It's easy to forget about the keyboard and get caught up in the beauty of his skillfulness. He should have a channel for strictly playing. Phenomenal!!!
The board is great and all but Man your touch is undisputedly AMAZING!!! Oh and thank you for the camera angle as well. I've learnt a whole LOT to cover me 2023 through to 24.
Bruh!!! This is the most well played a Fantom I watched since they dropped this board to the public!!!! I’m new to your channel and I’m a fan!!! But I just sold my G6 so when I upgrad to the new flagship version!!! At one point I won’t 3 Fantom families!!! G6 FA & Juno Di along with MO and MODX!!! Want 3 of these!!! 8 for home studio and 2 for stage!!!!
Good Lord, dude. I came to watch a review out of curiosity. But I’m absolutely mesmerized by your playing. But the best part of this video was when you accidentally showed your character and integrity: “…charge it to my head and my lack of experience, not my heart…” In a frustrating world of know-it-alls, this was wonderfully refreshing. Good job, dude!!!!
First of all, let me say, this was one of the best demonstrations videos I ever seen concerning the phantom OC, with keyboard wells, thoroughly explained to say the least. I am now your new subscriber.😅
Now listening back to this demo again, Only thing about this board impresses me is the Synth AUX Stuff,and I agree as well this keyboard was built for sound designers like yourself 😆
Thank you !! obviously a very accomplished player so I can truly respect your opinion...the "feel" is what worries me..There must be velocity settings to adjust the key touch, no? I wonder how the yamaha YC or PC feel in comparison.. Obviously they are not workstations, but more important to me is it should feel like heaven when playing piano!!!
@@AndrewMcKain Thanks. that’s what I thought. I don’t know if it’s Covid but stores don’t seem to have the “new stuff” on display any more!! I’m in WESTCHESTER NY. Have yet to spot a fantom 08 on display yet.
Fantom 7 owner since 2019 here. Honest opinion: don't buy a Fantom if you plan to use it in the studio. Too expensive for what you get, sounds are not up to date compared to even cheap VSTis. If you want the sounds, just buy Zenology Pro and add a decent controller. Don't waste time with the DAW integration, it's really not worth it. It's a good MIDI controller but again, there's better options for much less money available. If you're a live player, it COULD be a very good machine. The hardware is excellent on the 6/7/8. But the software is horrendous. FX is limited for such a top-of-the-line machine, sampling capabilities are a joke. Tonewheel organ is great. Pianos are no comparison to the Nord and even the V-Piano from the RD has been stripped down. All other samples are mediocre, don't fall for that "SuperNatural" thing, it's old. As a synth, it's great. Polyphony is a real problem. I don't have any problems using a loop based sequencer but the one in the Fantom is just too limited and basic. There's one Undo and that's it. Many good ideas which are poorly executed. I use it as my main board live but it's so frustrating to know what COULD have been if they just put some LOVE and DEDICATION into this board. It's a really sad story, Roland has lost it's will to do it right decades ago it seems. If you plan on buying the cheaper 06/07/08 beware of the really limited space and some serious problems with the pitch stick. Search RUclips to learn about it.
Great playing. And relevant according to church musicians. I’ve heard somewhere that you will run into issues with polyphony more easy than on montage/modx. Did you encounter issues when layering piano, ep, pad and string on the fantom? On the montage?
Thanks! I didn't have any issues on the Fantom, I also didn't go too deep in my layering. I have had some issues after 3 patches or more being layered on the Montage at times
Has anyone played the fantom using a high quality headphone like the V-Moda 200 or other from Sennheiser? Does it really make a difference playing it with a HighRes headphone? (I mean plug the headphone directly into the fantom and not using other equipment)
Great review Bro always delivering top notch videos! This is why I love the Fantasy plug by Junior P. The sounds are identical in my opinion. Even tho all the sounds are not on the plug, but there are enough play with lol. Great work Andrew!
May I ask, how do you just "play around" on the piano like that? Are you just playing chord progressions and such? Is it bit of songs you know? Awesome playing!
Thanks man!! And I'd say it's a combination of chord progressions and ideas I come up with on the spot. I've been playing for a long time so it's a lot of information that I've compiled over the years
Thanks. But you should also tell how did you find the sounds here compared to the Yamahas (which model ?) that you said you play. That way it'll be a useful understanding for us otherwise we are just hearing you play 08 sounds through RUclips that compresses sound files.
That’s true, for me personally, the pianos, guitars, bass, etc are better and more distinctive on Yamaha Motifs and the Montage. The synths on the Roland is better in my opinion
Nice video brother I love roland, I know you are a yamaha guy so am asking you this , the motif es or xs can the octave shift up or down in split mode/performance
There should be an overall function in the utility menu that effects the entire board and not just that particular patch. If you want that performance/layer to stay in that octave, I believe you should be able to edit that from the edit menu while in performance mode.
I want to buy montage and fantom both keyboards. For live performance But I'm confused for. Which keyboard should I buy in 88 keys and which one in 61 key For example = 1 (Fantom 8 and montage 6 or 7). 2 (Montage 8 and fantom 6 or 7) So What do you think about that please share your opinion 🙏
@@AndrewMcKain I want to ask that. Which keyboard should I buy in 88 keys and which should I buy in 61 key. From both of this keyboard fantom and montage. According to you
Amazing playing man. 🙌❤ As you said action on this is good but very authentic like acoustic grand but still action feels great and very responsive. Only thing is this doesn’t have impressive combinations sounds like a Kronos & Montage. But piano and synth sounds are definitely impressive. As a pianist I like the action of Kawai MP11se. Piano sounds on Kawai MP11se at-par. Thanks! ❤
I have learn basic clasical piano playing. I have learnt just for 4 years but whatever I have learnt I have learnt fast. My goal is to become a composer and God has put composition skill to me and I wants to explore more music, classical is now in my head but when I see someone like you playing Jazz style it inspires me a lot to learn beautiful voicing. Your musical approach touch to my heart I can feel the voicing you had played in this demonstration. Too compose and arrange music your style of approach will definitely help me a lot. Do you teach? I have one more question. I am getting a real good deal on Fantom8, I am getting this for below $3000 as I personally know the Roland People. Just confused because action on Fantom8 is definitely good but I have experienced that Kawai MP11se is more feel like a real acoustic and piano sounds are also very close to the real pianos. In workstation category I always like the Yamaha piano sounds but I feel Fantom8 has different and better piano sound then Korg & Yamaha. I don’t like the action of the Korg & Fantom8 has little better feeling key action than a Yamaha Montage8, It May be a personal choice. I have a Yamaha YUS5 acoustic piano which is an amazing instrument. Just need your guidance whether I should go for the Fantom8 or not? It would be a great help if you can guide me. Thank you so much 🙏❤
Thanks for your kind words. I’d say if you can get the Fantom 8 for a good price then go for it. It’s not the best for strictly piano but it’s a great synthesizer
It's really dusty! PLEASE, clean me! :) It looks like a midi sequencer... Can anyone enlighten if this is true? I came to exactly the right review. I wanted to see the back board... :) So many of Roland's keyboards have an excellent natural sound. I own an A-49 which is a beautifully weighted natural keyboard, the worst is the JD-Xi which has a terrible keyboard but the most amazing sound bank! Those two midi together very well...
Sounds terrible - Somethings not quite right - either it was not recorded properly, or the sounds of the roland are simply not as good as Yamaha's alternatives, unless one wants to sound dated.
![Seungmin "그렇게, 천천히, 우리(As we are)" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kAzmhLHePqU/mqdefault.jpg)
It's easy to forget about the keyboard and get caught up in the beauty of his skillfulness. He should have a channel for strictly playing. Phenomenal!!!
Thanks so much!!
so true so true, the brother is good. to think that i almost skipped the video until he started playing lol. love it. his playing and the keyboard.
Came for the review, stayed for the player 👏 👏 👏 👏
The board is great and all but Man your touch is undisputedly AMAZING!!! Oh and thank you for the camera angle as well. I've learnt a whole LOT to cover me 2023 through to 24.
Really appreciate it!!!
This is the best demo of this keyboard we see on RUclips.
You're an absolutely fabulous player! I could listen to you play all day! Keep up the great work buddy.
Really appreciate it!
Dude, busting out the jazz chords at 29:52. Beautifully done…and thanks for the review!
Thank you!!
Andrew Mckain
hi
I used to always think about Yamaha too. But now I have Roland Fantom 8 . Today it is the most versatile workstation.
Nice playing brother I have the fantom 8 its an amazing key board if only I could play like you 😁🤛
Bruh!!! This is the most well played a Fantom I watched since they dropped this board to the public!!!! I’m new to your channel and I’m a fan!!! But I just sold my G6 so when I upgrad to the new flagship version!!! At one point I won’t 3 Fantom families!!! G6 FA & Juno Di along with MO and MODX!!! Want 3 of these!!! 8 for home studio and 2 for stage!!!!
Thanks so much!! And enjoy!!
Thanks, Andrew. Great review of just some of the range of this great tool.
Thanks for watching!!
Good Lord, dude. I came to watch a review out of curiosity. But I’m absolutely mesmerized by your playing. But the best part of this video was when you accidentally showed your character and integrity: “…charge it to my head and my lack of experience, not my heart…” In a frustrating world of know-it-alls, this was wonderfully refreshing. Good job, dude!!!!
First of all, let me say, this was one of the best demonstrations videos I ever seen concerning the phantom OC, with keyboard wells, thoroughly explained to say the least. I am now your new subscriber.😅
Thanks so much man!!
Now listening back to this demo again, Only thing about this board impresses me is the Synth AUX Stuff,and I agree as well this keyboard was built for sound designers like yourself 😆
Lovely playing, I forgot about the synth!
Thanks a lot!!
Thank you !! obviously a very accomplished player so I can truly respect your opinion...the "feel" is what worries me..There must be velocity settings to adjust the key touch, no? I wonder how the yamaha YC or PC feel in comparison.. Obviously they are not workstations, but more important to me is it should feel like heaven when playing piano!!!
I’ve played the CP but not the YC yet. I will say the CP feels a whole lot better than the Fantom to me
@@AndrewMcKain Thanks. that’s what I thought. I don’t know if it’s Covid but stores don’t seem to have the “new stuff” on display any more!! I’m in WESTCHESTER NY. Have yet to spot a fantom 08 on display yet.
Very nice playing. Would love to hear the entire band playing with you.
Wow the Finger and Slap bass are surprisingly convincing. They have come a long way with that.
Great as always!
Appreciate it man!! Your videos help me a lot with understanding this board!!
@Andrew Mckain Oh nice! Glad to hear it.
Nice vid thanks. It's nice to see you play and how you change playing style depending on what the sound is , sweet.
Thanks for watching!!
How long have you been playing? Your sound is true and clean
I've been playing about 28 years now. Thanks a lot!!
This is just excellent, man. Clearly a pro's point of view, thanks for the insight!
I appreciate it, thanks for watching!
Fantom 7 owner since 2019 here. Honest opinion: don't buy a Fantom if you plan to use it in the studio. Too expensive for what you get, sounds are not up to date compared to even cheap VSTis. If you want the sounds, just buy Zenology Pro and add a decent controller. Don't waste time with the DAW integration, it's really not worth it. It's a good MIDI controller but again, there's better options for much less money available.
If you're a live player, it COULD be a very good machine. The hardware is excellent on the 6/7/8. But the software is horrendous. FX is limited for such a top-of-the-line machine, sampling capabilities are a joke. Tonewheel organ is great. Pianos are no comparison to the Nord and even the V-Piano from the RD has been stripped down. All other samples are mediocre, don't fall for that "SuperNatural" thing, it's old. As a synth, it's great. Polyphony is a real problem. I don't have any problems using a loop based sequencer but the one in the Fantom is just too limited and basic. There's one Undo and that's it. Many good ideas which are poorly executed.
I use it as my main board live but it's so frustrating to know what COULD have been if they just put some LOVE and DEDICATION into this board. It's a really sad story, Roland has lost it's will to do it right decades ago it seems.
If you plan on buying the cheaper 06/07/08 beware of the really limited space and some serious problems with the pitch stick. Search RUclips to learn about it.
Thanks for this perspective!
Amen brother
I’m looking for a keyboard 🎹 for our ministry and this video truly helped me. Thank you so much! Blessings 🙏🏽
Glad I could help!!
Great playing. And relevant according to church musicians. I’ve heard somewhere that you will run into issues with polyphony more easy than on montage/modx. Did you encounter issues when layering piano, ep, pad and string on the fantom? On the montage?
Thanks! I didn't have any issues on the Fantom, I also didn't go too deep in my layering. I have had some issues after 3 patches or more being layered on the Montage at times
Love your playing. You should record a solo acoustic piano album. I'd buy it.
That means a lot!!!
whets a good pad for worship on this board please
Dope video bro!!!
Appreciate it my bro!!
Has anyone played the fantom using a high quality headphone like the V-Moda 200 or other from Sennheiser? Does it really make a difference playing it with a HighRes headphone? (I mean plug the headphone directly into the fantom and not using other equipment)
Great review Bro always delivering top notch videos! This is why I love the Fantasy plug by Junior P. The sounds are identical in my opinion. Even tho all the sounds are not on the plug, but there are enough play with lol. Great work Andrew!
Thanks so much!! And yes I agree, I was thinking that as I played the Fantom. The Fantasy plugin is definitely spot on!
@@AndrewMcKain yes sir brotha without a doubt.
May I ask, how do you just "play around" on the piano like that? Are you just playing chord progressions and such? Is it bit of songs you know? Awesome playing!
Thanks man!! And I'd say it's a combination of chord progressions and ideas I come up with on the spot. I've been playing for a long time so it's a lot of information that I've compiled over the years
How many sounds does this have? And does this have percussion sounds as well as such as drums ?
Thanks. But you should also tell how did you find the sounds here compared to the Yamahas (which model ?) that you said you play. That way it'll be a useful understanding for us otherwise we are just hearing you play 08 sounds through RUclips that compresses sound files.
That’s true, for me personally, the pianos, guitars, bass, etc are better and more distinctive on Yamaha Motifs and the Montage. The synths on the Roland is better in my opinion
I think i'm listening "James Moss - We must praise" from the Chorus EP2 😄
Bro I love your playing , it's still something about these pianos compared to Nord and Yamaha ,don't sound as good imo, what u think ?
Yea there’s definitely a difference bro
And thanks a lot!!!
I will take Roland over nord and Yamaha
Does the MODX have the MK-80 patch or something similar?
It doesn’t but you can put it on there if you buy the gospel sound pack from @vgsgmusic
Good job bro, thanks. I have one and i agree it’s a Great board, can customize your own patches, thanks for that layer. It wicked
Thanks for watching!!
Dope, which is better Montage or Fantom?
For me, the Montage but it depends on what you look for in a board
@@AndrewMcKain better for live performance?
Man I pause the video and start learning your chords bro lols
What’s the difference between the Fantom 8 and the 08?
The Fantom 08 has less sounds and features, so it’s like the compact version. Similar to how Yamaha has a Montage and then a MODX
18:57 What’s song ? Please 😍😍😍
“If you just believe” by Marvin Sapp
@@AndrewMcKain thank you 😍😍
Nice video brother I love roland, I know you are a yamaha guy so am asking you this , the motif es or xs can the octave shift up or down in split mode/performance
Thanks for watching!! I have heard that it’s possible but so far, I haven’t been able to figure out how
There should be an overall function in the utility menu that effects the entire board and not just that particular patch.
If you want that performance/layer to stay in that octave, I believe you should be able to edit that from the edit menu while in performance mode.
Amazing playing!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks so much!!
I want to buy montage and fantom both keyboards. For live performance
But I'm confused for.
Which keyboard should I buy in 88 keys and which one in 61 key
For example =
1 (Fantom 8 and montage 6 or 7).
2 (Montage 8 and fantom 6 or 7)
So What do you think about that please share your opinion 🙏
The 8 is the 88 keys, 7 is 76 keys and 6 is 61 keys
@@AndrewMcKain I know that
@@AndrewMcKain I want to ask that.
Which keyboard should I buy in 88 keys and which should I buy in 61 key.
From both of this keyboard fantom and montage.
According to you
@@naveenjedia7445 oh I’m sorry I misunderstood. I’d say get the Montage in 88 keys and the Fantom in 61 or 76 keys
@@AndrewMcKain ❤
Great Job my friend I have Roland 0/Yamaha modx8 RD2000 Kong krome ex88/FP e50 I like Roland over Nord and Yamaha
Amazing playing man. 🙌❤ As you said action on this is good but very authentic like acoustic grand but still action feels great and very responsive. Only thing is this doesn’t have impressive combinations sounds like a Kronos & Montage. But piano and synth sounds are definitely impressive. As a pianist I like the action of Kawai MP11se. Piano sounds on Kawai MP11se at-par. Thanks! ❤
I have learn basic clasical piano playing. I have learnt just for 4 years but whatever I have learnt I have learnt fast. My goal is to become a composer and God has put composition skill to me and I wants to explore more music, classical is now in my head but when I see someone like you playing Jazz style it inspires me a lot to learn beautiful voicing. Your musical approach touch to my heart I can feel the voicing you had played in this demonstration. Too compose and arrange music your style of approach will definitely help me a lot. Do you teach? I have one more question. I am getting a real good deal on Fantom8, I am getting this for below $3000 as I personally know the Roland People. Just confused because action on Fantom8 is definitely good but I have experienced that Kawai MP11se is more feel like a real acoustic and piano sounds are also very close to the real pianos. In workstation category I always like the Yamaha piano sounds but I feel Fantom8 has different and better piano sound then Korg & Yamaha. I don’t like the action of the Korg & Fantom8 has little better feeling key action than a Yamaha Montage8, It May be a personal choice. I have a Yamaha YUS5 acoustic piano which is an amazing instrument. Just need your guidance whether I should go for the Fantom8 or not? It would be a great help if you can guide me. Thank you so much 🙏❤
Thanks for your kind words. I’d say if you can get the Fantom 8 for a good price then go for it. It’s not the best for strictly piano but it’s a great synthesizer
@@AndrewMcKain Firstly thank you so much for your reply. I love Fantom 8 mostly I will buy because of I am getting a good price.
Is this better than Montage?
It depends on what you need, probably for production or maybe auxiliary sounds it is but I don’t think it is as a main keys board
The best 88 keys workstation keyboard you can buy for under 2k euros maybe...
This is better than the yamaha montage 8?
It depends on what you want in a keyboard, for what I like and what I do, I like the Montage better
@@AndrewMcKain music production
@@AndrewMcKainwhy do you like it more than the montage?
Price
The keys are small from the usual size or your hands are big?
Am Confused!
They seem smaller than Yamaha and Nord’s keys but I do have big fingers
@@AndrewMcKain Yep your hands are big indeed! btw great touch ⚡
I have the Roland FP-90, which has the same keys as this... he does indeed have big hands 😆
It has the tone wheel organ that sounds pretty good ,it's not in the regular organ section though
Got you, I need to try it
roland fantom8 or the yamaha modx8+
for a church musictan
@Khayden Brown Save your money for a M2 Mac laptop and get Júnior Porciúncula VST's both the Fantom AND the Montage.
I think fantom 8 is much better than modx or montage but Yamaha is more handy and user friendly (as a Church musician)
@@bsdguy so buy a m2 mac book then get Junior porciuncula VST's. so do i need to but a keyboard
@Khayden Brown yes you will need one for a controller.
It's really dusty! PLEASE, clean me! :)
It looks like a midi sequencer... Can anyone enlighten if this is true? I came to exactly the right review. I wanted to see the back board... :)
So many of Roland's keyboards have an excellent natural sound. I own an A-49 which is a beautifully weighted natural keyboard, the worst is the JD-Xi which has a terrible keyboard but the most amazing sound bank! Those two midi together very well...
Great video however😊
Looks more like a Roland FANTOM-6-EX Synth
I'm supprised this guy is not teaching on YT!?
I have some tutorials on my channel!
Unfortunately all those pianos sound like toys after listening to the Nord pianos. Love your playing though and thanks
😂😂😂 thanks for watching!
Toys???
Sounds terrible - Somethings not quite right - either it was not recorded properly, or the sounds of the roland are simply not as good as Yamaha's alternatives, unless one wants to sound dated.
guitars are really bad