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.

HL

April 27, 2011 @ 6:47 pm

Used by Boris Blank of Yello.

bradford

April 5, 2011 @ 3:23 am

also used by the acid mothers temple.

median

March 11, 2011 @ 6:25 am

to add, the 101 may seem inferior as it's less vintage or because it looks more toy-like (which is just a marketing decision at the time and no reflection on it's sound or abilities), but the 101 can blend it's waveforms which the 09 can't. At least on the sh-2 you get the 2nd osc to aprox the sound of the 101 (but to me it's different still and should be used for what it excells at itself). The 09 is easily the most basic of the 3 but does still sound very nice fortunately. This is just to clear up a reason why 101 goes for more than 09, it's not just hype/fashion!

median

March 11, 2011 @ 6:22 am

Why compare it (and prices) to the 101 (Stephen?). There's a reason the 101 goes for higher many times, it has a DIFFERENT sound! It's more aggressive and while similar in tone to 09/sh-2 they do things differently. Many people want a 101 for exactly what the 101 is both in sound CEM+IR3109 and features/form factor.

The 09 is also a very nice synth, but I'd take the SH-2 or SH-101 over this first, then the 09 if I couldn't find the others. This has a deeper/more vintage bottom end than the 101 but it's not always what you need you know? only 101 sounds like 101 and that is why $$$

relic

February 10, 2011 @ 4:37 pm

I LOVE my SH-09. so simple yet..all I really need! A Flock Of Seagullls use it in the "I Ran " Video!..lol He is playing chords with a MONO synth now and then!..Got to love it!

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