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Great, very complex considering its few functions and low price. Very close the the sh-101, but this thing is solid as a rock in most areas, and is missing a few things (like sequencer/arpegiator [which would be nice]) but gains a few too. if you find one for less then or comparable to an sh-101's price these days, get it. i got mine for $200 since there was a problem with the oscillator, (which cost me all of 60 cents to fix), and i could not have gotten a better piece for the money. The price is rising now, so find one soon. ---Pros--- 1. External Audio in: great for processing audio, and with the envelope follower, you can change the cutoff freq or pitch (if the filter is self oscillating). try this: run talk radio through it and put on the envelope follower, and play with the filter processing it until you get the wa wa wa wa wa sounds that the adults on the charlie brown tv specials made. or run drum loops through. 2. Envelope inverter for filter: great for "buuueuew" sounds. 3. Random LFO wave: for R2D2 sounds or for random filter cutoff changes. 4. PWM under ENV control: if selected this allows you to have env controlled chorus sounds for real thick bass. 5. Bender: much better than mod wheels which i find hard to control. 6. Amazing sounds: from great distorted TB303 sounds (if run through distortion pedal) to atari type sounds, and whooshes, sweeps, acid, noise, charlie brown character voices and back. ---Cons--- 1. LFO speed: needs to have the ability to have a wider range so it can sweep slower (too fast for me at lowest speed) or faster for ring mod type sounds 2. No env for pitch: damn 3. One oscillator: damn again Cons are nothing compared to Pros, a great piece! buy it before they got as popular as the 101's. I am starting a web page at www.geocities.com/Area51/4440/sh09.htm that will have patches, tips, samples, pictures, etc. Heres a patch for now: turn the oscillator at 4'Pulse, env PWM at full depth, sub osc at 1 oct, vco and sub volume at max, res at 10, env for filter, depth 0, mod 0, ENV for vca, play with env. the for cutoff, make it fairly high, and slowly move it to around the pitch of the VCO until a ringing screeming sound is heard, with no attack, and short decay you can now make bell type sounds, or cool basses.
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