
The first menu lets you play some test notes and send GM on/off control messages (looks like they just reset the GM though). There are currently two menus to issue commands and a log to show results. For example, I was able to extract a list of preset patch names - should come in handy! It’s still in its early stages, but already it exposes some very interesting information. So what I did is I started working on a little tool that can talk to the GAIA.

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 isn’t out yet and won’t be free.īut I found that Roland has made available a MIDI implementation document for the GAIA, also documenting a protocol to access its internal memory. Fiddling around creating new sounds is a lot of fun, and it sounds good!

It’s got three oscillators, an effect section, and almost everything is directly accessible from the front panel. A little while ago I bought a Roland GAIA SH-01 synthesizer.
