Roland SH-201 User Manual

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Contents

Panel descriptions ..................................................................................2

Main features...........................................................................................7

USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................8

IMPORTANT NOTES .............................................................................10

Before you begin...................................................................................12

Making the connections........................................................................................................................... 12

Connecting the power adaptor ................................................................................................... 12
Connecting headphones or speakers.......................................................................................... 13

Turning the power on/off....................................................................................................................... 14

Turning the power off .................................................................................................................. 14

Basic structure of the SH-201..............................................................15

How sound is produced .......................................................................................................................... 15

Playing sounds .....................................................................................16

Adjusting the volume (MASTER VOL)................................................................................................. 16
Selecting a sound to play (GROUP/BANK/NUMBER) .................................................................... 16

About Patches ................................................................................................................................ 17
Restoring the original settings (Factory Reset) ......................................................................... 17

Adding expression to your playing (Velocity)..................................................................................... 18
Varying the pitch of the notes you play/Adding vibrato (Pitch Bend/Modulation lever) .......... 18
Shifting the pitch range of the keyboard (OCT UP/DOWN) ............................................................ 18
Smoothly connecting the pitch of two notes (PORTAMENTO)........................................................ 19
Playing monophonically (SOLO/LEGATO) ........................................................................................ 19
Moving your hand to vary the pitch or volume (D BEAM)............................................................... 20

Changing the pitch (PITCH)........................................................................................................ 20
Changing the volume to add expression to your performance (EXPRESS) ......................... 20
Changing the brightness or other aspects of the sound (FILTER/ASSIGN)........................ 21

Sustaining the notes (Hold pedal).......................................................................................................... 21
Adding dynamics to your performance (Expression pedal).............................................................. 21
Automatically playing arpeggios (ARPEGGIO).................................................................................. 22

Playing arpeggios (ON/HOLD) ................................................................................................. 22
Selecting how the arpeggio is to sound (SELECT)................................................................... 23

Recording your performance (RECORDER) ........................................................................................ 24

Recording ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Saving a recorded phrase............................................................................................................. 25
Playback.......................................................................................................................................... 26

Creating sounds....................................................................................27

How sounds are created .......................................................................................................................... 27
Specifying the waveform and pitch (OSC) ........................................................................................... 28

OSC 1 (oscillator 1) button/OSC 2 (oscillator 2) button.......................................................... 28
WAVE buttons............................................................................................................................... 28
PITCH knob ................................................................................................................................... 29
DETUNE knob............................................................................................................................... 29
PW/FEEDBACK (Pulse Width/Feedback) knob..................................................................... 30
INTERVAL buttons ...................................................................................................................... 30
PITCH ENV (pitch envelope) sliders ......................................................................................... 31

Combining waveforms to create rich or metallic sounds (MIX/MOD)........................................... 32

TYPE button................................................................................................................................... 32
BALANCE knob ............................................................................................................................ 33
LOW FREQ (low frequency) button........................................................................................... 33

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