
It also had digital control for its analog circuits, a process Roland named Compuphonic. The synth had ten patches on board and eight memory locations to store any user patches. It had four voices, a 49-key keyboard, one oscillator and a sub-osc per voice, an arpeggiator and it included a bucket-brigade stereo ensemble effect. Here we’ll look at the latest Cloud offering: Jupiter-4.īack in 1978 when the Jupiter-4 was originally released as a hardware synthesizer, it was Roland’s first polyphonic synth. Those reviews were for the D-50, System-8, XV-5080, Jupiter-8 and the JD-800. SH101 Bass – Gotta have some bass too, right?ĭownload the free Roland SH-101 instruments at Preve’s site.We have covered several of the Roland Cloud synth plugins in past issues of SoundBytes Magazine.SH101 Noise – Lots of 80s tracks used the SH101’s midrange-heavy noise generator for synth drums, so I included a sample of it here.SH101 Resonant – This is another example of the SH-101’s resonance, generating a whistling tone over a square/pulse wave.The resonance on this synth is exceptional, so here’s a taste. SH101 ResSweep – The SH-101 shipped around the same time as the legendary TB-303 – and many producers have used the 101 in similar ways.Here, I blended it with a sawtooth waveform. SH101 Saw+Sub – Another signature sound from the 101 comes from its sub-oscillator.SH101 PWM – One of the truly classic SH-101 sounds lies in the character of its pulse width modulation.SH101 Square – Basic single oscillator SH-101 square wave.SH101 Saw – Basic single oscillator SH-101 sawtooth.Here’s what Preve has to say about these Simpler instruments: Producer Francis Preve let us know that he’s put together a new free library of synth patches for Ableton Live, featuring the sound of the Roland SH-101 synthesizer.
