Roland SH-7
SH-7 (image courtesy of Roland )
Released: 1978
MSRP: no
Synopsis:
Similar to an SH-5, but swapping an LFO for full ADSR envelopes. First synth with the Roland's familiar high to low pass filter configuration. The monosynth can also be 2 voice polyphonic.
Architecture Class: Conventional (subtractive).
Ebay Description:
The Roland SH-7 is a 44 key, monophonic or duophonic analog synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (saw/pulse/square/triangle waveforms with ring-mod, sync, and PWM), white/pink noise, high-pass and resonant low/high/band-pass filters, dedicated filter and amp ADSR envelopes, LFO (saw/sine/square 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:870mm (34.3in)
D:400mm (15.6in)
H:180mm (7.1in)
15kg (34lbs)
yes
mono
no
CV:1V/oct gate trigger VCF
CV:1V/oct gate VCA
no
22W 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
dual-osc:1
single-osc:2
no
VCO1+VCO2->HPF->VCF->VCA
Output
Effects
Pan Modulator
Volume Modulator
Headphone
no
no
bender
Env1
Env2
LFO
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
gate
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'
square-mix:2-32'
no
PWM:Env1|LFO1
sync
auto-bend
bender
CV
portamento
LFO
S/H
no
VCO2
analog
pulse
saw
square
triangle
2-32'
no
PWM:Env1|LFO1
auto-bend
bender
CV
portamento
LFO
S/H
no
Noise
analog
noise:white/pink
-
no
no
no
no
RingMod
analog
VCO1B+-VCO2|external
-
no
no
no
no
Filter
Name
Signal Class
IC
Resonant
Shape
Frequency Modulator
Resonance Modulator
Shape Modulator
HPF
analog
?
no
high pass
no
no
no
VCF
analog
?
yes
low|band|high pass
bender
key
Env1
LFO
pedal
S/H
VCO2
Noise
no
no
Envelope
Name
Level
Rate
Loop
Polarity
Trigger
Level Modulator
Rate Modulator
Env1
sustain
attack
decay
release
no
VCF
key
gate
trigger
no
no
Env2
sustain
attack
decay
release
no
no
key
gate
trigger
no
no
LFO
Name
Waveform
Delay
Polarity
Sync
Delay Modulator
Level Modulator
Rate Modulator
LFO
saw:down
sine
square
sine
no
key
no
no
no
