Roland GW-8 ReleaseNote 2 User Manual

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There are lots of other settings on the SONG TRACK screen we’ll
describe later on. You 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.

Press the SONG REC button so it flashes and shows the Rec

Standby screen. Here, we’ve circled the REC TYPE parameter,
which selects your recording mode.

To change recording modes, press SONG REC repeatedly to toggle

between

REALTIME

and

STEP REC

. The next two sections describe

how to record tracks using these methods.

When you’re done recording, Version 2 adds an extensive suite of style-
and song-track editing tools. See Page 23 for details.

Recording a Song Track in Realtime

When you set the REC TYPE parameter to REALTIME, a collection of
parameters appear that allow you to set up the way in which you want
to record. Though you can leave them set as they are, they allow you to
customize your session, so it’s a good idea to get to know them.

Here’s what they are and what they do:

REC TYPE—

•

sets the type of recording to be done, as we’ve already

discussed. It can be set to

REALTIME

STEP

TONE—

•

sets the sound the part plays. If you’d like to change this setting,

you can select a new sound using the tone buttons and the VALUE dial,
or by using the GW-8’s Numeric-entry feature.

Rec Mode—

•

sets what happens during recording to anything already on

the track. You can set it to

REPLACE—

•

so that new notes replace anything already on the

track.

MIX—

•

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

track. This allows you build up a track bit-by-bit by recording
onto it a few times.

Count In—

•

sets whether or not you hear a few beats before recording

starts to help you get ready to play. You can set it to

OFF—

•

for no count-in.

1MEAS—

•

for a four-beat count-in.

2MEAS—

•

for an eight-beat count-in.

WAIT NOTE—

•

so recording begins as soon as you play a note.

If you’re adding tracks to an already-started song based on a style, the
countoff is added to the song’s extra MIDI-message beats we described
on Page 17. Therefore, if you set Count In to

1MEAS

, you’ll actually

hear a two-measure count-in since the two extra MIDI-message beats
are rounded up to a full 4-beat measure. If you set it to

2MEAS

, you’ll

hear a three-measure count-in.

Input Quantize—

•

automatically corrects the timing of what you play by

shifting your notes to the selected beat grid. You can use a grid of any
of the following beat values:

OFF—

•

for no automatic quantizing.

1/4

•

1/8

•

1/8T (for “Triplet”)

1/16

•

1/16T

•

1/32

1/32T

•

1/64

The Punch Sw, Punch In, and Punch Out parameters are for the GW-8’s
Auto Punch feature that lets you re-record just a portion of an track.
With Auto Punch, recording automatically begins at a specified “punch-
in” time, and automatically stops at a specified “punch-out” time. This
frees up your hands for playing.