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Contents

Main Features ............................ 2

Names of Things and What They Do . . . . . . . 10

Top Panel ...........................................10
Rear Panel ..........................................12

Getting Ready ...........................13

Connecting the AC Adaptor .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing Batteries ..................................13
Removing the Batteries .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
When to Replace the Batteries
(BATTERY indicator) ...............................14
POWER SAVE MODE ..............................14
Turning the Power On/O .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning the Power On ............................15
Turning the Power O............................15

How the GAIA SH-01 is Organized . . . . . . . . 16

Basic Structure ......................................16
Performance Functions ..............................16
About Memory .....................................17

Performing .............................. 18

Adjusting the Volume (VOLUME) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Selecting Sounds ...................................18
About Patches ....................................18
Adding Dynamics to the Sound ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Changing the Pitch (BENDER) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Applying Vibrato (MODULATION) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shifting the Keyboard’s Pitch Range
(OCTAVE UP/DOWN) ................................20
Shifting the Keyboard’s Pitch Range in Semitones
(TRANSPOSE) .......................................20
Playing Single Notes (MONO) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Smoothly Connecting One Note to the Next
(PORTAMENTO) .....................................20
Changing the Rate of Pitch Change
(Portamento Time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Changing the Pitch or Volume by Moving Your Hand
(D BEAM) ...........................................21
Changing the Pitch (PITCH) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing the Assigned Parameter
(EFFECTS/ASSIGN) ................................21
Changing the Volume to Add Expression
(VOLUME) ........................................22
Automatically Playing Arpeggios (ARPEGGIO) .. . . . . . . 22
Playing an Arpeggio ..............................22
Selecting How the Arpeggio will Sound .. . . . . . . . . . 23
Changing the Tempo (TAP TEMPO) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Recording Operations (PHRASE RECORDER) ... . . . . . . . 24
Recording ........................................24
Rehearsing .......................................24
Erasing Recorded Operations .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Choosing the Type of Data to be Recorded
or Erased .........................................25
Saving the Recorded Phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Choosing the phrase to play back .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Playing or stopping the phrase ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using a Pedal .......................................26
Sustaining the Notes (HOLD) ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding Expression to Your Performance
(EXPRESSION) ....................................27
Using V-LINK ........................................27

Creating Sounds .........................28

Sound-Creating Workow .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Three Elements of Sound
(OSC, FILTER, AMP) ................................28
Time-Varying Change (ENVELOPE) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cyclic Change (LFO) ..............................29
Eects (EFFECTS) .................................29
Tones (TONE) .....................................29
Selecting a Tone ..................................29
Copying a tone (TONE COPY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specifying the Waveform and Pitch (OSC) ... . . . . . . . . . 30
Adjusting the Brightness and Thickness (FILTER) . . . . . . 32
Specifying the Sound’s Attack and Decay (AMP) ... . . . 35
Modulating the Sound (LFO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding Power, Spaciousness, and Reverb (EFFECTS) .. 38
Saving a Sound You’ve Created (WRITE) ... . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Performing with Sound from a

Portable Audio Player .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Connections ........................................40
Adjusting the Volume ...............................40
Eliminating Sound from the Center
(CENTER CANCEL) ...................................41
Changing the way in which the center sound is
eliminated (TYPE) ................................41
Muting the Input Sound (MUTE) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41