Roland What’s New In Version 2?, Style Enhancements New Ways to Play Styles, Style Finder

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What’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 has new style-playing features that make

the GW-8 even more musical and fun.

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• Quick rhythm toggle—You can now toggle

a style’s non-rhythm parts on or off by

simply pressing the lit STYLE button during

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playback.

• Style Finder—You can quickly find the style you’re looking for using the new Style Finder, which presents your styles to you in a simple, easy-to-navigate list.

• Note to Arrange—Also called “NTA,” this new feature allows you to trigger styles from an external MIDI device, allowing non- keyboardists to get in on the GW-8 fun.

• Chord Zone—This new parameter gives you greater control over the keys you use to trigger styles.

• New styles—There are 16 new World-category styles.

• You can now create your own styles, right on the GW-8. You can record them from scratch, or create new ones from styles you already have.

• Record style tracks in realtime—You can record new style tracks by performing them on the keyboard.

• Record style tracks in step time—You can build up style tracks note-by note.

• EZ Convert—When you’ve created the patterns for some of the chords in your new style, the GW-8 can automatically generate the patterns for the remaining chords.

• Use more than one rhythm set in a style—By supplementing your drum style track with other percussion instruments, your styles can be even more propulsive and/or textured.

• The song recorder has become even more powerful with the addition of step recording on top of the realtime recording the GW-8’s always offered.

• Song-track tempos and time signatures can be freely edited in Version 2.

•Version 2 provides a comprehensive suite of tools for perfecting style tracks and song tracks.

•New, dedicated MFX—separate from the keyboard MFX—are available for both style tracks and song tracks.

•The new STYLE MAKEUP and SONG MAKEUP screens provide enhanced control over your style and song parts.

•You can now use a foot switch to toggle between pitch-bending modes.

The processes for recording both new style tracks and song tracks are nearly identical. They’re just different enough, though, that we’ll present them separately to avoid confusion.

Style Enhancements

New Ways to Play Styles

Quick Rhythm Toggle

Version 2 adds an easy way to toggle on and off the pitched instruments in the current style: Press the STYLE button. When the STYLE button’s

•lit—you hear the entire style, with all of its pitched

instruments and chords.

•unlit—you hear only the style’s drums. To turn the other instruments back on, press STYLE again, and then strike the desired key.

Style Finder

Version 2’s new Style Finder feature makes it easier than ever to find just the right style. Here’s how to use it:

1On the Main screen, select the STYLE number as shown here:

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Contents GW-8ReleaseNote Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet Updating to Version Getting Ready to Update Your GW-8About ReleaseNote Documents About This BookletBacking Up Your GW-8 Music and Settings Downloading the Version 2 UpdaterPerforming the Update Preparing the Updater FileUpdating Your GW-8 to Version What You Need USB memory stickStyle Enhancements New Ways to Play Styles What’s New In Version 2?Quick Rhythm Toggle Style FinderGetting to the NTA Parameters Selecting Styles Using NTA Selecting Chords Using NTANew Chord Detection Control Recording Division Selections Into an External DeviceRecording Styles New World StylesUnderstanding the Structure of a Style DivisionsRecording a New Style Setting Up for a New StyleStyle Parts Recording Style TracksAccompaniment 5 ACC5 Recording a Style Track in RealtimePage Step Recording a Style Track EZ Convert Editing Individual Style Track EventsMixing Styles in Version Muting and Soloing Style TracksSetting the Levels of Style Parts Setting the Behavior of Style PartsSong Recorder Enhancements Recording a New SongStarting a New Song with a Style Initializing the GW-8 SongAbout Song Parts Recording a Song Track by Track 16T 32T Recording a Song Track in RealtimeStep Recording a Song Track Page Editing Individual Song and Track Events Saving Songs in Version Muting and Soloing Song TracksMixing Songs in Version New Style Track and Song Track Editing Tools Edit Tools and Their SettingsQuantize Quantize Parameter What It Sets RangeErase Parameter What It Sets Range EraseCopy DeleteDelete Parameter What It Sets Range CopyInsert TransposeInsert Parameter What It Sets Range Transpose Parameter What It Sets RangeChange Velocity Parameter What It Sets Range Change VelocityParameter What It Sets INT1-4 MAIN1-4 FILL1-4Global Change Change Gate TimeChange Gate Time Parameter What It Sets Range Global Change Parameter What It Sets RangeGlobal Change Shift Clock Parameter What It Sets Range Shift ClockPitch BEND-to Parameter What It Sets RangeExclusive Song Track Editing Tools Exclusive Style Track Editing ToolsRefining the MFX’s Settings Setting Up Style- and Song-Track MFXVersion 2 Style Track and Song-Track MFX Effects Selecting the MFX You Want to UseEnd System Pedal Setting
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