Editing individual style track events – Roland GW-8 ReleaseNote 2 User Manual

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You can change the NOTE, GATE, and VELOCITY parameters at any step
as you record. This lets you enter any kind of note you want.

Set up NOTE, GATE, and VELOCITY as desired.

Play the desired note or chord on the keyboard, or press
the STRINGS/SCAT•3 button to enter a rest—the GW-8
records what you’ve entered and moves you forward in
time to the next step.

If you make a mistake, you can delete the last-entered note
by pressing the PIANO 0 button.

You can add a tie to the last-entered note, extending it the
length of the current step, by pressing the KBD/ORGAN•1
button. To remove a tie, press the GUITAR•/BASS•2 button.

Repeat Steps 7 and 8 until you’re finished recording.

Press the START/STOP button again to stop recording.

To record additional tracks using step time, repeat Steps 1-10 above.

EZ Convert

EZ Convert is a Version 2 feature that can help you put together the various
chord types for new style quickly. Begin by creating the divisions for a single
chord type—major, minor, or 7th—and then use EZ Convert to automatically
generate the other-chord versions of your divisions.

Here’s how to use EZ Convert:

Create all of the divisions you need for one type of chord in a style.

Hold down STYLE for a few seconds to display the STYLE COMPOSER
screen.
Press the PIANO•0 button to open the

Style EZ Convert window.

If you’d like EZ Convert to

automatically generate the remaining divisions based on the

•

divisions you’ve already created—set SOURCE to

Auto

(DESTINATION is automatically set to

Auto

as well.)

generate specific chord-form divisions manually—

•

Set SOURCE

to the type of chord divisions you’ve already created, and
DESTINATION to the type of chord divisions you’d like the GW-8
to generate.

Select EXECUTE, and then press ENTER.

You may want to use EZ Convert just for one chord type, creating the
others manually.

Editing Individual Style Track Events

Version 2 provides a way to edit tracks down to the smallest details. It’s called
“micro-editing.” (For details on the other Version 2 style-editing tools, see
“New Style Track and Song Track Editing Tools“ on Page 23.)

A knowledge of MIDI is helpful in using micro-editing. Our InFocus

Introduction to MIDI booklet

can help get you started.

Here’s how to micro-edit a style track:

Hold down the STYLE button for a few seconds to display the STYLE

COMPOSER screen.
Select the division containing the style track you want to edit, and

then press ENTER to display the STYLE COMPOSER ZOOM screen.
Select the part whose track you want to edit microscopically, and

then highlight “MICRO.”