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Roland SH-32 User Manual

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Contents

IMPORTANT NOTES ...............................................................................4

How To Use This Manual........................................................................5

Notation Used in This Owner’s Manual...................................................................................... 5

Main Features........................................................................................11

Panel Descriptions................................................................................12

Front Panel................................................................................................................................................. 12
Rear Panel .................................................................................................................................................. 15

Getting Ready........................................................................................16

Connecting External Devices .................................................................................................................. 16
Turning On the Power ............................................................................................................................. 17

Turning Off the Power ................................................................................................................. 17

Restoring the Factory Settings (Factory Reset)..................................................................................... 17
Listening to the Demo Songs .................................................................................................................. 18

Quick Start ................................... 19

Producing Sound ..................................................................................20

Getting Started .......................................................................................................................................... 20

About the Playing Modes of the SH-32 (PATCH/PERFORMANCE) .................................. 20
Switching Modes........................................................................................................................... 20

Standalone Play of Sounds (PREVIEW)................................................................................................ 21
Playing a Sound with a MIDI Keyboard............................................................................................... 22
Listening to the Preset Sounds ............................................................................................................... 23
Using the Effects ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Playing a Rhythm Set............................................................................................................................... 25

Modifying the Sound ............................................................................26

Creating Sounds ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Easy Sound Editing .................................................................................................................................. 27

1. Selecting a Waveform (Oscillator) .......................................................................................... 27
2. Working on Oscillator Waveforms (FILTER) ....................................................................... 29
3. Adding Changes in the Volume (AMP) ................................................................................ 31
4. Adding Modulation to the Sound (LFO) ............................................................................... 32
5. Adding an Effect ....................................................................................................................... 34

Saving the Sound...................................................................................................................................... 35

Playing Arpeggio (Arpeggiator)...........................................................36

Turning On/Off the Arpeggiator........................................................................................................... 36
Changing the Arpeggiator Tempo......................................................................................................... 38
Playing the Arpeggio Together with a Rhythm Pattern..................................................................... 39

Playing a Chord at the Touch of a Finger (Chord Memory) ..............41

Using the Chord Memory Function....................................................................................................... 41
Switching Chord Forms........................................................................................................................... 42