Roland SH 4D Jam Session - Part 1
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Wich track do you like the most? i want to decide wich one i will producing in an professional way and releasing it as a single. Thanks 😊
Iam happy to get this fantastic Groovebox from Roland. For me it's the best release since years from the inventor of the GrooveBox.
Ive made 16 tracks in one week, never was so quick to get demo results from a machine (and iam owning a lot of groove boxes). The user interface in intuitive and fast to work with. The sound possibilities are way ahead of what ive heard from other sound demonstrations here. For this affordable price there are no excuses for buying this, if you are into electronic music gaming. by the way, I used only a few presets, 90% are self programmed patches, which is really satisfying here.
yes, the sequencer has only 4 bars (64 steps) max, but has a deviser per part and probability- so for song scratches more than enough.

Ive used only the SH-4D (except the Roland J-6 that ive used for 3 tracks to extend the sound wall), no external effects and just a compressor in Ableton Live.
I hope you enjoy this video and my personal style of electronic music ;-)
Tracklist:
0:00 track 1
3:49 track 2
6:15 track 3
9:13 track 4
11:20 track 5
13:19 track 6
16:30 track 7
19:08 track 8
21:18 track 9
24:50 track 10 - Розваги
Roland brought back the musicality into the hardware jamming world. Literally every demo of this device sounds good.
Thank you 😊 my love hate relationship with Roland becomes to a end 😎
Best demo of this machine I've heard so far, way better than even Roland themselves are releasing (which are pants!). Excellent work thank you for sharing.
tx for the flowers, gave my best in that short time ;-)
Great demo and tunes! I must get one, I've been watching all the demos and I like the sound engines a lot.
EXCELLENT Device!!! And you have AMAZING writing skills...!!!!
Well done sir. Track 6 is beautifully done. Definitely convince me to pick up SH-4D.
You did a fantastic job putting all of the tracks together. This project shows the scope and possibilities the unit.
thank you. this feedback motivates me. Next time (Part 2) will be showing another sound range.
Nice jams, best iv heard from it welldone you really shows the true potential of the machine
tx a lot, that’s what i wanted to show ;-)
Nice work! Totally agree, a very inspiring and quick machine to get creative just out of the box!
It really is!
Yeah man! I have the same feelings about the SH-4d and your music showcases everything it does so well.
Nice sounding Synthwave, many interesting sounds in it. The compositions are anything but flat, amazing that so much is possible with the internal sequencer... Respect
like to read that ;-) very versatile and iam scratched only the surface!
This is awesome, nice work!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great results in such a short time using this machine... nice!
TX :) Of course, I could have taken more time. But that's exactly always the test case for me, how quickly can I translate my song ideas into an instrument and produce it into a meaningful piece of music. Therefore, the challenge for me was to make one track every day that includes different styles (within the scope of my sound world ;-).
Brilliant!
Sounds great!
thanks 😊
Nice project... Overall all the tracks are coherent and enjoyable.🙂👍🏻👍🏻
thanks for the 💐;-)
I'm still looking for Part 2. I like your jam case, too.
Amazing work here! This is impressive in your craftsmanship and demo of this device. Tempting me to look into this!
Incredible really!
thank you for the flowers, keeps motivating myself
Great idea. 👌🏻
My favorite tracks are 3, 5 and 6.
thx Surfdragon, may the wind allways be your friend 🤘
yeah i am loving this machine as well!!
Me too! ;-)
This is a LOT of jams in such a short time, and I love how well you used the SH-4D. Problem is I want one now :(
actually there are even 16 tracks, but I didn't want to make it even longer ;-) imho for that price it’s a nobrainer
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT It is, true!
Fantastic Demo! I am waiting for mine. I also have the same Monitors that you have.
thank you, cheers! have fun and publish your jam session! ;-)
I ordered mine a couple of weeks ago, and looks like it might be another 3 weeks at least before it arrives. Powerful sounds. Glad I ordered one. Cheers.
Hope you enjoy it!
Very nice work!
thank you, i appreciate that 👊but it was not really „work“ to composing and recording but the video making 🤭… tell me you favorite track of you like!
Awesome!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Really nice work ! I really like the 3rd track and also in order of my personal tastes, 7th, 9th and 6th.
To my ears, the synths parts of the SH4D sound much more dirty and warm than the J4, but it’s a good friend for making some nice chords for sure. 🙂
Glad you enjoy it!
Tracks 3, 6 & 7 sound the best to me, with track 6 being the best overall. Not only are you showcasing the SH-4D better than anything else I've heard to date; but your subtle use of the J6 in these tracks is praiseworthy.
glad that you enjoyed it. The SH-4D is versatile but has to forced and tamed at the same time to get those results. yea and the J6 (and the S1 next time) are useful extensions for that box. Track 6 ;-) should obviously be worth to release as a professional mixed track. You can watch me live at the superbooth video on my channel
Enjoying the trancey downtempo psychey vibes on these tracks. Nice use of the sample-based instrument on track 9, brings in some good 80's flavor.
thx ❤️ also for that genre, now i finally know what ism doing ;-)
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT Do you have a bandcamp or anything?
@@genebrady soon again. last year ive deleted all my releases from all streaming plattform, because i dont want to be one the million dump sheeps 😏 that is being exploited. In July, however, I plan to offer all albums for sale on Bandcamp and Dataport as well as on my homepage. Thank you for your demand!
I'm ready for part 2! I bought two SH-4d to do 10 tracks dawless.
hey, cool! go on! i will do the next part soon 😎
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT Problem is, I'm such a boob that in my hands they turn into a SH8-DD.
Very nice work. Don't know that the J6 gave that much more to it, but well done. Thank you.
TX ,-) the J-6 was a part on two tracks - this would be also possible with the SH-4D but I’ve programmed the chord lines before
Nice job!
Thanks! 😊
Excellent work really sounds pretty much finished. Maybe just send it to a mastering engineer for that final polish. Amazing what a decent compressor and a bit of EQ can do
Homie ALL that shit sound good. Str8 up.
J'aime beaucoup ce que tu fais. Je viens de m'en commander une , j'espére être aussi créatif que toi !
Great work, mate. You got some great things out of this interesting-looking box. My concern is it offers a LOT for the price point, that I almost wonder whether it's a bit "jack of all trades, master of none". What's your experience of its synthesis prowess after these jam sessions? In terms of pure synthesis, would it suffer next to a similar-priced but dedicated synth like, for example, a Minilogue, Cobalt/Argon 8 or Hydrasynth Explorer?
Very good compositions. Well done. I prefer track 5 and 7 :)
i’m glad you like it, thank you!
Most musical to date demo
thank yo mu so much😊
Roland does it again
Tracks 1 and 6... My kinda shit. Good stuff and great jam .
thanks, this helped ;-) a new album is coming with some of the selected tracks
When's is part 2 getting uploaded, I am really enjoying your jams
hey, it’s funny, iam working on it right now. all i can say it will be more „clubbier“ and less soft. tx for your asking, it motivated me :)
Well, I look forward to it mate keep up the jams, man👍
What is the smaller item behind it? Thanks it looks familiar
They're all great tracks, but so far my favorite is Track 5.
thx 🙏 congrats, track 5 is also my fav 😅
Superb! Where is Part 2? :-)
comming soon 😅
Boah fuck, klingt dieses Gerät geil. Ah und der J6 dazu :D Vielen Dank für deine schöne Präsentation. 👍
Danke für den Pinsel auf meinem Bauch 😊
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT :D gerne. Würdest du eher den Roland SH 4D vor dem Arturia Minifreak empfehlen?
@@enjo2258 Hey der Microfreak ist eine Super Ergänzung da er ein völlig anderes Klangspektrum besitzen, obwohl sich Features in der Synthese teils ähneln. Vor allem der analoge kräftigere Filter ist super für ausdrucksstarke Lead Sounds
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT thx for answering :) Meine Frage Frage ist, ob lieber Roland SH 4D oder Minifreak? nicht microfreak ;) peace
@@enjo2258 oh sorry aber das gilt natürlich auch für den Minifreak (besitze beide Freaks) unterscheiden sich ja nur in Polyphonie und Effekten). ein „Entweder oder“ hängt davon ab wie gut man bereits ausgestattet ist.
The motion sensor seemed like a weird addition, but if you are having fun with the SH-4d then I guess you'll want to pick it up!
😅 agree - still not found a real reason for using it
You literally have to pick it up. For the motion sensor. Hahah.
I like track 2, 4, 8 and 10. Track 4 is my favorite, followed by 10, 8 and 2. It was hard to listen to the demos, because the sounds are swimming through each other's spaces. Maybe cut down on the reverb as well. You are probably aware of these things though.
Looks like you are having a blast with this unit. Have fun and good luck :)
tx , yes iam afraid some tracks are still mixed with the microphone of the camera. Next time, it will be more pro ;-)
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT”swimming through each other’s spaces? “ this guy must have bionic ears . Sounds great to me , release ready
Nice tracks. Which cable did you use to connect to j-6 and which settings are used as i cant get mine to work at all. Tried all sorts of cables with nothing working
thanks for the flowers 💐 All you need is a midi trs adapter coming from the SH-4D Midi out and a audio trs J6 Audio out into audio jack in of the SH-4D - Boom! ;-) (You have to set up a midi channel on J6 for receiving notes from SH-4D from the desired channel)
I know like a tidy clear work area! Could you show us the cabling and interface? Are you using a smart mixer? Like a Tascam 12,16,24? How I do it everything stereo seperated tracks into the Blue Boxusing splitter cables (I spent a lot on every scenario cables) there is no trick or adapter I don’t have or can make! I would so much appreciate it! Love the sound you’re getting and wonder if you’re using AUM or physical hardware? Thank and have an awesome day!
no rocket science dude, this recording was getting right into my audio interface. The SH-4D has no physical audio outs, only via pc usb connection.
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT I appreciate the response! There are just so many ways to do it now! I keep forgetting that the SH-4D has so many effects that I used to run from the board! And my board is loaded with everything. Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it!
Definitely the best demo the SH-4d. Do you find it a problem not having a dedicated mod wheel and having to rely on d-motion?
tx for the flowers ;-) The SH-4D has so many knobs that ive recorded movements when i want to manually manipulate them.
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT I can't wait to get one sometime in 2024.
Happy New Year!
❤
On the first track which sample do you use for the snare sound? I liked that and have the sh-4d
its a custom sound of one sample and one synth engine waveforn (like almost every drum sound;-) and a metallic cymbal added
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECTwhich samples and which engine waveform? 😊
@micaelarvidsson9034 😛
Great jams! Does this thing have a song mode, where you can chain things together?
thanks 😊 i was the song mode ;-) (maybe in future updates)
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT I like the first and third tracks the best.
You were the song mode??? The synth plays the tracks you press in the order you press them? (That is what I want I choose which track to play when).
You have done an amazing job with what's there.
TBH I find the overall sound too laidback and a tad weak. Like in the box sounding. The filter needs to be...more. One VST sounding filter needs to be options of multiple analog sounding filters....
All possible in firmware. So many possibilities.
Keep rocking it, you are doing Roland (and us) a solid service
agree, but you have to know i’ve recorded the stereo output without any mixing and mastering. The next jam session part 2 (coming soon ;-) gets more effort in that 😊
Yours is one of the best demos of the box. I probably should have said that too 👍. Makes it sound capable and strong and not weak and toyish like many others, including most of the factory demos....
@EarlyMist I feel flattered - then I'll probably have to do a second jam session soon ;-)
Just found out you can export 12 tracks seperately via usb. Bit of a game changer that gets around the stereo outs, at least for production (not so much live)
are you finding when switching patterns in play mode, any longer than 16 steps and they don't change at the end their sequence?
The pattern is changed after the pre-defined length of the bar
Could you make a "How I made it" for each track so we can learn how-to do it?
I watch a lot of Starsky,he does good explaing
Track 3 though!
tx, this was also part of my last gig on Superbooth Berlin last month;-)
Hello. Good sound. Wath do you mean with " diviser per part"?
you mean divider? you can divide the note resolution down to 8th note, so the you can have a „8 bar length“ so to say
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT Thanks.
Nice sounds! Where are the drums coming from? They sound pretty tight.
From the SH-4D
the drum engine is very capable, it can layer two waves, a sample and a waveform aas. i’ve used only my own kits.
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT I had the wrong impression about the SH-4D. I thought it could do mostly melodic synth sounds, but those drums sound really good. Now I get why people call it a groovebox. Does it do kits as well (so a different drum sound / hit on every key) or do you sacrifice a channel per drum type?
@@jaysire It has a special rhythm track alongside the 4 synth tracks, where you can create / load a drum kit. A kit contains 26 drum sounds (one for each key). Each drum sound contains up to two PCM waves that can be mixed, a filter, an EQ and can use the send effects (reverb, chorus, delay). And then there is a MFX effect that you can put on the whole kit (each drum sound has also a setting to individually bypass the effect).
@@valuemastery Darn it. And my local music shop has these in store. Maybe I need to buy this and sell my mc-101 (that I've already sold and reacquired once).
Not bad sounds like something from the 80s
tx, yeah, thats Roland’s and my legacy ;-)
Doesn't sound too bad to me.
Can you save while play?
yes, that’s possible
Seems like there are a lot of knobs wasted on this machine. Watch back and observe that you only need to push the lower buttons snd twiddle the top row large knob
. 😂😅😂😂😂
Seriously, it does have some great sounds. 👌
i was playing a performance for mixing the parts, it was not a tutorial video for making sounds. but iam glad that you had fun 😉
I listen again and I think you have hidden OMD out there
he he, target destroyed 😅
This Is kinda annoying I was trying to hold off on one of these till they start popping up on eBay for £400 but this vid is making it hard to wait ! My bank manager will want a word with you 😂
Cool
iam feeling cooled 😎
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what?
AWESOME MUSIC DUDE !
What kind of speakers do you
have there ? I love them.
Thank you for your compliments:) For Live Monitoring ive using the Presonus E5
@@HOLODECK-MUSIC-PROJECT
Thanks buddy !