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Roland SH-201 manual

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    WE DESIG N T HE FU TU RE Visit us online at www.Roland.com All specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice. All trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Printed in Japan. May 2006 RAM-4077 B-4 P-S Creating Sounds with Fun and Ease Synthesizer 101: Learning the SH-201 Creating Sounds with Fun and Ease Synthe[...]

  • Page 2

    Put the Fun Back in Synthesis! Top Panel P5 P17 P19 P9 OSC P13 AMP P15 LFO P11 FILTER A rpeggiator adds instant rhythmic motion to sounds. S hort recorder onboard to capture and loop your performance and knob movements. I nvisible infrared D Beam controller. U ltra-EZ front panel is logically designed to teach the basics of synthesis. E xternal inp[...]

  • Page 3

    Roland has released numerous legendary synthesizers in the past. The newest member of the line, the SH-201, combines Roland’s state-of-the-art technology with an incredibly easy user-interface. This guidebook will give you many tips for creating classic synthesizer sounds on the SH-201. If you’re new to synthesis, fear not. We will guide you ev[...]

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    A typical synthesizer will have a signal flow-chart similar to the one pictured below. To start, let’s understand the fundamentals. Oscillator ( ➝ P. 9 ) OSC This is the basis of the sound, where the waveform and pitch are selected. It is indeed the heart and soul of a synthesizer . On analog synthesizers, it is called the VCO (*1) . A VCO is a[...]

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    You can start playing the SH-201 as soon as you turn on the power. Go ahead and play the keyboard while adjusting the volume with the [MASTER VOL] knob. SH-201 allows you to store the timbres (sounds) you have created. These stored timbres are called patches. MASTER VOL Half of the SH-201’ s 64 patches are user programmable. In other words, use t[...]

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    The OSC determines the waveform and pitch, which becomes the source of the sound. This is the heart and soul of a synthesizer. On analog synthesizers, it is called the VCO (*1) . The VCO is a sound generator capable of changing frequency through changes in voltage. Press [ PRESET ] Let’s examine the standard patch “PRESET D-8” . W aveform Exa[...]

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    The sound signal generated from the OSC is processed through the filter, which can emphasize and reject a selected frequency range. The filter can affect and change the sound’s brightness, boldness, and more. frequency frequenices that are cut LPF level frequenices that are cut MIN MAX frequency level If you turn the knob far too right, you will [...]

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    The sound signal generated in OSC and processed through the FILTER is amplified here. The AMP also controls the attack and decay of sounds. Press this button AD R S When the key is struck, the hammer pounds on the sound source (string) and the vibration of the string reaches a peak immediately. Afterward, even if the key is held down, the sound wil[...]

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    This is a sound generator capable of producing low frequencies. On analog synthesizers, it is also called LFO (*1) . To understand the LFO effect, let’ s select the basic patch [PRESET D-8] once again. Vibration of Frequency (OSC) Vibration of Timbre/Sound Vibration of Volume (AMP) Vibrato (voice, violin, etc.) Wah Wah (woodwinds, etc.) Tremolo ([...]

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    The newest feature of the SH-201 is the EXT IN (*1) , which is a major evolution from prior analog synthesizers. When devices such as portable digital music players are connected to the SH-201, various effects can be added to the music being played. (*1) External In (*2) Low Pass Filter volume time S S et the portable digital music player to Play m[...]

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    Choose “PRESET D-8” . The sawtooth wave is selected. Since bass involves low frequencies, turn the [PITCH] knob on the OSC section all the way to left, and set to (-12). Now the sound is lowered by 1 octave. T urn the [CUTOFF] knob on the FIL TER section all the way left and set to (MIN). The sound becomes inaudible. Let’ s create the initial[...]

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    Choose “PRESET D-8” . The sawtooth wave is selected. Press the [WA VE] button of the OSC1 section and select the SUPER SAW . T urn the [PW/FEEDBACK] knob of the OSC1 section to the “one o’clock” position. T urn the [CUTOFF] knob in the FIL TER section all the way left to (MIN). The sound becomes inaudible. Press the [TYPE] button in the F[...]

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    W e’ve just talked about the brightness of sounds, and how they are determined by the shape of their waveforms. But how are these waveforms constructed? It is commonly known that waveforms are composed of a combination of sine waves. Let’ s take the sawtooth or the square wave for example; they are comprised of a sound basis and additional sine[...]

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    Pr of ile Hisashi Sait o Hisashi Saito He has been active in various T echno/Club units within Japan and overseas since the 1980’ s. His involvement includes development support for numerous musical instrument manufacturers, appearances in various events and seminars, along with writing columns and reviews for various music magazines. He is an ac[...]

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    WE DESIG N T HE FU TU RE Visit us online at www.Roland.com All specifications and appearances are subject to change without notice. All trademarks are the property of their respective companies. Printed in Japan. May 2006 RAM-4077 B-4 P-S Creating Sounds with Fun and Ease Synthesizer 101: Learning the SH-201 Creating Sounds with Fun and Ease Synthe[...]