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About the FANTOM’s CV/GATE
The FANTOM is equipped with two sets of CV/GATE output 
jacks, and by connecting these to analog synthesizers that are 
equipped with CV/GATE input jacks, you can control their note 
on/off and pitch.
About CV/GATE signals
CV stands for “Control Voltage,” and is an electrical signal (control 
voltage) used to control the behavior of an analog synth or Eurorack 
module. GATE is a signal used to control the beginning and end of an 
envelope.
Jack Explanation
GATE OUT 1 jack 
GATE OUT 2 jack
These jacks output note on/off.
Outputs +5 V.
CV OUT 1 jack 
CV OUT 2 jack
These jacks output pitch. If you’ve made transpose or 
octave shift settings, this voltage changes accordingly.
These jacks support OCT/V (it does not support Hz/V).
Normally, the CV OUT 1 jack and the GATE OUT 1 jack are used as a pair. 
Likewise, the CV OUT 2 jack and the GATE OUT 2 jack are used as a pair. 
MEMO
By making a system setting, GATE OUT 2 can be changed to CV OUT (CV3). For 
details, refer to “System Parameters” (p. 112).
Using CV/GATE
Here’s how to use CV/GATE to control an analog synthesizer. In 
the same way as for “Controlling an External MIDI Device (EXT 
MIDI OUT),” the analog synthesizer is controlled from an EXT 
zone using CV/GATE.
Here we explain an example in which we connect the CV OUT 1 
jack and GATE OUT 1 jack to an analog synthesizer, and control 
it from zone 1.
1. 
Connect the CV OUT 1 jack and the GATE OUT 
1 jack to the analog synthesizer’s CV IN jack 
and GATE IN jack respectively.
NOTE
Depending on the manufacturer or model, the CV jack and GATE jack 
might be named differently. For details, refer to the owner’s manual of 
your analog synthesizer.
2. 
Press the [MENU] button.
3. 
Touch <SYSTEM>.
The SYSTEM screen appears.
4. 
Touch <CV/GATE> tab.
5. 
Set the CV/Gate Assign Source value to 
“SCENE.”
Now the control settings for CV/Gate 1 (CV OUT 1 jack and GATE OUT 1 
jack) can be set individually for each scene.
Save the system parameters as necessary.
6. 
Press the [MENU] button.
7. 
Touch <SCENE EDIT>.
The SCENE EDIT screen appears.
8. 
Touch <CV/GATE> tab.
9. 
Set the CV/Gate 1 Control Zone to “1.”
Now you can use zone 1 to control CV/Gate 1 (CV OUT 1 jack 
and GATE OUT 1 jack).
10. 
11. 
Zone 1 is now an EXT zone 
If the button is not lit green, hold down the [SHIFT] button and 
pressing corresponding ZONE INT/EXT button so that it is lit 
green (EXT setting).
When this is lit green (EXT setting), CV/Gate signals are 
output.
When the ZONE INT/EXT buttons of multiple zones are lit, the 
situation is the same as for EXT MIDI OUT; the combination 
of zones specified by the ZONE SELECT buttons (the current 
zone) determines whether CV/Gate signals are output to the 
external sound module.
12. 
MEMO
If you want to keep the settings, save the scene. In this example, the scene 
parameters are used to make CV/Gate 1 control settings, so you can use this 
to control an analog synthesizer only in specific scenes.
Make zone 1 the current zone.
Press the ZONE INT/EXT button of zone 1 so 
that it is lit green.
When you play the keyboard, CV/Gate signals are 
output, controlling the analog synthesizer.
Controlling an Analog Synthesizer
 
(CV/GATE OUT)