Day 2 report - this thing sounds really good with a wide variety of sounds possible. I’m still getting used to the workflow and it is a bit clunky in places, but I’m sure muscle memory will kick in soon. The saving aspect is a nuisance but the template provided earlier in this thread is very useful.
I have noticed the odd audio glitch when selecting the active part - hopefully that is something that will be sorted with a firmware update.
Has anyone else had problems getting parts to mute in the mixer screen? The rhythm part will mute and unmute, and I can mute and unmute individual rhythm sounds, but the synth parts will not mute/unmute. I know I can just use the sliders, and that’s what I ended up doing, but it wasn’t fun to discover this while trying to record something.
Here is a pic of my SH-4d with upgraded knobs. This really makes a huge difference, especially to the cutoff. I got them from thonk.co.uk; if anyone is interested I can share the part numbers.
please do share the part numbers!
Do the old knobs just pull off?
Sure! The pointer knobs are these ‘Joranalogue’ style ones. The endless encoders are these Sifam soft-touch laddies (small soft, item MPN 3/07/DPN10) that look so similar to the Joranalogues that I think they must be from the same manufacturer. And the filter cutoff is this Intellijel-style Sifam plastic knob (large unskirted, MPN DC151). This last one is not soft-touch like the others but you get to choose a colour for the cap. You need 25 pointers and 6 endless encoders.
Yes, some more easily than others. For the stubborn ones I used a spudger tool to carefully prise them off.
Interested in what you didn’t like about the old knobs? They seem fine to me, although it’s strange that the cutoff is shorter than the others
Yeh, if I did one it would probably be cut-off in the same style but bigger…
Does the SH-4D do anything resembling PM/modal synthesis?
Nope.
Despite my initial love I think I’m gonna let it go
The SH is natural for melodic works, but do you use it for more noisy stuff ? Like hard techno ?
“hard techno ?” content here 
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Is there any way to have the part mutes be global?
How come?
Well I wanted to test the machine but I also have an MC 101 which on some levels ( ok have no 4th track avail ) it gives me the sound I need and more portable. Im.considering still
Day 4(?) review. I really like this box but there are a few small issues that I have faced.
Part mutes are not global and so that makes it trickier to use as a groovebox (which Roland have stated it is not).
Saving is a pain in the arse. Not enough user preset slots.
Having a scaled pickup mode for the knobs would be nice.
Saving when playing a pattern causes an audio glitch.
