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2 About ReleaseNote Documents As part of our quest to crea te the best products possible, from time to time we provide operating system, or “OS, ” software updates that add new features and enhance a product ’ s fea tures. ReleaseNote documents present important background information to help you get the most from new key features .
3 Downloading the V ersion 2 Updater The GW-8 is sold all over the world, and there are a few differen t versions of its software, each optimized for a specific geographic area. Only the software for the region in which you purchased your GW-8 will work in your unit.
4 Updating Y our GW-8 to V ersion 2 What Y ou Need T o update your GW-8, you’ll need the GW-8 Updater Version 2.00 updater file— • you ’ve downloaded from RolandUS.com. a computer— • running W indows XP , Vista, or Mac OS X 10.4.3 or higher .
5 What’ s New In V ersion 2? W e ’ll discuss all of the new GW-8 Version 2 features in this book let, but here ’ s a quick overview to get started.
6 2 Press the ENTER button to reveal the ST YLE LIST screen. Press MENU to display the ST YLE FINDER screen. 3 The ST YLE FINDER screen makes it easy to find the style you ’ re looking for by sor ting the available styles the way you want to see them.
7 Selecting Chords Using NT A T o selec t style chords: Set the RX NT A channel parameter to the MIDI channel you’ d like to 1 use. The default channel is Channel 14. T urn the Rx NT A Switch parameter on. 2 Set your ex ternal MIDI controller to transmit MIDI messages on the 3 same MIDI channel you selected in Step 1.
8 New World Styles V ersion 2 adds 16 new st yles in the W orld category to the GW-8. 181— • MariachiFies • 189 —LatinFolk 182— • MariachiRom • 190 —LatinP op2 183— • MariachiRad .
9 Style P arts Each style has eight instruments, called “ style par ts. ” The style tracks correspond to the eight style parts, with each track using its like -numbered style part ’ s sound.
10 V ersion 2 adds an extensive suite of style- and song-track editing tools you can use when you’re done recording. See P age 23 for details. Realtime and step recording star t the same way—they go their own ways once you get to the Style Rec Standby screen.
11 T ypically , you’ll want to set all of the style tracks in a style to the same key . Count In sets the number of beats, if any , you ’ll hear when you star t 7 recording your style track. Y ou can set it to OFF— • for no count-in. 1MEAS— • for a four-beat count-in.
12 Step Recording a Style T rack On the Style Rec Standby screen, set REC T YPE to STEP REC—the step 1 recording parameters appear onscreen. Begin by selecting the part—and corresponding style track —you 2 want to recor d.
13 Y ou can change the NOTE, GA TE, and VELOCITY parameters at any step as you record. This lets you enter any kind of note you want. 7 Set up NOTE, GA TE, and VEL OCITY as desired.
14 Press ENTER to display the ST YLE MICR OSC OPE screen. 4 This screen shows you a list of all of the MIDI events—including note events—on the track.
15 Setting the Behav ior of Style P arts Press the ST YLE button, and then press P ART VIEW repeatedly until you see the ST YLE MAKEUP screen. The STYLE M AKEUP screen shows five parameters for each part, presen ted in a ver tical strip (press 6 to reveal the fifth parameter).
16 Initializing the GW -8 Song Initializing clears the GW -8’ s song memory , erasing the current song. If the song hasn’t been saved and you want to preserve it, save it as described on P age 29 of the GW-8 Owner’ s Manual , or P age 30 of the GW -8 V ersion 2 Supplementary Manual .
17 T o star t a new song using a style: Press the ST YLE button so it lights, and select the style 1 you want to use. It’ s easier than ever in V ersion 2 to locate just the style you want, using the new STYLE FINDER screen. See Page 5 for details. 2 Press the SYNC ST ART button so it lights.
18 There are lots of other settings on the SONG TRACK screen we’ll describe later on. Y ou can adjust these settings now or later , but we think it’ll all make more sense for you as you learn the SONG TRACK screen if we don’t dig into the details right now .
19 Once you ’ve got the Song Rec Standby parameters set as desired—and the SONG REC button’ s flashing—you ’ re ready to recor d. What happens when you pr oceed t o the next step depends on ho w y ou’v e set the C ount In parameter above. If you ’ve set it to OFF— • recording will star t immediately .
20 T icks are subdivisions of a beat. There are 120 ticks in a beat, starting at Tick 000. Sixteenth notes occur every 60 ticks. When you’re recording the first track of a song, Start is set to Measure 001 , Beat 01 , and Tick 000 . 1 Set the Song Rec Standby parameters as desired.
21 Editing Indiv idual Song and T r ack Events V ersion 2 provides a pair of screens that let you edit a song in ver y precise ways . The screens operate the same way , but do different things. T he SONG MICROSC OPE scr een— • allows you t o edit tracks on a note-by-note , or MIDI event-by -event, level.
22 • move an event— select it and press GUIT AR/BASS•2. This opens the MOVE EVENT window in which you can set the event’ s new location. • copy an event— select the event and press STRINGS/SC A T•3. paste a copied event— • press SAX/STRINGS•4 and select the location at which you’ d like the copied event placed.
23 New Style T r ack and Song T rack Editing T ools V ersion 2 comes with a comprehensive collection of editing tools you can use for editing both style tracks and song tracks. Each tool has its o wn parameters that set up how the tool works. ( W e ’ll discuss these parameters below .
24 Quantize Parameter: What It Sets: Range: Division (style only) The division whose notes are quantized INT1-4 • MAIN1-4 • FILL1-4 • ENDING1-4 • R esolution The type of notes that form your rhythm grid 1/4, 1/8, 1/8T (“T riplet”), 16, 16T , 32, 32T , 64 Strength The amount of rhythm- correction applied.
25 Delete Delete removes a specified time region from a track, moving all subsequent data for ward in time by the deleted amount. Delete Parameter: What It Sets: Range: P art The track whose data is d.
26 DESTINA TION Parameter: What It Sets: Range: Into In measures, beats, and ticks—the location in the destination track at which the copied data is pasted beginning of destination track to end (dep.
27 T ranspose Parameter: What It Sets: Range: From, T o In measures, beats, and ticks, the beginning and end of the time region in the track to be transposed beginning of track to end Note Range Min, .
28 Change Gate T ime This allows you to increase or reduce the length of the notes throughout an entire track, or in a por tion of it. Change Gate Time Parameter: What It Sets: Range: P art The track .
29 Global Change Parameter: What It Sets: Range: P ANPOT Raising or lowering of recorded MIDI stereo P an values -127 to 127 REVERB Raising or lowering of recorded MIDI Reverb Level values -127 to 127.
30 Exclusive Style T r ack Editing T ools Style Part Length Y ou can reset the length of a track using this tool, causing it to loop back to the top sooner or later than it currently does.
31 V ersion 2 Style T r ack and Song-T r ack MFX Effects In V ersion 2, the GW-8 MFX (for “multi-effects”) are available for st yle tracks and song tracks. ( The Upper and Lo wer par ts use their own MFX as always .) The MFX for a style or song is available to all of the style’ s or song’ s tracks.
32 The System P edal Setting With V ersion 2, you can switch pitch-bend modes using a foot pedal such as Roland’ s DP-2 or DP-10, or a BOSS FS-5U. T o set this up: On the Main screen, press MENU to display the T op Level menu. 1 Select System, and then press ENTER.
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If you already are a holder of Roland 2, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Roland 2.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Roland 2. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Roland 2 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
