Since its inception in 2001, Roland has been at the forefront of bringing cutting-edge technology to musicians worldwide. Today, we're thrilled to introduce the Roland FANTOM-8, a revolutionary keyboard workstation poised to elevate your music production and live performances. The FANTOM-8 serves as your ultimate creative hub, offering an intuitive and uninhibited music creation process, boasting an array of inspiring production tools and seamless computer integration. Its advanced 16-part multitimbral sound engine, expandable and adaptable, brings forth Roland's premium acoustic and electronic sounds, empowering you to shape and manipulate them with unparalleled precision. Encased in a robust metal chassis with top-tier components, and featuring Roland's acclaimed 88-note PHA-50 progressive hammer-action keybed with escapement, the FANTOM-8 is designed to endure the demands of professional use while delivering exceptional musical expression.
ANTOM CREATION
At every turn, FANTOM fulfills the need to create. Its smooth, rapid workflow has no confusing modes, frustrating technical limits, or trade-offs with sound quality. FANTOM’s creative process reflects how today’s musicians work, with fluid composition tools, instantly recallable creative environments, and deep computer integration.
NO MODES. JUST SEAMLESS WORKFLOW.
When the creative juices are flowing, there should be no barriers. With FANTOM, you won’t compromise your sound or suffer workarounds due to outdated technical limits. And forget worrying about what features work in which mode. FANTOM is always in full-on creative mode and your workflow stays consistent, no matter what.
MAKE A SCENE.
When you’re ready to create, so is FANTOM—and all it takes is a single touch. Your sounds, patterns, and performance layouts are arranged into custom creative spaces called Scenes. A Scene can be an entire song, section of a song, or a starting point with your favorite sounds laid out just how you like. Scenes can be chained together and changed instantly with no gaps or glitches.
EVERYTHING. ALWAYS.
You shouldn’t have to wonder how many effects are available, or if you can change sounds seamlessly without limiting complex patches. With FANTOM, you can focus on playing music, not rationing processing power. And with so much power under the hood, you can run all 16 parts with all available effects—simultaneously—with full patch-remain for seamless transitions. It’s like having the power of two complete FANTOMs in one.
SOUND
FANTOM’s flexible and expandable sound engine leverages decades of research and development, dishing out inspiring and authentic electronic, acoustic, and hybrid sounds by the bucketload. Combine multiple synthesis and sampling technologies along with the onboard analog filter for new and unusual sounds—and take advantage of new sound expansions and capabilities as they arrive.
SONIC SUPERPOWERS.
FANTOM combines ZEN-Core synthesis, SuperNATURAL and V-Piano technologies, deep multisampling, and software synth integration for unique sounds and intricate performance setups. And with the FANTOM EX Upgrade, Analog Circuit Behavior (ACB)—Roland’s finest modeling technology—is supported as well. There are dozens of effects for space and depth, plus an analog filter for extra warmth and grit. Backed by our core custom processors, control is smooth and precise with loads of polyphony and full patch remain.
ZEN AT THE CORE.
FANTOM’s ZEN-Core synth engine is based on partials. Each partial contains a discrete synth voice—complete with an oscillator, filter, amplifier, dual LFO, and effects. You can have up to four partials in a single tone, and a Scene can contain up to 16 tones for complex splits, layers, and sequenced parts.
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DEEP SAMPLING.
With FANTOM, you can sample internal and external sources, or even both at the same time. Sample directly to the onboard pads for triggering, to the keyboard for instant pitched sounds, or create detailed multisamples with up to 352 samples per tone. You can even use samples as the basis of a ZEN-Core tone, taking custom sound design to a new level.
THE PIANO IS KEY.
Considered by many as the king of instruments, piano sits at the heart of the creative process for composers across a range of musical genres. FANTOM uses our V-Piano and SuperNATURAL technologies for pianos that don’t just sound real, they feel real. Craft pianos that play and respond like their acoustic counterparts and match your personal taste.
LFOMG
Low-frequency oscillators add movement to static sounds. More LFOs mean more modulation possibilities and more ways to explore new ground. FANTOM has two LFOs per partial, four partials per tone—and since you can stack 16 tones, that’s a staggering 128 LFOs per voice. And FANTOM’s Step LFOs have 16 steps of beat-synced automation with 37 curve choices per step. This creates long evolving passages, modular-style animated textures, and sounds with deeply intricate movement.
MODEL EXPANSIONS.
From rare and sought-after classics to the designs of tomorrow, Model Expansions give you unprecedented access to the historic and ever-evolving world of Roland synthesizers. Infuse your FANTOM with the characters of entirely different instruments, each with their own sonic personalities, features, and preset tones. Split and layer multiple Model Expansions or mix them with V-Piano sounds, custom multisamples, or other ZEN-Core tones for unique voices and textures.
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VITAL ORGAN.
Evolved from the famous Roland VK organ series, FANTOM’s Virtual ToneWheel engine faithfully emulates the sound-generating process of a real tone wheel organ and includes several tone wheel types with adjustable percussion, key click, leakage, and more. There’s also a lush rotary effect with variable speed, brake control, and tube distortion characteristics. FANTOM’s touchscreen, sliders, knobs, and keyboard action are automatically configured to complete the authentic organ experience, providing hands-on sound control and classic quick-fire playability.
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FANTOM EX UPGRADE: ACB AND MORE.
The FANTOM EX Upgrade expands and enriches the core FANTOM platform with even more creative firepower. New JUPITER-8 and SH-101 ACB Expansions put circuit-level recreations of these classics inside FANTOM for the first time, driven by Roland’s acclaimed Analog Circuit Behavior approach. This value-packed upgrade also includes V-Piano and SuperNATURAL Piano Expansions, JD-800 and n/zyme Model Expansions, new studio-grade reverb algorithms, and many feature and workflow enhancements.
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EXPAND YOUR CREATIVE HORIZONS.
The FANTOM EX Upgrade is available on Roland Cloud, along with an ever-expanding range of Sound Packs, Wave Expansions, and other content to keep your music sounding fresh.
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PLAYABILITY
After sound quality, what’s more important than playability? The way an instrument feels under your fingers, and how it helps you express yourself, is vital. FANTOM focuses on the experience of playing, from its immersive keyboard action to its arsenal of performance controls.
PLAYERS PARADISE
FANTOMs have our best keyboards ever, including the acclaimed PHA-50 on the 88-note model and a brand new semi-weighted action on the 61- and 76-note models. Each feels solid, precise, and supremely playable, with the expressive capabilities of aftertouch. We make our own keyboards to exacting standards, each model an evolution of the previous generation.
HIGH-RES, HANDS-ON CONTROL
FANTOM has plenty of knobs and sliders for intuitive and immediate control, with high-resolution for buttery-smooth sweeps and fine adjustments. There’s a dedicated synthesizer section with oscillator, filter, and envelope controls, along with numerous buttons and pads for triggering and sequencing.
GO AHEAD. EXPRESS YOURSELF
There are many ways to play expressively on keyboards. Some players like levers, some like wheels, some prefer pedals, while others prefer aftertouch. With FANTOM, you can use any of them—or all of them. You can even connect USB controllers to any of FANTOM’s three USB ports for enhanced expression.
SEQUENCING
FANTOM is a complete musical composition platform that excels at fast creation and fluid arrangement. You have RGB pads, a classic TR-REC style pattern sequencer, real-time recording with touchscreen piano-roll editing, and a grid for recording and launching clips. Use any or all, whenever you want.
FROM SPARK TO FIRE
Different musical genres need diverse production styles and specialized tools. You can create patterns on FANTOM in a variety of ways including real-time and step-time polyphonic sequencing, or the TR-REC pattern sequencer—perfect for rhythmic parts—as used on our iconic drum machines.
CLIP-BASED SEQUENCING
A great way to build up a track is by arranging clips that contain musical patterns. Drums, basslines, pads, and other patterns can be recorded into clips that you can trigger individually or in groups. It’s a lightning-fast way to compose and ideal for triggering backing tracks during live performance.
TR-REC STEP-SEQUENCER
The foundation of dance music is the step sequencer, specifically the 16-step TR-REC variety found on our drum machines like the TR-808 and TR-909. FANTOM’s built-in TR-REC sequencer makes it quick and easy to create rhythmic parts and is modernized with support for polyphonic parts.
CONNECTIVITY
While FANTOM is powerful by itself, its powers grow exponentially when connected to other gear like computers or analog synthesizers. FANTOM can control software synthesizers directly from the touchscreen, drive modular and analog synthesizers from its dual CV/Gate outputs, and is also a high-quality audio interface capable of 16 stereo outputs and 3 stereo inputs.
COMPUTER EXPERT
FANTOM is the perfect creative hub for any computer-based production setup. Touchscreen control and deep integration with Ableton Live, Logic Pro X, MainStage, and more keep you focused on your music when the creative juices are flowing. FANTOM is a high-quality 16x3 audio/MIDI interface that connects with a single USB cable so you can send parts composed on FANTOM as discrete tracks to your computer, route DAW tracks through FANTOM’s effects, and much more.
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DEEP SOFT SYNTH INTEGRATION.
FANTOM’s free-flowing structure seamlessly unites the software and hardware worlds, bringing unmatched creative power to your live performances and studio sessions. Mix and layer soft synths with FANTOM’s internal sounds, enhance them with the onboard effects and analog filter, and instantly recall your favorite hybrid setups with Scenes. You can even view and control soft synth parameters from FANTOM’s touchscreen, giving you the feeling of playing one ultra-flexible, fully integrated instrument.
DUAL CV/GATE.
While FANTOM provides enormous creative potential, you may also want to integrate analog synths or drum machines with your setup. FANTOM has two sets of CV/Gate outputs so you can sync tempo or play them from FANTOM’s keyboard or its many pattern sequencers.
