A
monophonic analog synthesizer with a 32-note
keyboard. Manufactured between
1978 and
1981, very similar to the
SH-101 in
design and
architechture.
The SH-1 offers a single
VCO with a 5
octave (2'-32') range. It is switchable between
sawtooth,
square and
pulse (with
PWM)
waveforms. Accompanying the VCO is a sub-
oscillator, which is identical to the one in
SH-7. A
noise generator with
white and
pink noise is also included.
The
mixer section features controls for all the aforementioned sound
sources, plus
external signal input. Other controls include
portamento rate,
fine tune and
auto bend which makes the VCO
slide to tune automatically with selected depth and rate.
As the
filter there is a self-oscillating low-pass
VCF with controls for
cutoff and resonance. It can be
modulated by EG1 (with normal/
inverse polarity), the
LFO, the keyboard or an external signal via the
envelope follower. A high-pass VCF is also available.
The
VCA features
hold and is switchable between the 2 envelope generators. EG1 is an
ADSR, controllable by a
trigger input, the keyboard or the LFO. EG2 has a simple AR envelope, and is controlled by keyboard
gate or LFO. Available waveforms for the LFO are
sine, square and
sample/hold ("
random"), with typical controls for rate & delay.
Other features include a
transpose switch,
pitch bend and a CV/gate
interface.
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