The Roland SH101 In Action
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2018
- Today we demonstrate the vintage Roland SH101!
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Flashbacks of 80s computer games trying to fake polyphony with really fast arpeggios!
Yeah, well noticed :-) I remember having the same exact thought!
As long as the interrupts didn't run out of CPU cycles. ;)
I'm glad they did too. I love the arpeggiated chiptune sounds of the SID chip etc.
The C64 arpeggiated chord effect was popularized by british composers, and a couple of them brought the effect to some of their NES and Gameboy music (eg, Jonathan Dunn, Neil Baldwin, Follin brothers). Interestingly, despite the ingenuity of the Japanese NES composers, I don't recall any NES/Gameboy games where a Japanese composer used the effect.
The NES also didn't have sawtooth like the C64. Instead the NES had 2x pulse/square channels, triangle, noise, and a sample channel.
For real 👌
I have one and it's so versatile and unique. Got it for free, dirty and coffee stained from my brother in law. He complained it only made noise. 😌 Yes, glorious noise!
praevius I need to find someone like that in my life
praevius ... he complained that it only made noise every time he tried to use it as a coffee cup coaster?
So lucky! well done :)
I got a Volca Keys that - according to the previous owner - only made "noise" - Haha! Ha!
This brough back memories. I played in a band - well, a duo - back in the 80s. As well as my Juno-60, my mate had a DX21 and had borrowed his brother-in-law’s DX9, SH101 and crappy DR-55. I soon connected the latter to the SH101 to trigger some sequences and we played live on top of that. Then I discovered MIDI!
During your section at 3:50, I couldn't help but think about how "chords" were made for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It used very rapid arpeggios to simulate chords because all of the oscillators were monophonic. Pretty creative if you ask me!
3:12 3:36 damn sounds like Sonic the Hedgehog music
I aplaude you in this video for not using any outboard effects ... kinda keeping it real ... or raw :)
exactly... you hear it raw and of course you can imagine how it will sound with your favorite delay/reverb on top of it :) Makes it so much better :)
Sorry: The SH 101 had just ONE oscillator with 3 simultanously mixable waveforms, (incl. subwave) and not 4 oscillators! So, if you were looking for a synth to detune several oscillators, you had to look for another synth back in those days. A compromise was to modulate the pulsewidth via the LFO in order to get a more fat and sweepy sound, like a synth with the ability to detune several VCO's. Also that noise could be one of the LFO sources, which is still very rare was a great feature of the synth! You could make quite impressive thunder sounds wirh it!
There is something special in this format, please keeps making similar videos with rare synths. I like to see how you pick up the mood of the sound and play the appropriate melody
You forgot to mention the built in 100 step sequencer really useful when you sync it to an external clock via the EXT CLK IN socket, instant 80's synth vibes. 👍
yeah, that's like the only thing this has that a Mono/Poly or Minimoog doesn't have, and the guy forgot to even mention it. I expect he doesn't understand that stuff.
Bought mine in 83 and still works like a champ
Friend of mine has an SH-101. When tweaked right it can make a great screamer companion to the 303. Perfect for Stay Up Forever style hard acid trance.
Hi could you please tell bit more what he did?
Bought one brand new with my Saturday job money when I was 13 along with mc202, tr606, juno 60 and jsq60 over a couple of years.. Loved that thing. Roland Cloud version sounds so close to how I remember it!
i love the sh101. i had one for about 15 years and i recorded some of the deepest sub bass lines with it. dialed it in just right and man.... king tubby would've been proud! great channel dr. mix!!
Thanks
Great video as usual. Great to see such a community that is in to classic synth gear.
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Another great video, thanks Claudio!!!!
Great Video - thanks for this Doctor Mix!!!!!
A heard it is one of The Prodigys favourite synth as well, such a classic
I think they were kidding about that.
I had three unit of this in the 80's. It was entry model synthesizer in Japan and it cost 59,800 yens. Loved it.
Ohh, I see it that has modified to MIDI version. Thats cool.
lol, I paid only 85,000 yen for a mint Mono/Poly last year, in a real wood case made of walnut. i'd rather have one Mono/Poly than three SH-101s. For a start it has oscillator sync options that SH-101s don't have no matter how many you get. Second, the Mono/Poly has the SSM2044 filter chip, probably the best sounding filter there is.
Been subscribed for a while. Keep doing a great job! Your videos are always fun to watch and educational
Groovy, it reminds me of the music they played at the Executives Dance Ball from the film Rollerball which was made in 1975 with James Cann..
I had a blue one, needed some repairs so I gave it to a guy who works on and restores “senior synths”.
I sold him my SH-1 (not sh-101) like a year before. I felt good knowing it was going to someone who will treat it with respect.
... AND it had the keytaur handle to match!
Those envelopes sound incredible.
i had one of these , miss it lots
Truly outrageous
8/6/2018. Over 15 years ago, I fantasized about forming a band with a pianist/vocalist I used to know and getting her this synthesizer (w/ hand grip and a strap) to use as a bass synth so we wouldn’t need a bass guitarist.
At odd moments, I imagine assuming that post and would still dig having an SH-101 (or a more appropriate keytar).
Love your videos man!!
This is so cool , I’m gonna subscribe this 👍👍👍👍
guy u are really fun with that vibes
Played this in the 80s. What a gem!
Suprised you didnt mention it came with a shoulder strap and handle to pitch bend wih the left hand.when soloing standing in guitarist pose! Didn't it run on batteries too???
your such a doctor,sir🤘🤘🤘
I was lucky to actually use and play one of these, they are fantastic creativity tools. If you get one used, there are maintainance manuals how to tune it, might make a difference for a proper sound. The one in the video sounds perfect.
That’s so wicked!
Perfect for live "chiptune" performances! Makes some great C64 and NES-like sounds.
Very cool... just picked up one of these in Austin TX at a vintage synth store called SWITCHED ON.
ROLF!! UA-cam's auto close captions trancribes the part at 7:17 as "oh why why why why why" xD
haha too funny
It’s amazing because our mouths create resonance with the shape so it’s trying to process it, and it came out like why why why
OLDIES GAMES GAMES AND MORE GAMES SOUNDS! REALLY NICE
Another great video Doctor. I loved your Jupiter 8 vid to. Do you own a Jupiter 4 or 6? Would love to see you demo either (or both) of those!
The ultimate fun machine! I never thought of it being this awesome.
And then...
I finally decided on buying the recreation by Beringer. I own it since two weeks now and I just love it!
I was always asking myself, if faders on an analog synth would work for me.
And I am actually really impressed on how well they do.
Be it the original or the recreation...
...this beautiful little thing is just full of heart and soul. It just screams:
"LOVE ME!!!"
And it is very, very Hard to resist.
I like the sound of SH101.
I still have it. Plus its little brother Mc202 in its original box with the sequence cassette. But sincerely I don't use much its oscillator, instead I love the resonating filter, used a la theremin.
Ma quanto gongola il Sig. Claudio ;)
Always nice to see someone pumped up and enjoying what he's doing. A classic synth, lots of hystory on it.
Gongolo? Uno dei sette nani? :-) L’ottavo nano!
On David Gilmour’s “About Face” tour, his keyboardist used a SH-101 during the keyboard solo on Run Like Hell.
One of these popped recently in my local area adds. A little over £500 and in good condition too....Wasn't around long !
Just got one for € 400.00 (brand new condition, grey color), thanks to the Covid.... (but feel a little for the guy who had to let it go...)
Someone get this man some more fingers for his rings
The rings keep his arpeggios in time 😅
I love its plasticky sound ! Sounds perfect in every settings ! I would love to have one ;)
Great video :D
@4:38 this arpeggio section with the filter modulation reminds me of a Juno-6/60 😍
I have this in my patch list on the Roland Fantom X8. Sounds nice for a Synth Bass...
metsuyan!
wonderful!!
please more music..Moti Israel
Cuando eres el jefe...ERES EL JEFE!!!
Second, from Argentina 🇦🇷
i watch your synthesizer reviews just for hearing you play the fattest sounds in an incredibly talented way
Look like a toy, sounds like a bomb 💣
I would love to see an Elka Synthex or a Alesis A6 Andromeda (first edition) on this channel, so rare but so amazing 😬
Interesting sound from 6:54 to 7:10 nice idea for a breakbeat sample
Claudio, great vintage play of the old games
i like the TR 707 Faders, the little 303 silver buttons and the 909 rotary knobs.....the good sound is secondary!
Btw it was used by Vince Clarke in "nobody's diary" clip, however I can assure it's pretty heavy with the strap on.
WOW. Such great sounds in a little package.
Could you play the theme from 1982s poltergeist? I would love to hear it on one of your synths.
Thanks. David p
My god,I got something like that to play a bit in 84.It was like beeing in the future.;-)))
The Holy trinity of acid house: 101, 303 and an 808
707 too!
waddabout 909 ;)
202!
Yes 909 too. I thought the 909 was more Detroit techno than Chicago house.
Aww C'mon! okay 202 too. I was trying to be cool. ;)
You can also do a tornado 🌪 siren with this sh101. Add a mean space echo with this baby it sounds wonderful in stereo delay.
I had one! The first synthesizer I bought! I then exchanged that for a Roland Juno-60 which was much better. I exchanged that for other Roland synths with midi but neither could compare soundwise.
my own 101 has a malfunction since 2 years. i cant find anyone who fix this problem for a small price.
It is an problem with the power adapter!?
Your video inspired my to let it repair.....cost it what it wants
:)
THANK YOU!
Please try use it battery. This model works with them also. Good luck!
What's the problem? Mine has a power Port issue, which I need to re-solder. It makes weird noises when I touch the power cord where it plugs into the top of the synth.
Never heard of this one - been a fan of all the acid techno devices since the 303. I seen the name of this in Trans-X Living on Video track. Love your channel! :)
Never heard about a so well known 'cheap synth' (at the time) yet ? You must be 'new' in the synths world !?!
Cool medallion.
So... about that legendary sequencer...
yeah, that's the only thing this synth can do that some mono-synths can't, and yet I think the presenter doesn't know how to use it.
I loove that SUB slider. Could play for hours on this little but fat one oszillator driven plastic thing.
Thanks so much for this video, I now know how my Sh-101 works!! So informative and fun. Any chance you could do one on the Korg MS20 too?! X
Sorry, just found your MS20 video! haha :)
This was the low end synth used on “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”.
One thing comes to mind
Boards of Canada
BOC and that Ohio Players funk! 6:20
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And AFX
It s one of his favorite synths as it happens ;)
'Their' favourite synths - two Scottish brothers
KMFDM!
5:50 it sounds like the mighty SID!
Professionalism!
I don't know why I like this Doctor 😁 greetings from Algeria
działa ! - niebywałe, fakt;)
Hi Claudio, thank you for the great video. Can you play muted notes on the sequencer of sH-101? Or only real notes?
@bernyboss yes, sort of. The SH-101 does not have any velocity sensing, so there is no way to designate that a note should be louder or brighter than any other note on its own (i.e. altering the amplitude or filter cutoff with the velocity). However, the SH-101 has a legato setting: if a 2nd (or 3rd) note is played before lifting the 1st note, the envelope is not retriggered. With the proper envelope settings, this can result in a "muted" 2nd note, as the synth is still playing out the envelope triggered by the 1st note. The sequencer can be programmed one step at a time, and each note can be optionally designated as if it were played legato, giving the same effect as playing legato live.
Doctor Mix i just bought the Talkbox
Do u think i can hook my talkbox up to a Roland SH 101
I first saw this synth in a music video by Trans X called "Living On Video".
Hey thank s for the good video work!
But one thing: the 101 has only one osc but this can produce two waveforms @ the same time + sub.
Why do you tell him this is good video work? I can't think of a worse synth video. And you're right, the guy doesn't understand even the basics about synths.
Bro, PLEASE get your hands on a Roland SH-32 and take it for a spin, I'd love to hear your thoughts on what has fast become my favourite synth ever!
We had the other colours too. Girls claimed Red; Boys had Blue. No squabbles either. Grey was for visitors (aka kids' friends). Oh, what fun they had! That 'code' is passed along too, to a new generation.
Excellent video! I love my SH-101. I'm surprised at how powerful this little synthesizer is. Keep up the great videos. You professional set up for your videos is great! It is top class. Take care, Sam from machiwoomiapoo. :)
Why do you say this synth is powerful? Can you name three synths it is actually more powerful than? What do you think is great about this video? I found that the presenter's remarks were totally unprepared, and the general format wastes a lot of the viewers' time. The first 50 seconds don't even start talking about the product, which is the opposite of great if you ask me.
@@lqr824 It has that sweet LOW balls out BASS sound. It is more powerful than the MS-101, SH-01a, and the DX7. I always enjoy Doctor Mix's videos. I watch them because he has a nice relaxing atmosphere and is an amazing player.
@@machiwoomiapoo I have trouble believing you'd be able to tell it apart from the other analogs you mention, or my Mono/Poly or Minimoog. I'm sure the bass is ballsy but I haven't met an analog synth yet that isn't.
@@lqr824 the filters on the sh 101 sound completely different than the mono poly. And the Moog has a sweet smooth filter. Of course it depends on what year they were produced and which filter they used. I prefer the sound of Roland but Korg and Moog are amazing too. I would love to take a test that you set up on your UA-cam channel. I look forward to seeing it and taking it. Take care, Sam.
@@machiwoomiapoo Yes, I've been meaning to make a comparison vid between the SSM2044 chip in my Mono/Poly, the famous Moog ladder in my first-gen Minimoog, as well as the digital filters in my old Fantom G7, new Korg Kronos, as well as my own soft synths. I find the 2044 to silky and wafting, like a dancer doing a dance of the veils. In contrast the Moog is very tough. Different but both awesome. I'd say the Moog is better for basses and 2044 prettier when you want pretty. All that said, I haven't heard a filter yet where I think, no, this filter simply can't be used for bass or whatever. They're all pretty darn close. A recent vid from a German magazine compares the Prophet 5 Rev 4 vs. the Prophet 8. In half the patches I can't tell them apart, or I think the difference is probably because they're not set quite the same. In the other half I can hear a difference, but its not as if one is good and one bad.
Has also very nice deep house basses and garage square-basses and guitarbasses as well. But you have to know how to programm it ;)
I love mine. Never had any technical problems with it. Although plastic, it's build like a tank.
As the good Doctor says, it's bass-ically a very simple synth!
Ciao Claudio!
SH-101 & 1983 rules
Hey would you happen to have a Yamaha SY55? I just bought one at a thrift store for $15! Primo shape, would love to see you demo it and show the features etc. love all your videos Dr.
Jon Johnson I loved the sy55
It actually only has a single oscillator that produces both waveforms and a sub-oscillator. The Arturia Minibrute is similar, that has 3 waveforms from a single oscillator and a sub oscillator
I am not a keyboard player but I got one of those in 1983 and it still works pretty good and I used it to make some syhth solos in some recordings of my own stuff but specially good bass lines wich are really great. There's only one tinny litlle problem. The black touch in the middle (B flat) some times stops a little but with the HOLD touch ON it works perfectly, so if you could give me some advice to solve that problem I would be very greatful to you.
A french collection of Vintage Analogs Synthesizers & drums machines
ua-cam.com/video/528DtHGIbgw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=LeonardLORM
ARP 2600+ROLAND SH101+MC202+TB 303+TR 505,606,626,707,727,808,909+RE201-SEQUENTIAL PRO ONE+PROPHET600+DRUMTRACKS, KORG MS20+SQ10+POLYSIX+M1,YAMAHA CS01+DX7
DX9+DX100, OBERHEIM PROMMER+DX+MATRIX 1000
What is it bworth? I have one new in a box?
I just bought the Behringer MS-1, but I should have gotten the Behringer Odyssey, which is more suited for the 70's classic rock style. Maybe I'll get that one later!
Pitfall - Atari
Jose Silva 😂 Loved Pitfall!
It (the sh 101) has only one oscillator with two waveforms that can sound together and a sub osc that is a frequency divided part of the one and only oscillator .
Yeah, it's like the presenter doesn't really understand synthesizers. He also missed the sequencer, about the only feature of this synther that IS the tiniest bit "powerful."
Such a big sound from such a tiny mono synth... :)
First
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It had a handle extension and a strap you could buy to make it a keytar.
Makes Very Good Duck type sounds!
I have a minubrute. I'm looking for my shit to sound goth as fuck. Would this be a good replacement? Judging by this demo they seem pretty similar
You lucky ; )
Sold!
Squarepusher used to rock this thing hard
I see Pacman ghost running when I hear this