54 troubleshooting – Roland GW-8 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Pitch Is Wrong

For some Tones, the pitch in certain ranges may sound different than other
Tones.

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Could the tuning of the GW-8 be incorrect?

• Check the Master Tune setting.

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Could the pitch have been changed by pedal operations or by pitch bend mes-
sages received from an external MIDI device?

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Notes Are Cut Off

If you attempt to play more than 128 voices simultaneously, currently sounding
notes may be cut off.

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USB memory is not detected.
The files are not shown.

Check the format of your USB memory.
The GW-8 can use USB memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB
memory was formatted using any other method, please re-format it using FAT.

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Can’t back up to USB memory

Check the following points.

• Could the USB memory be write protected?
• Is there sufficient free space on the USB memory?

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Playlists are not shown

This may be due to the following reasons.

• Playlists may not be shown if you directly add/delete/modify the song

data in the ROLAND folder without using Playlist Editor.

• For some reason the USB memory is not recognized.
• It is possible that the USB memory was not formatted correctly. The GW-8

can use USB memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB memory
was formatted using any other method, please re-format it using FAT.

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Songs are not shown

• Are the songs placed in the root directory?

Songs may not be shown if you directly add/delete/modify the song data
in the ROLAND folder without using Playlist Editor.

• It is possible that the USB memory was not formatted correctly. The GW-8

can use USB memory that has been formatted as FAT. If your USB memory
was formatted using any other method, please re-format it using FAT.

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Songs or Styles saved on USB
memory are not shown

Check the file name.

• The file name for a Style or Song that can be used by the GW-8 must be

no longer than sixteen characters (not including the filename extension).
You can use the following characters.
A–Z 0–9 ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) - @ ^ _ ` { }

• You must assign a filename extension of “.stl” to Style files, and a filename

extension of “.mid” to Song files.

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Songs won’t play

This may be due to the following reasons.

• The file type of the song is not one of the file types that the GW-8 can

play.

• It may be that the song data is damaged.
• Songs cannot be played if you directly add/delete/modify the song data

in the ROLAND folder without using Playlist Editor.

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Problem

Check/Solution

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