OSC-1 Controls: MOD amount, Pulse Width, Waveform, Pitch +/-, Range, Sync Out, Mod mod source Switch, PWM mod source switch.
OSC-2 Controls: MOD amount, Pulse Width, Waveform, Pitch +/-, Range, Key Follow switch , Mod mod source Switch, PWM mod source switch.
Filters:
Switchable between LP, HP + BP
LPF Type: 24dB
Filter Controls: MOD Source Switch, Mod Mount, Type Selector, Cutoff + Resonance Faders, Keyboard follow, Sensitivity
Dedicated Band Pass filter with Frequency, Resonance and Level controls
Mixer section:
5 Part mixer section with choice of Noise, VCO-1, VCO-2, Ring Mod, EXT IN, with the choice of routing where they are going to VCF, VCF+BPF, BPF and VCA
Noise Generator: White or Pink
LFO Sections:
Number of LFOS: 2
Waveforms: LFO 1 Saw or reverse saw, LFO 2 Triangle, sign or square.
Controls: Both include Rate control with LFO 2 including a Delay Time
Sample + Hold: Sample Time + Lag Time
Ring Mod: Includes source and control selectors
Envelope Generators:
ADSR: Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release with Fader controls
AR: Attach and Release on Fader controls
Triggers: Selectable Keyboard, Sample + Hold, LFO-2 or Exteranl Audio to trigger the envs.
Performance controls:
Volume, Panning, Portamento time, Tuning, Portamento amount, Pitch Range, Transpose + Pitch + Mod Bender. Height
Connections:
Main Output: 2x 1/4" TRS Jacks
headphones: 1x 1/4" TRS Jack
Controllers: VCF, VCO, Output + Input on 1/4” TS Jacks
I’m actually impressed they got all those trimmers lined up back there.
Those engineers did a pretty good job getting the sound of it as well. They certainly know their circuits.
A lot of people have this false conception that all you have to do is copy the old schematics. They don’t realize how much circuitry has changed, and how much those old through hole bits could vary. It’s commendable how close they get to the originals, which themselves varied a little bit in sound from one sh5 to the next, and to also have the foresight to provide access to all those trimmers shows how much they worked on this one. The most access I’ve ever seen to easy access to trimmers on a synth I’ve owned was two. This has got access to what looks like 29. Crazy. It also sounds pretty darn good too. This will be a fun one to wiggle on.
A desktop version of this would be great, altho not sure how much smaller they could make it with quite a lot going on. Sounds and looks great but I just don’t have the room for it
That might be hard to do, without squeezing it down to a Roland Boutique sort of size, or bringing in complication with modes on the controls, or menus and screens.
I haven’t listened too closely but I wonder if this is a better option than the ms1 mk2 … costs a bit more but the benefit is they haven’t implemented that awful sequencer.
a desktop version or semi modular would slap, I don’t need another KB
