Hello, Ujiie here again.
Today, I have the Roland GAIA
SH-01
Yep it's out now.
This is really a fun to play synthesizer!
But what exactly is this GAIA?
Over the next 5 videos,
I hope to answer that question for you.
Using an academic but entertaining approach,
For a fun but thorough analysis.
Well, that's the plan anyway...
Today, being the first video in the series,
we'll take a general look at it.
Just playing it now, I noticed that
there are lots of functions and features.
Which is obvious just from looking at the panel,
which itself is very easy to understand.
Very orthodox synthesizer design.
The central section here, outlined in yellow,
we have Oscillator, 
Filter,
Amplifier,
Very typical analog synth layout.
All the bases are covered.
And, here is the LFO section,
and an effects section,
both of which are loaded with features.
And, here at the far right,
is the external input, so you can hook up
an iPod, for example, and mix it and play along.
It also has Center Cancel functions...
Lots of good stuff here.
There's a D-beam as well.
What I found most interesting...
more than anything else,
in fact, the panel here, as you can see,
looks like your typical analog synth, 
typical panel layout,
but look closely, here...
it has 'tone 1'
'tone 2'
and 'tone 3'
What it means is that
there are really three of these panels,
virtually layered on top of each other.
Three of them!
In other words,
each individual tone has its own Oscillator,
its own Filter,
its own Amplifier and so on,
with a maximum of three 'tones' at once.
On a typical synth, you may have
two Oscillators, one filter and so on,
there are many combinations,
but on this, there are three 'tones'
layered on top of each other, 
and even though they are separate,
when they work together,
you can create a variety of sounds.
This is simply awesome.
We'll look closer at much more in depth
later on, but for now,
let's look at what kind of sounds
the SH GAIA, uh, SH-01 GAIA
is capable of producing.
First, a bass sound...
