As soon as i looked at the layout of the roland gaia sh01 synth, i immeadiately thought of the access virus ti polar. Roland gaia sh01 digital synth 2019 white outland audio. But after our youtube demo hit the net, word went viral about how great the patches were. Roland gaia sh01 37key analog synthesizer 761294411063. Combining a classic panel layout reminiscent of vintage roland synthesizers with the latest in rolands analogmodeling technology, gaia is perfect for any students, songwriters, session players, and live performers of all styles. A1 spike bs a2 sync lead a3 polysynth a4 sfx 25 a5 ring bell 1 a6 britelead a7 polysynth a8 sfx b1 polysynth. Liking the sound but the interface is something of a mess. Purchased for my collegeage daughter who is all about vintage clothes and music, the roland gaia sh01 synth was not my first choice. Usb ports for saving user patches to usb flash drives, and for audiomidi connection to computers have a question. Roland sh01 gaia 37key synthesizer with its massive sound, handson ease, and affordable price, the gaia sh01 is a highperformance value with oldschool charm. In general, between korg minilogue vs roland gaia, the first option is more recommended.
Sounds designed by a team of vintage synth enthusiasts based in japan. Now, roland is also planning to release a software package to edit sounds on the gaia from your pc, which provides some extra possibilities, however it isnt out yet and wont be free. The roland sh01 delivers massive sound, handson ease, and an affordable price. In these group of videos i wanted to give examples of some of the preset patches that are avilable in the roland gaia sh01. Gaia s usb port can also be used to transmit and receive midi data, and to store your patches and phrases recorded with the phrase recorder to a usb memory stick. The analogue synthesizer offers outstanding and powerful sound quality with rich customizable effects. With this free tool for the roland gaia sh01 synthesizer, you can view and edit your gaia s settings on your pcmac. Its capable of generating familiar analog synthesized sounds from popular musics past but can also create some cuttingedge sounds and textures for todays modern music styles. From epic leads and pads that make use of the legendary roland super saw to complex basslines and arpeggios based on the threetonearchitecture of the gaia, this sound collection features all those classic trance tones as well as fresh sounds ready for the future. Eric johnsons stature as one of the premier guitar players in contemporary music is his artistic trump card, backed by a grammy award and five nominations, platinum album, top 10 hits like cliffs of dover, praise from critics and the esteem of his peers. Arpeggio editing patch library to organise your patches saving and sharing patches.
It also provided more of a technovibe than the gaia and a microphone for voice additions. Articles and tutorials read and write articles, faqs, tipstricks, tutorials and other forms of helpful information about the gaia. Youll learn to get handson and control its three virtual analog engines to create a massive array of sounds. The roland worldwide social network keeps you connected to the latest products, exciting events, and much more. Roland gaia sh01 with a robust panel of knobs and sliders, this portable synth makes sound creation a tactile pleasure and harks back to classic analog models. With its massive sound, handson ease, and affordable price, the gaia sh01 is a highperformance value with oldschool charm. Roland eqips the gaia sh01 with cdedicated control knobs for tweaking the effects in real time. About patches the gaia sh01 lets you store the sounds that you create. May 18, 2010 synthesizer trends regularly flipflop between radical innovation and retrogression with each pendulum swing producing a host of hybrids. Everything is laid out in front of you to tweak away in real time but there are no menus to worry about and feedback is provided ingeniously by way of lights as to what you are adjusting. At less than 10 pounds, the gaia sh01 is lightweight, compact, and great for musicians on the go. Dec 15, 2010 roland gaia sh01 preset patch name list.
The triplestacked engine puts potent virtual analog synthesis under your fingertips, yet the control panel is so fun, friendly, and inviting, even firsttimers can create. The triplestacked engine puts potent virtual analog synthesis under your fingertips, yet the control panel is so fun, friendly, and inviting, even firsttimers can create great sounds. Between 1994 and 2015, ive been working for roland corporation, a leading electronic musical instrument manufacturer. Connect the roland gaia sh01 synthesizer directly to a mac or pc via a usb cable and stream audio directly to daw software. Used normal wear, lightweight, compact body with 37 fullsize keys huge sound with three virtual analog engines 64voice polyphony for massive sounds without note dropout layer up to five simultaneous effects runs on ac or battery power for portable convenience 3 virtual analog engines onboard, each with a dedicated oscillator, a filter, an amplifier, an envelope, and an lfo layer up to 5. The gaia sh01 you buy from sweetwater comes preloaded with a full bank of 64 sweetwater exclusive patches, which give you tons of classic and new sounds to play with. Usb ports for saving user patches to usb flash drives, and for audiomidi connection to computers.
You can use a program like cakewalk, cubase or sysex to send the. Use the following procedure to reset the sh01a and restore the factory default settings. Although happy pumping out crunchy basses or acidic leads, it can also do ethereal, subtle and delicate. The 37note keyboard is fullsize, however, so performers can play naturally and comfortably. Nov 29, 2017 this is indicative of roland s intentions with the gaia. In the tradition of the roland sh series, the gaia sh101 puts the power of analog programing at your fingertips, with full control over the. Its not my favorite synthesizer, but it is one of my preferred options as far as small keyboards go. With its massive sound, handson ease and affordable price, roland gaia sh01 is a highperformance value with oldschool charm.
Read, watch, listen, and learn about roland products and the people that use them. Its greatest strength is that its basically 3 synths in one, since its 3 sections that can be programmed individually. Luftrum 6 for roland gaia, presets and patches for roland gaia,the soundbank contains 64 ambient patches ranging from warm space pads over berlin school arpeggios and organic sound effects suitable for ambient, cinematic and filmscore productions. From what i assume there are 1188 banks i can save to. You can to a fournote poly and unison3 that, and get a crazy poly sound. Flash back, flash forward with its massive sound, handson ease, and affordable price, the gaia sh01 is a highperformance value with oldschool charm. The synth can be powered via ac or batteries for the ultimate in portable convenience. I cant tell you that youd be stoked or unhappy with the gaia. Gaia patches by aron magner from the disco biscuits.
Its not the flashiest electric synthesizer but it gets the job done and then some. You wont find any screens or menus on this synthso if youre in the market for a handson, tactile synthesizer, the roland gaia sh01 is not to be overlooked. Roland is offering some amazing offers and ridiculously reduced prices on selected keyboards, synthesizers and electronic pianos at participating outlets around the country. The manual is hard to follow but i was able to get into delay and other settings pretty easily after rereading the documentation 5 times. Roland sh01 gaia, synthesizer mit 37 full sizetasten, 64stimmige polyphonie. Probably the largest downloadable collection of free patches for the roland gaia sh01 synthesizer in the world plus a few patches for the zoom g1xon guitar multieffects processor. Oct 06, 2017 in general, between korg minilogue vs roland gaia, the first option is more recommended. The roland gaia sh01 virtual analog synthesizer is lightweight, features 37 velocity sensitive keys and 3 virtual analog sound engines that me be layered to achieve potent virtual analog sounds.
Its a roland product and it springboarded me into the modern game. You wont find any screens or menus on this synthso if youre in the market for a handson, tactile synthesizer, the roland gaia sh. The roland gaia sh01 sound editor and midi controller is a plugin and standalone software that streamlines patch editing on the gaia sh01. Tim is credited on the factory sounds of korg prologue, imonopoly, dave smith. With this free tool for the roland gaia sh01 synthesizer, you can view and edit your. The options are deep and crazy, and will give you a similarish sound to the gaia with way more authenticity, flavor, and depth. Roland sh01 patches sounds presets these patches have been professionally created by tim mantle of psalm37audio. Roland has had its fair share of winners and losers in this field but with the gaia sh01, a virtual analogue synth, it is at last looking to produce a hybrid winner with thoroughbred credentials. Gaia sh01 synthesizer huge sound with three virtual analog engines onboard, each with a dedicated oscillator, filter, amplifier, envelope, and lfo layer up to five simultaneous effects, including distortion, flanger, delay, reverb, low boost, and more 64voice polyphony for massive sounds without note dropout. After you make the payment, the pack is sent via email within max. Oct 31, 2012 the roland gaia sh01 gives you a really good sound and at a great price. The roland gaia sh01 electronic synth is a versatile little beast. This is indicative of rolands intentions with the gaia.
Roland gaia sh01 keyboard synth the midi store reverb. In this video we wanted to show you how to edit commons settings in the gaia sh01. The gaia is an analog modeling synthesizer that retains the basic traits of previous shseries synths. Roland gaia sh01 how to save user patches to usb memory. This sound library turns your gaia into a real trance beast. Here are the best roland gaia sh01 synthesizer tutorials and demos that i have found on youtube, plus a few of my own tutorials. Roland gaia sh01 for a patchpreset junkie gearslutz. Roland gaia sh01 virtual analog synthesizer for sale in. Free gaia sh01 patches synthway by igorcristo wed apr 11, 2012 5. You can use the patches below on a jv1080, jv2080, xp50, xp60, xp80 and other roland jvxp synths which are sound compatible with these. Please watch in order from first to last for the best experience.
For a while, we only offered the patches as a bonus for purchasing your gaia through sweetwater. The triplestacked engine puts potent virtual analog synthesis under your fingertips, yet the control panel is so fun, friendly, and inviting. The roland gaia sh01 synthesizer is a lightweight, compact, virtual analog 37key keyboard with 64note polyphony. The 15 sounds well be making range from iconic 80s lead europe the final countdown to serious dubstep bass skrillex scary.
May 27, 2015 kerns tour schedule left no time to reprogram some crucial gaia sh01 sounds into his roland axsynth last year, and necessity bred invention, as the saying goes. The triplestacked engine puts potent virtual analog synthesis under your fingertips, yet the control panel is so fun, friendly and inviting, even firsttimers can create great sounds. It has 200 memory locations for storing your patches and sequences. Instead, id purchased the roland jdxi which is newer and much more compact.
The roland gaia sh01 synth offers highperformance value with oldschool charm. You can do some really neat things with the effects on the gaia sh01 because it allows you to stack them up. Usb ports for saving user patches to usb flash drives, and for audiomidi connection to computers free jeanmichel jarre inspired patch for your gaia sh01 electronic synth the roland gaia sh01 electronic synth is a versatile little beast. The synths triplestacked engine puts potent virtual analog synthesis under your fingertips, yet the control panel is so fun, friendly, and inviting, even firsttimers can create. The major part of my work relates to sound processing, where sound design represents the artistic side of it. Here at sweetwater, were crazy about the roland gaia sh01 synth. In this video we wanted to show you how to edit commons settings in the gaia sh 01. Portable power at less than 10 pounds, the roland gaia sh01 is lightweight, compact, and great for musicians on the go. I own both of these synthesizers and heres what i think. The information source for house of worship audio and media directors, worship musicians, and av techs. Like its popular 80s predecessor, the sh101, the gaia is intuitively playable yet deeply tweakable. His only option was to transform one of his gaia sh01 synths into a keytar. Packed with 16 authentic patches, this sound library provides everything you need for your next trance production. So crazy, in fact, we created 64 custom patches for it.
Best roland gaia tutorials sh01 synthesizer youtube. Plus, our included quickstart guide will help get you up and running fast. Roland has unveiled the gaia sh01, a 37key compact synthesizer that brings serious sound, instant control, and ultimate flexibility to the synthesis experience. Saving all user data to usb memory when you execute this operation, all 64 patches from the gaia sh01s user memory, all 8 phrases, as well as the system data, will be saved to usb memory. Heres a custom patch from the circuit symphony that sounds like jeanmichel jarres lazer harp originally an elka synthex. Rolands gaia sh01 synthesizer is designed so that these three elements of sound are arranged on. The roland gaia sh01 synthesizer forms part of roland music south africas national keys month campaign for may, 2015 and that means big savings. Roland gaia sh01 virtual analog synthesizer sweetwater. Some of the effects on the gaia sh01 are bit crash, phaser, pitch shifter, low boost, delay, distortion and reverb. Saving a sound youve created write roland gaia synthesizer. But i found that roland has made available a midi implementation document for the gaia, also documenting a protocol to access its internal memory. With this free tool for the roland gaia sh01 synthesizer, you can view and edit your gaias settings on your pcmac. This is regardless of whether or not it has been initialized by the gaia itself and is the same for anything downloaded from axial. Gaia patches each link leads to a zip file download of a set of 64 patches with.