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#188126 - 05/26/05 01:21 PM
Roland GW-7 now in stock!
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Registered: 11/24/99
Posts: 3305
Loc: Reseda, California USA
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I just received my first shipment of the Roland GW-7 Workstation. First let me give you some of the specifications: 61 keys, no speakers, 11 lbs., 64 voice polyphony, 32MB wave memory, 606 tones +256 GM2, 51 drum kits + 9 GM2, 128 user tone memory, 16 user drum kit memory, 32 performance memory, 47 multi effects, 8 reverbs, 8 chorus, 110 preset styles, 99 user styles ( loaded via USB ), 99 user song memory, 16 track sequencer with 4 modes (ALL, Keyboard, Single, Punch In/Out).
This keyboard looks great. It has a silver case with a brush darker gray section around the buttons which has a very expensive look. It is very easy to use and has a section called "analog modify" knobs which allow you to edit the sounds and then store them. There is also a deeper editing area which can edit more parameters.
The GW-7 sounds great. It has many of the VA7 sounds. The Piano, Sax sounds, Brass, actually everything sounds really good.
The styles are so much better than anything I've heard from Roland except the new G70. More ballads, more latin, not as much Rock, great Jazz and Big band. You cannot make your own styles or edit the presets, but you can load styles from all Roland products into the user memory via USB connection and a computer. This is very handy.
For those needing ethnic styles and sounds this model has lots to offer. There are world styles from the middle east, indi, china, Korea and middle eastern, indian, asia, latin drum sets.
Programmable tunning can be saved to perfomances.
For each style there are two variations a fill in button and inro and ending. Each style can be played back as "drum and bass", Combo, or Full band type. There is a TAP tempo button, syncro start button.
The Roland D Beam controller is built in.
Midi In and Out, USB, Control and Hold jacks on the rear, 1/4" left and right outputs, phone are all on the rear.
So, what do I think? Amazing keyboard for $695.00 MAP. Retail price is $795.00. I would expect this GW-7 to be more expensive given how good in sounds and having a very capable 16 track sequencer. I like this keyboard alot more than the EXR series and I think you will too!
George Kaye Kaye's Music Scene Reseda, California 818-881-5566
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#188135 - 05/26/05 06:07 PM
Re: Roland GW-7 now in stock!
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Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
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George, A while back we were talking about the GW-7, and I remember having a look at the manual. Wasn't one of the complaints we had about the sequencer was that there wasn't any editing?
Squeak
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#188137 - 05/26/05 09:47 PM
Re: Roland GW-7 now in stock!
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#188142 - 05/27/05 04:52 PM
Re: Roland GW-7 now in stock!
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Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
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George, I just had a thought here. Maybe there's a work around for the lack of editing within the GW-7's sequencer. I know this could be done on the lower PSR models that had the basic 6 track recorders (It worked on my original DJX).
When using normal play functions, does the GW-7 allow you to do basic mixer functions on the fly? Say for example you select a bass sound. From the panel or (mixer mode) can you take that bass guitar, reduce the overall (tone) volume (again using mixer), and also pan left or right? I say this because if you can is it possible to do all this ahead of time (prior to recording a track), and then entering the record mode using the current mixer changes? I hope this makes sense. On the Yamaha DJX there weren't any song editing functions, but in standard play mode you could ajust mixer settings, then enter into the sequencer and (record from there).
Squeak
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GEAR: Yamaha MOXF-6, Casio MZX-500, Roland Juno-Di, M-Audio Venom, Roland RS-70, Yamaha PSR S700, M-Audio Axiom Pro-61 (Midi Controller). SOFTWARE: Mixcraft-7, PowerTracks Pro Audio 2013, Beat Thang Virtual, Dimension Le.
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#188154 - 06/02/05 11:48 AM
Re: Roland GW-7 now in stock!
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Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
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If I'm reading your question correctly, what it means is that instead of using an internal media storage such as floppy disk, media cards, thumb drives, ect., the date is saved directly to your computer via the USB port. This also allows you to transfer data to and from the GW-7, and as the info states you can update your styles sets ect. Hope I read that one right.
Squeak
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GEAR: Yamaha MOXF-6, Casio MZX-500, Roland Juno-Di, M-Audio Venom, Roland RS-70, Yamaha PSR S700, M-Audio Axiom Pro-61 (Midi Controller). SOFTWARE: Mixcraft-7, PowerTracks Pro Audio 2013, Beat Thang Virtual, Dimension Le.
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#188157 - 06/03/05 08:09 AM
Re: Roland GW-7 now in stock!
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Senior Member
Registered: 11/24/99
Posts: 3305
Loc: Reseda, California USA
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It has a USB jack on the back. It is the square one, not the rectangular one. On a Yamaha PSR3000, there are two USB jacks. One of each. The rectangular shape is labeled "to device" and the square jack is labeled "to host". So, like the Yamaha, the GW7's square USB is a to host jack. You can use this for transfering data to and from a computer but not to be plugged into a "device' such as thumb drives, floppy drives, card readers, etc. George Kaye Kaye's Music Scene Reseda, Callifornia
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