11
Troubleshooting
The Arpeggiator and D Beam controller 
settings in the Performance are different than 
those for the Patch.
Since the Fantom stores arpeggiator and D Beam controller 
settings for each performance or patch, it will operate 
according to the arpeggiator and D Beam controller settings that 
were specified for each performance or patch.
Issues Related to Sequencer
Song data does not play back correctly
Check the following points.
• Has the Receive General MIDI/General MIDI 2 System On 
Switch been turned ON?
Set the Rx GM System ON/Rx GM2 System ON parameter 
(SYSTEM/MIDI) to “ON” (Owner’s Manual; p. 183).
• Are you trying to start playback from midway through the song?
The beginning of a GM score song contains a General MIDI/
General MIDI 2 System On message. In some cases, a GM Score 
cannot be played back correctly unless this message is received.
• Are you trying to play song data designed for the GS Format?
When the Fantom receives a GS Reset message, the Fantom is 
enabled for the GS format. This permits playback of music data 
bearing the GS logo (GS music data). However, data created 
exclusively for the Sound Canvas Series may not play back 
properly on the RD-700.
After recording, the song does not sound 
when I play it back.
Have the tracks been muted?
Defeat muting (Owner’s Manual; p. 137).
The tempo is different than the last time I 
played back the song.
If a song is played back after the tempo is changed, then the 
new tempo is not saved unless the song is saved to the disk. 
Conversely, the previous tempo will be erased when you save the 
song. When saving songs, carefully check the current tempo.
Locate Positions set in song have disappeared.
Check the following points.
• Was the disk saved in a format other than MRC-Pro format (SMF 
0 or 1)? Locate positions will be saved with the song data only 
when saving in MRC-Pro format.
• Are you using Quick Play? In order to use locate positions, the 
song must be loaded into the Fantom.
Sound Device Tones Are Switched Arbitrarily
Use the Microscope (Owner’s Manual; p. 153) to check the 
following points.
• Has an unneeded program change been input? Or are there 
duplicate program changes?
• Were any mistakes made in setting the data MIDI channels when 
Program Change messages were input?
Data supposed to be present does not appear 
in microscope.
Check the following points.
• Are the wrong tracks selected?
• In View Select (Owner’s Manual; p. 155), is any data set not to be 
displayed?
After using a MIDI sequencer to play a song, 
sounds stopped playing, and no sound is 
played even when Program Changes are sent.
It could be that a Bank Select in the song data that is not 
specified by the Fantom was encountered in the song. No 
sound is played if the tone group is not one designated by the 
Fantom with Bank Select MSB/LSB. Note that if you omit the Bank 
Select, and send only the Program Change, the tone in the currently 
selected group that has the specified Program Change number will 
play. Try reselecting the tone using the panel controls. Furthermore, 
when selecting tones from an external MIDI device, be sure to send 
the Bank Select MSB/LSB and the Program Change as a single set for 
reliable reproduction. First sending the MSB and LSB (the order in 
which these are sent does not matter), followed by the Program 
Change.
For more about the relationship between the Bank Select MSB/
LSB and corresponding tone groups, refer to <Bank Select and 
Program Change Correspondence Chart> (Sound/Parameter 
List).
In some cases, you may be unable to hear any sound after playing 
the last song that was faded-out. This may be because the volume 
has been lowered by volume messages or expression messages. 
Check the value of these messages, and set them to appropriate 
values.