Roland GW-8 ReleaseNote 2 Bedienungsanleitung

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10Version 2 adds an extensive suite of style- and song-track editing tools you can use when you’re done recording. See Page 23 for details.Realtime an

11Typically, you’ll want to set all of the style tracks in a style to the same key.Count In sets the number of beats, if any, you’ll hea

12Step Recording a Style TrackOn the Style Rec Standby screen, set REC TYPE to STEP REC—the step 1 recording parameters appear onscreen.Begin by sel

13You can change the NOTE, GATE, and VELOCITY parameters at any step as you record. This lets you enter any kind of note you want.7 Set up NOTE, GATE

14Press ENTER to display the STYLE MICROSCOPE screen.4 This screen shows you a list of all of the MIDI events—including note events—on the track.If y

15Setting the Behavior of Style PartsPress the STYLE button, and then press PART VIEW repeatedly until you see the STYLE MAKEUP screen.The STYLE MAKEU

16Initializing the GW-8 SongInitializing clears the GW-8’s song memory, erasing the current song. If the song hasn’t been saved and you wan

17To start a new song using a style:Press the STYLE button so it lights, and select the style 1 you want to use.It’s easier than ever in

18There are lots of other settings on the SONG TRACK screen we’ll describe later on. You can adjust these settings now or later, but we thi

19Once you’ve got the Song Rec Standby parameters set as desired—and the SONG REC button’s flashing—you’re ready to record. What happens when you

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20Ticks are subdivisions of a beat. There are 120 ticks in a beat, starting at Tick 000. Sixteenth notes occur every 60 ticks.When you’re recording th

21Editing Individual Song and Track EventsVersion 2 provides a pair of screens that let you edit a song in very precise ways. The screens operate the

22• move an event—select it and press GUITAR/BASS•2. This opens the MOVE EVENT window in which you can set the event’s new location.

23New Style Track and Song Track Editing ToolsVersion 2 comes with a comprehensive collection of editing tools you can use for editing both styl

24QuantizeParameter: What It Sets: Range:Division (style only)The division whose notes are quantizedINT1-4• MAIN1-4• FILL1-4• ENDING1-4• Resolution Th

25DeleteDelete removes a specified time region from a track, moving all subsequent data forward in time by the deleted amount.DeleteParameter: What It

26DESTINATION Parameter:What It Sets: Range:Into In measures, beats, and ticks—the location in the destination track at which the copied data is paste

27TransposeParameter: What It Sets: Range:From, To In measures, beats, and ticks, the beginning and end of the time region in the track to be transpos

28Change Gate TimeThis allows you to increase or reduce the length of the notes throughout an entire track, or in a portion of it.Change Gate TimePara

29Global ChangeParameter: What It Sets: Range:PANPOT Raising or lowering of recorded MIDI stereo Pan values-127 to 127REVERB Raising or lowering of re

3Downloading the Version 2 UpdaterThe GW-8 is sold all over the world, and there are a few different versions of its software, each optimized for a sp

30Exclusive Style Track Editing ToolsStyle Part LengthYou can reset the length of a track using this tool, causing it to loop back to the top sooner o

31Version 2 Style Track and Song-Track MFX EffectsIn Version 2, the GW-8 MFX (for “multi-effects”) are available for style tracks and song tracks. (Th

32The System Pedal SettingWith Version 2, you can switch pitch-bend modes using a foot pedal such as Roland’s DP-2 or DP-10, or a BOSS FS-5U. To set t

4Updating Your GW-8 to Version 2What You NeedTo update your GW-8, you’ll needthe GW-8 Updater Version 2.00 updater file—• you’ve downloaded fro

5What’s New In Version 2?We’ll discuss all of the new GW-8 Version 2 features in this booklet, but here’s a quick overview to get started.Version 2 ha

62 Press the ENTER button to reveal the STYLE LIST screen. Press MENU to display the STYLE FINDER screen.3 The STYLE FINDER screen makes it easy to f

7Selecting Chords Using NTATo select style chords:Set the RX NTA channel parameter to the MIDI channel you’d like to 1 use. The default channel is Cha

8New World StylesVersion 2 adds 16 new styles in the World category to the GW-8.181—• MariachiFies • 189—LatinFolk182—• MariachiRom • 190—LatinP

9Style PartsEach style has eight instruments, called “style parts.” The style tracks correspond to the eight style parts, with each track us