I thought creating a thread might be interest for those who own a Roland Fantom. Having personally acquired Roland Fantom 06 just a few months from the recent release of the Yamaha MODX M, which has adopted many of the aspects the Fantom has, competition between these two boards albeit them including features that each don't have has risen on some youtube videos. Previous MODX keyboards had issues, leading some aspects to being poor in comparison, like the keybed for example.
Many tend to prefer the sound of the piano's on the Yamaha over the Roland, and that's whilst a personal opinion from many, it can't really be argued given Yamahas heritage. However, it doesn't have to be the case in all instances. Whatever your thoughts and feelings are about that are, I have been trying out ways to rival what the new Yamaha MODX M provides by creating a custom scene using the Z-Core engine of the Fantom, which in this case is not using the Super Natural presets.
Settings for a great sounding piano. Try 0004: Piano 1 Bright. Set the Cutoff level to 2'oclock and Resonance to 7 o'clock (0), Attack to 7 o'clock and Release to 2 o'clock, Reverb to max. On knobs 5-7 set Low Gain to 5 o'clock, and Mid and High Gain to 2 o'clock. Important, remember to turn knob 8 to activate the EQ to on mode. With these settings, you should have a beautiful natural and full sounding piano that will rival that of the new MODX M.
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- KVRAF
- 3496 posts since 30 Dec, 2014
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- KVRian
- 890 posts since 9 May, 2005
FWIW, Whenever I get a new hardware instrument (and especially with acoustic piano sounds), I always start by stripping away the FX/processing. Montage M (MODX M) CFX piano sounds much better (IMO) without all the EQ/Reverb "hype".
ie: In a band/ensemble scenario, you don't need the vintage EQ boost on the low end. That's "mud" clouding the bass/kick.
Same with the Kronos 3 and its Italian Grand... and the Nord Stage 4. Especially playing live, you've already got ambience from the venue. If piano sounds are heavily processed, there's no punch/definition.
ie: In a band/ensemble scenario, you don't need the vintage EQ boost on the low end. That's "mud" clouding the bass/kick.
Same with the Kronos 3 and its Italian Grand... and the Nord Stage 4. Especially playing live, you've already got ambience from the venue. If piano sounds are heavily processed, there's no punch/definition.