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Selecting Tones – How to select Tones for Upper and Lower 
The GW-8 has 896  Basic (default) sounds, 256  GM2 sounds plus  World Bank (localized) sounds 
(excluding drum kit sounds). All the Basic sounds are divided into 7 banks (0 to 6). To select a tone, 
press the bank sound and turn VALUE dial to choose the tone. 
  
 
 
 
 
Let’s try some of them: 
PIANO BANK (Acoustic and Electric Piano) 
0001 Rich Grand: Very rich grand piano sound, with a sweet ambience. Play softly 
for mellow sound and hard for bright sound. 
0034 SC Pure EP: Amazing Electric Piano with classic Reverb. Play softly and hard to 
listen to the variations in the sound. 
 
KBD/ORGAN BANK (Clavinet, Harpsichord, Bell, Mallet, Organ, Accordion and 
Harmonica) 
0135 VKHold4Speed: Great Hammond sound with Leslie speaker. Connect a 
damper pedal (DP series) to the Hold jack to change the Leslie speed: holding the 
damper, you accelerate the speed of Leslie speaker. Without the damper, you have 
slow speed. 
 
GUITARS/BASS BANK (Acoustic and Electric Guitar, Acoustic, Electric and Synth 
Bass) 
0162 SC Brt Nylon: Very real nylon acoustic guitar. Play hard to listen to the “slide” 
on the strings. 
0188 Searing COSM: Electric Guitar with wild distortion. Good sound to show the 
power of GW-8’s DSP effects. 
Value Dial 
Tone Banks