Roland SH-09

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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.

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46 Visitor comments
Ekki
February 6, 2012 @ 4:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8erzX5YBgtM&feature=related

Check it out, this synth can sounds very impressing!!!!
Marcus
September 20, 2011 @ 10:23 pm
the welsh techno group Hybrid uses this synth to create wicked robot basslines. Bass swells, wobbly bass, deep and long drum n bass basslines, you name it!
heisenberg
August 4, 2011 @ 10:03 am
like others have said, the oscillator and sub-oscillator in this thing are FAT. the sub square wave is probably the roundest and punchiest i've ever heard. filter self-oscillation also creates massive sub bass. being able to switch the envelope to LFO mode is a fantastic feature that every synth should have, letting you create your own LFO shapes with the ADSR which are then clocked by the LFO rate. i use mine together with my studio electronics ATC-1, which doubles as a MIDI/CV converter, running the ATC-1 through the SH-09's audio input. it's a four oscillator beast!
MUZOTAN
July 12, 2011 @ 4:52 am
Great synth with the most amazingly warm filter! Used as the main bass throughout our song http://www.muzosounds.com/samples1.htm
Kristian Harnes
June 9, 2011 @ 9:36 am
Its a great synth! We´ve used ut a lot on the verse melodies on this song: http://soundcloud.com/supermale/supermale-fashion-moves-no-epg
 
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  • Demos & Media
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    Video 1
    - Roland SH-09 Analog Synthesizer

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    Video 2
    - Roland SH-09 - demo by WC Olo Garb

    Audio Clip 1 - Demo basslines for techno/house styles, from the Future Music CD, issue 53.

    Manual - Roland has made manuals for most of their products available as free PDF downloads.

  • Specifications
  • Polyphony - Monophonic
  • Oscillators - 1 VCO with selectable ramp, PWM, noise or square waveforms
  • LFO - switchable sine, square or random waveforms
  • Filter - cutoff/res/env
  • VCA - ADSR
  • Arpeg/Seq - NO
  • Keyboard - 32 keys
  • Control - CV / Gate
  • Date Produced - 1980

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