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I have had Roland synthesizers for the past 40 years. Everything I've purchased from them have been great. The stuff that was early and pre-middy to the newest objects still on sale brand new right now. You can't go wrong with Roland and this Gaia synthesizer is extremely powerful. You can find these for around $400 or $500 used all over the place and in great shape, this synthesizer sounds incredible and is the most programmable and easy to use synth on the market today. Great sounds and the famous Roland filters make this bad boy a must have. It's even battery powered for those who want to take it on the go. Use it straight as a synth or as a controller into your computer setup. Either way, you can't go wrong for the money here
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If you are looking for an affordable keyboard that allows you to capture that 80s analog synthesizer sound, look no further. Roland has included lots of easy & fun analog-like features into its GAIA SH-01 portable digital synthesizer. Three independent tone generators (featuring familiar LFO, Osc, Filt, Amp & ADSRs) can be layered in limitless combinations. Lots of knobs & sliders allow you to create infinite patches & save/recall them using onboard or USB storage. The synthesizer output can be routed through an effects section with distortion, flanging, delay-line & reverb before producing its stereo, mono & headphone outputs. There is a powerful preprogrammed arpeggiator & a phrase recorder/player with tap-tempo capability. The 37-key, velocity-sensitive keyboard has good action & is solid. A pitch bender & modulation lever and an optical hand-sensor allow you to add expression & special effects. As a hidden bonus, there is an additional polyphonic General-MIDI tone generator built-in which can be commanded from an external MIDI sequencer or keyboard. The package is only about 11 Lbs and will run on 8 NiMH AA 1.2V rechargeable batteries & the unit comes with an AC adapter. There is a stereo input jack to input music (e.g. from MP3 player) which you can mix in with your performance & this input has a basic vocal-eliminator option built-in. There are standard MIDI-IN & MIDI-OUT/THRU jacks & the USB PC connection supports USB-MIDI-IN/OUT as well as capture & playback of streaming audio. There are so many great features on this keyboard, it's hard to list them all. Just to be fair, there are some very-minor negatives I have noticed, most probably due to trying to keep the price affordable & I will list them here: Cannot use regular 1.5V dry-cell batteries; PC software sold separately (~$80); Lightweight plastic case gives less of a professional feel; Cannot easily use onboard GM tone generator locally; No readouts of the current "analog" settings; System settings & secondary features are accessed by cryptic button sequences. In summary, the Roland GAIA SH-01 Synthesizer is a fun, feature-rich keyboard with great sound & expressiveness in a portable, affordable package. It is ideal for anyone wanting to recreate that distinctive analog-synthesizer sound & still remain compatible with current MIDI, USB & PC-based instruments. I think Roland has a real winner here & I am having a lot of fun with it.Read full review
Ive been fortunate to have had all the Roland jupiters except the jupiter 4 and all the junos over the decades and had been hardware free for a good decade before getting a System 8 which i sound to be really good but a bit expensive and still requiring menu diving to get under the hood of it to get the best from it. So.. cue the Gaia. The Gaia is a synth i avoided for years because i thought it looked like a toy.. what a mistake judging by appearance. This synth is fantastic. It doesnt sound digital, it sounds analog. Anyone who doesn't appreciate how great this synth really hasnt had the real analog behemoths in my opinion. It takes a few weeks to really get under the skin of this wolf in sheeps clothing, and finally when the penny drops you'll never let it leave your rig. Also by using bomes midi translator you can turn it into a fully adept midi controller, and if your really sensible you can use it to program your vst synths. I use mine to control the Roland Cloud synths, which essentially means your getting a synth in its own right and a roland system 8 on the cheap. Cant sing the praises of this board enough, its flexible, it sounds fantastic and i really think roland made a modern classic, most people who own one know all this already.Read full review
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I have wanted this synth for a while now, and it took me a while to make the purchase due to people saying it sounded bad in the forums. I guarantee the ones that said it sounded bad have never played one or dug deeper than the presets. I am honestly blown away by this amazing little synth. It has tons of potential and begs to be tweaked. I think I enjoy it more than my high end analog synth!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
got this as my first ever foray into synthesis. some of the presets are very questionable but it's super easy to make sounds i dig. the aux in is awesome. the fact i can use it as an interface, awesome. i'm in love
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