Roland SH-2 Analog Synthesizer Demo

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"This synthesizer is really special to me. When i got into all this stuff 6 years back it mostly came from listening to music such as YMO and related acts and albums and the sounds of mid to late 70s synthesizers had infected my brain! The roland SH-2 appears to recently have had been given the knod by a few popular synth youtube personalities which i was happy to see. 6 years back when i was researching instruments to take me to these sounds it was much more common to see SH-09s and SH-101s and you rarely ran into the SH-2. Now they appear to be for sale everyday although prices on everything have exploded. I am of the opinion having played all three that the SH-2 is the king of the smaller SH synthesizers. while not a must for excellent mono synth tones the dual VCO's change the entire feel beyond what a simple sub osc can provide with a single VCO. It seems roland did not manufacture these for more than a few years but they are everywhere online. You really should grab one! The filter is very wet and self oscillates in such a pleasing way, The sine wave provides deep basses and the PWM with dual VCO is very lush. This synthesizer is very powerful on all fronts except maybe modulation potential. Here are some of the specs below


2 VCO's + 1 Sub oscillator (waveforms: pulse, square, sawtooth, sine, noise)
LFO with sine, square and Sample & Hold; Auto-Bend
Resonant, self-oscillating 24dB lowpass filter(four OTA-stages with selected BA662 with FET transistors as Buffers), mod by EG, lfo and kybd tracking. External audio input
CV / Gate
This video is my first attempt to offer an audio demonstration of some of the different sounds you can get out of these synthesizers. Apologies for my arm in the shot and the watermark. I was testing software and am still getting used to making videos!"

Birth of EARLY electronic synthesizer in 1950 - Music with a strictly electronic beats one of first.

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"1950 Birth of EARLY electronic synthesizer in 1950 - Music with a strictly electronic beats one of first."

Unboxing a Shruti Box from Maharaja Musicals (& my first time playing it!)

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"Today I unbox a Shruti Box from Maharaja Musicals and then attempt to play it for the first time. This is an Eastern drone instrument often associated with the traditional music of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Intro @ 0:00
Unboxing @ 0:29
Overview @ 1:12
How it Works @ 3:25
First Playing Attempt @ 4:50
Summary @ 5:41

You can buy this model on Amazon"

R-MONO Lab's "Hybrid Recorder Pipe Organ RP-09" automatically plays "RYDEEN " Oct. 12, 2016

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"Japanese musical instrument manufacturer Roland's manufacturing club R-MONO Lab's "Hybrid Recorder Pipe Organ RP-09" automatically plays "RYDEEN " Oct. 12, 2016

Rolandのモノづくり同好会「R-MONO Lab」の「ハイブリッド・リコーダー・パイプオルガン RP-09」による自動演奏「RYDEEN」2016/10/12

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"The World’s Smallest, Letter Size Pipe Organ

Hybrid Recorder Pipe Organ RP-09

"After half a year since its release of RP-103, we succeeded in miniaturizing it more by re-designing all its circuits, mechanisms, and software. We made it because we want more people can enjoy the pipe organ personally.

By utilizing Roland K-25m as the RP-09’s keyboard, we could successfully miniaturize it to letter size (A4 sheet size) including keyboard.

While RP-09 has similar structure to the classical pipe organ, it uses two Arduino Pro Mini to control its internal mechanism. It is also controllable via DAW or sequencing software.

This is a fusion of the technology of the past and present realizing the very solemn but very personal pipe organ on your desk top."

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CRB Uranus 2

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"Hello everybody my Hobby it's restore the old Combo organ and Synth.
In this video i show you the restoration and test of CRB Uranus 2 ."

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This 1930s Amp Design Sounds Amazing & Ondes Martenot videos by Josh Semans

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"In which I demo an instrument amplifier inspired by the 1932 designed Resonateurs Métalliques by Martenot. The out-of-production Eowave Metallik Resonator is a beautiful sounding instrument, that instead of speaker cone uses a gong to turn electrical signals into sound. Thanks to @Josh Semans for showing the Ondes Martenot in this video."

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CRB Computer Band 2000

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"In this video i show you the restoration and test of CRB Computer band 2000 ."

You can find additional CRB Computer Band 2000 posts here.

RK-008 Playhead advance trickery and Track Transpose

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Monome Norns (Oooooo Script) and Strymon Nightsky

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"Monday Morning Mantra"

New 6m0d6 TR-606 inspired euorack module by LPZW and Tubbutec

"6m0d6 is based on the famous TR-606 and indeed can sound like one, but it is so much more. With the turn of a knob you can explore completely new soundscapes ranging from organic retro drum sounds to industrial sound effects – while still maintaining that ‘606’ feel.

Seamlessly blend between a 606 bassdrum to a decayed 808 sub-bass, tune and damp your Cymbal or just cut it into pieces and beat it with a monkey wrench.

Tired of the normal snare sound? Why not replace it with a bit-crushed version of Indy fighting foes with his whip in a cave?

Dynamic triggers, additional CV controls, midi control and individual outputs add the finishing touches to this versatile drum module.

6m0d6 includes all seven TR-606 instruments:
Bass Drum, Snare, Low and High Tom, Cymbal, Open and Closed Hihats.

The original 606 circuits were replicated and modified with additional parameters. However, we made sure that each instrument can be set to sound like the original. These settings are marked on the front panel for convenience.

A collaboration of LPZW.modules and Tubbutec

Feature List
● All original 606 sounds, analogue
● Many additional parameters for each sound
● Multiple trigger, accent and volume modes
● Advanced metal and noise sound control
● Multiple outputs and mix output
● CV control for multiple parameters
● Midi input and LINK input, compatible with Tubbutec 6equencer
● Eurorack 3U, 22HP"

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