Roland SH-201 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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Contents
Panel descriptions ..................................................................................2
Main features...........................................................................................7
USING THE UNIT SAFELY......................................................................8
IMPORTANT NOTES .............................................................................10
Before you begin...................................................................................12
Making the connections........................................................................................................................... 12
Connecting the power adaptor ................................................................................................... 12
Connecting headphones or speakers.......................................................................................... 13
Turning the power on/off....................................................................................................................... 14
Turning the power off .................................................................................................................. 14
Basic structure of the SH-201..............................................................15
How sound is produced.......................................................................................................................... 15
Playing sounds .....................................................................................16
Adjusting the volume (MASTER VOL).................................................................................................16
Selecting a sound to play (GROUP/BANK/NUMBER) ....................................................................16
About Patches................................................................................................................................ 17
Restoring the original settings (Factory Reset) ......................................................................... 17
Adding expression to your playing (Velocity).....................................................................................18
Varying the pitch of the notes you play/Adding vibrato (Pitch Bend/Modulation lever) .......... 18
Shifting the pitch range of the keyboard (OCT UP/DOWN)............................................................ 18
Smoothly connecting the pitch of two notes (PORTAMENTO)........................................................ 19
Playing monophonically (SOLO/LEGATO)........................................................................................ 19
Moving your hand to vary the pitch or volume (D BEAM)............................................................... 20
Changing the pitch (PITCH)........................................................................................................20
Changing the volume to add expression to your performance (EXPRESS)......................... 20
Changing the brightness or other aspects of the sound (FILTER/ASSIGN)........................ 21
Sustaining the notes (Hold pedal).......................................................................................................... 21
Adding dynamics to your performance (Expression pedal).............................................................. 21
Automatically playing arpeggios (ARPEGGIO)..................................................................................22
Playing arpeggios (ON/HOLD) ................................................................................................. 22
Selecting how the arpeggio is to sound (SELECT)...................................................................23
Recording your performance (RECORDER) ........................................................................................ 24
Recording ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Saving a recorded phrase............................................................................................................. 25
Playback.......................................................................................................................................... 26
Creating sounds....................................................................................27
How sounds are created.......................................................................................................................... 27
Specifying the waveform and pitch (OSC) ........................................................................................... 28
OSC 1 (oscillator 1) button/OSC 2 (oscillator 2) button.......................................................... 28
WAVE buttons............................................................................................................................... 28
PITCH knob ...................................................................................................................................29
DETUNE knob............................................................................................................................... 29
PW/FEEDBACK (Pulse Width/Feedback) knob..................................................................... 30
INTERVAL buttons ...................................................................................................................... 30
PITCH ENV (pitch envelope) sliders ......................................................................................... 31
Combining waveforms to create rich or metallic sounds (MIX/MOD)........................................... 32
TYPE button................................................................................................................................... 32
BALANCE knob............................................................................................................................ 33
LOW FREQ (low frequency) button........................................................................................... 33
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