
By SimonInAustralia
Tue Apr 01, 2014 9:57 pm
Is the piano sound coming out of the headphones, when the headphones are plugged into the Fantom?

SimonInAustralia wrote:Is the piano sound coming out of the headphones, when the headphones are plugged into the Fantom?

SimonInAustralia wrote:The Piano sound is probably coming out of the Windows built-in synthesizer, because you have the USB cable connected to the Fantom, and it is sending MIDI into the computer over the USB cable.
Do not plug the USB cable into the Fantom.
Only plug MPC MIDI output A into the Fantom MIDI input.
You need to get it working so you can hear sounds in the Fantom headphone output, when playing the MPC pads, with an MPC track set to MIDI A1.




SimonInAustralia wrote:Are you setting up a User Performance, in Performance Mode?
Are you setting up the Fantom Performance Part View/External screen to play a different patch on each MIDI channel, like this?...
And then leaving it in Performance Mode?

SimonInAustralia wrote:Sounds like it is not getting MIDI from the MPC MIDI output into the Fantom MIDI input correctly.
If you leave Local MIDI off on the Fantom, and connect the MIDI output of the Fantom to the MIDI input of the Fantom, with a MIDI cable, does it play the patch assigned to the first part of the Performance from the Fantom keyboard, through headphones plugged into the Fantom?
This would determine that the MIDI input to the Fantom Performance is working correctly, then you would have to see why MIDI is not being sent from the MPC correctly.

SimonInAustralia wrote:You say you can get MIDI from the Fantom into the MPC.
You need to also get MIDI from the MPC into the Fantom.
I am saying to test MIDI into the Fantom, by connecting Fantom MIDI out to Fantom MIDI in, with Fantom Local MIDI off, and test if there is sound out of Fantom headphone output when playing the Fantom keyboard.

SimonInAustralia wrote:Local switch on makes an internal MIDI connection inside the Fantom between the Fantom keyboard and the Fantom sound engine.
Local switch off, with a MIDI cable connecting the Fantom MIDI out to the Fantom MIDI in, should do the same thing, except with an external MIDI connection between the Fantom keyboard and the Fantom sound engine.
If you are testing it with a MIDI cable connecting the Fantom MIDI out to the Fantom MIDI in, and not getting any sound with Local switch off, but are getting sound with Local switch on, then it seems like something is set incorrectly in the Fantom, which is stopping external MIDI from being recognised.

dj felix wrote:USB Mode - MIDI
Selecting MIDI Mode
You must switch the Fantom-X to MIDI mode before you connect the Fantom-X and your computer with a USB cable.
If you've selected USB MIDI mode, nothing can be received from the MIDI IN connector.