Roland GI-20 owner manual Information

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Information

When you need repair service, call your nearest Roland Service Center or authorized Roland distributor in your country as shown below.

AFRICA

EGYPT

Al Fanny Trading Office

9, EBN Hagar A1 Askalany Street,

ARD E1 Golf, Heliopolis,

Cairo 11341, EGYPT

TEL: 20-2-417-1828

REUNION

Maison FO - YAM Marcel

25 Rue Jules Hermann,

Chaudron - BP79 97 491

Ste Clotilde Cedex,

REUNION ISLAND

TEL: (0262) 218-429

SOUTH AFRICA

That Other Music Shop (PTY) Ltd.

11 Melle St., Braamfontein, Johannesbourg, SOUTH AFRICA

P.O.Box 32918, Braamfontein 2017

Johannesbourg, SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: (011) 403 4105

Paul Bothner (PTY) Ltd.

17 Werdmuller Centre,

Main Road, Claremont 7708

SOUTH AFRICA

P.O.BOX 23032, Claremont 7735,

SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: (021) 674 4030

ASIA

CHINA

Roland Shanghai Electronics Co.,Ltd.

5F. No.1500 Pingliang Road

Shanghai, CHINA

TEL: (021) 5580-0800

Roland Shanghai Electronics Co.,Ltd.

(BEIJING OFFICE)

10F. No.18 Anhuaxili

Chaoyang District, Beijing,

CHINA

TEL: (010) 6426-5050

HONG KONG

Tom Lee Music Co., Ltd. Service Division

22-32 Pun Shan Street, Tsuen

Wan, New Territories,

HONG KONG

TEL: 2415 0911

INDIA

Rivera Digitec (India) Pvt. Ltd.

409, Nirman Kendra Mahalaxmi Flats Compound Off. Dr. Edwin

SINGAPORE

Swee Lee Company

150 Sims Drive, SINGAPORE 387381 TEL: 6846-3676

CRISTOFORI MUSIC PTE LTD

Blk 3014, Bedok Industrial Park E, #02-2148, SINGAPORE 489980 TEL: 6243-9555

TAIWAN

ROLAND TAIWAN ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.

Room 5, 9fl. No. 112 Chung Shan N.Road Sec.2, Taipei, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

TEL: (02) 2561 3339

THAILAND

Theera Music Co. , Ltd.

330 Verng NakornKasem, Soi 2,

Bangkok 10100, THAILAND

TEL: (02) 2248821

VIETNAM

Saigon Music

138 Tran Quang Khai St.,

District 1

Ho Chi Minh City

VIETNAM

TEL: (08) 844-4068

AUSTRALIA/ NEW ZEALAND

AUSTRALIA

Roland Corporation

Australia Pty., Ltd.

38 Campbell Avenue

Dee Why West. NSW 2099

AUSTRALIA

TEL: (02) 9982 8266

NEW ZEALAND

Roland Corporation Ltd.

32 Shaddock Street, Mount Eden,

Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

TEL: (09) 3098 715

CENTRAL/LATIN AMERICA

ARGENTINA

Instrumentos Musicales S.A.

Av.Santa Fe 2055

(1123) Buenos Aires

ARGENTINA

TEL: (011) 4508-2700

BRAZIL

Roland Brasil Ltda

PANAMA

SUPRO MUNDIAL, S.A.

Boulevard Andrews, Albrook,

Panama City, REP. DE PANAMA

TEL: 315-0101

PARAGUAY

Distribuidora De Instrumentos Musicales

J.E. Olear y ESQ. Manduvira

Asuncion PARAGUAY

TEL: (021) 492-124

URUGUAY

Todo Musica S.A.

Francisco Acuna de Figueroa 1771 C.P.: 11.800

Montevideo, URUGUAY TEL: (02) 924-2335

VENEZUELA

Musicland Digital C.A.

Av. Francisco de Miranda, Centro Parque de Cristal, Nivel C2 Local 20 Caracas

VENEZUELA TEL: (212) 285-8586

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Roland Austria GES.M.B.H.

Siemensstrasse 4, P.O. Box 74, A-6063 RUM, AUSTRIA TEL: (0512) 26 44 260

BELGIUM/HOLLAND/ LUXEMBOURG

Roland Benelux N. V.

Houtstraat 3, B-2260, Oevel

(Westerlo) BELGIUM

TEL: (014) 575811

DENMARK

Roland Scandinavia A/S

Nordhavnsvej 7, Postbox 880,

DK-2100 Copenhagen

DENMARK

TEL: 3916 6200

FRANCE

Roland France SA

4, Rue Paul Henri SPAAK, Parc de l'Esplanade, F 77 462 St. Thibault, Lagny Cedex FRANCE TEL: 01 600 73 500

FINLAND

Roland Scandinavia As, Filial Finland

Lauttasaarentie 54 B

Fin-00201 Helsinki, FINLAND

TEL: (0)9 68 24 020

ITALY

Roland Italy S. p. A.

Viale delle Industrie 8,

20020 Arese, Milano, ITALY TEL: (02) 937-78300

NORWAY

Roland Scandinavia Avd. Kontor Norge

Lilleakerveien 2 Postboks 95

Lilleaker N-0216 Oslo

NORWAY

TEL: 2273 0074

POLAND

P. P. H. Brzostowicz

UL. Gibraltarska 4.

PL-03664 Warszawa POLAND

TEL: (022) 679 44 19

PORTUGAL

Tecnologias Musica e Audio, Roland Portugal, S.A.

Cais Das Pedras, 8/9-1 Dto 4050-465 PORTO PORTUGAL

TEL: (022) 608 00 60

ROMANIA

FBS LINES

Piata Libertatii 1,

RO-4200 Gheorghehi

TEL: (095) 169-5043

RUSSIA

MuTek

3-Bogatyrskaya Str. 1.k.l

107 564 Moscow, RUSSIA TEL: (095) 169 5043

SPAIN

Roland Electronics de España, S. A.

Calle Bolivia 239, 08020

Barcelona, SPAIN

TEL: (93) 308 1000

SWEDEN

Roland Scandinavia A/S

SWEDISH SALES OFFICE

Danvik Center 28, 2 tr. S-131 30 Nacka SWEDEN TEL: (0)8 702 00 20

SWITZERLAND

Roland (Switzerland) AG

Landstrasse 5, Postfach,

CH-4452 Itingen,

SWITZERLAND

TEL: (061) 927-8383

UKRAINE

TIC-TAC

Mira Str. 19/108

P.O. Box 180

295400 Munkachevo, UKRAINE

TEL: (03131) 414-40

ISRAEL

Halilit P. Greenspoon & Sons Ltd.

8 Retzif Ha'aliya Hashnya St.

Tel-Aviv-Yafo ISRAEL

TEL: (03) 6823666

JORDAN

AMMAN Trading Agency

245 Prince Mohammad St.,

Amman 1118, JORDAN

TEL: (06) 464-1200

KUWAIT

Easa Husain Al Yousifi Est.

Abdullah Salem Street,

Safat, KUWAIT

TEL: 243-6399

LEBANON

Chahine S.A.L.

Gerge Zeidan St., Chahine Bldg.,

Achrafieh, P.O.Box: 16-5857

Beirut, LEBANON

TEL: (01) 20-1441

QATAR

Al Emadi Co. (Badie Studio

&Stores)

P.O. Box 62, Doha, QATAR TEL: 4423-554

SAUDI ARABIA

aDawliah Universal

Electronics APL

Corniche Road, Aldossary Bldg., 1st Floor, Alkhobar,

SAUDI ARABIA

P.O.Box 2154, Alkhobar 31952

SAUDI ARABIA

TEL: (03) 898 2081

SYRIA

Technical Light & Sound Center

Khaled Ebn Al Walid St.

Bldg. No. 47, P.O.BOX 13520,

Damascus, SYRIA

TEL: (011) 223-5384

TURKEY

Barkat muzik aletleri ithalat ve ihracat Ltd Sti

Siraselviler Caddesi Siraselviler

Pasaji No:74/20

Taksim - Istanbul, TURKEY

TEL: (0212) 2499324

U.A.E.

Zak Electronics & Musical Instruments Co. L.L.C.

Zabeel Road, Al Sherooq Bldg.,

No. 14, Grand Floor, Dubai, U.A.E.

TEL: (04) 3360715

Moses Road, Mumbai-400011,

INDIA

TEL: (022) 2493 9051

INDONESIA

PT Citra IntiRama

J1. Cideng Timur No. 15J-150

Jakarta Pusat

INDONESIA

TEL: (021) 6324170

KOREA

Cosmos Corporation

1461-9, Seocho-Dong,

Seocho Ku, Seoul, KOREA

TEL: (02) 3486-8855

MALAYSIA

BENTLEY MUSIC SDN BHD

140 & 142, Jalan Bukit Bintang

55100 Kuala Lumpur,MALAYSIA

TEL: (03) 2144-3333

PHILIPPINES

G.A. Yupangco & Co. Inc.

339 Gil J. Puyat Avenue

Makati, Metro Manila 1200,

PHILIPPINES

TEL: (02) 899 9801

Rua San Jose, 780 Sala B

Parque Industrial San Jose

Cotia - Sao Paulo - SP, BRAZIL

TEL: (011) 4615 5666

COSTA RICA

JUAN Bansbach Instrumentos Musicales

Ave.1. Calle 11, Apartado 10237,

San Jose, COSTA RICA

TEL: 258-0211

CHILE

Comercial FancyS.A.

Rut.: 96.919.420-1

Nataniel Cox #739, 4th Floor Santiago - Centro, CHILE TEL: (02) 688-9540

EL SALVADOR

OMNI MUSIC

75 Avenida Norte y Final

Alameda Juan Pablo,

Edificio No.4010 San Salvador,

EL SALVADOR

TEL: 262-0788

MEXICO

Casa Veerkamp, s.a. de c.v.

Av. Toluca No. 323, Col. Olivar de los Padres 01780 Mexico D.F.

MEXICO

TEL: (55) 5668-6699

GERMANY

Roland Elektronische Musikinstrumente HmbH.

Oststrasse 96, 22844 Norderstedt,

GERMANY

TEL: (040) 52 60090

GREECE

STOLLAS S.A.

Music Sound Light

155, New National Road

Patras 26442, GREECE

TEL: 2610 435400

HUNGARY

Roland East Europe Ltd.

Warehouse Area ‘DEPO’ Pf.83

H-2046 Torokbalint, HUNGARY

TEL: (23) 511011

IRELAND

Roland Ireland

Audio House, Belmont Court,

Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Republic of IRELAND

TEL: (01) 2603501

UNITED KINGDOM

NORTH AMERICA

Roland (U.K.) Ltd.

Atlantic Close, Swansea

 

Enterprise Park, SWANSEA

CANADA

SA7 9FJ,

Roland Canada Music Ltd.

UNITED KINGDOM

(Head Office)

TEL: (01792) 700139

 

5480 Parkwood Way Richmond

 

B. C., V6V 2M4 CANADA

MIDDLE EAST

TEL: (604) 270 6626

Roland Canada Music Ltd.

 

BAHRAIN

(Toronto Office)

170 Admiral Boulevard

Moon Stores

Mississauga On L5T 2N6

No.16, Bab Al Bahrain Avenue,

CANADA

P.O.Box 247, Manama 304,

TEL: (905) 362 9707

State of BAHRAIN

U. S. A.

TEL: 211 005

CYPRUS

Roland Corporation U.S.

5100 S. Eastern Avenue

Radex Sound Equipment Ltd.

Los Angeles, CA 90040-2938,

17, Diagorou Street, Nicosia,

U. S. A.

CYPRUS

TEL: (323) 890 3700

TEL: (022) 66-9426

 

IRAN

 

MOCO, INC.

 

No.41 Nike St., Dr.Shariyati Ave.,

 

Roberoye Cerahe Mirdamad

 

Tehran, IRAN

As of December 1, 2002 (Roland)

TEL: (021) 285-4169

03231556 ’03-03-G2-21N

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Contents Main Features Using the Unit Safely page 2-3 and Important NotesPage For the U.K Power Supply PlacementMaintenance Additional PrecautionsContents Front Panel Rear Panel Signal Flow Installing the Divided Pickup on the Guitar or Bass Items to Have On HandAbout Midi Guitars That Cannot Be Used with the GK-2A/GK-2BConnection Examples Selecting the Guitar or BassPreparations to Make Before Performing Turning On the Power Adjusting the Input SensitivityTurning Off the Power Playing Sounds from a Sound ModuleWhat is a Patch? Selecting PatchesSystem Parameters and Patch Parameters System ParametersHow to Switch Patches When Not Switching PatchesAbout the Display Patch ParametersSetting the Midi Channel Setting the Transmission Mode MONO/POLYSetting the Midi Transmit Channel Basic CH When in Poly ModeSetting the Control Channel CTL CH Control ChangePress PATCH/VALUE to select the Basic channel number Performing on the Guitar Program ChangePress PATCH/VALUE to select the Control channel number Connecting to a Computer Setting the Midi PortSetting the Midi Data Path Signal Paths That Can Be Selected WithCalling Up the Input Sensitivity Settings Setting the Feeling of the Performance Play FeelSetting the Pedal and Switch Functions Assign Functions That Can Be Selected With Controller Function31, 64-95 Midi Control Change CC#1-31, CC#64-95 Pu Patch UpPd Patch Down Pt Patch Up/DownOu Octave Up Od Octave DownU4 Glide Up 4/d4 Glide Down U5-u8 Glide Up 5-8/d5-d8 Glide DownV1-V4 Vibrato B1 Pitch BendSetting the Range in Which Pitches Are Changed Bend Range Shifting the Pitch of the Sound TransposeSettings That Can Be Selected With Setting the Bend RangeSwitching Sounds on External Devices PRG Change Storing the Settings Write Muting Specific StringsPress Write Press PATCH/VALUE to select the save-destination patchConfirm that the GI-20 is set to Play Mode Copying PatchesPress PATCH/VALUE to select the copy-destination patch Convenient Functions Featured by the GI-20 Tuning TunerConvenient Functions Featured by the GI-20 OffReceiving Saved Data Using Midi Bulk Load Midi Turn the power off Receive Saved Data Through USB Bulk Load USBBend Data Thin Function Use a USB cable to connect the computer and the GI-20Reducing the Amount of Control Change Data Transmitted Limiting the Extent of the Bend Range Bend Range MAXReceive Control Change Data Thin Function Press PATCH/VALUE to select 12 orPress PATCH/VALUE to select SP or GE Turn the power off Selecting the Type of USB DriverReset to Default Factory Settings Factory Reset Installing the Rack Mount AdaptorTurn off the power to the GI-20 Attaching the Rubber FeetTroubleshooting Volume fluctuates from one string to anotherSound doesn’t vary when the settings are changed Pitch doesn’t change smoothlyProblems occur after switching GI-20 patches Pitch is wrong out of tune with the guitar/bassIs Midi Bend Range the same for both sending and receiving? Error Messages ReasonAction One-way Transfer Procedure Roland Exclusive MessagesData Format for Exclusive Messages Address-mapped Data TransferData set 1 DT1 12H Midi Implementation Channel Voice MessagesSystem Exclusive Message Control ChangeChannel Mode Message Appendices Transmit DataSystem Realtime Message Appendices Exclusive Communications Data Set 1 DT1 12HDecimal and Hexadecimal table Midi Implementation Chart Specifications GI-20 GK-MIDI InterfaceComputer GI-20Driver Installation With the GI-20 disconnected, start up WindowsOpen the System Properties dialog box Click the Hardware tab, and then click Driver SigningInstalling & Setting Up the Driver Windows Switch on the GI-20’s power switchPrepare the CD-ROM Connect the GI-20 to your computerIf What action do you want Windows to take? is set to Warn If What action do you want Windows to take? is set to BlockClick OK Click YesNext, you need to make the driver settings. p If you changed What action do you want Windows to take?Make sure that File signature verification is set to Ignore Fig.d13Fig.d16 Click Yes Continue the installation If File signature verification is set to WarnIf File signature verification is set to Block Restart Windows If you changed File signature verificationClick the Hardware tab, and then click Driver signature \Win98Me\Setupinf.exe SetupInf dialog box, click OK Settings Open Control PanelWindows XP Windows 98 users Open the Multimedia Properties dialog boxClick the Midi tab Set Midi outputInstalling the driver Use either OMS or FreeMIDI as the Midi driverSetting the driver Installing & Setting Up the Driver MacintoshVerify the Install Location, and click Install Click Restart to restart your MacintoshCreate a New Studio setup dialog box will appear. Click OK OMS Driver Search dialog box will appear. Click SearchMy Studio Setup Window, click the keyboard icon After you have finished the above check, exit OMS SetupAbout Quick Setup dialog box will appear. Click Continue Fig.d43Page Problems related to the USB driver Cannot install the driver correctlyGI-20 is not detected when making OMS or FreeMIDI settings Find new hardware wizard does not execute automaticallyTroubleshooting Does your computer meet the USB specifications?Deleting incorrect device information Can’t install/delete/use the driver in Windows XP/2000 Deleting the driverWindows XP/2000 users Did you make Driver Signing Options?Windows Me/98 users Macintosh usersIndex Index Tuner String SELAvis Information

GI-20 specifications

The Roland GI-20 is a groundbreaking MIDI guitar converter that allows electric guitarists to explore the vast world of MIDI technology. Designed to bridge the gap between traditional guitar playing and digital music production, the GI-20 transforms standard guitar signals into MIDI data, giving players access to a wide array of synthesized sounds and virtual instruments.

One of the main features of the GI-20 is its ability to track the guitar’s pitch with high accuracy. Utilizing Roland’s advanced technology, the device boasts rapid response times and minimal latency, ensuring that every note plucked or strummed is translated into MIDI in real-time. This precision is crucial for guitarists who wish to maintain their playing style while experimenting with synthesizers and sampled instruments.

In terms of connectivity, the Roland GI-20 is equipped with a 13-pin connector, allowing it to interface seamlessly with compatible Roland synths, sound modules, and other MIDI devices. Additionally, standard MIDI outputs enable connection to MIDI controllers and computers, providing an expansive toolkit for music creation.

The user interface is designed with simplicity in mind. A large LCD display allows for easy navigation of settings, while intuitive controls help players adjust parameters on the fly. Guitarists can also customize their performance by altering the sensitivity levels, enabling them to fine-tune how the device responds to their playing style.

The GI-20 offers an array of built-in sounds that mirror the capabilities of traditional synthesizers. These sounds can be layered or split into different tones based on the player’s preferences, offering a variety of sonic textures to enhance compositions. Furthermore, the ability to save and recall user settings allows for quick access to preferred configurations during live performances.

Another significant characteristic of the GI-20 is its compatibility with a wide range of guitars, including both electric and bass guitars. As long as the instrument is equipped with the appropriate pickup system, the GI-20 can effectively convert its output into MIDI signals.

In summary, the Roland GI-20 is a versatile and innovative tool for guitarists seeking to expand their creative horizons. With its accurate tracking, extensive connectivity, user-friendly interface, and a wealth of sounds, it unlocks the potential for guitarists to dive into the realms of electronic music and MIDI composition. Whether in the studio or on stage, the GI-20 opens up a world of possibilities for musicians looking to blend traditional guitar playing with modern technology.
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