, Information

Information
When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor in your country as
shown below.
As of May 15, 2001 (Roland)
ARGENTINA
Instrumentos Musicales S.A.
Florida 656 2nd Floor
Office Number 206A
Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA, CP1005
TEL: (54-11) 4- 393-6057
BRAZIL
Roland Brasil Ltda
Rua San Jose, 780 Sala B
Parque Industrial San Jose
Cotia - Sao Paulo - SP, BRAZIL
TEL: (011) 4615 5666
CANADA
Roland Canada Music Ltd.
(Head Office)
5480 Parkwood Way Richmond
B. C., V6V 2M4 CANADA
TEL: (0604) 270 6626
Roland Canada Music Ltd.
(Toronto Office)
Unit 2, 109 Woodbine Downs
Blvd, Etobicoke, ON
M9W 6Y1 CANADA
TEL: (0416) 213 9707
MEXICO
Casa Veerkamp, s.a. de c.v.
Av. Toluca No. 323, Col. Olivar
de los Padres 01780 Mexico D.F.
MEXICO
TEL: (525) 668 04 80
PANAMA
SUPRO MUNDIAL, S.A.
Boulevard Andrews, Albrook,
Panama City,
REP. DE PANAMA
TEL: (507) 315-0101
U. S. A.
Roland Corporation U.S
.
5100 S. Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938,
U. S. A.
TEL: (323) 890 3700
VENEZUELA
Musicland Digital C.A.
Av. Francisco de Miranda,
Centro Parque de Cristal, Nivel
C2 Local 20 Caracas
VENEZUELA
TEL: (02) 285 9218
AUSTRALIA
Roland Corporation
Australia Pty., Ltd.
38 Campbell Avenue
Dee Why West. NSW 2099
AUSTRALIA
TEL: (02) 9982 8266
NEW ZEALAND
Roland Corporation Ltd.
32 Shaddock Street, Mount Eden,
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
TEL: (09) 3098 715
HONG KONG
Tom Lee Music Co., Ltd.
Service Division
22-32 Pun Shan Street, Tsuen
Wan, New Territories,
HONG KONG
TEL: 2415 0911
CHINA
Beijing Xinghai Musical
Instruments Co., Ltd.
6 Huangmuchang Chao Yang
District, Beijing, CHINA
TEL: (010) 6774 7491
Shanghai Xingtong Acoustics
Equipment CO.,Ltd.
Rm.1108, No.2240 Pudong South
Road Shanghai, CHINA
TEL: (021) 6873 4123
INDIA
Rivera Digitec (India) Pvt. Ltd.
409, Nirman Kendra Mahalaxmi
Flats Compound Off. Dr. Edwin
Moses Road, Mumbai-400011,
INDIA
TEL: (022) 498 3079
INDONESIA
PT Citra IntiRama
J1. Cideng Timur No. 15J-150
Jakarta Pusat
INDONESIA
TEL: (021) 6324170
MALAYSIA
BENTLEY MUSIC SDN BHD
140 & 142, Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur,MALAYSIA
TEL: (03) 2144-3333
PHILIPPINES
G.A. Yupangco & Co. Inc.
339 Gil J. Puyat Avenue
Makati, Metro Manila 1200,
PHILIPPINES
TEL: (02) 899 9801
SINGAPORE
Swee Lee Company
150 Sims Drive,
SINGAPORE 387381
TEL: 846-3676
TAIWAN
ROLAND TAIWAN
ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
Room 5, 9fl. No. 112 Chung Shan
N.Road Sec.2, Taipei, TAIWAN,
R.O.C.
TEL: (02) 2561 3339
THAILAND
Theera Music Co. , Ltd.
330 Verng NakornKasem, Soi 2,
Bangkok 10100, THAILAND
TEL: (02) 2248821
BAHRAIN
Moon Stores
Bab Al Bahrain Road,
P.O. Box 20077
State of BAHRAIN
TEL: 211 005
VIETNAM
Saigon Music
138 Tran Quang Khai St.,
District 1
Ho Chi Minh City
VIETNAM
TEL: (08) 844-4068
JORDAN
AMMAN Trading Agency
Prince Mohammed St. P.O. Box
825 Amman 11118 JORDAN
TEL: (06) 4641200
KUWAIT
Easa Husain Al-Yousifi
Abdullah Salem Street,
Safat KUWAIT
TEL: 5719499
LEBANON
A. Chahine & Fils
P.O. Box 16-5857 Gergi Zeidan St.
Chahine Building, Achrafieh
Beirut, LEBANON
TEL: (01) 335799
QATAR
Al Emadi Co. (Badie Studio
& Stores)
P.O. Box 62,
DOHA QATAR
TEL: 4423-554
SAUDI ARABIA
aDawliah Universal
Electronics APL
Corniche Road, Aldossary Bldg.,
1st Floor
SAUDI ARABIA
P.O.Box 2154, Alkhobar 31952
SAUDI ARABIA
TEL: (03) 898 2081
SYRIA
Technical Light & Sound
Center
Khaled Ibn Al Walid St.
P.O. Box 13520
Damascus - SYRIA
TEL: (011) 2235 384
TURKEY
Barkat muzik aletleri ithalat
ve ihracat Ltd Sti
Siraselviler cad.Guney is hani 84-
86/6, Taksim. Istanbul. TURKEY
TEL: (0212) 2499324
U.A.E.
Zak Electronics & Musical
Instruments Co. L.L.C.
Zabeel Road, Al Sherooq Bldg.,
No. 14, Grand Floor DUBAI
U.A.E.
TEL: (04) 3360715
EGYPT
Al Fanny Trading Office
P.O. Box 2904,
El Horrieh Heliopolos, Cairo,
EGYPT
TEL: (02) 4185531
REUNION
Maison FO - YAM Marcel
25 Rue Jules Hermann,
Chaudron - BP79 97 491
Ste Clotilde Cedex,
REUNION ISLAND
TEL: 28 29 16
SOUTH AFRICA
That Other Music Shop
(PTY) Ltd.
11 Melle St., Braamfontein,
Johannesbourg
Republic of SOUTH AFRICA
P.O.Box 32918, Braamfontein 2017
Republic of SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: (011) 403 4105
Paul Bothner (PTY) Ltd.
17 Werdmuller Centre Claremont
7700
Republic of SOUTH AFRICA
P.O. Box 23032
Claremont, Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA, 7735
TEL: (021) 674 4030
CYPRUS
Radex Sound Equipment Ltd.
17 Diagorou St., P.O. Box 2046,
Nicosia CYPRUS
TEL: (02) 453 426
DENMARK
Roland Scandinavia A/S
Nordhavnsvej 7, Postbox 880,
DK-2100 Copenhagen
DENMARK
TEL: (039)16 6200
FRANCE
Roland France SA
4, Rue Paul Henri SPAAK,
Parc de l'Esplanade, F 77 462 St.
Thibault, Lagny Cedex FRANCE
TEL: 01 600 73 500
FINLAND
Roland Scandinavia As,
Filial Finland
Lauttasaarentie 54 B
Fin-00201 Helsinki, FINLAND
TEL: (9) 682 4020
GERMANY
Roland Elektronische
Musikinstrumente HmbH.
Oststrasse 96, 22844 Norderstedt,
GERMANY
TEL: (040) 52 60090
GREECE
STOLLAS S.A.
Music Sound Light
155, New National Road
26422 Patras, GREECE
TEL: 061-435400
HUNGARY
Intermusica Ltd
.
Warehouse Area ‘DEPO’ Pf.83
H-2046 Torokbalint, HUNGARY
TEL: (23) 511011
IRELAND
Roland Ireland
Audio House, Belmont Court,
Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
Republic of IRELAND
TEL: (01) 2603501
ITALY
Roland Italy S. p. A.
Viale delle Industrie 8,
20020 Arese, Milano, ITALY
TEL: (02) 937-78300
NORWAY
Roland Scandinavia Avd.
Kontor Norge
Lilleakerveien 2 Postboks 95
Lilleaker N-0216 Oslo
NORWAY
TEL: 273 0074
POLAND
P. P. H. Brzostowicz
UL. Gibraltarska 4.
PL-03664 Warszawa POLAND
TEL: (022) 679 44 19
PORTUGAL
Tecnologias Musica e Audio,
Roland Portugal, S.A.
Cais Das Pedras, 8/9-1 Dto
4050-465 PORTO
PORTUGAL
TEL: (022) 608 00 60
RUSSIA
MuTek
3-Bogatyrskaya Str. 1.k.l
107 564 Moscow, RUSSIA
TEL: 095 169 5043
SPAIN
Roland Electronics
de España, S. A.
Calle Bolivia 239, 08020
Barcelona, SPAIN
TEL: (93) 308 1000
SWITZERLAND
Roland (Switzerland) AG
Musitronic AG
Gerberstrasse 5, Postfach,
CH-4410 Liestal, SWITZERLAND
TEL: (061) 921 1615
SWEDEN
Roland Scandinavia A/S
SWEDISH SALES OFFICE
Danvik Center 28, 2 tr.
S-131 30 Nacka SWEDEN
TEL: (08) 702 0020
UKRAINE
TIC-TAC
Mira Str. 19/108
P.O. Box 180
295400 Munkachevo, UKRAINE
TEL: (03131) 414-40
UNITED KINGDOM
Roland (U.K.) Ltd.
Atlantic Close, Swansea
Enterprise Park, SWANSEA
SA7 9FJ,
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: (01792) 700139
KOREA
Cosmos Corporation
1461-9, Seocho-Dong,
Seocho Ku, Seoul, KOREA
TEL: (02) 3486-8855
AUSTRIA
Roland Austria GES.M.B.H.
Siemensstrasse 4, P.O. Box 74,
A-6063 RUM, AUSTRIA
TEL: (0512) 26 44 260
BELGIUM/HOLLAND/
LUXEMBOURG
Roland Benelux N. V
.
Houtstraat 3, B-2260, Oevel
(Westerlo) BELGIUM
TEL: (014) 575811
AFRICA
CHILE
Comercial Fancy
ΙΙ
S.A.
Avenida Rancagua #0330
Providencia Santiago, CHILE
TEL: 56-2-373-9100
URUGUAY
Todo Musica S.A.
Cuareim 1844, Montevideo,
URUGUAY, CP11200
TEL: 5982-924-2335
EUROPE
AUSTRALIA/
NEW ZEALAND
ASIA
CENTRAL/LATIN
AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
EL SALVADOR
OMNI MUSIC
75 Avenida Notre YY Alameda,
Juan Pablo 2, No. 4010
San Salvador, EL SALVADOR
TEL: (503) 262-0788
ROMANIA
FBS LINES
Piata Libertatii 1,
RO-4200 Gheorghehi
TEL: (066) 164-609
PARAGUAY
Distribuidora De
Instrumentos Musicales
J.E. Olear y ESQ. Manduvira
Edeficio, El Dorado Planta Baja
Asuncion PARAGUAY
TEL: 595-21-492147
PERU
VIDEO Broadcast S.A.
Portinari 199 (ESQ. HALS),
San Borja, Lima 41,
REP. OF PERU
TEL: 51-14-758226
COSTA RICA
JUAN Bansbach
Instrumentos Musicales
Ave.1. Calle 11, Apartado 10237,
San Jose, COSTA RICA
TEL: (506)258-0211
CRISTOFORI MUSIC PTE
LTD
Blk 3014, Bedok Industrial Park E,
#02-2148, SINGAPORE 489980
TEL: 243 9555
IRAN
MOCO, INC.
No.41 Nike St.Dr.Shariyati Ave.
Roberoye Cerahe Mirdamad
Tehran, IRAN
TEL: 285 4169
ISRAEL
Halilit P. Greenspoon &
Sons Ltd.
8 Retzif Ha'aliya Hashnya St.
Tel-Aviv-Yafo ISRAEL
TEL: (03) 6823666
Thank you, and congratulations on your choice of the Roland
(FA-76).
Copyright © 2001 ROLAND CORPORATION
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without
the written permission of ROLAND CORPORATION.
Before using this unit, carefully read the sections entitled: “IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS” (Owner’s Manual p. 2), “USING THE UNIT SAFELY” (Owner’s
Manual p. 3), and “IMPORTANT NOTES” (Owner’s Manual p. 4). These sections
provide important information concerning the proper operation of the unit.
Additionally, in order to feel assured that you have gained a good grasp of every
feature provided by your new unit, Quick Start, Owner’s Manual, Sound/
Parameter List, and Q&A should be read in its entirety. The manual should be
saved and kept on hand as a convenient reference.
OWNER’S MANUAL
02780689 ’01-8-A3-11N
OWNER’S MANUAL
Document Outline
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- How To Use This Manual
- Contents
- Main Features
- Panel Descriptions
- Overview of the Fantom
- Playing in Patch Mode
- About the PATCH PLAY Screen
- Selecting a Patch
- Transposing the Keyboard in Octave Units (Octave Shift)
- Transposing the Keyboard in Semitone Steps (Transpose)
- Selecting the Tones That Will Sound (Tone On/Off)
- Playing Single Notes (Mono)
- Creating Smooth Pitch Changes (Portamento)
- Playing Arpeggios (Arpeggiator)
- Playing Percussion Instruments
- Playing Rhythm Patterns from the Keyboard
- Creating a Patch
- How to Make the Patch Settings
- Saving Patches You’ve Created (Write)
- Functions of Patch Parameters
- Settings Common to the Entire Patch (General)
- Arpeggiator Settings (Arpeggio)
- Realtime Controller / D Beam Controller Settings (Controller)
- Setting Effects for a Patch (Effects/ MFX/MFX Control/Chorus/Reverb)
- Matrix Control Settings (Matrix Ctrl)
- Changing How a Tone Is Sounded (TMT)
- Modifying Waveforms (Wave)
- Modifying Pitch (Pitch)
- Modifying the Brightness of a Sound with a Filter (TVF)
- Adjusting the Volume (TVA)
- Modulating Sounds (LFO)
- Creating a Rhythm Set
- How to Make the Rhythm Set Settings
- Saving Rhythm Sets You’ve Created (Write)
- Functions of Rhythm Set Parameters
- Settings Common to the Entire Rhythm Set (General)
- Rhythm Pattern Settings (Rhythm Ptn)
- Realtime Controller / D Beam Controller Settings (Controller)
- Setting Effects for a Rhythm Set (Effects/MFX/MFX Control/Chorus/ Reverb)
- Changing How a Rhythm Tone Is Sounded (WMT)
- Modifying Pitch (Pitch)
- Modifying the Brightness of a Sound with a Filter (TVF)
- Adjusting the Volume (TVA)
- Playing in Performance Mode
- About the PERFORMANCE PLAY Screen
- Selecting a Performance
- Combining and Playing Sounds Together (Layer)
- Playing Different Sounds in Different Areas of the Keyboard (Split)
- Playing Arpeggios in a Specific Region of the Keyboard
- Playing Rhythm Patterns in a Specific Region of the Keyboard
- Using the Fantom As a Master Keyboard
- Confirming MIDI Information for Each Part (Part Information)
- Creating a Performance
- How to Make the Performance Settings
- Saving Performance You’ve Created (Write)
- Functions of Performance Parameters
- Settings Common to the Entire Performance (General)
- Arpeggiator Settings (Arpeggio)
- Rhythm Pattern Settings (Rhythm Ptn)
- Realtime Controller / D Beam Controller Settings (Controller)
- Zone Settings (Zone)
- Making Settings for Each Part (Part)
- Making Settings for Receiving MIDI (MIDI)
- Setting Effects for a Performance (Effects/MFX/MFX Control/Chorus/ Reverb)
- Scale Tune Settings (Scale Tune)
- Changing the Settings of the Patch Assigned to a Part
- Playing in Multitimbre Mode
- About the MULTITIMBRE PLAY screen
- Selecting a Multitimbre
- Playing Back a Song
- Selecting a Part to Play from the Keyboard (Current Part)
- Selecting a Part to Play Individually (Solo)
- Silencing the Playback of a Specific Part (Mute)
- Assigning a Different Patch to a Part
- Adjusting the Volume and Pan of Each Part
- Recording an Arpeggio Performance
- Recording the Performance of a Rhythm Pattern
- Creating a Multitimbre
- Playing Back a Song
- Playing a Song Immediately from Disk (Quick Play)
- Playing Back Songs Consecutively (Chain Play)
- Various Playback Methods
- Fast-Forward and Rewind During Playback
- Playing Back Correctly from the Middle of the Song (MIDI Update)
- Muting the Playback of a Specific Instrument
- Changing the Playback Tempo of a Song
- Playing a Song Back at a Fixed Tempo (Muting the Tempo Track)
- Playing Back a S-MRC Format Song
- Playing Back a Song Repeatedly (Loop Play)
- Using the D Beam Controller to Start/Stop Song Playback
- Recording Songs
- Two Recording Methods
- Before You Record a New Song
- Recording Your Performance as You Play It (Realtime Recording)
- Basic Operation for Realtime Recording
- Recording Tempo Changes in a Song (Tempo Recording)
- Loop Recording and Punch-In Recording
- Correct the Timing of Your Playing as You Record (Recording Quantize)
- Selecting the Sequencer Data that will Be Recorded (Recording Select)
- Erasing Unwanted Data While You Record (Realtime Erase)
- Auditioning Sounds or Phrases While Recording (Rehearsal Function)
- Inputting Data One Step at a Time (Step Recording)
- Saving a Recorded Song on Disk
- Editing Songs
- Loading the Song You Want to Edit
- Overall Settings for the Song
- Editing Sequencer Data Over the Specified Range (Track Edit)
- Basic Operation for Track Editing
- Aligning a Song’s Timing (Quantize)
- Erasing Unwanted Performance Data (Erase)
- Deleting Unwanted Measures (Delete)
- Copying Phrases (Copy)
- Inserting a Blank Measure (Insert Measure)
- Transpose the Key (Transpose)
- Changing the Velocity (Volume) (Change Velocity)
- Changing the MIDI Channel (Change Channel)
- Modifying the Length of Notes (Change Gate Time)
- Combining Two Phrase Tracks or Patterns into One (Merge)
- Extracting and Moving a Part of Sequencer Data (Extract)
- Shifting Performance Data Forward and Back (Shift Clock)
- Thinning Out the Sequencer Data (Data Thin)
- Swapping Two Phrase Tracks or Patterns (Exchange)
- Adjusting the Song’s Playback Time (Time Fit)
- Deleting Blank Measures (Truncate)
- Editing Individual Items of Sequencer Data (Micro Edit)
- Viewing Sequencer Data (in the Microscope Window)
- Sequencer Data Handled by a Phrase Track/Pattern
- Viewing sequencer data (View)
- Editing the Sequencer Data
- Inserting Sequencer Data (Create)
- Erasing Sequencer Data (Erase)
- Moving Sequencer Data (Move)
- Copying Sequencer Data (Copy)
- Changing the Tempo Midway Through the Song
- Changing the Time Signature Midway Through the Song
- Playing a Phrase at the Touch of a Finger (RPS Function)
- Modifying the Sound in Real Time
- Adding Effects
- Settings Common to All Modes (System Function)
- Disk-Related Functions (Disk Utility)
- About Disk Utility
- Basic Disk Utility Operations
- Selecting the Type of Files Displayed in the File List (View)
- Loading a File from Disk into the Fantom (Load)
- Saving Data on Disk (Save)
- Copying a File to Another Name (Copy)
- Renaming a File (Rename)
- Deleting Unwanted Files (Delete)
- Executing Disk-Related Functions (Tools)
- Transmitting Sound Settings/Reset to Default Factory Settings
- Installing the Wave Expansion Board
- Installation de la carte d’expansion Wave
- Specifications
- Index
- Addendum