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Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

16 Jul 2005, 16:51
Yesterday I was trying to bang out the drums for a beat I was working on and I just had had it with the pads on the Fantom X. I started using the keys with better results.

I was thinking, would it be a good idea to purchase the Akai MPD 16 for the feel of the pads? How would I hook that up and would I still be able to mute tracks in mixer mode with the Fantom's pads?

Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

16 Jul 2005, 20:41
I hated the pads on the Fantom... until I changed them to "light". Very usable this way.

Radon_22

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Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

16 Jul 2005, 22:32
I use the pads for RPS/arps mostly.



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Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

16 Jul 2005, 22:54
i would say take off aftertouch completely that will fix the majority of your problems... the aftertouch is just a little odd for hammering out beats


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Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

17 Jul 2005, 08:52
Pads are not like on a drum-machines,I use whem, for letter input, RPS mostly


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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...And then you say, that you ar expert about FS, actually you mean, that you know only 50% of it's powerfull options.
This is how I play my Fantom-S

http://www.purevolume.com/gerthromaker

Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

22 Jul 2005, 13:06
I remembered the Fantom X pads being a little easier on the fingers, but mine is just as stiff as ever. I did the Light touch setting too, left aftertouch on, and increased the volume of the percussion sounds too, and now it's much easier to be Terry Bozio or Bill Bruford. I still go to the keyboard when my fingers get tired tho.

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Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

22 Jul 2005, 14:38
no problem with pads, with the variable velocities, there fantomized.

I'd like to know why people don't like them. As a matter of interest.
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Re: Anyone had it with the Fantom pads?

22 Jul 2005, 23:11
... probably because out-of-the box, they are set up a bit different from most drum machines. A little tweaking, though (velocity, aftertouch, etc.), and I have a very usable "free" drum machine.

Radon_22

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