Available in grey, red, or blue, the SH-101 could be worn with a strap and also used with a handle like a keytar to evoke the early ’80s from whence it came.
On the back panel are 1/8” connectors for CV/Gate in/out and hold. The 101 has a simple, syncable sequencer up to 100 steps and a basic up, down, or up/down arpeggiator. Another is the SH-101’s LFO having four selectable waveforms versus the 202’s sine-only design and a pitch bender/mod wheel that can be used for expressive modulations while playing the keyboard. One place where the 101 differs from the 202 is the inclusion of noise as a sound source. Its low-pass filter is capable of some wild self-oscillation and can be modulated from by the LFO or ADSR. The square wave has an adjustable pulse width that can also be modulated by the LFO and the sub osc is selectable either one or two octaves below the fundamental. With a very similar synthesis design to the MC-202, it has a single VCO with sliders that control levels for its saw, square, and sub oscillator waveforms. The plastic-encased, battery-powered, 32-key SH-101 is a monophonic analog synth that excels at basses and leads. Every one of these boxes is a classic in its own right, something that no set of samples can ever replace. Since most of these machines were produced in limited quantities of around 10,000, their secondhand market prices continue to rise, leading both hardware and software manufacturers to attempt to clone, imitate, and even expand on the original blueprints. The drums did not sound like an acoustic drum kit, which led to many machines being discarded and resold in pawn shops - they were picked up by DJs and producers who would use them to invent new genres.
In many instances, the units were intended to be an accompanist for rehearsing or composing it is safe to say that the designers did not imagine the revolutions in music they would help fuel. The instruments created by the Roland Corporation of Japan – what is now known as the x0x series – are integral to the legacy of the records they helped create. The ’80s were rich with developments in the synthesizer and drum machine world that changed the way music was produced and heard.
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