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Post by mackamacka on Jul 29, 2009 22:38:47 GMT
Hi all, im new to this scene and dont know to much about it all. Anyway i have recently come across a old Roland SH-101 and im just looking for any tips or anything that will help me learn how to use it properly.... Guides, Manuals, Tabs? Settings? Anything..lol Anyway any help is good help, Cheers Macka  |
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Post by mattjessup on Jul 30, 2009 10:15:54 GMT
hello and welcome.
sh101 is a basic 1 osc mono synth, with a simple tap sequencer, 100 notes i think, it comes with a handle so you can play it like a giutar, what you see is what you get, its very basic. there are no memorys, just push sliders to change the sound, thats it,
i think, and could be wrong ,but the seq is just, set to rec, play a note for a note, hit the rest button for a space, tie will join one note to another, its along long time ago so i may be wrong, but i think that is it, hope that helps
ps origionally made in grey, if you have a blue or red one, these were limited editions and could be worth more than the grey,
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Post by Minimoog on Jul 30, 2009 14:33:53 GMT
what you see is what you get, its very basic. there are no memorys, just push sliders to change the sound, thats it, What Matt forgets to mention is that they sound great  |
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Post by mattjessup on Jul 30, 2009 15:30:47 GMT
how did i overlook that, yess they do sound great when i said basic, i meant easy to use,  sorry |
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Post by MrArkadin on Aug 1, 2009 20:56:12 GMT
Welcome. The SH-101 is very similar to my SH-09. The basics of sound creation are: VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator): This generates your basic waveform which will be shaped later. The waveforms the SH-101 generates are Square (which can be modified to a Pulse Wave) and Sawtooth. The cute thing the SH-101 has over the SH-09 here is that you can mix different levels of these waveforms, whereas the 09 only allows one wave at a time. You can add a Sub Oscillator to this mix as a Square or Pulse Wave one or two octaves lower than the main VCO and also add White Noise in the Source Mixer. Waveforms on their own can be pretty boring so we now go to: VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter): OK things get a bit more complicated here. What you are doing is taking out frequences and emphasising the point you choose to cut. Using the Cutoff Frequency slider at the top (fully open) the waveforms from the VCO pass untouched. As you lower the Cutoff Freq slider you will lose high frequencies (hence this is a Low Pass Filter). The Resonance control emphasises the frequency you select. It can create squealing sounds so be careful. You'll soon realise that if you move the Cutoff and Res sliders while playing a sequence that you can create the classic filter sweeps a la Acid House. There are some other parameters here, but first lets move to: VCA (Voltage Controller Amplifier): This is where we control the volume. There is of course a Volume knob that controls overall volume, but this is where we determine the envelope shape in the Envelope Generator. WTF is an envelope? Well every instrument has a distinctive way it generates a sound: a piano has a fast initial sound which decays away, a violin can fade in slowly and fade out slowly, or just stop. So on a synth to replicate this we have four parameters: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release - commonly known as the ADSR. Attack determines whether the note starts immediately or fades in - it is a time parameter. Decay is the time it takes the note to decay to the Sustain Level. A high Sustain Level will mean the note will play as long as you hold the note, a short sustain will cut the note short regardless of if you carry on holding it (note this is not a time parameter). The Release is the time it takes to note to decay after you have released a key (this is a time parameter). The ADSR can also be used to modulate (ie. adjust) the VCF using the VCF's ENV slider. The Modulator (commonly called an LFO or Low Frequency Oscillator) adds a pulse at a speed determined by the LFO slider. It can be added to the VCO (using the MOD slider) which will affect the pitch of the note or the VCF (using its MOD slider). You can change the way the pulse sounds by selecting one of the Modulator waveforms - Random is a fun one to try. You can a make a strong pulsing sound by switching the VCA trigger switch to LFO (Gate+Trig being the normal option for playing). And that's the basics of subtractive synthesis. Phew. Get the manual at ftp.roland.co.uk/productsupport/Manuals/SH-101_OM.pdf |
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