SH-2 - S&H

monolith · Post by **monolith** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:35 am

Hi,
i recently acquired a Roland SH-2, and it's near impossible to actually hear the S&H lfo setting do any uh... sampling and holding.
Is this normal? should I just be able to flick the switch and hear it in action? or is it only audible at the right setting?

I took it to a friend who knows alot more about synths than me and he got it happening, but it was only with both mod knobs up and the cutoff at a very precise setting. and after over an hour of tweaking last night ii couldnt get to happen again.
For the most part all the s&h does is a slight pulse, or stutter not unlike the square wave setting. If any one who owns/has owned an sh-2/09 can help me out i'd really like some insight.
cheers,
M

Z · Post by Z » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:21 am

Best thing to do is to set the filter cutoff low and the resonance high and set the filter mod all the way up. ou can also modulate the Oscilators' pitch and/or VCA with S/H on the SH-2.

Here's a video I made a couple weeks ago of a SH-2 I recently aquired and resold to another VSE member. I do not demonstrate the S/H, but I do tun the volume of all oscillators down and the filter's res all the way up to make it self oscillate. I then modulate the filter with the LFO's sine wave. You can do the same, just change the waveform to S/H.

monolith · Post by **monolith** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:41 am

thanks for the reply Z.
I've tried what you suggested, to no avail. i guess something's not working then. Does anyone have ideas as to what the problem could be?
perhaps i should post an example of the sound i get...
M