Hi Jon, and welcome to the Roland Clan Fantomized forums. This website is a great resource for all things Roland.
The Fantom is, as you have or will discover, a fairly complex beast, and I suggest you take time to familiarize yourself with the following resources:
The Welcome to the forums thread
The Manual. You most probably already have this document in paper form. It is not a perfect document, but it does contain a lot of information. Please study it carefully. The digital PDF version has the powerful advantage of being free text searchable. Use it to your advantage!
The support section at rolandus.com contains 11 step by step
tutorials written for beginner/intermediate level users. They are in PDF format, and come highly recommended. Working through these workshops is a great way to get started with your workstation.
The FAQ contains answers to the most commonly asked questions.
The documents section contains a ton of useful information.
The forum search function. The Roland Clan/Fantomized forums have been going for a few years, and many topics have been discussed. A lot of good information is stored in the forum database. Some of it may be relevant to you.
There are currently two DVD tutorials for the Fantom X. One from
proaudiodvds.com ($29.95 last time I checked), and another from
Sudosonic ($49.95)
If ( or most likely, when ) you still have problems after consulting the above resources, please do not hesitate to post a question in the forums. When doing so, please provide as much information as possible regarding your problem, such as: What equipment are you using? What steps are you making when experiencing your problem? What have you tried to solve the problem? Is it a midi or audio problem? What version of the OS are you on? In some cases it may also be relevant to know your experience level with similar or other musical production equipment.
Doing so will take some effort on your behalf, but it will more or less guarantee you an informative and helpful answer.
As for your question, applying effects in patch mode is described in the manual on page 207. I also recommend going through tutorial #4,
FXWS04: The Fantom-X Effects
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