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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Troubleshooting
Pitch Is Wrong
For some Tones, the pitch in certain ranges may sound different than other
Tones.
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Could the tuning of the GW-8 be incorrect?
• Check the Master Tune setting.
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Could the pitch have been changed by pedal operations or by pitch bend mes-
sages received from an external MIDI device?
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Notes Are Cut Off
If you attempt to play more than 128 voices simultaneously, currently sounding
notes may be cut off.
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USB memory is not detected.
The files are not shown.
Check the format of your USB memory.
The GW-8 can use USB memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB
memory was formatted using any other method, please re-format it using FAT.
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Can’t back up to USB memory
Check the following points.
• Could the USB memory be write protected?
• Is there sufficient free space on the USB memory?
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Playlists are not shown
This may be due to the following reasons.
• Playlists may not be shown if you directly add/delete/modify the song
data in the ROLAND folder without using Playlist Editor.
• For some reason the USB memory is not recognized.
• It is possible that the USB memory was not formatted correctly. The GW-8
can use USB memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB memory
was formatted using any other method, please re-format it using FAT.
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Songs are not shown
• Are the songs placed in the root directory?
Songs may not be shown if you directly add/delete/modify the song data
in the ROLAND folder without using Playlist Editor.
• It is possible that the USB memory was not formatted correctly. The GW-8
can use USB memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB memory
was formatted using any other method, please re-format it using FAT.
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Songs or Styles saved on USB
memory are not shown
Check the file name.
• The file name for a Style or Song that can be used by the GW-8 must be
no longer than sixteen characters (not including the filename extension).
You can use the following characters.
A–Z 0–9 ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) - @ ^ _ ` { }
• You must assign a filename extension of “.stl” to Style files, and a filename
extension of “.mid” to Song files.
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Songs won’t play
This may be due to the following reasons.
• The file type of the song is not one of the file types that the GW-8 can
play.
• It may be that the song data is damaged.
• Songs cannot be played if you directly add/delete/modify the song data
in the ROLAND folder without using Playlist Editor.
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Problem
Check/Solution Page
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