Roland 2 New World Styles, Recording Styles, Understanding the Structure of a Style, Divisions

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New World Styles

Version 2 adds 16 new styles in the World category to the GW-8.

•	181—MariachiFies	•	189—LatinFolk
•	182—MariachiRom	•	190—LatinPop2
•	183—MariachiRad	•	191—Bolero
•	184—MariachiTrad	•	192—Mambo2
•	185—SonJarocho	•	193—ChaChaCha
•	186—SonHuasteco	•	194—Bachata3
•	187—SonMariachi	•	195—AfroPeruana
•	188—SonCubano	•	196—Andina

Recording Styles

You’ve always been able to create styles on a PC using the GW-8’s included Style Converter software, and then import them into the GW-8. Version 2 allows you to dig down deep into styles, creating new ones right on the GW-8, without a PC, and then editing styles to refine them further.

Understanding the Structure of a Style

To master the creation and editing of styles, you’ll need to understand how they’re put together.

Divisions

The new STYLE COMPOSER screen will help you see what we’re talking about. To display this screen, hold down the STYLE button for a couple of seconds.

You can also display the STYLE COMPOSER screen by selecting it in the GW-8’s Top Menu window, but holding down STYLE’s quicker.

A style can contain up to 48 accompaniment patterns, each of which is called a “division.”Each style section can have four major chord divisions, four minor chord divisions, and four divisions that play dominant 7th chords.

In this picture, blue divisions are major chords, green divisions are minor chords, and brown

divisions are 7th chords. (On the STYLE COMPOSER screen, they’re all white, of course.)

Style Tracks

Each division itself is made up of eight style tracks that contain MIDI recording data for up to eight instruments. You can edit recordings that are already on a style track, or create your own.


Drums			Bass		Accompaniment 1		Accompaniment 2

Accompaniment 3			Accompaniment 4		Accompaniment 5		Accompaniment 6

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Contents GW-8ReleaseNote Updating to Version Getting Ready to Update Your GW-8 Understanding the Symbols in This BookletAbout ReleaseNote Documents About This BookletDownloading the Version 2 Updater Backing Up Your GW-8 Music and SettingsPreparing the Updater File Performing the UpdateUpdating Your GW-8 to Version What You Need USB memory stickWhat’s New In Version 2? Style Enhancements New Ways to Play StylesQuick Rhythm Toggle Style FinderGetting to the NTA Parameters Selecting Chords Using NTA Selecting Styles Using NTANew Chord Detection Control Recording Division Selections Into an External DeviceNew World Styles Recording StylesUnderstanding the Structure of a Style DivisionsSetting Up for a New Style Recording a New StyleStyle Parts Recording Style TracksRecording a Style Track in Realtime Accompaniment 5 ACC5Page Step Recording a Style Track Editing Individual Style Track Events EZ ConvertMuting and Soloing Style Tracks Mixing Styles in VersionSetting the Behavior of Style Parts Setting the Levels 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 Recording a Song Track in Realtime 16T 32TStep Recording a Song Track Page Editing Individual Song and Track Events Saving Songs in Version Muting and Soloing Song TracksMixing Songs in Version Edit Tools and Their Settings New Style Track and Song Track Editing ToolsQuantize Quantize Parameter What It Sets RangeErase Erase Parameter What It Sets RangeDelete CopyDelete Parameter What It Sets Range CopyTranspose InsertInsert Parameter What It Sets Range Transpose Parameter What It Sets RangeChange Velocity Change Velocity Parameter What It Sets RangeParameter What It Sets INT1-4 MAIN1-4 FILL1-4Change Gate Time Global ChangeChange Gate Time Parameter What It Sets Range Global Change Parameter What It Sets RangeShift Clock Global Change Shift Clock Parameter What It Sets RangePitch BEND-to Parameter What It Sets RangeExclusive Style Track Editing Tools Exclusive Song Track Editing ToolsSetting Up Style- and Song-Track MFX Refining the MFX’s SettingsVersion 2 Style Track and Song-Track MFX Effects Selecting the MFX You Want to UseSystem Pedal Setting End