Roland SH-101 Synthesizer

He is NOT using an SH101 as described here. He is using a synth that was made specifically ONLY for him with the name sh101, since it implements similar controls to the SH101

A picture of Speed Dealer Moms gear before their canceled performance on the 26th April 2009. This is John's setup. Speed Dealer Moms is the side project of John Frusciante and Aaron Funk.

from this website

'The SH-101 didn't survive the surgeon's screwdriver: "It doesn't look like a 101 anymore – I use the sliders, but for different things."'

This is a video of The Glove, Robert's side project with bassist Steve Severin of the Banshees. They can clearly be seen using a Roland SH-101 in this video. I don't know if it belongs to Smith, but he clearly must have used one at some point.

Dash Berlin shares a photo of his Roland SH-101 synth, and tweets "Hooking up a classic for the lead sound. "

"There's also a Roland SH-101 with inverted key colours. It has extra filters modded on, I used it on my NERD remix. If I ever want a real good saw sound, this is what I use. It’s fun to trigger it with a drum machine too.”

The SH-101 is listed in the inventory of Albarn's 13 Studio.

"In the studio we had a Roland SH-101."

On Boards Of Canada Wikia page it states that "BOC use the SH-101 extensively."

”A lot of big, maximalized electronic music now is kind of easy to make, and we were trying to find a different sound.”

Puth found a reason to pick up and play a 1988 Roland SH-101 keytar, noodling around on it like Herbie Hancock, losing himself in interludes and extended jam sessions with his tight four-piece band.

In the image on this post you can see Nicolas Jaar using the Roland SH-101.

"This is a RED SH101. 98% of you are gonna be like: So what? The rest of you are gonna be like "Holy shit!!""

At 1:07 into this video, the classic Roland SH-101 Synthesizer makes an appearance in Gesaffelstein's studio. It's evidenced by the VCO and SOURCE MIXER sections of the synth.

Mainstays include a Roland TB-303, TR-909 and SH-101.

Included in equipment list

Roland SH-101 can be seen during Alessandro Cortini's "synth cave" tour. The item can be seen 10:59 into this video.

In this picture on The Prodigy's Facebook you can see they use the SH-101 live.

S.O.S interview of Air members on how they built their own studio. Air give up the names of their synths plus photo of them

Roland SH-101 About: This piece was one of the essential live synths in 90's in Liam's setup. Later Liam replaced this silver baby to red Clavia Nord Lead in his setup. But you can still sometimes see this machine on top of the first synth rack on live setup. Specifications: Polyphony : Monophonic Oscillators : 1 VCO (Independent levels for Saw, Square / Pulse / PWM and Sub-Oscillator) LFO : Triangle, Square, Random and Noise Waveforms VCF : Resonant, Self-Oscillating LPF, Mod by EG, LFO anKYBD Tracking VCA : ADSR, Mod by EG or Gate Arpeg/Seq : Digital Sequencer up to 100 steps Record / Playback Arpeggiator Patterns : Up, Down, Up/Down Keyboard : 32 keys Control : CV / Gate Gear info: The Roland SH-101 is a monophonic bass synthesizer, featuring a 2 1/2 octave 32-note (F-C) keyboard in a light, plastic case. This synth was released in the era just after analog synths like the Moog, ARP, Sequential Circuits, etc. It's siblings include the SH1, SH2, SH3a, SH5, SH7 and SH09. Probably does not sound as FAT as a Moog or ARP. It was designed as a strap-on synth with an optional modulation attachment that stuck out like a guitar neck. It can run on batteries. The SH-101 was pre-MIDI, but it has CV (1 volt/octave cv) and gate inputs in the back. It's sound lies somewhere between the TB-303 and a Juno bass sound. It has a lot of simple but cool features. You can control the VCF, pitch, LFO or all from the pitch bender. It has a white noise generator, arpeggiator with up, down and up/down patterns and a simple real-time sequencer. The LFO offers random, sine, square or noise waveforms. And normal or auto portamento effects give you that elastic bass sound. There are external clock inputs for the sequencer and arpeggiator, CV/GATE inputs and outputs and a CV hold pedal. The SH-101 also features a very primitive arpeggiator and sequencer as well as portamento. There are also two exclusive versions available.. one is blue and one is red. Other artists that have been using this: Orbital, Future Sound of London, Überzone, The Prodigy, 808 State, The Grid, Cirrus, Eat Static, Jimmy Edgar, Apollo 440, Devo, Union Jack, Luke Vibert, Dirty Vegas, Josh Wink, the Crystal Method, Aphex Twin, Astral Projection, Les Rythmes Digitales, Sense Datum, Squarepusher, Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM/MDFMK, Freddy Fresh, Lab-4, Nitzer Ebb, the Chemical Brothers and many more. Liam: "We do a totally live bit on stage where we hook up the SH-101 to the 909 using the trigger input and have a little jamming session on stage. That's quite interesting!" Release date: 1983 Type: Analogue synthesizer Used: Used live in Funky Shit and Poison. (With this machine Liam usually played the Relase Yo' Delf - riff between Poison part1 and part2 in live gigs).

At 10:26 in the video. "I think this is an amazing synth. They're really cheap...well, comparatively...It's got one oscillator...and you can get millions of things out of it."

In this photo, you can see a Roland SH-101 (1st synth in the photo) in Dave Gahan's New York City studio where he works with Kurt Uenala. Original article [here](http://www.sonicscoop.com/2012/07/01/david-gahan-of-depeche-mode-an-inside-look-at-his-very-personal-studio/#sthash.KD4Ta3VC.yR3doMM6.dpbs).

"Its got a great fuzzy bleepy acidy sound with a lot of character. Sadly the sequencer and arpeggiator don't work anymore in mine so I got to get it repaired or get a new one or something."

In this photo, there is sh-101 in his studio.

"The SH-101 is basically a bass synthesizer, but I use it a lot for effects."

Hey y'all. Been hard at work this year on the new record and pretty excited to show you whats been transpiring. Lets hang in #2k15.

This Electronic Musician article states that Murphy owns a Roland SH-101.

In this video Minilogue's setup, at 0:16, an SH-101 can be seen.

at 1:54 you have a brief moment that light shines on the synth on the dashboard revealing it's design which turns out to be exactly like a Roland SH-101.

This is a Reddit post with a picture originally taken from cEvin's Facebook page. The picture includes two photos of Subconscious Studios, spliced together to look like a panorama photo. Featured in the photos is a Roland SH-101 synthesizer.

In [this interview](http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/6327653/joris-voorn-new-album-nobody-knows-interview), Joris mentions his use of a Roland SH-101, saying, "I decided to use a Roland 101 synthesizer to play the parts, which gave the track a very different but beautiful sound. It showed me how well you can combine classical melodies with electronic music."

The whole video is about how the SH-101 is used for the track "Roller"

"My little setup for the show tomorrow..."

In [this interview](http://www.thefader.com/2014/10/29/beat-construction-dj-quik) with Fader, Dj Quik talks about bass sounds and 808's "They're not even using the 808 drum machines, they're using the 808 samples that people have hodgepodged and put online. They want to keep it there because it sounds like the records that they hear on the radio. They think it's the definitive sound. It wasn't just that. It was the fucking DMX drum machine. If you think about songs like [Run DMC's] "Krush Groove"—that was one of the best drum sounds ever! It's not just about the 808. People get stuck because they like the speakers to vibrate. People get turned on, there's something sexual about it. It's like a vibrator. But you can make it sexual with a bassline, you can make it sexual with an SH-101, a Roland fucking synthesizer. You can make it emotive and erotic with flangers and stuff. People don't do the whole math when it comes to making music. You can do so many different things to one sound that it will become something totally new. "

At 7:56 the Roland SH-101 synthesizer is visible in this Mathew Jonson [presentation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16vS_bep3nI) done with Red Bull Music Academy.

At 17:04 in this video, Robert Babicz says "I still love my SH 101..."

Alex Metric takes future music on a studio tour

When Rusko is asked by Twitter user @ProducerQandA, "What is your most used hardware synth as well as your most used software synth when you are producing?" Rusko replies, "hardware - SH101 bleeps and fx all day Roland style. Software - anything [rob papen](https://equipboard.com/brands/rob_papen) especially [predator](https://equipboard.com/items/rob-papen-predator) & albino :) :)" (as of 7 Feb 2012)

On the right, beneath the Korg MS-20 Mini.

"I love the Roland 101 and 303 for synths.."

This is in his studio picture on Facebook.

Visible throughout but most notably at 1:40

"The answer to that question is… yes and no. Ever since I got my first bits of kit - a Casio MT-65, an SH-101 and a Dr. Rhythm - songwriting has always been about melody."

Michael Stein – who composed the score for Netflix hit Stranger Things with S U R V I V E bandmate Kyle Dixon – guides viewers round the band’s setup in the video for Austin radio station KUT 90.5, which features a Roland SH-101, Korg Mono/Poly and ARP Odyssey.

This synthesizer can be seen at 52:02 into this video.

At 0:20, Gavin says, "So basically the track its pretty much all SH-101's. Bass line Lead line, Sweeps all recorded in real time..."

In this video with *FACTmagazine*, at 0:10 you can see the SH-101 Synthesizer by Roland. Alix says "I rely a lot obviously on hardware, a lot of synthesizers, I use a lot of the [Virus](https://equipboard.com/items/access-virus-ti2-polar-synthesizer), I got a little [phatty](https://equipboard.com/items/moog-sub-phatty-25-key-analog-synthesizer) there, [JP-8000](https://equipboard.com/items/roland-jp-8000-synthesizer), [Juno-106](https://equipboard.com/items/roland-juno-106-synthesizer), SH-101, [MicroKORG](https://equipboard.com/items/korg-microkorg-synthesizer-vocoder), I like to record a lot of my own sounds.”

Nick Taylor asks Ceephax in this [article from *Smart Shanghai*](http://www.smartshanghai.com/articles/nightlife/inside-the-dayglo-mind-of-ceephax-acid) “OK some nerdy gear questions. How much kit you bringing over to Shanghai? Is it not a huge pain in the arse to travel with all that stuff?” To which Ceephax replies “I'm bringing my flotilla of Roland hardware [TR-707](https://equipboard.com/items/roland-tr-707-rhythm-composer), [TR-909](https://equipboard.com/items/roland-tr-909-rhythm-composer), SH-101, [TB-303](https://equipboard.com/items/roland-tb-303), and my [Ensoniq SQ-80](https://equipboard.com/items/ensoniq-sq-80).”

Mentions it in the interview, as one of his hardware synths.

"I managed to pick up a Juno 2, a TR-505, an SH-101."

Alec Empire's Generation Star Wars album from 1994 is produced by himself and contains the following instrument list in both the album notes and the Bandcamp page: "Instruments used on this album: TR-808, Akai S-1100, SH-101, Boss Pitch Delay."

In this article Bicep say: "We have (or borrow) Korg M1, Yamaha DX7, SH101, Juno 6, Roland midi keyboards, Akai MPC 2000xl and Mackie monitors."

As much as she enjoys shiny new gear, Allien would be at a loss without her vintage synths. For Thrills, she employed her trusty Roland TR-808 drum machine and SH-101 analog synth along with Clavia Nord Lead and Nord Modular synths; a Midas mixer; Apple Logic Pro; and her prized piece, the ARP 2600. “Turning wheels and pressing buttons, all [my] instruments sound deep and dark in my ears,” she says. “The ARP is perfect for that! And the ARP 2600 is the last synth I've bought — I saw it in Japan first and bought it finally on eBay. But I was looking a long time for it.”

Moving it all around

Calls it a beginner's synth.

confirmation at 2:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WaqfAFVEJI&feature=youtu.be&t=2m58s

Gerald is shown programming a SH-101 at 1:56 in the video

In this photo, his studio.

A Roland SH-101 was used on the album *Small Moon*, according to the liner notes.

You can see the Roland SH-101 during this interview with Marc Houle. "The SH-101 is a good utility synth. It was inexpensive at the time I got it, but it does a lot. For a beginner, it's got everything you need on it. It's great"

"Roland is the typical "Techno" brand sound. [...] I used a lot the arpeggiator on scene."

"Ready for the weekend:) Graz, London and Essen"

In this interview, Karl talks about using the Roland SH-101.

Albums which use ROLAND SH-101 : • Waiting for Cousteau

Although boasting a lush sound, the album was recorded largely at Paul's Rhythm Ranch studio on a single tascam 16-track with a Studiomaster desk. Synths used include: Roland D-50, Akai S1000 and S3000, Kork M1R, Waldorf Microwave, Roland Super Jupiter module, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Yamaha TX802, Minimoog, MIDIMoog, Oberheim Two-Voice, Roland Jupiter 8 and SH-101.

Slices gets behind the controls of George FitzGerald’s studio on this Tech Talk for Electronic Beats TV. Take a look into the environment and processes of a craftsmen who focuses on getting to know his hardware and making the most out of every moment

On June 5th, John Foxx will be taking his group The Maths to the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm London for a one-off performance of his classic album Metamatic. Now, after our feature on Benge's synths was such a hit with you lot, we thought that some of you might like to get warm under the collar and quivery of the finger tip to learn what John Foxx will be packing in the back of the van for the Roundhouse show - please check out the mouthwatering list below, and have a look at some John Foxx & The Maths on YouTube while you're at it. Find out more about this incredible event (which also features a DJ set by Gary Numan and Ade Fenton) at the Roundhouse website. John Foxx'Metatronic best-of is out now. Synthesizers: ARP Odyssey x 2, ARP Sequencers x 2, Crumar Multiman, EDP Wasp, Korg MonoPoly, Korg 700, Logan String Machine, Moog Mini x 2, Moog Modular plus Sequencers, Moog Opus 3, Roland Modular System 100m x 10 Modules, Roland SH2, Roland SH-101, Roland Juno 60, Sequential Circuits Multitrack Drum machines: Amdek Percussion Synthesiser, Boss Dr Rhythm, Linn Drum, Klone Drum, Roland CR78, Roland TR808 Effects & Processors: Boss Chorus, Boss Flanger, Boss Phaser, Electro Harmonix electric mistress Flanger, Furman Spring Reverb, Ibanez AD80 Analog Delay, Maestro PS-1 Phase Shifter, Mu-tron Phasor, MXR Phase 100, Roland Space echo RE-201 Other Equipment Tascam & Revox Analogue Reel to Reel Tape Machines

in this video we can see jesper using sh101..

Atari Teenage Riot “Live At Brixton Academy 1999” credits: Synthesizer [SH-101], Effects [Moog Filter, Ring Modulator], Sampler [Yamaha A-3000, 2x Yamaha SU-10], Synthesizer [Moog Prodigy] – Nic Endo

captioned "Remixing with @lukesauunders ????" on Shura's instagram

"Mr Roland I always love playing with you on my desk"

"it's great for kind of like lead line type of things" - Jody Wisternoff at 11:05.

you can see it on this foto

In this Slices Tech Talk, Electronic Beats TV looks to delve into the heart of Ian Pooley's Berlin studio

New Gear in her studio

Included in this list of Martyn's Roland gear.

"This is the Roland SH-101."

Jono Ma can be seen playing the Roland SH-101 throughout the their cover of Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High and the Jono's synth name (SH-101) is clear at 01:59 and 03:43 and can be seen tweaking his SH-01 at the very start of the video.

“Lately I’ve been using this more for the sample/hold-style warbled blips. It’s fun to get a completely random and mangled mess sampled, and then loop a section to base an entire song on. "You can hear this in action at the end of my song Crimewaves, just before it goes into the little reprise at the end.”

At 0:21 Michael Stein from the band S U R V I V E talks about his Roland SH-101.

This item can be seen in this Instagram picture, uploaded by the artists themselves.

When asked about his five most important pieces of equipment, in [this](http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1045) article,The Juan Maclean listed his SH-101.

He mentions the synths he has used to record in this tweet.

On this 2017 video, Edward Upton shows us his studio. A Roland SH-101 can be first spotted at the 0:12 mark. Edward programs it later on the video.

Visible at 0:23 in his live at MC2 Grenoble

"The Roland SH-101 is another classic synth that I love. I sync it with Ableton using some Doepfer CV-to-MIDI connections or just play it live."

I try to keep the music as natural as I can, with as little editing or over-processing as possible. A lot of the melodic parts are all synth jams that I created using my Roland Juno-6, a Roland SH-101 and the Yamaha QY700 sequencer before I gradually started tracking into Ableton and putting percussive elements on top.

life is short, but all I wanna do is play with my new sh101 ????

> I don’t mind if the SH101’s going straight into the Neve or if it’s going in via a guitar Pod or going direct into the soundcard. I don’t really mind — it’s whatever cable’s nearest. And then you stumble upon the area of chance, which is ‘Well, I wasn’t planning on plugging this synth into the guitar amp, but because the cable’s there I did it and it was miked up and I recorded it.

In this photo, they ara using.

Time stamp ~ 3:12

It's in this video on his FB page.

Suicide Commando / Johan lists his equipment on his official website - see link.

Can be seen in the video @4:14

Playing with it, at the background.

See last question

I just played my first show a couple weeks ago. It’s actually my favorite NYC party called Mutual Dreaming, always good vibes. That was probably the only reason I agreed to play, and so I spent the week before learning the songs…again. My live set-up is exactly the same as my studio set-up, minus a couple keyboards: Roland SH-101 Roland TR-707 MFB 522 MFB Fliterbox EHX 2880 loop pedal EHX reverb pedal Casio SK-1 Yamaha DX100 MPC500 and a small mixer.

"On top of these racks I have placed a few smaller synths, like the Roland SH101"

we see it clearly in the picture of the studio...

On the top of the rack.

In the video in which Moonlight Matters is taking Future Music Magazine on a tour of his studio, at 1:08:57 he says "SH-101 is definitely a typical bass synth that always works, you can always get a useful sound out of it".

Spotted using the Roland sh-101 synth.

In the 3rd paragraph 6th line the sh 101 is mentioned as being used by this artist.

"It still sounds so good. For basically the first two years of Riva Starr productions, all the synth sounds and the bass came from this," Riva Starr says, in [this article](http://www.attackmagazine.com/features/interview/riva-starr-interview/).

sharooz takes future music on a studio tour

On the picture you can see his Roland SH-101.

25 Aug. 2016 – Robert Parker's studio Robert Parker mentioned the item in a tweet :"My studio, 2012. #tbt #minimoog #rhodes #polysix #juno106 #sh101 #re201 #tr707". The ROLAND SH-101 synthesizer is on the left of the computer screens (extreme left of the picture)

at the right in this photo we can see an sh101..

They show his Roland SH-101 in the 4th picture during this interview.

Seen in the picture behind him and mentioned in the booklet of the album visions.

"It's just a matter of what you can get your hands on", Massey confirms. On Newbuild the group used almost exclusively Roland gear, with a TR808, TR909, TB303, four SH101s and a Juno 106 which sports a broken key and a note which sticks on every patch except patch 41.

Can be seen ontop of an MS20 in this Instagram post.

"I did open them, a few of them—like this SH-101, for example, when I got it, which is the very first synth that I bought."

In this live video you can clearly spot the SH-101. Particularly at 7:15 minutes

Sean has two standard SH-101's in this performance.

A Roland SH-101 can be seen in Martin's studio (second photo).

In this page, there is in his euipment list.

Let’s start from the beginning. What was your first ever set-up, when you started making music? Roland TR 808 Roland SH 101 Roland Jupiter 8 What was the first serious piece of kit you bought? Kit? Roland TR 808 was the first thing I bought.

A Roland SH-101 can be seen in his studio

Throughout the video, Sean is clearly playing two SH-101 synthesizers.

"The first studio is a Reggae studio. The bass just filled your ears. I remember an SH-101 sitting there… this little machine. But the sound that came out of it was so powerful. It gave me that fascination for sound and the technology that makes sound."

> What were the key pieces of gear for the album? Do you like machines with versatility? > > Ableton > Wave Alchemy drum samples > Korg MS 20 > Overstayer Saturator > SoundToys plugins > U-He Diva > Culture Vulture > Culture Rooster > Metasonix s1000 > TL Audio Ivory 5013 > Sherman Filter Bank > **Roland SH101** > Shure SM58

Today we arrive at the club with a Moog Minitaur, Roland SH-101, Dave Smith Mopho, Elektron Analog Four, an MFB Tanzbär, an Elektron Octatrack, a Korg MX as sequencer for the Moog and Mopho, a couple of effects and some compressors.

Included in kit list

*Beat Boy* was recorded at Trident Studio which has a Solid State Logic desk that is widely considered to be the best in the world. They are undoubtedly the most expensive, starting at around £150,000. Surprisingly hardly any electronic instruments were used on the LP, just a Fairlight CMI, Egan's MC202/SH101 sequencer combination, a Jupiter 8 and a Linn Drum.

In RA Sessions, Roland SH101 is used.

On stage with her 101.

"Analogue synthesizers have a big advantage: you can drill them open. (...) You can't do that with prefabricated software synthesizers." — DUB TAYLOR TECH TALK feature, taken from Slices Issue 1-09.

Full interview with Jane in Music Tech magazine, issue 173, 2017

Can be seen throughout the video as the (blue) synth on the top of the stand (on the right).

We jam and record our analog equipment

Phil is using an SH-101 in this picture.

The instrument appears on the list of instruments on official artist's website (http://olszak.pl/).

"Occasionally (very often!) we'll borrow an SH101 from a friend," said Jordan in an interview with [Fabric London](http://www.fabriclondon.com/blog/view/in-the-studio-with-juju-jordash)

A gray and a blue Roland SH-101 can be seen in this studio photo

I traded this for a home-made SSL compressor clone. Again, a very simple and even limited synth, but what it does is unsurpassed. If you like that rubbery Roland bass sound, look no further.

WE SEE A SH101 AT 9:40

The item can be seen in this photo

in this article we read that he used those tools

Mike can be seen with two Roland SH-101 synthesizers in this video.

"you hear this in just about all of our tracks"

First Piece of Equipment. A grey SH-101 back in ´86…

«This one was offered to me by a promoter I became close with. It took me a while to get into it I must say – probably because I didn’t pick it personally, when I come to think of it – but once I did I became a bit obsessed with it. It can be CV linked with the rimshot of certain drum machines (like the 707 or 909) to play a pattern of notes you programmed into the synth. It’s so much fun to jam like that. That’s how I did the remix for Surkin and Bobmo’s ‘Harry’, live recorded in one take with just the original loop playing in the back, a bit of arrangement afterwards, but it was wrapped in just a couple of hours and I think you can totally feel it when you hear it, which is something I love. You’ll notice that I’m generally pretty fond of the Roland brand»

Uses in the studio

Roland SH-101 Synthesizer

Included in list of Stuart Kershaw's equipment published in a 1993 issue of *Future Music*.

You can see it under the table

"I bought Roland SH-101 at the age of 14."

In this picture, Liz and Sean are holding SH-101 synthesizers, with Liz holding the standard version and Sean holding a blue one.

The above mentioned item can be seen being used by Kajagoogoo keyboardist Stuart Neale at exactly 3:03 in the provided video.

As seen on the picture.

Tim uses a modified Roland SH-101 in his studio.

You can see his sh101 in this picture taken at his studio.

The SH-101 is a go-to synth for me – when I want a simple synth sound, this always gets me the results I want really quickly and the sound is so appealing.

"I’ve got a little Roland Tandi it’s like a little party, there’s an SH101" You can also view it in the image under the paragraph

"I still have a great love for the old SH09, its big Bro’ the SH2 and its progeny the SH101. But the Roland Juno 106 is still hard to beat. I do still have (hopefully) working examples of ’em all. Although primarily a vintage Roland fan, I do have the odd bit of Korg and Yamaha kit, and of course the wonderfully proletarian Casio VL Tone… required equipment in my League days, we all had one in our make up bags!"

The item can be seen in this photo

in this photo we can see his sh-101..

"...The item can be seen 1:53 into this video..."

"Tonight I learned a lot about how even if your hired synths are a bit broken, making strange sounds and going out of tune erratically throughout the show, and you have a different keyboard to the regular one with different parameters - you can still have a SMASHER!!! The hype crowd in Belfast had a lot to do with it, and my sickass band mates, but also having the belief and mentality that you can overcome anything that comes your way, that you can turn negatives in positives, that every day is a new experience and every gig has its own character and charm. Thanks to the universe ????"