Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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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?

Bad Gear - GAIA II

Thanks to Klangfarbe for lending me the first GAIA 2 they got hold of:
youtube.com/@KlangfarbeCHANNEL
instagram.com/klangfarbewien

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