A
small 2 1/2
octave monophonic analog synthesizer from
Roland. It offers one
CEM 3340 VCO with
separate levels for
sawtooth,
square,
pulse,
pulse width modulation and sub
oscillator. It also features an
ADSR envelope generator and an
LFO, which can be set on
triangle, square,
random (sample-and-hold) and
noise. A
primitive sequencer and
portamento are also included.
SH-101 was designed to be a
strap-on synth, and a
guitar neck -style
modulation attachment was made
available. The synth was also available in
several cute colours, and it can even
run on
batteries.
In the
recent years, the
101 has become a
trendy piece of
equipment among the
techno crowd along with
models like
TB-303 and
TR-909. It has a somewhat
thin sound due to having only one
VCO, but
sliders and
knobs never fail to make a
vintage synth
hot.
Production period:
1982-
1986
Quantity produced:
50 000
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