Roland GW-8 Synthesizer Workstation Keyboard description:
The Roland GW-8 is the next generation of Roland's unique GW-series workstations with intelligent backing-track functionality.
The Roland GW-8 features a fresh, contemporary sound-set and expressive musical styles from pop to rock, plus authentic ethnic styles and a multi-format USB Memory Player. It's especially well suited for "one-man-band" performance.
With Roland's world-leading sound technology at its core, the GW-8 rivals any workstation on the planet with its rich, expressive sound. The GW-8 comes loaded with hundreds of the freshest and most essential sounds culled from Roland's top sound modules. In addition to its authentic sound set, the GW-8 is equipped with many user-friendly control devices, such as the expressive D BEAM and the Analog Modify knob, which instantly adjusts sounds to suit your taste. The GW-8 is perfect for live entertainers who play multiple roles in their performances.
The GW-8 is packed with a huge collection of styles, representing a broad range of music genres, from contemporary rock, pop, dance, jazz and beyond. In addition to the excellent library of contemporary sounds and styles, the GW-8 is equipped with ethnic instrument sounds and authentic regional musical styles. Each backing style has four intros, four main patterns, and four ending progressions for you to craft your own arrangements live.
One of Roland's most popular new features is built into the GW-8: the Multi-format Song Player that allows song data to be played directly from USB Flash memory (accepts MP3, WAV, AIFF, and SMF format). In addition, the GW-8's Center Cancel function can minimize main vocals from pre-recorded songs, great for karaoke-style performances or music practice.
Bundled with each GW-8 is Roland's Style Converter software for PC, which lets you convert your own MIDI data into GW-8 backing styles via commercially available USB Flash memory devices. Also included is the Playlist Editor for customizing the order of songs. Users can easily create a dedicated Playlist for each gig.
Roland GW8 main features include:
- Contemporary music workstation with high-quality 128-voice sound engine derived from Roland's renowned sound-module lineup
- Wide variety of contemporary sounds and intelligent backing styles, plus additional banks of ethnic sounds and styles from around the world
- USB Memory Player feature allows direct playback of MP3, WAV, AIFF, and SMF files from USB key; Center Cancel feature for audio files enables karaoke-style sing-along
- Newly designed graphical display, plus Style Select button, Analog Modify knob, and D BEAM
- Style Converter and Playlist Editor software included
- Onboard 16-track sequencer for saving your interactive performances
- Keyboard 61 keys (with velocity)
- Maximum Polyphony 128 voices
- Parts 16 parts + Keyboard part
- Wave Memory 256MB (16-bit linear equivalent)
- Backing type: Style, Song, USB Memory Player
- Tempo (MIDI): 20 to 250
- Style Variations: 4 Intro, 4 Main, 4 Ending, 4 Fill In, Sync Start, Stop, One Touch Setting
- Song Mode: 16-track, Rec mode (Mix, Replace), Count in, Punch In-Out, Input Quantize
- USB Memory Player: 999 songs, SMF: format-0/1, Audio File: WAV/AIFF/MP3
- Preset Memory Styles: 130 + World
- User Memory Styles: 100, Songs: 200
- Controllers: D BEAM Controller x 1, Pitch Bend/Modulation Lever x 1, Control Knobs x 2
- Display: 240 x 64 dots white graphic LCD
- Dimensions: Width 1,045 mm 41-3/16 inches, Depth 318 mm 12-9/16 inches, Height 102 mm, 4-1/16 inches
- Weight: 6.0 kg 13 lbs. 4 oz.
Roland GW-8 Synthesizer Workstation Keyboard (code 52987)
Contemporary music workstation with high-quality 128-voice sound engine derived from Roland's renowned sound-module lineup.
£468.08 (ex vat)