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Even more peculiarly (and perhaps as a leftover trait from the full X-series workstations), the sequencer can also generate polyphonic aftertouch. Peculiarly, although the keyboard can't generate aftertouch, the keyboard's real-time controllers can be assigned to do so, and the Xa will both transmit and respond to channel aftertouch. Roland have removed the weights from underneath the keys, which makes the keyboard feel springy and unpleasant, and they've also removed pressure sensitivity. Gone too are the likeable semi-weighted keyboards of the Fantom S, X6 and X7. Reducing the screen resolution by 80 percent is a significant change, but, thanks to a cleverly implemented set of zoom pages for graphical displays and grid representations for programming, I was generally able to obtain the results I wanted on the Xa itself. There's even a bit of panel artwork to ensure that you notice this (on all previous Fantoms, the buttons and commands were offset from one another). Ironically, given that this is the first Fantom keyboard to sport a small LCD, the soft-keys and the on-screen commands now line up perfectly.
Most obviously, the 320x240-pixel colour screen of the X-series has gone, to be replaced by a 240圆4-pixel greyscale screen. In principle, this makes it immediately attractive, but in some ways it's clearly less powerful than its forebears. To achieve this, many of the facilities found on the other Fantoms have been removed. The Fantom Xa is the eighth model to appear in Roland's Fantom range of workstations and is, with the exception of the Fantom XR rack module, also the cheapest. Have Roland thrown out the works from the workstation? But inevitably, features have been removed to make it such a bargain. At £1099, the Xa is the most affordable keyboard in the Fantom range.
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