MATRIXSYNTH: Roland SH-32 desktop polyphonic synthesizer


Monday, June 18, 2012

Roland SH-32 desktop polyphonic synthesizer

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"This humble little box contains huge power. It's 4-part multitimbral with 8-voice polyphony for each voice (hence 32 voices total). The oscillator section contains all the basic waveforms (saw, square, pulse, triangle, sine, noise) plus variations of each - 67 waveforms total! For example, the last variation of SAW is a certain famous Roland sound - the SUPERSAW. In addition, there are 63 drum samples that can be used for programming rhythm tracks. These span the classic range of Roland drum machines, including the CR-78, TR-808, TR-909. Programming is easy with plenty of knobs, buttons, sliders. There are 2 oscillators (previously described) with SUB, 2 multimode LFOs, 2 ADSRs (filter and amp) plus AD envelope on the oscillator pitch mod.

One thing I really like is that the envelope depth for oscillator and filter modulation is bimodal - the depth can be adjusted 100% positive or negative. The multimode filter sounds good, although I don't care much for the resonance as modeled here. There are tons of built-in effects available, including several juicy chorus sounds. The arpeggiator is very powerful, with 64 fully-programmable arpeggiators and 64 programmable drum patterns. Overall this box is very versatile. Even though it's digital it does a great job of delivering vintage Roland sounds (think TB-303, Juno 6)..."


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