Name: SH-09
Manufacturer: Roland
Years manufactured: 79-80
Type: Analoge solo synth
Produced: 1979-82
Price new:
Price used: £200-300
Keys: 32
Polyphony: Monofonic
Memory: None
Construction: Metal
Weight: 6.1 kg
Dimensions: 605*305*100 mm

Connection jacks: Line Out, Phones
Out, CV/Gate Out, CV/Gate In,
External In

Used by: Eurythmics, Orbital, Vince
Clarke,808 State

OVERVIEW
The SH-09 is very much like a one VCO
version of the SH-2. It's smaller,

OSCILLATORS
VCO1 has Saw/Ramp, Square and Pulse
wave forms. Range is 2´ to 32´. The pulse
width is controlled by either a slider, the
LFO or ENV. VCO1 also has a noise
function. The SH-09 also comes equipped
with a Sub Oscillator which has three
settings: 1oct down square, 2oct down
square and 2oct down pulse.

MODULATION
The LFO has square, sine and random
(S/H) waveforms, with delay and frequency
controls.

MIXER
The Mixer has three levers, one for
VCO1/Sub Oscillator respectively, and one
for the external input. The external input is
an quite unique function that allows you to
run any sound source through the filter.

FILTER
The VCF is a low-pass resonant filter with
sliders for cut-off frequency and
resonance. It can be modulated by the
LFO and/or the ENV. It also has an
envenlope follower, i.e. it can be modulated
by ext. input amplitude. (It's awsome to
connect drums to ext. intput and use the
envenlope follower!)

ENVENLOPES
The envelope generator is of the standard
ADSR type. It has three trigger modes:
gate, gate+trigger and LFO.

OTHER
The VCA has gate, ENV and hold mode.
The pitch-bender modulates pitch and/or
the VCF at variable amount.