It's not great, but it ain't bad! A very stripped down monosynth from Roland's classic SH-series. Its single oscillator only has PWM, ramp, square and noise waveforms. It has a similar architecture to the SH-101, the VCA can switch between gate or envelope, the VCF is pretty standard, and there is a sample-hold function which is great for voltage controlled filtering into acid and back! Another cool feature is its external input which will allow you to filter external audio through its VCF. Because they are pretty old now they will most likely have some functional problems like sticky keys, and noisy knobs and signal. It is used by Orbital, Vince Clarke, BT, Conemelt, Josh Wink, Banco De Gaia, Mr. Oizo, Ladytron, Jimmy Edgar, Dave Holmes, Freddy Fresh, OMD, and 808 State.

nfake

June 28, 2010 @ 8:44 am

best thing about the sh09 is the line in enabling you to put external sources through the filter, such a great sounding filter on this synth. also i think it sounds better than the 101, and the build feels so much more solid. my one has been knocked about a bit but still works perfectly.

Jimsouse1

June 20, 2010 @ 7:50 am

Just picked one of these up from evil bay.wasn't in great shape when I bought it and not very well looked after,but having spent the last few days stripping it down,cleaning it and replacing a few keys,this really is a wonderful synth IMHO,basic it may be but fantastic fun.and unlike the 101,built like a tank.
may be but still lots of fun.

Jacqueline

February 21, 2010 @ 6:07 pm

basic, yes but somehow more than a sum of it's parts, my main synth that i play live and it's never let me down and sounds absolutely amazing when blasted our of some big speakers. the bass is incredible and the pwm makes for great leads also...my fave trick is to put the envelope on hold and turn the random waveform on the lfo up full for spacey wierdness!

aidan

December 10, 2009 @ 5:05 pm

Used to own one! - Great for beginners in analogue synthesis!

channelstepper

November 1, 2009 @ 9:20 am

The Roland SH-09 is used by CABARET VOLTAIRE on nearly all of their tracks.

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