Roland GAIA 2 User Manual

Reference Manual
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Roland GAIA 2 Specifications

General

Type	Digital Synthesizer
Sound Engine	Virtual Analog
Polyphony	64 voices
Arpeggiator	Yes
Power Supply	AC Adapter
Oscillators	3
Waveforms	Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, Sine, Noise
Filters	Low-pass, High-pass, Band-pass
Effects	Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Distortion
Sequencer	64 steps
Keyboard	37 keys
Controls	Knobs, sliders, buttons
Connectivity	MIDI, USB, Audio In/Out
Weight	Approx. 9.9 lbs (4.5 kg)

Summary

Outputting sound

Basic operation

TOP screen

The topmost screen, where you can select tones.

MENU screen

Execute various settings and functions from here (unrelated to tones).

SOUND screen

Selects the section for editing the tone.

Selecting a tone

Saving a tone

Tone write

The tones you edit as well as the original tones are saved as user tones.

Tone init

Initializes the parameters for the tone.

Editing a tone

Basic operation

EDIT screen operations shared in common

Edit map 1

Edit map 2

Edit map 3

Edit map 4

MOTIONAL PAD

Arpeggio

Arpeggio play

Arpeggio settings

Chord memory

Chord memory play

Chord memory input

Sequencer

Basic operation

This is a pattern sequencer that lets you record up to 64 steps.

Sequencer settings

Here’s where you configure the sequencer-related settings.

System settings

Master effects

Backup

Restore

Export

Import

Factory reset

Connecting to an external device

MIDI IN, MIDI OUT connectors

You can connect a MIDI device to this connector.

PEDAL jack

You can connect an expression pedal or pedal switch to this jack.

USB MEMORY/EXT DEVICE port (USB A)

USB COMPUTER port (USB Type-C®)