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Average rating:
4.1 out of 5
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I like the filter stepping! Actually, I've been hoping someone would design a filter with different gradations of stepping. It really would open up a lot of sonic possibilities. Which leads me to my main point...Quirks is good! Take the quirks, bend them to your will, and make them YOUR signature. About the filters overloading the output; what's that "Level" button for on the front panel? The thing I wish they had added to this box is a digital signal output. Why have all of the internal processing done digitally and then only spit out an analog signal? I mean it's still quiet, but haven't Roland heard of Toslink connectors? You can get these for around $250 USD as of 11/2003 and at that price they're a steal. Go get you some quirks!
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This little unit is a dangerous piece of gear in the right hands. Tip: if you wanna smooth out the stepping filter turn bass boost off (with the sub osc you don't need it anyways). If your into that vintage Roland sound (who isn't?) this can emulate all the classics (juno, jupiter, sh-09, sh-101, etc). On top of the synths, you have some great classic drum tones, add some f/x (which are wicked btw) and you can do some real damage.
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I'm fairly happy with this synth though i'm still struggling to find sounds that i'm REALLY satisfied with. I've been concentrating on getting some really lively bass lines out of it but am yet to find something that really cuts through like a Virus etc..(price/ spec difference duly taken into account!). Any tips from anyone?
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This synth certainly does not warrant a 5! The stepping problems and distortion aside (which can be minimized by turning off the bass boost), the Oscillators are rather weak. The oscillators are generally what makes a synth either 'shallow' or 'deep', and the nature of the sampled waveforms on the SH-32, assures this synth, at least in polyphonic mode, will be 'shallow'. There is not enough harmonic content in the oscillators for it to sound 'deep'. That said, I can get a pretty decent monophonic sound out of it, especially with the filter cutoff past 3 O'clock. It even gets close to a jupiter 8 sound, or at least closer than the Junos! For this it deserves a 3.
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The SH-32 is fantastic! I bought one on e-Bay for less than $250. Great MIDI implementation. Easy to program. Unbelievable sounds from just a 2-oscillator synth! This is like an old ARP 2600 on steriods! Not an ideal live performance synth, but perfect for studio use.
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