Roland GW-8 ReleaseNote 2 - Manual (Page 7)

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Selecting Chords Using NTA
To select style chords:
Set the RX NTA channel parameter to the MIDI channel you’d like to 1
use. The default channel is Channel 14.
Turn the Rx NTA Switch parameter on.
2
Set your external MIDI controller to transmit MIDI messages on the 3
same MIDI channel you selected in Step 1.
To learn how to set your external controller’s MIDI channel, see its
documentation.
Selecting Styles Using NTA
If you’ve got an external MIDI device that can send MIDI Program Change
messages, you can use them to change style song sections and variations
on the GW-8. Turn on the GW-8’s Rx Style PC Switch parameter, and then
send the required Program Change messages to the GW-8 from the external
device on the MIDI channel specified with the GW-8’s Rx Style PC Channel
parameter. The Program Changes you’ll need to send can be found on Page
43 of the GW-8 Workstation Version 2 Supplementary Manual.
Recording Division Selections Into an External Device
In Version 2, the GW-8 can send out Program Change messages as you select
style song sections and variations. These can be recorded by a computer-
based DAW (“Digital Audio Workstation”), which can send the data back
to the GW-8, which then recreates your moves. To set this up, turn on the
GW-8’s Tx Style PC Switch, and then set the external device to receive on the
MIDI channel set by GW-8’s Tx Style PC MIDI Channel parameter.
Since the GW-8 also generates MIDI data as you play, you can record and
play back an entire GW-8 performance with an external sequencer.
New Chord Detection Control
Version 2 adds a new performance parameter—Chord Zone—that lets you
select the note range on the keyboard that the GW-8 uses for chord
detection. Here’s how it works.
1 From the Main screen, press the MENU button to display the
Top Menu window, and select
Perform Edit .
Press the ENTER button, and then cursor down to the new 2
Chord Zone parameter.
Set it as desired to 3
OFF— • so that the GW-8’s Chord Detection feature’s turned off.
LEFT— • so that the GW-8 creates chords based on the notes you
play to the left of the current keyboard split point.
RIGHT—
• so the GW-8 creates chords based on the notes you play
to the right of the current split point.
WHOLE—
• so that the GW-8 generates chords based on notes you
play anywhere on the keyboard.
With Version 2’s new Note to Arranger feature—see Page 6—you trigger
chords with all of the notes you play on an external MIDI controller
regardless of the Chord Zone setting, since Chord Zone applies only to
chord detection from the GW-8’s own keyboard.