Phantom VS patch list?

I haven't found a published Patch list and I'm not sure if it's the same patch list as the Fantom G series keyboard workstations. I downloaded the manual for the G series keyboards and have been meaning to compare the lists there with the menus in the Fantom VS. I haven't seen an instrument definition for it either. The GM1 and GM2 instrument lists probably don't match the patch lists in the Fantom VS. I generally turn off the Receive PC-( Patch Change ) messages button on the Midi page of the Fantom on all 16 channels and turn on the Patch remain button which I beleive is in the Common page. This stops your controller from changing patchs in the Fantom.
It doesn't matter whether you use a simple instrument track or a split Midi source track. The Fantom soft synth that installs in the project is the same and uses the Fantom hardware in the V 700 R. You must install the Fantom soft synth in the project to use it, other wise yes you get general Midi. As to whether the Fantom is GM1 or GM2, I would assume it's capable of both and based on GM2 but as I said above, to use the Fantom patches turn off the Patch Change messages from your controller. The note characteristics of the instrument on your controller will still transmit, ie: whether you're using a piano or organ or whatever and will affect the Fantom patch in terms of attack, expression, decay, etc. 
That's pretty general but I hope it helps. The Fantom can be very complicated.

easttenndoc


I have both an X7 and the XR rack, so I don't have much call to fool with the VS, but at first glance it appeared to me to have the identical patch library to my Fantom-X.  I won't swear to it, though, since I haven't looked at it in a while.  You can probably find a pdf of the Fantom-X patch list on Roland's website to compare and see.
 
Cheers!
Mike

The Fantom X was a predecessor to the Fantom G series wasn't it? 

Hey Zelmo, I just downloaded an .ins instrument definition for the Fantom VS from the Cakewalk site. It wasn't there previously so it must be new. I installed it in the instrument definitions and redirected the Fantom VS to it and the sounds cleared up quite a bit on the Fantom. Definitely worth putting in.

You have to put in the instrument definitions in Sonar. I've been busy lately with other things so I will have to get back to youwith a path. Basically you open Options-Instruments and put the saved ins. file in Instrument definitions. Take a look there and I will get back to you.