Roland FANTOM-08 - 88-Key Synthesizer Keyboard

Description

Roland FANTOM-08 - 88-key Synthesizer Keyboard

FANTOM-08 is capable of expressing all your creativity, combining the sound power and workflow of the flagship FANTOM series into essential instruments that go wherever inspiration takes you. Play and produce with the best Roland sounds and express your musical creativity with the color touchscreen, practical controls, and maximum computer integration—all features inherited from the top-of-the-range models.

Standard Features

• Sounds and features inherited from the flagship FANTOM series
• Fluid workflow, without complicated operating modes
• Light and durable molded material design for easy transport
• Play and produce with thousands of electronic and acoustic sounds, thanks to the power of Roland's most advanced ZEN-Core and SuperNATURAL technologies
• New SuperNATURAL pianos with acoustic sound and response
• Virtual ToneWheel Organ with drawbar control and super-fast repeats
• Comprehensive internal sampling functions
• Scenes containing settings for all 16 layers, plus effects and patterns
• Clip-based sequencer, with instant pattern recording and triggering
• TR-REC sequencer inspired by classic Roland drum machines
• Color touchscreen, high-resolution knobs and sliders, RGB performance pads, and synthesizer control section
• Pitch/mod lever and illuminated pitch bend and modulation wheels
• Powerful DSP for vast polyphony and smooth transitions between sounds
• 4 × 32 USB audio interface and native integration with Logic Pro, MainStage, and Ableton Live
• Microphone input and powerful internal vocoder
• Support for Model Expansion, Sound Packs, Sample Packs, and much more from Roland Cloud
• Includes 15 Wave Expansions and 10 Sound Packs, available for download from Roland Cloud
• Compatible with FANTOM Scenes that use ZEN-Core, SuperNATURAL, and Virtual ToneWheel Organ tones
• Specially designed 88-note weighted keybed

For all your music.

FANTOM-08 has everything you need to create and perform at the highest levels. And with its interactive design and full complement of inputs and outputs, it easily fits into any workflow.

Extraordinary sounds.

FANTOM-08 includes thousands of professional sounds from Roland's vast and innovative library, with further expansions available via Roland Cloud. Create with synth and rhythmic tones that have defined entire musical genres. Craft structured compositions with pianos and other acoustic instruments. Or invent the sounds of the future with modern and comprehensive synthesis capabilities.

Inspiring playability.

FANTOM-08 responds fantastically to your touch with its expressive 88-note weighted keybed and comprehensive high-resolution controls.

Instantly build your songs.

Designed to optimize workflow, FANTOM-08 allows you to create sounds and music seamlessly. With its knobs, sliders, color touchscreen, fast sampling capabilities, and clip-based sequencer, every moment spent with FANTOM-08 is productive, inspiring, and fun.

Your creative hub.

FANTOM-08 seamlessly integrates into modern production setups with an internal 4x32 USB audio interface, while native integration with Logic Pro, MainStage, and Ableton Live allows you to interact with software using the touchscreen and hardware controls. Even better, you can freely combine soft synths with internal sounds and interface with your favorite MIDI hardware via the dedicated MIDI output.

Make music anywhere

FANTOM-08 is easy to transport from your home studio to the rehearsal room and onto the stage. It is significantly lighter than most other professional 88-note weighted keyboards, thanks to its molded material design which is elegant, attractive, and extremely robust.

Play and produce with the best of Roland.

Equipped with Roland's most innovative technologies, FANTOM-08 puts you in command of a vast selection of electronic and acoustic sounds. And with an ever-growing selection of expansion options from Roland Cloud, you'll never run out of creative fuel.

Next-generation synthesis.

Explore the most influential sounds from Roland's glorious past and create the sounds of tomorrow with the ZEN-Core Synthesis System, our most advanced synthesis engine to date.

The power of SuperNATURAL.

With Roland's SuperNATURAL technology, you can play virtually any acoustic instrument imaginable, with unsurpassed sound quality, and truly authentic articulation and response.

The feeling of playing a Grand piano.

FANTOM-08's brand-new SuperNATURAL pianos sound and respond just like their acoustic counterparts, and you have a range of internal features to customize them, adapting them to your unique style and touch.

An organ at your disposal.

Evolved from the famous VK organ series, the Virtual ToneWheel engine faithfully emulates the sound production process of a real electromechanical tonewheel organ, accompanied by a keyboard that allows even the fastest repeats and direct control via touchscreen, sliders, and knobs.

A complete sampler.

Thanks to FANTOM-08's intuitive sampling capabilities, you can easily expand and customize your musical palette by capturing internal sounds, hardware devices, DAW tracks, and much more. Sample directly into the built-in pads for triggering, or onto the keyboard for musically pitched tones. Or build detailed multisamples to create new ZEN-Core tones.

Expand your vision.

With Roland Cloud, you can dive even deeper into the historical and ever-evolving world of Roland synthesizers. Model Expansions infuse FANTOM-08 with the authentic sounds and unique characteristics of vintage icons like JUPITER-8, JUNO-106, and other important historical instruments. And with an ever-growing selection of Wave Expansions, Sound Packs, Sample Packs, and much more, your music will always sound original. To get started, you can download 15 Wave Expansions and 10 Sound Packs for free from Roland Cloud with the purchase of your FANTOM-08.

No roadblocks. Just pure creation.

FANTOM-08 supports your music at every stage, with a fast and linear workflow that knows no confusing operating modes or technical frustrations. With immense yet easy-to-use power, FANTOM-08 allows you to create seamlessly, with fluid composition features, instantly recallable setups, full computer integration, and much more.

Create a scene.

Thanks to customizable creative spaces called Scenes, you can store sounds, patterns, performance layouts, models, and more, and recall them with a single touch. A Scene can also be an entire song, or a section of a song, and they can be chained together and selected seamlessly, with perfect integration.

Sounds in motion.

FANTOM-08 makes it easy to create long evolving passages, animated modular-style textures, and deeply complex moving sounds. You have two LFOs per partial, four partials per sound, and since you can layer 16 sounds, you have an extraordinary total of 128 LFOs per voice! Step LFOs are also available with 16 steps of tempo-synced automation, with a choice of 35 curves per step.

From a spark to a fire.

Different musical genres require different production styles and specialized functions. You can record your music in a variety of ways with FANTOM-08, from real-time and step sequencing to the famous TR-REC pattern sequencer, inspired by iconic Roland drum machines like the TR-808 and TR-909.

Instant control.

FANTOM-08 allows you to realize your musical ideas at the same speed they arrive. The color touchscreen provides instant interactive control, and the high-resolution knobs offer a response that is as organic as it is detailed. There is also a dedicated synthesizer section with oscillator, filter, and envelope controls, plus buttons and pads for triggering, sequencing, and more.

Maximum expressiveness.

Some musicians prefer levers or wheels, while others choose external pedals. With FANTOM-08, you can use any—or all. And there's a dedicated USB device port to extend your workflow with your favorite USB MIDI controller.

Unleash your voice.

Connect a microphone to the input on the rear panel and sing in the studio or on stage with high-quality processing thanks to FANTOM-08's wide range of effects. Or utilize the 32-band stereo vocoder and use the expressive power of your voice to create classic VP-style ensemble tones, robotic voices, dreamy textures, and much more.

Specifications

Sounds and features inherited from the flagship FANTOM series

Fluid workflow, without complicated operating modes

Light and durable molded material design for easy transport

Play and produce with thousands of electronic and acoustic sounds, thanks to the power of Roland's most advanced ZEN-Core and SuperNATURAL technologies

New SuperNATURAL pianos with acoustic sound and response

Virtual ToneWheel Organ with drawbar control and super-fast repeats

Comprehensive internal sampling functions

Scenes containing settings for all 16 layers, plus effects and patterns

Clip-based sequencer, with instant pattern recording and triggering

TR-REC sequencer inspired by classic Roland drum machines

Color touchscreen, high-resolution knobs and sliders, RGB performance pads, and synthesizer control section

Pitch/mod lever and illuminated pitch bend and modulation wheels

Powerful DSP for vast polyphony and smooth transitions between sounds

4 × 32 USB audio interface and native integration with Logic Pro, MainStage, and Ableton Live

Microphone input and powerful internal vocoder

Support for Model Expansion, Sound Packs, Sample Packs, and much more from Roland Cloud

Includes 15 Wave Expansions and 10 Sound Packs, available for download from Roland Cloud

Compatible with FANTOM Scenes that use ZEN-Core, SuperNATURAL, and Virtual ToneWheel Organ tones

Specially designed 88-note weighted keybed