Bad Gear - It’s really Bad?

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland SH-4d. Is this groovebox and multitimbral synthesizer based on subtractive synthesis, wavetable, FM synthesis, ring modulation and vintage synths like the Roland SH-101 or Roland Juno-106 the missing link between synth and drum machine. Can it keep up with competitors like the Elektron Syntakt or Teenage Engineering OP-1? Does it play in the same league like the new Roland Jupiter-X or even its conceptual predecessor, the Roland SH-32? It’s really Bad? Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 00:59 Overview Roland SH4d 02:15 Synth Engines, 4D, Fat, 3D, Sync 02:47 Vintage Emulations (Roland SH101, Roland Juno106) 02:56 FM/Cross Mod, Ring Mod, Wavetables, Chord, Draw 03:18 Sample Player & Limitations 03:30 Filter, Envelopes, LFO 03:46 Drum Section 04:08 Tone Parameters (Analog Feel,...), Mod Matrix 04:26 FX (EQ, Reverb, Delay, Modulation, Multi FX) 04:48 Groovebox Functionality, Sequencer 05:12 Arpeggiator, D-Motion, Visual Arpeggiator 05:45 Limitations (many, many Limitations) 06:27 What Else??? (Features, Pricing, Thanks) 06:52 Hate 07:17 Jam 1 (Tech House) 08:17 Jam 2 (Downtempo) 09:20 Finale (Epic Synthwave) 09:50 Verdict Thanks to Klangfarbe for lending me one of their floor models: @KlangfarbeCHANNEL