Document Outline

• Panel descriptions
• Contents
• Main features
• USING THE UNIT SAFELY
• IMPORTANT NOTES
• Before you begin
  • Making the connections
    • Connecting the power adaptor
    • Connecting headphones or speakers
  • Turning the power on/off
    • Turning the power off
• Basic structure of the SH-201
  • How sound is produced
• Playing sounds
  • Adjusting the volume (MASTER VOL)
  • Selecting a sound to play (GROUP/BANK/NUMBER)
    • About Patches
    • Restoring the original settings (Factory Reset)
  • Adding expression to your playing (Velocity)
  • Varying the pitch of the notes you play/ Adding vibrato (Pitch Bend/Modulation lever)
  • Shifting the pitch range of the keyboard (OCT UP/DOWN)
  • Smoothly connecting the pitch of two notes (PORTAMENTO)
  • Playing monophonically (SOLO/LEGATO)
  • Moving your hand to vary the pitch or volume (D BEAM)
    • Changing the pitch (PITCH)
    • Changing the volume to add expression to your performance (EXPRESS)
    • Changing the brightness or other aspects of the sound (FILTER/ASSIGN)
  • Sustaining the notes (Hold pedal)
  • Adding dynamics to your performance (Expression pedal)
  • Automatically playing arpeggios (ARPEGGIO)
    • Playing arpeggios (ON/HOLD)
    • Selecting how the arpeggio is to sound (SELECT)
  • Recording your performance (RECORDER)
    • Recording
    • Saving a recorded phrase
    • Playback
• Creating sounds
  • How sounds are created
  • Specifying the waveform and pitch (OSC)
    • OSC 1 (oscillator 1) button/OSC 2 (oscillator 2) button
    • WAVE buttons
    • PITCH knob
    • DETUNE knob
    • PW/FEEDBACK (Pulse Width/Feedback) knob
    • INTERVAL buttons
    • PITCH ENV (pitch envelope) sliders
  • Combining waveforms to create rich or metallic sounds (MIX/MOD)
    • TYPE button
    • BALANCE knob
    • LOW FREQ (low frequency) button
  • Specifying the brightness and thickness of the sound (FILTER)
    • TYPE button
    • SLOPE button
    • CUTOFF knob
    • RESONANCE knob
    • KEY FOLLOW knob
    • FILTER ENV (filter envelope) sliders
  • Specifying how the sound begins and ends (AMP)
    • LEVEL knob
    • AMP ENV (amp envelope) sliders
  • Creating a powerful, distorted sound (OVERDRIVE)
    • OVERDRIVE button
  • Modulating the sound (LFO)
    • LFO 1 button/LFO 2 button
    • SHAPE buttons
    • RATE knob
    • DESTINATION 1
    • DESTINATION 2
  • Adding depth and spaciousness to the sound (EFFECTS)
    • EDIT button
    • FX ON (effect on) button
    • TIME knob
    • DEPTH knob
  • Combining two sounds (DUAL/SPLIT)
    • Layering two sounds to play them simultaneously (DUAL)
    • Playing different sounds in the right and left hands (SPLIT)
  • Saving a sound you create (WRITE)
• Performing with sound from your digital audio player, etc. (EXT IN)
  • Connecting your digital audio player, etc.
    • Adjusting the volume from the external source (INPUT VOL knob)
    • Canceling the center sound (CENTER CANCEL ON button)
  • Modifying the sound from the external source (AUDIO FILTER)
    • FILTER ON button
    • TYPE button
    • SLOPE button
    • CUTOFF knob
    • RESONANCE knob
  • Using the keyboard to play sound from an external source (WAVE - EXT IN)
    • Producing sound from the external device only when you play the keyboard
• Using the SH-201 together with your computer or another sound module
  • Using your computer to record sound or performance data from the SH-201 (USB)
    • USB audio signal flow
  • Creating sounds in greater detail (Editor)/ Using your computer to manage patches (Librarian)
    • Using SH-201 Editor to create sounds and arpeggios
    • Using SH-201 Librarian to manage patches
    • SH-201 Editor System requirements
  • Using the SH-201 as a controller or a sound module (MIDI)
    • About MIDI connectors
    • MIDI channels
    • Using an external sequencer to play the SH-201’s internal sound generator (MIDI IN)
    • Using the SH-201’s keyboard and knobs to play an external sound module (MIDI OUT)
• Parameter list
  • OSC MIX/MOD parameters
  • FILTER & AMP parameters
  • LFO parameters
  • EFFECTS parameters
  • PATCH COMMON parameters
  • ARPEGGIO parameters
    • About arpeggio styles
  • SYSTEM COMMON parameters
  • Other parameters
  • Setting the SPLIT POINT
  • Setting the PITCH BEND RANGE
• Control change message list
• MIDI implementation chart
• Specifications
• Block diagram
• Panel index
• Index
• Patch list