Here are what my personal XR banks have evolved into. Should be really close if not identical to the X.
Sorry I have NOT tried them in Version 9 yet, but if you’d like to try it…
These are for an XR, but they should be pretty close for any Fantom X derivative. The bank formats are certainly valid for all the X series…just rename any patches if that is required:
http://forums.rolandclan.com/download/file.php?id=1694
I use a separate profile for each SRX card that’s in my XR Unit.
I also have built what I call a ‘mode’ profile which, when a track is set to channel 10, allows me to choose a ‘performance patch’, and easily automate punching between ‘performance or patch mode’ and punching in and out of GM or GM2 mode via the device panel.
I’ve also modified the GM2 subset a bit so it will call up the proper patch even if the Fantom is NOT in GM or GM2 mode.
As for how I set it up in Cubase:
I assign each pair of the Fantom’s audio outputs as an ‘external instrument’ in the “VST Connections” tab (tap F4 to get at this), but I do not assign them to a specific MIDI device. If you prefer you can set them up as MONO channels. Note: I do NOT assign a MIDI port here because I use multiple synth profiles for the same XR Unit. Also note, if you prefer, you can build all of the Fantom audio outputs into the same VST Connection…for me it’s just simpler to treat each stereo pair as a separate instrument on the mixing console since I don’t always have everything hooked up in a four or six output fashion.
Once I’ve set them up, I can assign them as ‘rack instruments’ in the Instrument Rack (so their audio inputs show up on the Mixing Console). From there, all I need do is create MIDI tracks and choose the Fantom profile I want it to use (or bypass a profile and choose the RAW Fantom X MIDI output if I want to manually punch in bank and program info), and set the proper MIDI channel and patch I want. My general layout for the Fantom looks something like this:
