Roland Fantom-Xa 业主指南

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Troubleshooting
 
Song data does not play back correctly
Check the following points.
• Has the Receive General MIDI/General MIDI 2 System On 
Switch been turned ON?
Set the Receive GM System ON/Receive GM2 System ON 
parameter (SYSTEM/MIDI/RX) to “ON” (p. 198).
• Are you trying to start playback from midway through the 
song?
The beginning of a GM score song contains a General MIDI/
General MIDI 2 System On message. In some cases, a GM Score 
cannot be played back correctly unless this message is received.
• Are you trying to play song data designed for the GS Format?
When the Fantom-Xa receives a GS Reset message, the Fantom-
Xa is enabled for the GS format. This permits playback of music 
data bearing the GS logo (GS music data). However, data 
created exclusively for the Sound Canvas Series may not play 
back properly on the Fantom-Xa.
After recording, the song does not sound when I play it back.
Have the tracks been muted?
The tempo is different than the last time I played back the song.
If a song is played back after the tempo is changed, then the 
new tempo is not saved unless the song is saved to the user 
memory or memory card. Conversely, the previous tempo will 
be erased when you save the song. When saving songs, 
carefully check the current tempo.
Locate Positions set in song have disappeared.
Check the following points.
• Was the disk saved in a format other than MRC-Pro format 
(SMF 0 or 1)? Locate positions will be saved with the song data 
only when saving in MRC-Pro format.
• Are you using Quick Play? In order to use locate positions, the 
song must be loaded into the Fantom-Xa.
Sound Device Tones Are Switched Arbitrarily
• Has an unneeded program change been input? Or are there 
duplicate program changes?
• Were any mistakes made in setting the data MIDI channels 
when Program Change messages were input?
Data supposed to be present does not appear in microscope.
Check the following points.
• Are the wrong tracks selected?
After using a MIDI sequencer to play a song, sounds stopped 
playing, and no sound is played even when Program Changes 
are sent.
It could be that a Bank Select in the song data that is not 
specified by the Fantom-Xa was encountered in the song. No 
sound is played if the tone group is not one designated by the 
Fantom-Xa with Bank Select MSB/LSB. Note that if you omit 
the Bank Select, and send only the Program Change, the tone in 
the currently selected group that has the specified Program 
Change number will play. Try reselecting the tone using the 
panel controls. Furthermore, when selecting tones from an 
external MIDI device, be sure to send the Bank Select MSB/LSB 
and the Program Change as a single set for reliable 
reproduction. First sending the MSB and LSB (the order in 
which these are sent does not matter), followed by the Program 
Change.
In some cases, you may be unable to hear any sound after 
playing the last song that was faded-out. This may be because 
the volume has been lowered by volume messages or 
expression messages. Check the value of these messages, and 
set them to appropriate values.
Performances are sluggish, or have interruptions.
Problems of sluggish and interrupted performances can crop up 
very easily when the sequencer or sound generator used for the 
performance has to handle heavy data loads.
Main causes and possible corrective measures are considered 
below.
• Are more than 128 voices playing simultaneously?
Reduce the number of voices. The composition of Fantom-Xa 
Patches is such that up to eight Waves may be used for one 
Patch. When using such Patches, even though only one sound 
may be heard, it is actually eight sounds that are being played 
simultaneously. In addition, with certain sounds like 
continuous sounds with long releases, even though the actual 
sound may not be audible to you, processing for playing the 
sound is still underway, so in these cases as well, the 
performance data can differ from the actual number of voices 
being played.
• Are you using a Patch that uses a lot of LFO?
Try changing to a different Patch. LFO processing invariably 
places a big load on the machine, so heavy use of the LFO slows 
down processing for the Fantom-Xa overall, which can end up 
having affecting the expression of sounds themselves.
• Is the data concentrated at the beginning of the beats in the 
sequence data?
Avoid overlapping data with the same timing by setting an 
offset of 1–2 clocks instead. Data may easily become 
concentrated at the beginning of the beats in the song data 
when, for example, the song data is input using Step Recording, 
or if the data is quantized after being input with a keyboard in 
real time. Because of this, large amounts of data are sent to the 
Fantom-Xa, and the processing for expressing sounds becomes 
bogged down.
 
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