Manual
Table Of Contents
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Main Features
- Contents
- Panel Descriptions
- Introduction
- Keyboard Mode Functions
- Playing Sounds from the Keyboard (Keyboard Mode)
- Selecting a Tone ([TONE])
- Registering Frequently Used Tones or Performances in a Button (FAVORITE Buttons)
- Switching to an Arabian Scale or Other Temperament ([KEY SCALE])
- Changing the Key Touch ([KEY TOUCH])
- Shifting the Keyboard Pitch in Octave Steps (OCTAVE Buttons)
- Transposing Keyboard Sounds and Songs Played Back ([TRANSPOSE])
- Adding Harmony to the Upper Tone ([MELODY INTELLIGENCE])
- Using the Metronome
- Other Functions
- Backing Track Functions
- Selecting the Backing Types (Style/Song/USB Memory Player)
- Adjusting the Volume Balance between Backing and Keyboard (BALANCE buttons)
- Adjusting the Tempo ([TAP TEMPO])
- Style (Playing with an Accompaniment)
- Song
- USB Memory Player (SMF/Audio File Player)
- Performance Functions and Effects
- Using MIDI
- System Settings
- Using USB Memory
- About V-LINK
- Appendices
- Index

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Panel Descriptions
39.
Pitch Bend/Modulation lever
You can raise or lower the pitch by
moving this lever to the left or right. Push
the lever away from yourself to apply
modulation (normally vibrato) to the sound
(p. 37).
Rear Panel
1.
LCD CONTRAST knob
Adjusts the display’s contrast (p. 16).
2.
MIDI OUT/IN connectors
Connect MIDI devices to these connectors (p. 43).
3.
CONTROL PEDAL jack
Connect a separately available pedal switch (Roland DP
Series), a separately available foot switch (BOSS FS-5U)
or a separately available expression pedal (Roland EV-5)
to this jack (p. 15, p. 38).
4.
HOLD PEDAL jack
Connect a separately available pedal switch (Roland DP
Series) to this jack (p. 15).
5.
EXT INPUT jack
Connect a portable audio player or other audio source
here (p. 15, p. 17).
6.
OUTPUT R, L/MONO jacks
These jacks output the audio signal to the connected
mixer/amplifier system in stereo. For mono output, use the
L jack (p. 15).
7.
PHONES jack
Connect a separately available pair of headphones to this
jack.
Sound will be output from the OUTPUT jacks even if you
connect headphones.
8.
USB MIDI connector
Use a USB cable to connect the GW-8 to your computer
via this connector (p. 49).
9.
Cord hook
Use this to secure the AC adaptor cord (p. 14).
10.
DC IN jack
Connect the included AC adaptor here (p. 14).
11.
POWER switch
This turns the power on/off (p. 15).
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