SH-5

Roland SH-5

Released: 1976

MSRP: no

Synopsis:

A significant upgrade to the SH-3 (dual VCOs, ring mod, second EG, dual filters, CV/gate interface ...) Architecture Class: Conventional (subtractive).

Ebay Description:

The Roland SH-5 is a 44 key, monophonic analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (saw/pulse/square/triangle waveforms with ring-mod, sync, and PWM), white/pink noise, resonant band-pass and low/band/high-pass filters, AR and ADSR envelopes, dual LFOs (saw and sine/square/triangle waveforms), portamento, S/H, and CV/gate I/O.

Physical

Form Factor	Dimensions	Weight	Audio Input	Audio Output	Communication Port	Control Input	Control Output	Switch Input	Power
44 keys	W:864mm (34.02in) D:270/335mm (10.63/13.19in) H:257mm (10.12in)	22kg (48.4lbs)	yes	stereo mono	no	CV trigger VCA VCF VCO	CV trigger VCA	ext-trigger	20W AC

Interface

Compatibility	Multitimbral Memory	Program Memory	External Storage	External Programming	UI Input	UI Output
-	N/A	no	no	no	buttons/sliders	LED

Architecture

Multitimbral	Polyphony	Unison	Architecture
no	1	no	VCO1+VCO2->VCF+BPF->VCA

Output

Effects	Pan Modulator	Volume Modulator	Headphone
no	no	EG1 EG2 LFO1 LFO2 pedal	yes

Control

Arpeggiator	Arpeggiator External	Sequencer	Sequencer Memory	Sequencer External	Continuous	Program Change
no	N/A	no	N/A	N/A	bender	no

Keyboard

Key Pressure	Chord Memory	External Control	External Sustain	Key Scaling	Velocity Curves
no	no	CV trigger	no	no	no

Source

Name	Signal Class	Waveform	Octave Range	Amplitude Modulator	Harmonics Modulator	Pitch Modulator	Wave Assign Modulator
VCO1	analog	pulse saw square triangle	2-32'	no	PWM:LFO1\|2 sync	bender CV portamento LFO1 LFO2 pedal S/H	no
VCO2	analog	pulse saw square triangle	2-32'	no	PWM:EG	bender CV portamento EG2 LFO1 LFO2 pedal	no
Noise	analog	noise:white/pink	-	no	no	no	no
RingMod	analog	VCO1\|external+-LFO1\|2\|Noise	-	no	no	no	no

Filter

Name	Signal Class	IC	Resonant	Shape	Frequency Modulator	Resonance Modulator	Shape Modulator
VCF	analog	?	yes	low\|band\|high pass	bender key EG1 EG2 LFO1 LFO2 pedal S/H	no	no
BPF	analog	?	yes	band pass	no	no	no

Envelope

Name	Level	Rate	Loop	Polarity	Trigger	Level Modulator	Rate Modulator
EG1	-	attack release	no	no	key S/H LFO2 pedal trigger	no	no
EG2	sustain	attack decay release	no	no	key S/H LFO2 pedal trigger	no	no

LFO

Name	Waveform	Delay	Polarity	Sync	Delay Modulator	Level Modulator	Rate Modulator
LFO1	saw	no	yes	no	no	no	no
LFO2	sine square triangle	sine	no	no	no	no	no

Conventional Models

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