All user reviews of 3/5 for the Roland GAIA SH-01

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UTILIZATION

The config is super simple: one button, one function, all spread over 3 tones stackable. There is no screen recalling the setting of ongoing and so we turn the knobs without knowing where we are ... This is the only drawback at this point. The manual, I did not open, I'm exploring. It's still simple to very simple ... The editing and sound effects are simple ... if you know a minimum VA synths.

SOUNDS

No particular style (except the presets that are what they are ...) is the VA. The keyboard is excellent, too bad it is so small (37 keys). I love the ability to add distortion or fuzz heartfelt sounds. The effects are not extraordinary but still very usable.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had this week. I publish the notice in a few months ... I know many VA synths in this price range either in OCCAZ 'or nine (Virus, Nord Lead, JD, JP, AN1X, MS2000, VSTi). In comparison, current and well thought out. It is a portable ergonomic keyboards pretty well done for the Live (batteries!) And quick access.
The sound reminds me (the first key press) the JP8080. I think that the same algorithm is so striking. Especially when making a patch with the wave Supersaw ...
Editing by USB, the three tones (usually 2 ...), but rather the good keyboard, the effects are its good sides. Its downsides are the lack of screen, access to one and only one OSC LFO Tone, blah-blah presets ...
I think this is a synth that is a good first step in the VA or sytnhé Live. The studio is a bit light but it's all included ..

Presentation
Roland introduces the Gaia SH-01, a compact 37-key synthesizer that combines a look "vintage" with the latest technology of the brand in analog modeling.

Characteristic
• Keyboard 37 velocity-sensitive keys
• triple virtual analog engine
• Each engine has an oscillator, filter, an amplifier, an envelope and an LFO
• up to five simultaneous effects (distortion, flanger, delay, reverb, fuzz, phaser, pitch shift, etc ...)
• PCM sound generator
• Memory of 128 sounds, 64 user
• 64-voice polyphony
• D Beam, and arpeggiator phrases integrated recorder
• 2 USB ports to store the patches on thumb drives or connect the keyboard to a computer
• 2 Output Jack 1 / 4 "
• 1 headphone stereo jack 1 / 4 "
• Connection to pedal TRS
• MIDI In and Out
• In EXT mini stereo jack
• operates with 8 AA Ni-MH or AC adapter
• Weight: 4.2kg

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is very simple, the manual is clear enough, but not detailed enough for my taste, especially with regard to the south. Not as easy as it could be and when the USB interface .... Not compatible with all disk drives. (Yes you can record directly onto a hard drive or USB flash drive via the USB port ...)
The editor is accessible and its easy to use, I say easy because the lack precision potentiometers when you want to create a very specific sound, (like piano, almost impossible to achieve)

SOUNDS

Personally, I find it access electronic music, hip hop, trip hop, new age view. for more traditional sounds (piano, violin, to be forgotten, it is not able to reproduce.
The synthesis system is not terrible for that.

OVERALL OPINION

For electro, it is very good, to the "classic" variety, jazz ... forget it.
Big catch for me, 37 keys, you can not do anything with it .... missing at least one and a half range.