Roland SH-201 specifications Sound Programming for Thought, 3,4,5,6,7,8

Chapter3 Let’s Play

You can start playing the SH-201 as soon as you turn on the power. Go ahead and play the keyboard

while adjusting the volume with the [MASTER VOL] knob.

Power Switch D Beam Knobs Sliders

Lever MASTER VOL

Lever on the left side of the keyboard can be moved left or right to change the pitch.

Lever on the left side of the keyboard can be moved forward to add vibrato.

D Beam on the upper left of the keyboard can be controlled

from your hand movement above to change the pitch, volume, or brightness.

Listen to the sound as you move any or all of the knobs and sliders gradually.

The SH-201 lets you create sound while listening to it in real time by moving knobs and sliders.

At this stage, it is okay if you don’t know how each control affects the sounds. Don’t worry, because you will get a hang of it as you continue with this text!

SH-201 allows you to store the timbres (sounds)

you have created. These stored timbres are called patches.

A total of 64 patches can be stored. The patch-storing location works like a file cabinet. A patch can be selected through the GROUP, BANK, and NUMBER buttons.

PRESET GROUP (read only)

USER GROUP (rewritable)

NUMBER (1– 8)

NUMBER (1– 8)

BANK

A-1

A-2

A-3

A-4

A-5

A-6

A-7

A-8

BANK

A-1

A-2

A-3

A-4

A-5

A-6

A-7

A-8

B-1

B-2

B-3

B-4

B-5

B-6

B-7

B-8

B-1

B-2

B-3

B-4

B-5

B-6

B-7

B-8

(A–

(A–

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C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

C-5

C-6

C-7

C-8

C-1

C-2

C-3

C-4

C-5

C-6

C-7

C-8

Chapter

D)

D)

D-1

D-2

D-3

D-4

D-5

D-6

D-7

D-8

D-1

D-2

D-3

D-4

D-5

D-6

D-7

D-8

Let’s

Half of the SH-201’s 64 patches are user programmable. In other words, use these locations

Play

to store your original timbres that you have created.

Once the timbres are stored, they can easily be recalled and played through simple button operations. Experiment with all of the patches on SH-201

to hear the sounds created!

Select GROUP	Select BANK	Select NUMBER
(PRESET or USER)	(A,B,C,D)	(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

Let’s get into the function of each of the controls.

Sound Programming for Thought

As you check out the factory-preset patches in detail, you will find many creative ideas.

Use them as examples to create your own sounds from scratch. This method will enhance your sound-making skills, verses the common approach of editing a pre-existing sound.

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