réactions à la news Roland SH-4d : ça promet !

For anyone that doesn’t want to watch the whole live stream from last night, here’s a list of the main cons I’ve found on the SH-4d…

1) USB ground noise if connected to a computer.
2) No class compliant USB (must use Roland drivers, means you can’t use with an iPad).
3) No LFO on drum parts = no movement
4) No motion recording on drum parts = no movement
5) No motion recording of FX sends or CTRL 1/2 on both tone or rhythm parts
6) Saving patterns really does suck. Sounds are not saved with the pattern, you need to save/rename each of the 4 tone parts and the rhythm kit before saving a pattern.
7) You cannot adjust pitch range on the pitch bend
8) You cannot shift patterns left or right
9) No metronome or pre-count
10) The arpeggiator/drum roll isn’t quantised to the clock. Unusable IMO
11) No indication of which drums are playing in mute/mixer mode. They don’t flash when triggered so it’s difficult to know which drum to mute.
12) No Live transpose of Tone parts
13) No brightness setting for screen (only contrast) - it’s really bright at the moment.
14) You can set which pattern to load on start, but no setting to start with last used pattern.
15) Mix In is just that, it bypasses the FX.
16) Program Change Messages are only responded to on the Pattern page, if you move from this page during a performance then it’ll miss the pattern change.

Other than this it’s perfect LOL

Dès lors qu'on l'utilisera avec un séquenceur externe pour le piloter, l'utilisation sera plus confortable et corrigera bon nombre des points négatifs mentionnés au-dessus. Il faut aussi prendre en considération le tarif serré et les atouts du Sh4 d qui apporte déjà pas mal de choses pertinentes dans un setup.