Roland SH-4d | Nine months review
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2024
- This my honest review of the Roland SH-4d after nine months.
Enjoy, peace!
00:00 INTRO
00:20 PRO N.1: THE SOUND
01:25 PRO N.2: EASE OF USE
04:24 CONS
05:47 CONCLUSIONS
06:22 OUTRO LIL JAM (WITH FILTER SWEEEEEEP)
How to separate audio tracks on Roland SH-4d: • Roland SH-4d Tutorial ...
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As someone that travels for a living, I’ve been searching for the perfect travel size groove box and this checks almost all the boxes. I just ordered one.
You won't regret, thanks for tuning in!
Got to agree with you there mate. I have spent many happy hours with mine, and there's always something new! Appreciate your work.
Hi Russell, yes our SH-4d is great, thanks for your kind comment, as always, cheers!
I love mine also. The more I use it the happier I am having it. There a some flaws but I am really hoping many of them will be fixed with updates. I just love it.
You are right, "happy" is the word. Playing this machines makes you happy. Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate!
I honestly bought this machine for one sound, a flexible poly warm pad sound to stack on my Nord electro. There is just something about having a dedicated hardware synth that software can’t replicate (although it comes close). I love mine! It truly is a great machine. Thanks for your videos!
I agree. The sound, the pots and sliders, everything comes in handy for making good music. Thank you for your comment!
great 🔥 order mine tomorrow. This thing sounds so good. really cool video. New Abo 🤙🏼🙂
Thanks a lot, have fun with SH-4d!
It's a beautiful machine!!!!
Agree!
Nice work.
Hi Rui, thanks a lot!
Yeah def gonna keep mine
5:10 Yeah! Audio In should have EFX on it. We need it for Vocals and such.
Absolutely!
I been waiting for a piece of gear like this, I'm a newer music producer and I'm still learning. This seems to be a great box to help generate ideas and learn track composition. I don't understand the hate toward this device. Looks great to me.
The hate is because of some flaws regarding the groove box functions but if we look at It as a four parts plus rhythm part synthesizer, as the writing on it says, we all can almost agree it is a nice sounding machine. Love it too, thanks for stopping by!
Nice overview, thanks! I've heard it said that the sound design is a little limited/shallow, which isn't surprising given the price point / sheer weight of features the box offers. It's still a great buy nonetheless.
It's all about the price point compared to the sound and the ease of use it. IMO it's a great deal. Thank you for stopping by!
I bought this without knowing anything but the specs on Sweetwater. 60 voices with a Juno and SH-01. This IS my favorite synth and I have Kronos, Nautilus, Integra 7, Motif, many Behringer 12 140 hps of eurorack, all of the latest Dreadbox. The point is, it’s my favorite! I would like to see an app made for it though!
Although I have many other gears as well, It Is my fav too. Agree, top notch instrument!
My only complaint about the machine is the weird save functionality. If I use the same sound on several different projects but with minor adjustments on each I have to save as different sounds to keep the settings on individual tracks. Really annoying!
I get it. I use tò think that, at the end of the day, It"s just one more click if you let it unrenamed. Thanks for your comment!
@@malvinusmusic Yes, it is just a minor annoyance. It really is a wonderful machine, I absolutely love it, it has given me so many hours of fun and enjoyment. In my opinion it is the best piece of gear Roland has produced in many years, it is so versatile.
This has plagued hardware groove boxes since the beginning
it's one of my favorite grooveboxes i have ever used not sure why it gets all the hate yes id love to use it as a fx box on audio in but i think you do have triggers and param locks ya can record automation. The jam at the end was great synthwave ish
I think it is disliked little precisely because it is simple. People like complicated things, lol! Thank you for your kind words!
this makes sense agreed @@malvinusmusic
Cause I have tr8s, and what was in firmware update, Arpeggioter can use all Synth parts like 5 arp
I don't see multiple outputs. How do I split the audio to put an effect pedal on a specific channel/voice?
Thete are no separate audio outs. To have separate channels you have to use the USB audio feature of the SH-4d so that you can put the FX in your DAW
Is there an easy way to Fade In certain drums? but not others. (I keep thinking 4 sliders are good, but why not more?)
You can fade in drums with the Timbre knob. Just uncheck the drums you don't wanna fade in and you're good to go. AFAIK there are no other ways.
you have polyphonic probability , ratchet and rolls , different sequencer modes ( forward / backward / ping pong & random ) and automation (not exactly plocks but close ) so sequencer is not a slouch !
you did mention the lack of effects on audio ins , but the fx tools is huge : with one insert effect per track plus one global fx and one global + delay + chorus +reverb and one master compressor and EQ and one dedicated eq per track ! this is cool
Absolutely! SH-4d is a beautiful sequencer. I meant only that it',s not as Deep as the Elektron. Thanks for stopping by!
Boss Roland seem to be against updating the firmware on their products, but IMO the SH-4D could go from very good to fantastic with some tweaks. One thing I don't think you mentioned as a con is the saving system which I personally find antiquated and annoying.
I am actually not annoyed by the saving system, although it might certainly be better, I agree. Maybe I will make soon a video about this topic
3:27 what's that weird sound? its like QBert noises
I don't remember but yeah, very weird!
if i dont want to use the drum track can i change to another synth
Absolutely
Thanks for replay
So you are the one person who actually bought this 😅
I'm not the only one, what statistics do you have?