Roland 2 manual

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GW8RN200

GW-8 Operating System

Version 2.00

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GW-8 ReleaseNote

Contents

Main GW-8 About ReleaseNote Documents About This Booklet Understanding the Symbols in This Booklet Updating to Version 2 Getting Ready to Update Your GW-8 Checking Your OS Version Number Downloading the Version 2 Updater Backing Up Your GW-8 Music and Settings Updating Your GW-8 to Version 2 What You Need Preparing the Updater File Performing the Update Whats New In Version 2? Style Enhancements New Ways to Play Styles Quick Rhythm Toggle Style Finder Note to Arranger Getting to the NTA Parameters Selecting Chords Using NTA Selecting Styles Using NTA New Chord Detection Control New World Styles MariachiFies MariachiRom MariachiRad MariachiTrad Recording a New Style Setting Up for a New Style Recording Style Tracks Recording a Style Track in Realtime Step Recording a Style Track EZ Convert Editing Individual Style Track Events Muting and Soloing Style Tracks Mixing Styles in Version 2 Setting the Behavior of Style Parts Song Recorder Enhancements Recording a New Song About Version 2s Recording Options Initializing the GW-8 Song About Song Parts Starting a New Song with a Style Recording a Song Track by Track Page Step Recording a Song Track Editing Individual Song and Track Events Muting and Soloing Song Tracks Mixing Songs in Version 2 Saving Songs in Version 2 New Style Track and Song Track Editing Tools The Edit Tools and Their Settings Quantize Erase Delete Copy Insert Transpose Change Velocity Change Gate Time Global Change Shift Clock Exclusive Style Track Editing Tools Style Part Length Time Signature Exclusive Song Track Editing Tools Version 2 Style Track and Song-Track MFX Effects Setting Up Style- and Song-Track MFX Selecting the MFX You Want to Use Applying the Selected MFX to the Desired Tracks The System Pedal Setting The End