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11 Am. first to get to the shoppe this morning to try this guy out. Went Right to the Sh32. First thing i noticed was that it was built well, as it was encased in metal housing. What A tiny machine!! Knowing what I was looking for, Knowing what I want outta a synth, I quickly flicked the LCD to the D88 patch which is the initialized. I grabbed the sliders, pressed some buttons and got going. Instantaneously, I was churning out great sounds. I switched on the Sub Osc and fired up a gut wrenching DnB bass. started over and sculpted a beautiful, shiny, moving pad/string sound. Everything is laid out RIGHT there. granted, the front panel is smushed like a sardine can, I still easily found everything i needed. the Spectral waves are wicked for those really spacy sounds. dont know what a spectral wave is? check out the Access Virus., Each other "normal wave" has variations. you can either choose a normal ol saw wave, or the other 11 variations, such as the Jp8000's super saw wave. And yes, I'll let you know that the super saw waveform found on the Sh32 stays up there with the actual Jp8000 supersaw. The arpeggiator DOES have a latch function D. DouglAS, its the hold button. theres even a chord button to push to churn out cool variations, and add the extra something to your track.
Im convinced that Roland thought about how they ripped us off with the Jp series. Dont get me wrong, I owned a Jp8000 since they came out, and sold mine a couple years ago, so i loved it to death. But the price! they still charge 1299 for 1099 for the Jp's! Here comes along a little synthsizer that cost 1/3 of that!! for $429 you can get a little box with big sound and big features. True, the sound and features are not something that can oust out a Nova or Virus, but the Nova and Virus are double, and triple the price. I honestly cant believe the potential found in the Sh32, and I certainly know where my next paycheck is headed!
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