Roland GW-8 ReleaseNote 2 User Manual

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Step Recording a Style Track

On the Style Rec Standby screen, set REC TYPE to STEP REC—the step

recording parameters appear onscreen.

Begin by selecting the part—and corresponding style track—you

want to record. We’ve selected the first accompaniment part, but you
can select any of the eight style parts/tracks:

Drums (shown as “ADRUM”)

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Bass (ABASS)

Accompaniment 1 (ACC1)

•

Accompaniment 2 (ACC2)

Accompaniment 3 (ACC3)

•

Accompaniment 4 (ACC4)

Accompaniment 5 (ACC5)

•

Accompaniment 6 (ACC6)

Use the TONE parameter to select the sound the part—and therefore

the style track—uses. You can select a sound using the tone buttons
and VALUE dial, or using the GW-8’s Numeric-entry feature.

While your primary rhythm is recorded on the Drums style track,
Version 2 lets you to use a rhythm set for any Accompaniment part.

Set Rec Mode to

REPLACE

for now. This parameter

sets what happens

to anything already on the style track. You can set it to

REPLACE—

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so new notes replace anything already on the track.

MIX—

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so new notes are added to what’s already on the track.

The Start parameter

sets the location at which the recording is to

begin. There are three settings:

MEAS (for “measure”)—

•

selects the measure at which recording

starts.
BEAT—

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picks the beat within the selected measure at which

recording starts.
TICK—

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chooses the location within the selected beat for

recording to start.

There are 120 ticks in a beat, beginning with Tick 000. Sixteenth notes
occur every 60 ticks.

When you’re recording the first track of a style, Start is set to

Measure

001

Beat 01

, and

Tick 000

You’re now ready to step record.

Press the START/STOP button—the STYLE STEP REC

screen appears.

The main section of the screen shows your current location in the
style. (When you’ve entered some steps, they’ll appear here in a list,
with the last one being your current location.)

You can move forward or back through the event list at any time using
the 6 and 5 buttons, respectively.

Before you strike a key to enter a note, set up the current step’s
behavior using the three parameters at the bottom of the screen:

NOTE—

•

sets the space between this step and the next one. By

default, NOTE is set to 1/8. Since your first step is at the style’s
beginning, or its first 1/8th note, the second step will be at the
style’s second 1/8th note.
GATE—

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sets the amount of time a note plays before it stops. If

you set it to a shorter value, notes are staccato; longer values
extend in length all the way up to the next step, with a 100%
value. The typical setting is 80%.
VELOCITY—

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sets the “velocity” of the step’s note(s). Velocity’s the

force with which you strike a key. This typically determines the
volume of the key’s note. With the parameter set to REAL, notes
play back the way you performed them. Otherwise, you can
select a specific velocity value, from 1 to 127.