New Synth: Roland Sh-4d

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#1

Looks interesting!

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Best ā€˜on the couchā€™ device for sketching ideas?
#2

Hello!

#3

Hmm seems like something I might actually be interested in. Will have to check it out

#4

Simpler ā€œmacroā€ synth engines - I wonder where they go that idea from?!

Iā€™m mildly curious, mainly because I have world-class groovebox GAS but also I had an MC-707 and it had a decent sound but it was horrible to program sounds. Maybe this will be better.

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#5

Does it need again drivers for (multitrack-)audio over usb?
If yes: Iā€™ll pass.
If no: Iā€™m interested.

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#6

As big fan of the mc101 Iā€˜m really excited to learn more about this

looks much better than the aira stuff

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#7

Ā£550 seems very reasonable to me. And thumbs up for USB C.

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#8

is this supposed to be the roland syntakt? seems ok i guess. not sure why youā€™d get this over an elektron box though

spoke too soon. some of the sounds on that outro demo in the sonic lab video above are incredible. maybe i do want this thing

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#10

Battery powered apparently! In addition to usb c.

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#11

This is a bolt out of the blue, what an odd and interesting Roland box.

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#12

ugh. i certainly want this.

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#13

drawing your own wave is pretty cool. pcm and fm sounds good. perc sounds good. i dont know, man. looking more interesting the more i learn about it

#14

Official Roland videos:

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#15

I was just looking for a cheap multitimbral with some hands on controls. For under a grand. This might be perfect for me.

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#16

One of the least likely synths for Roland to pay homage to (VA multitimbral, name, the circle buttons)
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#17

Wow, it sounds so much better than the Syntakt, good job Roland!

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#18

That looks absolutely phenomenal!

Iā€™ve heard that a lot of feedback went back that the 101 was a bit small and the 707 was a bit big, this seems to hit a perfect sweet spot.

4 polysynths and a drum machine is plenty as a self contained sketch pad (especially with battery power) and it makes it a perfect pairing with a sampler like the Polyend Tracker or Digitakt.

I think this is going to be a classic.

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#19

A knobby mc101, nice!

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#20

Text review here for times when audio might be best avoided:

Seems promising, has DIN midi i/o and isnā€™t garishly coloured - nice.

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