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Average rating: 4.6 out of 5

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dave c a hobbyist user from E.E.U.U writes:

this is a great analogue old synth. This is that closest thing to a moog that

roland ever made, maybe the sh5 is better but i haven't heard it... i purchased

mine used and without the top case for $70 at a pawn shop and as far as i can tell

the only thing wrong is a fried noise generator, oh well, fix that later i guess.

i have seen a cv gate patch out there and that' probably the only mod a non EE

major could perform, besides, who'd want to chop this thing up anyway. the thichest

synth you can get, if you can get one. p.s. i have a service manual and i may

one day scan it in and post it or something.

Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Thursday-Aug-06-9898 at 00:09

AdamT a part time user from UK writes:

SH3a`s seem to vary from example to example, mine is very warm and powerful despite only having one oscillator or at least one MASTER oscillator as it seems to use a cunning divide down technique to create five mixable octaves which have the option of selection of 3 different waveshapes each. This is a form of additive synthesis and gives the impression of five sync`d oscillators, there is also a sort of PWM on the 8` voice labelled "chorus", the Sample and hold is weird and unorthodox to say the least, it is nice to see that there is delayed vibrato and two LFOs + the PWM LFO not found on a lot of later monos. the Portamento is flexible with the Roland Auto mode. the Filter on mine tracks the keyboard there is no control or "off" setting,. the filter also self oscillates in a sweet way, all in all a very un-roland like synth, I have a feeling that the filter block was changed at some stage (mine is an early one). Problems?? mine is going through the `open it up and solder up more dry joints` stage at the moment, weak points seem to be the quality of the tracking under the octave level sliders and the other slider pots` coming apart (easily fixed by bending the tabs back), the lettering on the facia scratches off easily too, the Keyboard has a good feel but the action is mechanically noisy. I have to give this synth 5 out of 5, they`re cheap, and have that old world Roland sound of the later SH5.. buy one cheap now before they become collectable, cos let`s face it, the SH3a was Rolands first Non-Preset synth and has features that even the mega SH5 doesn`t have..

Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Thursday-Aug-06-9898 at 00:09

Nico a professional user from alaska us writes:

Not to be overly critical but my sh3a does not sound fat and its is about as far from a warm sounding moog as you can get....on the flip side, my sh3 gets the kraftwork style electro groove unlike anything else i have ever heard...as far as a screaming lead synth forget it, but if you are looking for a totally unique, truly bizarre analog synth capable of can and amon duul like synth modulations its the box...question: what does the growl knob do? mine does absolutely nothing....

Rating: 4 out of 5 posted Thursday-Aug-06-9898 at 00:09

Omnivore a professional user from Sweden writes:

It´s just so extremely fat sounding. It´ll blow your brains out! Buy it now, now, nowwwwwwww!

Rating: 4 out of 5 posted Thursday-Aug-06-9898 at 00:09

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