Roland SH-1 Instruction Manual

CONTROLLER
1.
TUNING
This controls the overall pitch of
the
SH-1.
The tunable range is
±700
cents (700
cents
=
perfect
fifth),
thus if C were the
center pitch, the range would
be from the
F below to
the
G above. With this feature,
the
SH-1
can play
transposing
parts
such as
for trumpet or saxophone without having
to
rewrite the parts or transpose mentally.
When
first turning
the
SH-1 on, be sure to
allow enough time for
the circuits to
stabilize before trying
to
tune accurately.
2. CV/GATE
SELECTOR SWITCH
Set the selector switch
to
EXT CV/GATE
when
controlling the SH-1 with
external
signals
from
an organ, guitar, second
synthesizer, sequencer, computer,
string
synthesizer (RS-202), etc.
in
performance, this switch is convenient
because it
allows instant changes of control
of
the SH-1 between
control
by
its own
keyboard or from an
external
source.
When nothing
is
connected to
the
GATE
and CV INPUT jacks, control will
always
be
from
the SH-1 keyboard no
matter
what the switch position is.
3.
VOLUME
This controls the
total
volume of the
output sound
from
SH-1. Changing the
tone color by means
of
the
VCF
sometimes
causes
a
change in the volume of
sound.
In
such cases,
the volume should be adjusted
with this
knob.
4.
PORTAMENTO
Portamento
is the sliding
of
a note from
one
pitch
to another. The synthesizer is
the only
keyboard
instrument
which can
produce
portamento effects. Through
the
effective use of the SH-1 portamento
feature you can create
portamento
effects
like those sometimes used with trombone
and violin
playing.
The PORTAMENTO knob
controls the
time required
for
the
change
of pitch. As
this
knob is turned
clockwise, the porta-
mento
time is increased. At the
extreme
counterclockwise position no
portamento
is
in effect.
5.
TRANSPOSE SWITCH
The
TRANSPOSE
switch transposes the
keyboard pitches
up
or down
one
octave.
L
-
LOW range;
M
=
MIDDLE range, and
H
=
HIGH range.
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6.
BENDER
This
section
functions
for changing the
pitch, tone
color, or
volume
by
means of
the
BENDER lever (61.
The BENDER
variation of the
pitch is very
effective for
imitation
of guitar
choking.
The
BENDER
lever controls the bend
effects. It
has
a
click-stop at
center with
a
spring
return to
center.
When using the
BENDER
for
control
of
LFO
depth, the
lever may be
moved
in either direction, the
effect is
the same.
7. SENSITIVITY SLIDER (VCOI
This slider controls the
pitch variation
range induced by the
bender. At maximum,
it is
possible
to get a tone
octave
variation.
Set at around
"2"
for
normal bending.
8. SENSITIVITY SLIDER (VCF)
This slider controls the tone
color variation
range induced by the bender.
At the upper
position,
wah
pedal effects are imitated
by
moving
the bender lever. If
the
VCF
CUTOFF frequency
is set
high, the
tone
color
variation may be poor
even when the
lever is
moved with the
VCF
Sensitivity
slider
at high position.

Roland SH-1 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	SH-1
Category	Synthesizer
Language	English