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G-70
Music Workstation
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Roland’s most comprehensive arranger instru-
ment ever
The G-70 is quite simply a superlative instrument with
the most advanced and best sound generation technol-
ogy Roland has to offer. It combines Rooland’s Virtual
ToneWheel technology (derived from our successful VK
series) with a superb internal sound source (based on
the acclaimed Fantom-X series) and the possibility to
expand your sound arsenal using a wave expansion
board of Roland’s SRX series.
New interface concept
The G-70 was designed from the ground up to put its
massive array of functions at your fingertips. The full-
color touch-sensitive screen and the large number of
front-panel buttons usually provide direct access to the
available functions, thus doing away with the need to
wade through countless menus.
Parameters that belong together from a musician’s
point of view are usually located on the same or adja-
cent display pages, while setting them has been greatly
simplified with respect to earlier arranger instruments.
Cover functions and Makeup Tools for Standard
MIDI Files and Music Styles
Reorchestrating existing Standard MIDI Files and Music
Styles has become a breeze thanks to high-quality Song
and Style Cover presets and an intuitive, instrument-
based, set of MAKEUP TOOLS parameters that allow you
to “revoice” your songs and Styles without spending
hours editing single events.
The structure of Standard MIDI Files can be changed in
real-time thanks to four programmable MARK & JUMP
memories, which allows you to play extended versions
of prerecorded songs.
Adaptive Chord Voicing technology
The G-70’s Arranger not only boasts a new structure
(with 4 accompaniment levels, 4 Intros and 4 Ending
phrases) but also relies on a more musical real-time
conversion of the chords you play into meaningful
accompaniment phrases. Roland’s patent-applied-for
ACV technology can indeed transpose Music Style parts
in such a way as to eliminate unnatural jumps of
strings lines, piano chords, etc.
Professional Vocal Harmonist
Another highlight of the G-70 is its Vocal Harmonist
that adds automatic harmonies to your singing, com-
plete with several modes for transforming your (or
someone else’s) voice.
This implies, of course, that you can connect an
optional (Roland DR-10 or DR-20) microphone to the
G-70. Other signal sources (synthesizers, etc.) can also
be connected. Note that a separate EXTERNAL AUDIO IN
part with its own effect section is also provided, allow-
ing you to add external lne-level signals (of a sound
module, CD player, etc.) to your playing.
The signals generated by your singing and/or the Vocal
Harmonist can either be added to the signals of the
MAIN OUTPUT sockets, or transmitted directly to one or
two mixer channels (or additional amplifiers) via the
dedicated VOCAL HARMONIST OUTPUT sockets.
Superfast Recorder and comprehensive 16-track
sequencer
The G-70 provides two approaches for recording new
song material: a Recorder function with a straightfor-
ward REC-START-STOP approach and a fully-featured
16-track sequencer with track-based and detailed
microscope editing functions.
Like many other functions on the G-70, the Recorder
interacts with other sections: you can link a song to
each User Program, you can cause any Standard MIDI
File to be transposed automatically to a range that
allows you to sing with ease, the chords of the songs
you play back are recognized automatically and dis-
played, etc.
Finder functions for songs, Music Styles and User
Programs
Another highlight of the G-70 is the fact that you can
work with an almost unlimited number of songs, Music
Styles and User Programs (in the internal memory, on
memory card or floppy disk). Though there are still
internal Music Styles, you can also work with “CUSTOM”
links to accompaniments in the internal memor or on
memory card, and even select such “external” Styles on
the fly. The same high-speed access system is available
for Standard MIDI Files (songs) and User Programs.
Thanks to the clever Finder databases, the difference
between what’s internal and what resides in an “exter-
nal” memory has become almost imperceptible.
Play List function
Thanks to the G-70’s Play List function, you can pro-
gram set lists for your performances. The advantage of
such song chains is that you won’t have to look for the
desired songs on stage.
Furthermore, you can already prepare the next song
while the current one is still running (NEXT SONG func-
tion).
D-Beam controller
The G-70 has the acclaimed D-Beam Controller* for
intuitive song and Style playback control and additional
DJ-like effects via movements over an invisible beam of
infrared light. And, of course, the BENDER/MODULA-
TION lever is also there, as are sockets for optional foot-
switches and an expression pedal.
(* D Beam technology licensed from Interactive Light, Inc.)