Roland SH-201 - Still worth it in 2023 ?
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Roland SH-201 - Still worth it in 2023 ?
Well, in my opinion I do think the SH-201 is cool.
See the video to let me tell you why.
I´ve had this synth since the release, but do you think I´m holding on to it just for the sake of nostalgia ? Maybe , maybe not... its 2023 with lots of options out there...
00:00 Introduction
00:38 In the studio
01:19 Easy Programming
01:48 Some internal sounds
02:42 Some Arrpegio
03:09 Roland sh201User patches
04:37 Strymon Big Sky reverb - almost
06:00 More sounds
06:42 Dual Mode
07:17 What do you think of this synth ?
07:45 What you see is what you get
08:07 Split point
09:49 Aha-Move to Memphis
10:11 SH-201 Editor
10:35 More sounds
11:59 NOT Korg Kronos
12:41 More Sounds
13:30 10 notes Polyphony
14:14 More sounds
14:55 Playing with the arpeggio
16:28 More sounds
19:15 Manual Arpggio
20:01 Bad gear ?
20:28 My Baby
21:05 ..even more sounds..
21:43 Stranger Things sound
21:57 Preset Sounds
22:20 Thank You
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I've got one of these (I've had it for years) and in my opinion, it's still worth it. I would never sell it.
😃 That makes two of us 😃
Still have my SH201 from 2007. It was my first synth. No fix or repair. Good synth and very underestimate because of the digital engine... Love it so much
I totally agree with you on that 😃😃
I'm back again to learn more on what this synth can do. I've had mine for a few months now. It's the synth for my second smaller studio away from the big studio at home. I use it to do most of the stuff that I do on the Korg Prologue and the Moog Sub37. It can't do everything but it does sound decent and I can get my ideas out with it so I'm happy. It most definitely works in these times
Thats awsome 😃😃😃 A great little monster Synth 😃😃
Whoa !!! As a bass player of 42 years who only within the past few months started down the rabbit hole with synths and midi, this thing is sick !!
I'll be keeping my eyes open to grab one of these for sure.
Hey , that’s nice 😃😃😃
The SH-201 one of my favorite synth's that I own. A keeper for sure!
Oh yes :) Just love it too 😃😃
Thank you for the video, sounds fantastic!
Thank you so much 😃😃
Welcome back Glenn, missed you and your beautiful smile and of course love the Roland SH -201 had not heard of this model before, thanks for your mastery and effort to bring this to us, cheers from New Zealand.
Thank you so much :) It’s good to be back to share some synth stuff again 😃 I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😃😃
Nice composing and nice playing. Good stuff. I enjoyed hearing the entirety.
Thank you so Much 😃😃
Thank you very much Glenn... 🙂 I love these "nostalgic synths" you present so I hope you continue with this! The SH-201 can almost smell it (hehehe) Thanks again for a lovely trip back in time, by the way I couldn't remember the enormously warm sound in this little synth 🤘
Thanx man 😃😃😃
Nice! I have the sh-101 with the charger and original bag.. mine is blue (came as red as well) still works wireless (power) with the batteries. But it’s 100% analog and the internal clock (tempo) speeds up if the room is warmer or slows down if the room is colder .. so I use an Akai max-49 cv/gate controller to sync notes to the daws. ❤️ Roland analog synthesizers.. or everything native /retro 🥰
That split point bass is awesome!
Oh yes ! Thats awsome😃😃😃
It’s still worth it. I love mine. I’ll keep it forever
Oh yes :) That’s a good thing ;)
This is a perfect gear. I agree with you Glenn. This is not a bad gear at all . Thanks for sharing. I am in love with mine(SH-201) from 2010...and I am sure that I could not not sell it. I bought it for only 200euro back then at excellent codition. Here in Greece now it costs as you said about 300 euro or $ ...at excellent condition. Ty again.Sub of course.❤
Thank you so much :) and I’m happy for you that you have this little mister synth too 😀😀
Way better than a microKORG both for 400 bucks that's for sure. I have had both, still have this
Great choice 👍😃
Really great choice. Me too.
Better because of the UI, the sound?
@@tristantheuerkorn5124 The sh 201 has powerful sound. The microkorg ...no so powerful. I bought a new microkorg back in 2009. One year later I bought a second hand SH 201. Working with both of these...I decided that Korg microkorg has no place to be on my home studio anymore. Awful little keys with continuous problems(no response ) after a while...and weak sound. My second hand sh201 has no any problem since now. And...big keys, powerful sound...there is no comparison. Here....Roland rules.
@@GeorgeKarampatsos thanks mate :)
I play guitar mostly and have been wanting to add a synth to my stage setup. I found a micro korg for 175. Had i known about these I probably would have grabbed one but i do like the compact size of the micro.
The micro is a great synth :) And yes.. very portable too 😃😃😃
Really.. kiitos!
Thank you 😃😃
Hola buenas noches, sonidos muy interesantes y de muy buena calidad, un saludo muy grande desde Conil, Cádiz, España.
Thank you so much , yes i love the sounds 😃😃😃
Hiya ,i use in a 80s synth band today ,wont be without it use alongside jupiter 50 and moog 37 and arp odessey xx thanks ,great vid
That a nice setup man 😃😃😃 thanx for watching 😃😃😃
Ive just paid down on one of these. Looking forward to it
That’s awesome :)
Welcome back! I think Roland gear is always worth!
Thank you so much 😃 Yes Roland is a great Brand 😃😃😃
I was already dying to have one bc of its leads and pads, deep reverb and ease to use but you definitely had me on the split thing. I'll go after one rightaway lol
Great demo. Showed all the good and different things, not only the sounds themselves
Thank you so much 😊 And it’s a great choice 😃😃😃
Thank you for your review. I think that the SH201 has good sounding VA osc, what I don't like is the sound of the digital filter and its resonance, it reminds to me the Roland SH32 (I tried it and the filter sounded horrible). Anyway thank you again for your demo! cheers
Thank you for watching:) Yes , it’s a Lightweight synth with a digital filter, but I still think it sounds cool after all those years 😃😃😃
I think the strongest testament and use-case to this synth as still being a viable, standout, unique pro tool is the supersaw lead sound it was used for in Calvin Harris' "No Alone." I remember when I first heard it playing on TV back in the day, it striking me how fresh ❄️🏂 and modern/futuristic it sounded, and when I heard him live at a music festival in Auckland, New Zealand, it was incredibly uncanny and like nothing else. Despite SH201's most commonly mentioned setback being filter anti-aliasing (high transient frequencies being cut - losing the 'air' and aggressiveness/epicness of the JP80x0), I believe it's actually a strength for the upper-mid range in some cases where immense lushness in tonality is found. This is so unique and pronounced with this synth that it alone is a reason to have it in one's arsenal if they're making music that calls for such sounds. Similar to the unmistakable qualities in Alpha Juno 1 & 2's "hoover" sound, except in the SH201's case more upper-mid dense, colder, richer and also more aggressive in that range as well. Applied in a more "airy" way and you have supreme lush colouring and crispness (again, in the upper-mids).
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I'm going to buy this too! 👌👌😊😊
Smart thing to do 😃😃😃
@@GlennMainMusic I have now added the SH-201 to my collection 😊 Jupiter 80 and Roland Juno X😊
I think it still sounds pretty good!
Thanx, that makes two of us 😃😃😃
Oh wow the GAIA 2 is out😍
Oh yes… and it is on its way to me right now 😃😃😃
Yes
👍😃👍
Muito top adorei pretendo adquirir um pra mim aprender a manusear um sinthys analógico ❤
Hey :) Thats a great Synth to learn the basics of sound Making 😃😃😃 Great choice, and Thanx for watching my video 😃👍😃
Seems nice. I would like to get one.
You should do it If you have the chance 😃😃😃
it seems to me that the very fact that this review has been delayed means that the synthesizer is very interesting for its money!
This is a review of an old Synth , But yes.. its a great value for the money 😃😃😃
A very, very underated synth. I have the Roland Gaia SH01 and love it! The synths that are thought of as the underdogs sometimes end up being the most loved ! Point in question - my Korg MS2000r.
Oh yes :) I also have the Gaia SH01 myself (and also the Gaia 2) and the MS2000 is a great synth … and yes.. I do have that one too 🤣🤣
@@GlennMainMusic Just found your channel and love it, do you watch Espen Kraft?
@@petercarrington948 - Oh yes :-) Espen is a "friend" of mine from RUclips and facebook. We have been chatting quite a lot :-)
Gaia 1 used sample based waveforms though. More flexible than the SH201 though.
I really don't understand why people don't like the SH201 and give it a hard time. There is no such thing as 'bad gear', it's how you use it. Remember OMD used really cheap synths but sounded great.
Wish they gave an option to disable anti-aliasing on these. And quicker envelopes. Could have sounded much closer or perhaps even better than JP80x0!! I can't remember if the JP80x0 was multitimbral though. Also don't forget the SH201 has chorus (or at least a pseudo reverb chorus) available with combo button presses!
The SH-201 sounds very good, but having a Roland Fantom with the Zen engine, there's no need for another virtual analog synth. You also can get the Zen engine in the cheap MC-101.
I know :) I don’t actually “need” it anymore.. but… I don’t have the heart to get rid of it either … and I think it sounds fantastic 😃😃😃
SH201's supersaws are closer sounding to JP80X0's than Zencore's though if that's of any importance.
Are you bothered about the aliasing? Any difference in the timbre/warmth to Gaia SH-101? Yes, I love mine too 😊. Too bad it's unsupported after win 8 (I made a RUclips video on updating the drivers). Also miss the copy between lower/upper. Even though possible in the editor.
Yes.. i miss the Editor as well.. and it was so Nice to be able to use the hardware as a plugin in my Cubase 😃 I miss it a lot 🥲
Nice, very nice synth. Power leads, acid-like basses and string pads are sounds also cool. Thanks for the demonstration and especially for the JM Jarre shorts =)
But. What a strange digital noise mixed with a patch sound? It sounds like the working decimator or digital saturator, sync-oscillator or something. This effect sometimes I hear when use the famous free Synth1 VSTi. But it`s an Fx that add to regular sound this digital noises. Without one activated the sound is clean. Here, in SH-201 this noise sounds disturbing. For instance if you listen carefully programs from 3:26 to 7:15. I think it`s very noticible in string/soft pad sounds. I'm sure this noise shouldn't be in the sound.
Is any external effects was connected into this SH-201?
Thank you so much :) I think there is some trouble with my sound card.. the SH201 is clean 😃😃😃
It is definitely worth having / getting one! Great sounds too, did you program those yourself?
Thats a Good idea 😃😃 All the sounds I played was sounds from the Roland libary. There are some extra sound banks available on Roland pages .. or at least used to be..:) 😃😃😃😃
@@GlennMainMusic Awesome! I did download a lot of presets online and we are getting ready to build sh-201 and sh-01 editors with jp-8000 / jp-8080 import =)
Thats awsome !! I have them both 🤘😃🤘
Its worth as long as it inspires you. Could you please tell the music's name you played at around 18:53. In the late 70s it was played up and down in my country's radio but I suffer a bit having forgotten the name. 😭
Thanx :) The song is from Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe part 5 😃😃
Great video Glenn wow!
Which do you honestly like better and why, your SH-201 or your GAIA?
I think they both have their own feel .. so I love them
Both. But if I had to choose, I think I would go for the Gaia because it has 3 synths in one .. as of the 201 has 2 (upper /lower)
But lucky for me I will keep them
Both 🤣😃
Great to hear and thank you Glenn:)
Adding to Glenn's remark- the build quality of the Gaia is superior to the 201.
Anyone know the letter & number preset that is at 22:05 the craftwork sounding one??
Wow it's a nead ol' lady😍😍😍😍
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😇@@GlennMainMusic 😇
Hey Guys. I love my SH-201. Now i have a new PC with Win 11... i tried to install the Win8 Driver on it but it don´t work. Has anybody maby a solution for this?
Unfortunately the drivers is discontinued from Roland, meaning that the wonderful thing as using this as a “plugin” does not work anymore .. 😳
Is this related to the Roland Gaia SH01? They're probably all using the same VA engines before they moved to AIRA.
Oh yes. The Gaia is very much the same, just a “smaller” form factor.. and the Gaia has 3 layers of sounds that makes the Gaia fantastic 😃😃😃
There is a “Gaia” video coming up soon 😃😃
@@GlennMainMusic That explains it then because they look really similar and came out around the same time in 2010. The Gaia is much more expensive second hand, I liked what I heard of the SH 201, I think it would be a good cheap option as a first synth since you have all the panels in a logical and simple to understand way, you also get full size keys which is a plus over the MicroKorg.
Can’t wait to see that video
Does It make stereo sound without effects?
Yes , its a stereo output Synth 😃😃😃
Did you apply bit crusher all along ?
No, but I can hear on the recording that I probably had some audio card issues using my Adat input… so thanx for noticing, then I know about the issue 😃😃😃
I Wonder if i could combine this with The roland ax egde keytar
You can👍 do it bro! Or any synthesizers. But it is a positive feature and best if that synth you connect to has envelope filter, and can modulate the filter for you or even connect the filter to the modulation wheel. That way you can use the wheel on the key tar to modulate the synth’s filter. Just a tip! 😉👍
Plug midi or usb according to what it has, and check for midi channel or midi settings if it doesn’t work..
That’s right 😃😃😃
Does it have built in speakers m8
SH-201 vs Gaia 01? which one would you recommend?
Both 😂😂 No.. it all depends on your preferences. The SH201 is a very lightweight synth , still very powerful.. the Gaia has fewer keys.. so it’s all a preference thing :) Peraonally I would go for the Gaia if I was forced to make a choice… but the price tag on the SH 201 is maybe a bit lower than the Gaia… 😃😃😃
The old Gaia is cheaper
Welp i only found it on ebay and getting it to Norway wil cost me a ton in shipping
I actually saw it on Finn.no not long ago.. just keep on looking.. they appear there from time to time😃😃
🤔 the only drawback it has is its "sub-sampling" rate that cause aliasing for higher notes🤨 ... Nyquist's theorem 😑
for the rest i fully agree 😍- lovely :
pumping effect ⛽ could be done with a lfo _/‾\_/‾\_/‾\ (synch to tempo) using + filter and - volume,
while controlling pluck 🎸 could be done with a snd lfo. |\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\ (sync to x 2 tempo) using - -filter and ++ volume
deadmau5 like sounds ... i have a video on my channel for "knobs replacements" ... but also using a close (but not exact) sound used in it
Oh yes 😃😃
I wish they gave an option to disable anti-aliasing on these. And quicker envelopes. Could have sounded much closer or perhaps even better than JP80x0!! I can't remember if the JP80x0 was multitimbral though.
@@kekethetoad aliasing is mainly due to the sampling frequency used for higher notes
i suspect the CPU power (NEC ?) is ("was" in 2005) not enough for effects + polyphony ...
{reducing polyphony would help increasing it ... but there is no way to do it ... unfortunately}
I have one. Want to sell it.
If you keep it a bit longer.. than you might earn a couple of bucks more 😃✌️😃
@@GlennMainMusic yeah, true. Now it's a dust collector. I don't like the plastic cheap quality of this synth, also filter is not the best...Also this synth has some issues with the buttons. They starts to work bad and requires replacement. Sometimes you need to press these buttons several times to change the program etc.
@@domasgudelis - I understand.. but still… My KORG Poly61 is a dust collector as well…. But I keep it “just in case😃😃”
Sounds terrible
😃 Well… taste is a personal preference 😃 Some like it, and some don’t 😃😃😃 That’s ok man 😃😃😃 but let me know what you like then 😃😃😃
@GlennMainMusic Yup I agree:)
I was just reading through the comments and seeing mostly people saying that this is an amazing synth just because they own it. and praise this mp3 sounding synth just got to me I guess :(
I like more warm Thick sounding Synthesizers like the OB 8 Or Moog Voyager Juno106 or the more affordable Micro Korg😄
These days plugins do a far better job then this Roland plastic thing tries to do (if you ask me) But I do like your reply and videos. Thanks