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GAIA tool

Description

With this free tool for the Roland GAIA SH-01 synthesizer, you can view and edit your GAIA’s settings on your PC/Mac. Feature highlights:

• Arpeggio editing †
• Patch library to organise your patches †
• Saving and sharing patches
• Patch name editing
• Patch tempo editing
• Real-time synchronisation

† Only available in the GAIA tool!

For more info and ability to comment, see the related blog post: Introducing my Roland GAIA SH-01 tool, and some screenshots. You can also find me on Twitter.

Download

• GAIA tool 0.3.1 for Windows
• GAIA tool 0.3.1 for Mac OS X (see installation notes)
• GAIA tool 0.3.1 for Java (cross-platform)

Please note that for all of these downloads, Java 6 must be installed.

If you encounter any issues please let me know and I will try to solve them. Also I’ll gladly hear about any suggestions or tips that you may have.

The source code is managed in a Mercurial repository. It is available under the Apache 2.0 license. Contributions are very welcome, please drop me a note if you plan to!

Additional downloads

• List of preset patch names

Extracted from the GAIA’s memory.

Screenshots

Mac OS X installation notes

The tool does not work out-of-the-box on Mac OS X; this is because of a bug in the OS X Java MIDI implementation which causes it to drop some MIDI messages that are vital for the tool to work. Fortunately there is a way to fix it, using either the MMJ library or Mandolane MIDI SPI. Both of these have a ReadMe text file accompanying them, but I’ll provide some brief installation instructions below. Note that you only have to install one of them, not both.

mmj - Midi for java on Mac OS X

1. Get it from here: http://www.humatic.de/htools/mmj.htm
2. Copy the mmj.jar and libmmj.jnilib files to /Library/Java/Extensions.
3. (That’s the Library folder in the Mac location, not in User.)
4. Everything should work now.

Mandolane MIDI SPI

1. Get it from here: http://www.mandolane.co.uk/swMandoMidi.html
2. Run the installer and click through the screens.
3. On the Installation Type screen, only Mandolane MIDI SPI is required.
4. Once installed, everything should work.
5. If not, you may have to configure the MIDI ports to use the MIn/MOut ones.

Release notes

• Version 0.3.1 — 2011-10-06
  • Fixed reload button bug.
  • Fixed tempo synced LFO rate control update bug.
  • Fixed MIDI communication breakdown bug (firmware 1.03).
  • Show GM parts switch system parameter (firmware 1.03).
  • Load patch parameters on demand again.
• Version 0.3 — 2011-09-21
  • Patch library to organise your patches.
  • Much improved synchronisation. No control change should be missed now.
  • Improved Mac OS X integration.
  • Tabs in the patch view.
  • Patch write protected status is now shown in System.
  • Useless options from the test menu were removed.
  • Windows and Mac OS X binaries.
• Version 0.2.1 — 2011-02-15
  • Patch tempo editing
  • Remember load/save dialog location
• Version 0.2 — 2011-02-06
  • Patch name editing
  • Loading and saving patches to disk
  • MIDI device selection
  • Sync panels with the GAIA
  • Spinner values are now keyboard editable
  • Tool tips stay visible longer
• Version 0.1 — 2010-12-19
  • Added an arpeggio editor. Tracker-style!
  • Added an introduction panel.
  • Added the ability to reload parameters.
  • Added the ability to save & sync arpeggio parameters.
  • Lazy load parameter panels individually.
  • Showing sent messages in the log.
• Version 0.0.4 — 2010-12-15
  • Fixed master level value bug (thanks m0rfious).
  • Fixed patch level value bug.
  • Fixed filter resonance value value bug.
• Version 0.0.3 — 2010-12-13
  • Made sure the tool always ends correctly.
  • Added CTRL-Q shortcut for exiting the tool.
  • Showing “OFF” in arpeggio patterns instead of G#9 as intended.
• Version 0.0.2 — 2010-12-12
  • Now possible to view all user patch parameters
  • Added a tree component to select which parameters to view
  • Recognise all GAIA MIDI commands
  • Showing more meaningful error message when unable to connect
  • Corrected filter cutoff keyfollow display value
  • Showing more meaningful original note value for arpeggio patterns
• Version 0.0.1 — 2010-12-07
  • Initial development release