I have a Fantom X6 and use it on live gigs, it sounds great. I prepare our songs in Sonar, sometimes using BIAB, more often using commercially prepared midi files which we buy but they're not expensive. I store our songs in MIDI format in sets on the X6. You can invoke a live play feature in the Fantom X and put the songs into banks so that each function key at the bottom of the screen loads the song shown on the screen above the function keys. You can also import text files into the Fantom X so that your set list can show on the screen. All I have to do at a gig is press one key and the next song loads.

Another tip: route the drums channel 10 to a separate drum machine and have that playing through a powered speaker in the position where the drummer would sit. This sounds a lot more realistic and relieves the main PA of the demanding transients of drums.

John


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