KVR Audio

Spookyrockstar · Post by **Spookyrockstar** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:43 pm

Who here has an ACTUAL SH101?

The reason I ask, is that I didn't realize I had one, and when an old bandmate gave back a 'junk' synth I lent him 10-12 years ago, it turned out to be and SH101.

Although I tweak sound quite a bit with VA, I don't neccessarily know WHY the sounds get tweaked in the way that they do, so my question is this.........

it looks like I have, in the source mixer section, three volume sliders, one for square, one for saw (sine?) and on for the sub-osc. When I raise the square and the sub sliders, the sound changes, yet when I do the same with the saw (sine?) slider no change occurs.

Is this linked somehow to another parameter (knob/slider/whatever) before I can hear it? or is the slider bad? Or maybe even the oscillator? (Do oscillators go *bad*?)

let me know if there are any parameters I can set to help you in your findings.

Thanks in advance!

Scot Solida · Post by **Scot Solida** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:47 pm

My kid has one. The SH-101 has only a single oscillator, but instead of choosing between the waveshapes, you can mix them using the mixer section (along with that sub oscillator). This gives the little fellow some versatility. You should indeed hear a difference when fiddling with the sliders. Try this: turn all three sliders down, and bring up only the saw. With all sliders down, you shouldn't hear anything (make sure the resonance is all the way down in the filter, too). Bringing the saw up should give you the sawtooth all by itself.

Polite Company · Post by **Polite Company** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:01 pm

By the by the SH-101 is a great introduction to hardware subtractive synthesis if all you've ever done is tweak softsynths a little. You should also be able to find a .pdf of the manual online with very little effort, definitely worth looking at.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:47 pm

As Scot said.

Sounds suspiciously like your sliders gone bad. It might just be a simple connection that's loosened...hopefully. They're actually quite easy to take apart - although personally I won't risk letting myself loose inside any synth with a soldering iron. If any of your other sliders make a noise when they're turned up then you know your saw should too...all the settings apply to each waveform.

Spookyrockstar · Post by **Spookyrockstar** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:25 am

Scot, thanks. It was as I feared. It seems that actually quite a few sliders and keys aren't working.

kritikon: After following your tips. (and confirming fears) I took it apart, and blew it out with canned air, and it helped one of the keys, but none of the sliders. Hopefully it won't take tooo much money at the local repair shop.

polite company: As far as tweaking, it seemed awfully familliar to the subtractor in Reason, and pretty straight forward. Lots of rewarding noise, even without the sawtooth. This will be fun once it's fixed.

thanks everyone for the help. I'm still glad to accdientally own something that's going for like 500 on ebay!

Anyone have a ROLAND Sh101, because I have a question......