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!!!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!!

@yourmobility1559

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate it!!!

@personsofinterestband6013

Жыл бұрын

This is the best demo of this keyboard we see on KZread.

Came for the review, stayed for the player 👏 👏 👏 👏

You're an absolutely fabulous player! I could listen to you play all day! Keep up the great work buddy.

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate it!

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.😅

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much man!!

Nice playing brother I have the fantom 8 its an amazing key board if only I could play like you 😁🤛

Great as always!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it man!! Your videos help me a lot with understanding this board!!

@darrickkeels6387

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@AndrewMcKain

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

This is just excellent, man. Clearly a pro's point of view, thanks for the insight!

@AndrewMcKain

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thanks for watching!

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!!!!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! And enjoy!!

I’m looking for a keyboard 🎹 for our ministry and this video truly helped me. Thank you so much! Blessings 🙏🏽

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!!

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.

Very nice playing. Would love to hear the entire band playing with you.

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

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

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!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! And yes I agree, I was thinking that as I played the Fantom. The Fantasy plugin is definitely spot on!

@PEEKempowered

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewMcKain yes sir brotha without a doubt.

Dope video bro!!!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it my bro!!

Lovely playing, I forgot about the synth!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!!

Amazing playing!!!❤❤❤❤❤

@AndrewMcKain

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

Great Job my friend I have Roland 0/Yamaha modx8 RD2000 Kong krome ex88/FP e50 I like Roland over Nord and Yamaha

Man I pause the video and start learning your chords bro lols

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)

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@mister088

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

I think i'm listening "James Moss - We must praise" from the Chorus EP2 😄

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 KZread that compresses sound files.

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

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

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!! I have heard that it’s possible but so far, I haven’t been able to figure out how

@kylegraham8049

Жыл бұрын

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.

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?

@AndrewMcKain

4 ай бұрын

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.

@AndrewMcKain

5 ай бұрын

That means a lot!!!

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!

@AndrewMcKain

9 ай бұрын

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

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 ?

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Yea there’s definitely a difference bro

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

And thanks a lot!!!

@tcotlg-jamesstylesiii7079

Жыл бұрын

I will take Roland over nord and Yamaha

Great video however😊

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 KZread to learn about it.

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this perspective!

@SunlightOfTheSpirit

Жыл бұрын

Amen brother

Does the MODX have the MK-80 patch or something similar?

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t but you can put it on there if you buy the gospel sound pack from @vgsgmusic

It has the tone wheel organ that sounds pretty good ,it's not in the regular organ section though

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

Got you, I need to try it

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

Жыл бұрын

The 8 is the 88 keys, 7 is 76 keys and 6 is 61 keys

@naveenjedia7445

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewMcKain I know that

@naveenjedia7445

Жыл бұрын

@@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

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

@@naveenjedia7445 oh I’m sorry I misunderstood. I’d say get the Montage in 88 keys and the Fantom in 61 or 76 keys

@naveenjedia7445

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewMcKain ❤

What’s the difference between the Fantom 8 and the 08?

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

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

Dope, which is better Montage or Fantom?

@AndrewMcKain

10 ай бұрын

For me, the Montage but it depends on what you look for in a board

@jorjajorjan3863

2 ай бұрын

​@@AndrewMcKain better for live performance?

Price

The keys are small from the usual size or your hands are big? Am Confused!

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

They seem smaller than Yamaha and Nord’s keys but I do have big fingers

@zzush

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewMcKain Yep your hands are big indeed! btw great touch ⚡

@BUJU2007

Жыл бұрын

I have the Roland FP-90, which has the same keys as this... he does indeed have big hands 😆

The best 88 keys workstation keyboard you can buy for under 2k euros maybe...

Is this better than Montage?

@AndrewMcKain

10 ай бұрын

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

This is better than the yamaha montage 8?

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

It depends on what you want in a keyboard, for what I like and what I do, I like the Montage better

@Dekon7

Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewMcKain music production

@JuliusDeBerryJr

Жыл бұрын

​@@AndrewMcKainwhy do you like it more than the montage?

roland fantom8 or the yamaha modx8+

@Kbcuttinup

Жыл бұрын

for a church musictan

@bsdguy

Жыл бұрын

@Khayden Brown Save your money for a M2 Mac laptop and get Júnior Porciúncula VST's both the Fantom AND the Montage.

@zzush

Жыл бұрын

I think fantom 8 is much better than modx or montage but Yamaha is more handy and user friendly (as a Church musician)

@Kbcuttinup

Жыл бұрын

@@bsdguy so buy a m2 mac book then get Junior porciuncula VST's. so do i need to but a keyboard

@bsdguy

Жыл бұрын

@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...

I'm supprised this guy is not teaching on YT!?

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

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

@AndrewMcKain

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 thanks for watching!

@JuliusDeBerryJr

Жыл бұрын

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