Which new features introduced with Roland’s Gaia 2 have caught your eye (or ear)? Tell us in the comments what you’re excited to experience with the Gaia 2 and if you think it’s a worthy successor to the Gaia mantle. Then, be sure to stop by Sweetwater for a detailed look at the total scope of Roland’s Gaia 2’s synthesis possibilities 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Roland_Gaia_2
I called my Sweetwater rep and bought one of these as soon as it was announced, and I've been playing with it for a week now. I will be selling my old GAIA, this one is so much better, more capable, better sounding, better effects, better controls, better keybed. The only thing the old GAIA has over the new one is the three individual tone "engines" - very unique feature to the original GAIA, and not replicated on the GAIA 2. That said, you can definitely seem some provenance between the two. Daniel, here's hoping you do a sound pack for the GAIA 2 like you did for the original GAIA - it showed true sound design mastery!
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Daniel could take a tin in his hand, and make it sound awesome.
Excellent demo as always, Daniel. 🤘 The original Roland Gaia was a cheat of sorts. It wasn't a true VA synth, since it's oscillators were sample based rather than actual DSP. If this new version is true VA, then it's potential for future updates and mods could make it a nice little synth indeed.
As someone who has embraced "plugins", I think keyboards like the Gaia 2 are interesting because of the knobs/sliders and how much more fun it is to program than a virtual keyboard. That said, if I were to buy another hardware synth, I think I'd prefer to go actual analog. Even though I'm not a snob, it'd be nice to have at least one analog synth...
@WildernessMusic_GentleSereneits why people like when there are desktop versions available but then your chaining them together and its not feasible outside of the studio
If I ever got into producing melodic techno/progressive house, I would start with Roland. 1st Gaia didn't sound so good to me, especially up high if I recall. This one sounds much nicer and the modulations are great. Not into the zencore business. At least they give you sh101. I'm focusing on analogs these days, so all the digitals have to wait. My logic is that next gen digitals will be insane, and in the meantime I can console myself with the yummy sounds of the analogs I have. (speaking of sh101, Behr ms1 is a really creamy sounding synth with fun architecture, so I am sh101 fan. They sound special.) PS, I can mention analogs because they are all from sweetwater.
I am probably in my own world but to me this sounds so much like the sounds coming from the Synclavier Regen. Obviously that digital beast in a tiny box is much more versatile and you could get much more grandiose sounds out of it, but I can't help but think that if you put out a sound demo of each and switch the audio tracks only someone who worked on it's development would notice.
Hi macks2025. It's a throwback to how the original GAIA counted polyphony. There are 22 notes of polyphony for each of the three oscillators. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_
@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene it does have a full featured voice architecture and great workflow. With the $200 price drop and used Modwaves going for close to $600 now this thing is a lot more attractive. No aftertouch is typical Korg/Roland/Yamaha BS, but what can you do? Good news is it responds to polyAT. Too bad you cannot load your own samples/tables. If they add that and make it a module like Korg did I could see myself maybe pulling out the wallet after all...
Seems to be a natural law that Japanese 3-octave keybeds must not have aftertouch, see also Korg. On the other hand, a simple Behringer Poly D does have AT.
I would watch Daniel Fisher demonstrate dry roasted peanuts or demonstrating farting in a bottle. I always look for him. His Hydrasynth, Matriarch, 2600 demos are good to listen to as music pieces.
Which new features introduced with Roland’s Gaia 2 have caught your eye (or ear)? Tell us in the comments what you’re excited to experience with the Gaia 2 and if you think it’s a worthy successor to the Gaia mantle. Then, be sure to stop by Sweetwater for a detailed look at the total scope of Roland’s Gaia 2’s synthesis possibilities 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Roland_Gaia_2
Nice work from Big D yet again .
I called my Sweetwater rep and bought one of these as soon as it was announced, and I've been playing with it for a week now. I will be selling my old GAIA, this one is so much better, more capable, better sounding, better effects, better controls, better keybed. The only thing the old GAIA has over the new one is the three individual tone "engines" - very unique feature to the original GAIA, and not replicated on the GAIA 2. That said, you can definitely seem some provenance between the two.
Daniel, here's hoping you do a sound pack for the GAIA 2 like you did for the original GAIA - it showed true sound design mastery!
Daniel could take a tin in his hand, and make it sound awesome.
_This was a great demo! 😎 I’m hoping to be able to get it soon!_
Probably the best review of this synth, dude played some funky music! But i have a hunch that synth will not sell well.
Excellent demo as always, Daniel. 🤘
The original Roland Gaia was a cheat of sorts. It wasn't a true VA synth, since it's oscillators were sample based rather than actual DSP. If this new version is true VA, then it's potential for future updates and mods could make it a nice little synth indeed.
Wow! What a punch
Ok I'm buying today
Good-looking synth.
Great review:)!
I would love to attend his training sessions!
Thanks, Dwayne! Here are 38 Synth Tricks videos:
ruclips.net/p/PLlczpwSXEOybYYaBCTcjxxKz1QmxytbIf
-_Daniel_
@@sweetwater Thank you Sir! That is extremely generous of you. 😎
@@sweetwater very generous of you sir! Thank you.
I like mine just fine. It's like a modern ms2000, but with roland flavors.
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As someone who has embraced "plugins", I think keyboards like the Gaia 2 are interesting because of the knobs/sliders and how much more fun it is to program than a virtual keyboard. That said, if I were to buy another hardware synth, I think I'd prefer to go actual analog. Even though I'm not a snob, it'd be nice to have at least one analog synth...
@WildernessMusic_GentleSereneits why people like when there are desktop versions available but then your chaining them together and its not feasible outside of the studio
If I ever got into producing melodic techno/progressive house, I would start with Roland.
1st Gaia didn't sound so good to me, especially up high if I recall. This one sounds much nicer and the modulations are great. Not into the zencore business. At least they give you sh101.
I'm focusing on analogs these days, so all the digitals have to wait. My logic is that next gen digitals will be insane, and in the meantime I can console myself with the yummy sounds of the analogs I have. (speaking of sh101, Behr ms1 is a really creamy sounding synth with fun architecture, so I am sh101 fan. They sound special.) PS, I can mention analogs because they are all from sweetwater.
I am probably in my own world but to me this sounds so much like the sounds coming from the Synclavier Regen. Obviously that digital beast in a tiny box is much more versatile and you could get much more grandiose sounds out of it, but I can't help but think that if you put out a sound demo of each and switch the audio tracks only someone who worked on it's development would notice.
Awesome!!!🌟🌟💯💯
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Is virtual analogye wavetable like virtual analogue from Nord Synthesizers? Is diferent?
1:46 - "66 note polyphony" What! Where did that come from?? 😕
Hi macks2025. It's a throwback to how the original GAIA counted polyphony. There are 22 notes of polyphony for each of the three oscillators. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_
Hi did you say you can bluetooth to headphones? Also do you need a separate audio interface?
Personally I think the Modwave is a significantly more desirable synth of this general type for half the price.
@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene it does have a full featured voice architecture and great workflow. With the $200 price drop and used Modwaves going for close to $600 now this thing is a lot more attractive. No aftertouch is typical Korg/Roland/Yamaha BS, but what can you do? Good news is it responds to polyAT. Too bad you cannot load your own samples/tables. If they add that and make it a module like Korg did I could see myself maybe pulling out the wallet after all...
@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene I use an ERAE touch.
@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene
Have you not tried a Korg Radias?
Perhaps if this is/was a great controller for the Cloud ecosystem it might be worth my attention.??😁🎶🎹🎶Play On
Can i Output Sound through the USB connection to my computer? I want to play through my PC Sound System
yeah
No aftertouch BIG MISS
Seriously, that's absolutely a deal-breaker.
Seems to be a natural law that Japanese 3-octave keybeds must not have aftertouch, see also Korg. On the other hand, a simple Behringer Poly D does have AT.
Not much in common with the SH-01 that I can see…
I would watch Daniel Fisher demonstrate dry roasted peanuts or demonstrating farting in a bottle. I always look for him. His Hydrasynth, Matriarch, 2600 demos are good to listen to as music pieces.
Looks like they stole the UI from Korg 😅
and improved it like Korg should have done with the SE series.
It's a Korg Modwave innit?
Questions: it seemed like the Gaia was pretty cool imo, wasn’t it kind of riding in the wind of the jp8000?
are these connected in any way?