Discontinued The World in a Workstation The GW-8 is the next generation of Roland’s unique GW-Series workstations with intelligent backing-track functionality. With its fresh, contemporary sound-set and expressive interactive musical styles from pop to rock, plus authentic ethnic styles and a multi-format USB Memory Player feature, the GW-8 will bring a world of music to your fingertips. It’s especially well-suited for “one-man-band” performance. Flagship Sound Engine with Easy User Interface With Roland’s world-leading sound technology at its core, the GW-8 rivals any workstation on the planet with its rich, expressive sound.

Roland has continued to expand the arena of arranger/workstations with the creation of the 61-key GW-8 Workstation. This lightweight, portable keyboard.

The GW-8 comes loaded with hundreds of the freshest and most essential sounds taken from Roland’s top workstations. In addition to its authentic sound set, the GW-8 is equipped with many user-friendly controls, such as the expressive D BEAM and the Analog Modify knob, which allows instant adjustments of sounds to suit your taste. The GW-8 is perfect for live entertainers who play multiple roles in their performances. Intelligent Backing Styles The GW-8 is packed with a huge collection of styles representing a broad range of music genres, from contemporary rock, pop, dance, jazz and beyond. In addition to the excellent library of contemporary sounds and styles, the GW-8 is equipped with ethnic instrument sounds and authentic regional musical styles, with special focus on Latin American genres. Each backing style has four intros, four main patterns, and four ending progressions for you to craft your own arrangements live.

USB Memory Player Feature One of Roland’s most popular new features is built into the GW-8: the multi-format Song Player that allows song data to be played directly from USB Flash memory (accepts MP3,.WAV, AIFF and SMF format). In addition, the GW-8’s Center Cancel function can minimize main vocals from pre-recorded songs, great for karaoke-style performances or music practice. Style Converter & Playlist Editor Bundled with each GW-8 is Roland’s Style Converter software for PC, which lets you create and convert your own MIDI data into GW-8 backing styles and install them via commercially available USB Flash memory devices. Also included is the Playlist Editor for customizing the order of songs. Users can easily create a dedicated Playlist for each gig.

Audio Library • • • • Video • Audio • Downloads • • Brochures • • Updates & Drivers • This is the latest version of operating system for the GW-8. After downloading and extracting the compressed file, please refer to the “GW8_Ver200_Readme” pdf document included for the update procedure.

• This is the GW-8 driver for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 8 64-bit Edition / 32-bit Edition. This driver is able to be used for the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer, too. • This is the GW-8 driver for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 64-bit Edition.

This driver is able to be used for the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer, too. • This is the GW-8 driver for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 7 32-bit Edition. This driver is able to be used for the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer, too. • The Roland GW-8 USB driver for Microsoft(R) Windows Vista(R).

This driver is able to be used for the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer too. • The Roland GW-8 USB driver for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition/Professional This driver is able to be used for the AX-Synth Shoulder Synthesizer too. • • Support • • If you have questions about operating your Roland product, please check our for answers to the most common questions.

You can also contact our department by phone or email. In addition, we have a library of and that you can download and reference. Owner's Manuals • • • • • • • Support Documents • The new, free Version 2 GW-8 operating system software is a big update for the GW-8, adding lots of new features. With Version 2, the GW-8 is even more fun to use, and downright powerful as a style-making workstation. We've prepared a new GW-8 Operating System Version 2.00 ReleaseNote booklet to help you get the most from this amazing update.