GAIA Exploring Sound (PDF) - Roland Corporation Australia
GAIA Exploring Sound (PDF) - Roland Corporation Australia
GAIA Exploring Sound (PDF) - Roland Corporation Australia
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Now take a look at the <strong>GAIA</strong>. You can see that it has several very<br />
clearly marked sections.<br />
Figure 1.2 <strong>Roland</strong> <strong>GAIA</strong> Synthesizer<br />
You can immediately see a familiar word; Patch. This is where you<br />
can begin to have some fun, and experience some of the sonic<br />
power of the <strong>GAIA</strong>.<br />
For the next five minutes we’d like you to try the patches. Start by<br />
selecting the PRESET PATCH button. Now select one of the<br />
NUMBER buttons, and play the keyboard.<br />
At first it appears that there are 8 Preset Patches, but there really<br />
are 64! Can you find the others? That’s right. The Bank button.<br />
You can access the 8 Banks by holding the Bank button and<br />
selecting from the Number buttons. 8 Banks by 8 Patches. Please<br />
experiment.<br />
We only need to concentrate on one section for now. In fact, in<br />
later chapters you will realize that the <strong>GAIA</strong> is even simpler to<br />
understand than what it appears to be in this picture.<br />
Let’s begin with the area just above the middle of the keyboard,<br />
as shown in Figure 1.3.<br />
Figure 1.3 The Patch Selectors<br />
Before the five minutes are up, please try the first 8 Preset<br />
Patches again.<br />
Is it possible to play chords with all of them?<br />
Would you say they are all musical sounds?<br />
Could you give them a name? A description?<br />
For further information about Patches in the <strong>GAIA</strong> please refer to<br />
page 18 of the <strong>GAIA</strong> Owner’s Manual; Selecting <strong>Sound</strong>s<br />
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