Roland SH-201 specifications How you use the EXT, Turn these knobs as you play

	The Function of Controls 5
Chapter	EXT IN (External In)
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The newest feature of the SH-201 is the EXT IN(*1), which is a major evolution from prior analog synthesizers. When devices such as portable digital music players are connected to the SH-201, various effects can be added to the music being played.

T o make the portable digital music player will sound	Press this button to select the EXT IN
only when the keyboard is played, press the [WAVE]
button on the OSC1 (oscillator 1) and select
the waveform to EXT IN.

S et the portable digital music player to Play mode. Turn the [INPUT VOL] knob to adjust the volume level. You can delete centrally panned sounds, such as vocal or bass, by pressing

the [CENTER CANCEL] button.

Next, press the [FILTER ON]

button. Press the [TYPE] button, and select LPF(*1). The LPF filters out

the user-defined range

of high frequencies that pass through. This has no effect on the low frequencies.

T urn the [CUTOFF] and [RESONANCE] knobs gradually left or right, and hear how the sound changes. Afterward, turn the [CUTOFF] knob all the way left to (MIN). The sound now will be inaudible, as most

of the frequency range is blocked.

Portable digital music player

Turn this knob to adjust the volume

Press this button

Press this button

Press this button to select the LPF

Turn these knobs as you play

T o cause silence when your hand is	volume
released from the keyboard, lower the [R]		S
slider of the AMP ENV all the way down.	S
		time
	Key-on	Key-off

E xperiment with the [TYPE], [CUTOFF], and [RESONANCE] controls as you play

the keyboard. Just as the sawtooth		Chapter
		4
and square waves were processed		TheFunction ofControls
with effects, your portable digital music
player’s music is processed with effects now.	Use these controllers as you play
I t doesn’t really matter which keys you play, the portable
digital music player’s music will play in the original pitch
unchanged. If you press too many keys simultaneously,		Press this
however, it may cause the sound to distort,
		button

so select the [SOLO] button and play monophonically (a single note at a time).

Next, let’s create sounds and experience them!

How you use the EXT IN

How you use the EXT IN is completely up to you! You can play the keyboard along with the rhythm of the music, or play fast riffs on the keyboard to achieve the effect of the high-speed camera shots. Experiment and explore the many effects and usages!

(*1) External In (*2) Low Pass Filter

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