Future Music

Roland SH-4d

If you like Roland products, over the past few years you’ll have been spoilt for choice. You’ve got the original AIRA line, the Boutique range of the classic synth recreations like the Juno and Jupiter, and you’ve also got the powerhouse grooveboxes in the MC-101 and MC-707. So it was hard to see any holes in the range, but Roland had something else planned, and that was the new SH-4d.

The SH-4d is a five-part desktop synth: four of those parts are melodic synth engines that use one of 11 oscillator modes, and the fifth part is a rhythm section that has plenty of its own sound-sculpting possibilities within. Each of these parts are coupled to a sequencer and an effect section, as well as a multi-effect that

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Future Music

Future Music5 min read
SOUNDS & SAMPLES
Blezz Beats are purveyors of a relatively small, but quite diverse, range of plugins and sample packs. It’s fair to say, though, that a broad ‘retro’ theme can be found across their various offerings – whether it be cheap, old-skool preset FM synths,
Future Music1 min read
Quick Drone Creation Tips
A good drone helps set and underpin the mood of your track, while allowing harmony to move freely above it. Drones are generally characterised by a long, sustaining single note or chord (often on the root note of the track) and technically speaking (
Future Music1 min read
In The Atmosphere
Ambient music tends to divide opinion – to some, it’s mind-bending and hypnotic, to others it’s nothing more than dull wallpaper music. Whatever your thoughts on the genre as a whole though, when it comes to sound design, ambient is home to some of t

Related Books & Audiobooks