Roland GAIA 2 (Bad Gear)

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland GAIA 2. Is this virtual analog and wavetable synth, successor to the controversial Roland Gaia SH-01 and Korg Minilogue lookalike truly bad or just mediocre? Are The Horrors of Mediocrity of the Roland Gaia 2023 enough for a Halloween episode? Thanks to Klangfarbe for lending me the first GAIA 2 they got hold of: @KlangfarbeCHANNEL Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 00:53 Overview Roland GAIA2 01:29 Wavetable Oscillator, Phase & Shape Modulation 02:00 VA Oscillators 02:22 Filter, Tone Knob 02:37 LFO Routing, Lack of Mod Matrix 02:47 XMOD, Ring Modulation, Sync 03:01 Amp & Filter Envelopes 03:08 Menu Diving, UI, Oscillator Envelope 03:36 FX Section 04:05 Patches 04:28 Models (or lack thereof), SH-101 Emulation 04:48 Motional Pad 05:10 Sequencer, Chord, Arpeggiator 05:23 What else??? (Integration, Build Quality, Pricing, Thanks) 05:48 Hate 06:10 Jam 1 (Electro) 07:04 Jam 2 (80s Stuff) 08:06 Finale (Danceable 80s Stuff) 08:36 Verdict 09:35 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout