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Alex posted in the group Roland SH-4d Synthesizer Group
I know there aren’t many people with the Sh-4d yet, but I wondered if anyone who has it already has tried sending or receiving program change messages (PCM’s) with other gear?
I can’t seem to get it to change patterns at the same time with most of my other gear. I’ve tested it with the UNO Synth Pro, Digitakt and Syntakt so far but it always changes one bar late. It seems to work well with the Roland T-8 though and both change patterns together in perfect sync, but I guess that’s because they are both made by the same manufacturer. Has anyone else had any success?
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This makes sense, but then why does my UNO Synth Pro change in perfect sync with the Digitakt but not the SH-4d? Wouldn’t this indicate that it’s a Roland issue?
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It’s probably because the Uno synth is changing to a new patch and not a pattern (sequences are saved with each patch) so it changes immediately. Whereas the SH-4d is a pattern-based machine so it needs to cue the next pattern after receiving the message.
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Alex posted in the group Roland SH-4d Synthesizer Group
Can the Roland SH-4d sound like a TB-303?
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Obviously not going to sound identical not being a clone, but it sounds pretty good and has the right vibe 😎
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I’ve preordered, can’t wait to try it but it’s not coming until May! How did you get yours so quickly?
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I was just really lucky I guess. I saw a store that had one in stock just a couple of days after it was announced and quickly placed my order. It came the next day!
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Alex posted in the group Roland SH-4d Synthesizer Group
SH-4d Tip: The FAT parameter doesn’t seem to be available directly for the Sync and Ring models, but strangely you can still choose it as a modulation source in the matrix. Can be useful for fattening up the sound as these models don’t have additional oscillators to be used as a Sub.
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The Sync model at least can be replicated in the SH-4d model, so you could gain Fat and other features including additional oscillators that way. I don’t know if there is ring modulation available in the SH-4d or 3d models (I don’t have my synth yet).
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The Elektrons don’t seem to send the PC message until the pattern has actually changed, which means which ever machine is receiving the message still needs to cue up the next pattern resulting in it changing pattern one bar later.