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

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New World Styles
Version 2 adds 16 new styles in the World category to the GW-8.
181— • MariachiFies • 189—LatinFolk
182— • MariachiRom • 190—LatinPop2
183— • MariachiRad • 191—Bolero
184— • MariachiTrad • 192—Mambo2
185— • SonJarocho • 193—ChaChaCha
186— • SonHuasteco • 194—Bachata3
187— • SonMariachi • 195—AfroPeruana
188— • SonCubano • 196—Andina
Recording Styles
You’ve always been able to create styles on a PC using the GW-8’s included
Style Converter software, and then import them into the GW-8. Version 2
allows you to dig down deep into styles, creating new ones right on the
GW-8, without a PC, and then editing styles to refine them further.
Understanding the Structure of a Style
To master the creation and editing of styles, you’ll need to understand how
they’re put together.
Divisions
The new STYLE COMPOSER screen will help you see what we’re
talking about. To display this screen, hold down the STYLE button
for a couple of seconds.
You can also display the STYLE COMPOSER screen by selecting it in the
GW-8’s Top Menu window, but holding down STYLE’s quicker.
A style can contain up to 48 accompaniment patterns, each of which is
called a “division.” Each style section can have four major chord divisions, four
minor chord divisions, and four divisions that play dominant 7th chords.
In this picture, blue divisions are major chords, green divisions are minor chords, and brown
divisions are 7th chords. (On the STYLE COMPOSER screen, they’re all white, of course.)
Style Tracks
Each division itself is made up of eight style tracks that contain MIDI
recording data for up to eight instruments. You can edit recordings that are
already on a style track, or create your own.
Bass Drums Accompaniment 1 Accompaniment 2
Accompaniment 4 Accompaniment 5 Accompaniment 6 Accompaniment 3