The next step is to install the XR's USB driver on your computer. The XR unit provided by Roland had already been pre-installed with the upgrade, so I can't comment on the ease or otherwise of this upgrade process, but it sounds pretty straightforward. Afterwards, the Compact Flash part should never be needed again, but don't lose it just in case - and the adaptor will be required if you wish to import compatible wave data from any other Compact Flash card. To install the upgrade, you plug the Flash card into the PC card adaptor, insert this card assembly into the XR, power up and follow the on-screen instructions. The Multisample EditorĪll recent Fantom Xs ship with the upgrades pre-installed, but if you're performing the upgrade on an older X, the FANXUP1 kit will supply you with a Compact Flash card containing the upgrade software, and a PC card adaptor. The Chop screen with its slice-auditioning pad. Similarly, other sample-management tasks such as deleting and loading samples have to be performed on the XR itself, so be prepared to do a certain amount of 'menu surfing' on the main hardware unit. This must be done via the Fantom XR's panel controls - the Editor provides no Write functions. It is important to remember that none of these sample edits become permanent until they are written to User or Card memory. The 'chopping' process in particular benefits from this visual form of editing - chop points can be added, deleted and dragged with the mouse, and the resulting 'chunks' can be auditioned via 16 virtual pads, similar in appearance to those found on the keyboard Fantoms (see below). The time-stretching, truncating, emphasis, normalising and sample amplitude processes can either overwrite the existing wave data or make new versions of the processed waves. At the bottom of the screen, a Preview button allows you to audition what you have been doing to the sample, whilst the remaining six buttons open separate windows to perform 'hardcore' editing functions.
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