Sample Sound - Roland SH-7 Instructions Manual

SAMPLE SOUND
PATCHES
The word
patch
refers
to the connections
and
settings of a
synthesizer
used
to arrive at a
given
sound.
The
sample
sound
patches
which appear on the following pages
should help
to give
you
a
better
understanding of
how
sounds are actually synthesized.
They can form the
basis
for.many
other
sounds
in
addition to those
shown.
Many
of the controls
may
have
to
be readjusted
in
order to
produce the
sounds of the instruments given. This
is
because
it is
impossible to
make
GROUP
1
- WOODWINDS
PAGE
23/24
1.
FLUTE
2.
CLARINET
3.
OBOE
GROUP
2
- BRASS INSTRUMENTS
PAGE
25
4.
TRUMPET
5.
HORN
6.
TUBA
GROUP
3
-
STRING INSTRUMENTS
PAGE
26
7.
VIOLIN
8.
FUZZ GUITAR
9.
BASS
GUITAR
GROUP
4
- PERCUSSION
PAGE
27
10.
XYLOPHONE
11.
VIBRAPHONE
12.SNAREDRUM
GROUP
5
- KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
PAGE
28
13.
ELECTRIC PIANO
14.HARPSICHORD
15.0RGAN
the
diagram accurate since
sometimes
a small
change
in a
control causes
a
large
change
in
sound.
Also, the type of amplifier
used
will
often strongly
affect
the
results.
Many
of the
sounds you synthesize can
be
greatly
improved by
using
your
amplifier
tone controls and/or
by using a graphic equalizer
such
as the
Boss
GE-10.
Also,
echo and chorus
effects
can
add
greatly to
the overall effect.
GROUP
6
- OTHER SOURES
PAGE
29
16.WHISTLE
I
17.WHISTLE
II
18.BELL
GROUP
7
- SOUND
EFFECTS
PAGE 30
19.STEAM
LOCOMOTIVE
20.
WIND
21.
GUN SHOTS.THUNDER
GROUP
8-
USING
EXTERNAL SOUND SOURCES
PAGE
31
22.
ENVELOPE FOLLOWER
23.
ENVELOPE MODIFIER
24.
RING
MODULATOR
MANEUVERING BENDER
PAGE
32
GUITAR
FUNKY
BASS
GROUP
1
-
WOODWINDS
<\
FLUTE
The
flute
produces
a
sound with
a
very clean
and
pure tone color.
This can be
produced on
the
synthesizer
by
using the
sawtooth
wave
and highly
filtering
it
with the
VCF. Note that the
VCF
ENV-1
control
is
raised
so that the
tone color
changes
slightly
during the
production of each
note.
This
is
common
with
wind
instruments.
You
can
check the
sound of
this
effect
by
lowering the
ENV-1 control to
"0" and
raising
the
VCF CUTOFF
FREQ
control to
about
"6".
This will
produce
a
tone color
about
the
same
as
is
produced with sustained notes.
If
you compare
these
two
sounds,
you can hear the subtle effect
that
envelope control has
on
this
particular
sound. Also
check
the effect of
the
HPF
by
playing various pitches
and moving
the
HPF
CUTOFF FREQ
control
up and
down between
"0" and
the setting
shown. Note the subtle effect
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has
on
the
lower pitches.
Note
the use
of the
VCF
LFO/S/H
control
(switch at
LFO)
to
produce what
is
called growl.
In this
case the effect
is
subtle
as
it
would be
in
a
flute
sound. Raise
this
control to
"10",
increase
the
LFO RATE
to
maximum
(and
the
LFO
DELAY
TIME
to
minimum) and you have growl
which can be
produced only on
a
synthesizer.
Now
try
the Flute
patch
as
shown,
but
using the
triangle
wave.
Although
the flute
and the
triangle
wave contain
few harmonics, the harmonics in
the
triangle
wave
are
all
odd numbered and thus
the
sound
is
not very
flute-like,
but
more
hollow
sounding, like a
recorder.
This
is
a
good example
of
how
a
small
change can create
a
different
sound
from
the
same
patch.
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