ROLAND WORKS ON NEW WORKSTATION CALLED "PHANTOM".HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT IT?

I expected Roland to do Copy Yamaha and Korg in the Naming Synth thing.but where did you find that from?

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vic:)

I CAN`T TELL YOU WHO TOLD ME THAT INFORMATION,BUT THAT GUY WAS SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
NEW WORKSTATION WIIL BE WITH 76 KEYS,BUT FOR NOW IT IS STILL PROTOTYPE.

hey man do you have any up to date info
on that phantom workstation. Ive been wondering when roland would put out a
work station. Do you know any specs?

Try
www.rolandus.com/PRODUCTS/MI/MI.htm

It is under jp8080 the you will find Fantom it is a 64 voice XV508o with Arpeggiator.

that's the RS-5 nad I have one.it's very good.

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vic:)

If you're looking for an instrument that ignites music-making rather than slowing it down, look no further than the new Roland Fantom. Every aspect of this 76-note synthesizer keyboard‹from its simplified user interface and sequencer to its variable Arpeggiator and Rhythm generator -has been thoughtfully designed to keep the music flowing, whether performing or in the studio. And with its expandable XV-Series sound engine and digital outputs, the Fantom has everything you could ever want in a workstation keyboard- except the work.

Features:
* 76-note workstation designed to integrate performance and composition
* Professional XV-5080 sound engine with 64 voices and 16 multitimbral parts
* 1,024 Patches (640 Preset, 128 User and 256 GM2 sounds), plus 29 rhythm sets
* New variable Arpeggiator and Rhythm generator with realtime control via knobs, buttons and light-sensing D-Beam
* "Always-active" high-resolution sequencer with Realtime Phrase Sequencing
* Large, angled LCD display with soft keys for faster, more intuitive operation
* 24-bit reverb, plus chorus and 90 multi-effects like COSM Amp Modeling
* Expandable via two SRX- and one SR-JV80-Series Wave Expansion Board(s)
* Superb sound quality with 24-bit D/A converters and S/PDIF digital outputs
* Sleek titanium chassis with low-profile floppy drive for storing User data

Nice wish list. However, if I was making up a wishlist, I'd wish for the sound source to be an XV-5080 with matching expandability...

Seems a comparison to an XV-3080 would be a better comparison for the Fantom.

This unit apparently has no sample playback function (which is effectively ham-stringed in the XV-5080 anyway, with continuing OS problems in sample file management that won't allow you to convert more than a few CD-ROMs at a time, for example).

This one has 1/2 the voices and parts of an XV-5080. Two SRX and one SR-JV? A step forward, you say?

Perhaps this Fantom should remain a Phantom, kept under wraps until Roland releases a true contender based on the XV-5080 engine(with further support for it's OS, as well as software development for file management/patch editing).

Roland never learned what my MaMa told me: finish what they started before taking on another project.

Feef