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ROLAND SH5 Analog Synthesizer

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SH5

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Roland SH5 synthesizer

SH5
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other ROLAND gear..

Built 1974
Type: analog
Hybrid: no
1 Voice / Stimmen
1x Multitimbral
no Memory / Speicher
Value / Wert in 2017 ca. 2300 € (rare)
Synthesis: subtractive

OSC Features soft+hard sync, ringmod
Wave Shapes pulse saw triangle noise white pink
2 OSCs
2 Filter lpf hpf bpf self reso + static bpf 4 Pole
2 LFOs square saw sine
2 Envelope Generators 1x ADSR 1x AR

CV GATE Control / Triggering
36 Keys with no

Arpeggiator no
Sequencer no
(ID 1)

english

deutsch - german

ABOUT has very nice sounding BPF (non CV able).

ABOUT hat einen gutklindenden BPF, nicht spannungsgesteuert.

ABOUT

DETAILS has an extra sample and hold. one LFO can trigger ENV(s). has ext. input.

DETAILS hat eine eigene sample and hold Schaltung an Bord. ein LFO kann ENV(s) triggern. hat ext. input.

DETAILS

SOUND very nice vocal sounds with the hand-played BPF, basses work well,too but it's not the best for very percussive sounds because of it's AR-envelope

SOUND für perkussives vielleicht nicht wahl nummer eins, da die AR-Hüllkurve das nicht bringt, aber er kann dennoch überzeugende Bässe erzeugen, interessante BPF und vocal-Sounds

SOUND

Roland SH-5 fast LFO Tricks
HERE IS A NICE TRICK TO MAKE THE LFOs VERY VERY FAST (like the jupiter 4's LFOs)! (audio speed) with NO MODIFICATION AT ALL:
or: a third LFO on the SH5 with variable waveform shaper!:
1) set the ADSR to s/h trigger
2) turn filter to ADSR and the amount knob (sens.) up!
3) turn the s/h speed to maximum
4)set A,D and R tu a very small amount and experiment: this is your LFO shape!!
now you got a very fast filter FM like on the jupiter 4! without any chance, the secret is the faster s/h speed that the sample and hold clock needs to produce to "sample" the LFO1s waveposition. (of course the lag does not mean something in this case: I just use the clock to trigger the ENVs!: works with AR,too..
THIS SHOULD WORK on other Synths, especially the SYSTEM 100 too.. if not: it's not too difficult to use s/h clock as trigger for envelopes.. maybe useing OSCs for triggering is possible,too? (I doubt the speed will not be enough on the ADSR.. but it may work.. or is an interesting basis for mods? anyone? please email, if you did something with this..)

SH-5 Roland SH-5 fast LFO Tricks synthesizer

by: moogulator

SH-5
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Sh5
the ROLAND SH5 has a special BPF filter that is not voltage controlled and a multimode filter, in the mixer you can route the output of vco 1 , vco 2 ,ringmod, ext, input into the VCF, the BPF, both or directly to the VCA.. in case of the noise (white and pink) you got the chance to filter it using the fixed filter (parallel with the VCF multi). there are 2 ENVs (AR,ADSR) and 2 LFOs that range to 20hz. the good thing on this synth: it has a lot of "non-usual"-circuitry.. so its sounds are quite unique,too

the sh5 is very close to the system 100:
MODULAR
but of course has no "check points" or semi modular patching capabilities, but it has a great manual BPF.. it's not CV-controllable, but it sounds great.. the sys100 has 2 real ADSR whilst the Sh5 has only ADSR and AR (no AR unfortunately, so it needs to run ADSR for VCA and VCF for big basses)..

LFO speed 0,1-20Hz (both LFOs) see right below
SEE BELOW for a TRICK TO SPEED UP THE LFO to AUDIO SPEED with NO MODIFICATION AT ALL!

by: moogulator (link)

Sh5
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Sh5 Sound
somewhat near that sound... the Roland System 100 (not 100m!) the sh5 is very close to the system 100.

MODULAR
but of course has no "check points" or semi modular patching capabilities, but it has a great manual BPF.. it's not CV-controllable, but it sounds great.. the sys100 has 2 real ADSR whilst the Sh5 has only ADSR and AR (no AR unfortunately, so it needs to run ADSR for VCA and VCF for big basses)..

quite close to the SH5 sound. but "a bit" modular.. but,well you cannot really call it modular.. same filter and OSC sound (so have a look/ear on my SH5 track: a nice little song "KliniK Room 5", sh5 only directly to the mac, encoded in 128bps mp3 and no more than just playing it, no overdubs, etc.. just one take and thats it!)

by: Moogulator

Sh5
typischer Roland sound: das 100er System..

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Sh Series
"born in 1975" - the SH-5 synthesizer.

btw:

why the hell did they never made something like MC404 or SH404 or SH4?

did you know that number 4 is quite similar to "death" in china / asia? if you ever visited asia and especially china or taiwan: you will not see number 4.. even houses do not have room 4 or the 4th floor!.. roland is from japan, they simply know it.. and even apples 4400 sold for another name over there.. no1 will buy "death" ;)

hmm, maybe cool for goth wave bands? ;)

modifications LFO: The trick is to replace the original opamp with a FET type. If I remember correctly, it was a 1458 and was replaced with a TL082. This allows a wider range of speeds available by replacing certain resistors and/or caps. I *did* document the changes, but have never scanned them in. I'm sure a decent tech can do the same. Here's the results from the unit I modded below (this URL http://www.synthfool.com/openresources/sh5/ ).

btw: you can do something that need no modification:
take a short patchcord and connect the out to the ext. in! now you have some control over the sh5, when you switch the ringmod to ext (via BPF), nice sounds!

the sh line and system 100..

by: moogulatoR

Sh Serie
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- LINK
SH5 Schematics
http://fa.utfs.org/diy/
http://www.synthfool.com/openresources/sh5/

Sh5 Schaltplan
LINK

SH5
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Roland SH-5
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AUDIO FILE (download) by: MoogulatoR (X)
a nice little SH5 song called "KliniK Room 5" (check my music site MoogulatoR .de under audio to listen to it..), roland sh-5 only directly to the mac, encoded in 128bps mp3 and no more than just playing it, no overdubs, etc.. just one take and thats it!
SH5 Audio Klinik Room5

(iOS/OS X safari player)
Sh5 Audio Klinik Room5
AUDIO

ROLAND or Boss, Edirol formerly Ace, Acetone

Roland was founded in 1972 by Ikutaro Kakehasi, Japan (prior companies: ace (drum machines and electronic organs and kakehashi musen), first synthesizer: 1972 - Mr. Kakehashis biography is available as a book from Robert Olsen.
- DIN SYNC: same as tb303, TR606, TR707 (also with MIDI)
Pins - Roland DIN sync:
from left to right: PIN 3 tempo clock, PIN 5 fill in, PIN 2 ground, (middle pin!), PIN 4 reset & start, PIN 1 start/stop

Official Intl. Site : http://www.rolandus.com DER HERSTELLER
THE MANUFACTURER

Roland wurde 1972 von Ikutakro Kakehashi gegründet, nachdem er Ace aufgebaut hatte. Von Kakehashi gibt es ein Buch vom PPV Verlag.

Offizielle Site (D) : http://www.rolandmusik.deRoland

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