Roland SH-2000 demo

[sssyntax]

Great video man, your the coolest :)

[PunchandJudyDuo]

We loved this video so much that we found one and now gig with it! Great sounds that we can't live without! Thanks for posting and check out our videos! Peace.

[BitSnapper]

Oh - and it has a very good working aftertouch! I think it was the first synth with aftertouch.

[BitSnapper]

This was my 1st synth in 1977, i paid 1000$ for it and i was VERY happy about this thing. The filter is extremely wet. I used only 3-4 of the presets on stage and it soundet like it should: Like a synth! The girls loved me and the boys said: Wow, a moog!! Years later i sold it for 200 bucks and today i would like to have it on my side - a´m a romantic. Sure: Most of the presets are awful, but it´s build like a tank and most of them do their job 30 years after introducing. It is not so bad.

[JockRonayne]

Wow, thanks! You just saved me blowing $300 0n one of these. What a hideous sounding turd!

[salvadory]

@JockRonayne you just need to watch some of the better demo- some demos can make the minimoog sound like a casio- 300 would have been a good price- theyre actually pretty cool- used by portishead braodcast moby etc

[sephardimm]

Sorry, but this thing is annoying, try the Yamaha SY2 its much more better sounding and it even has aftertouch, plus it got the filter of the yamaha GX1, the yamaha kicks

ARP Solina etc pp in the ass.

[TheMrbrainwash]

that actually hurts

[razzza]

@2:32 - Worst sounding Tuba evar

[seifukusha]

i live in south korea, and there are tons of these lying in shops, the korean players called them a "mohg sound" keyboard (moog). they go for 500-800 nowadays, some players still use them..

[hexRQP]

Wow that sounds pretty terrible...

[Triames]

I never laughed so hard with a synth review, thank you

[eggnoggerino]

Very fun demo! Got one of those for $150 and it's a great and expressive performance synth - the aftertouch puts this quite ahead of other monophonic synths in matters of playability. Love it very much.

[TruenotesMusic]

If I had one it would only be for display purposes.

I probably would pay $50 for it.

[SupershadowDOtCom]

only communists and athiests use the roland sh1000

[salvadory]

@SupershadowDOtCom well im pegged then- count me as one communist godless sh 1000 owner

[anstonian]

Great Demo. 1973 eh, Cant fool me, you dont have the, Long hair, droopy moustache,, flaired trousers, big Lapels, and think your cool. I can just imagine, some Guy of the time, spending a fortune on one, straining his back with carting it about to Gigs,with the weight, and thinkin, he's the bee's knees on stage, pulling all the chicks, and blowing the Audience awy, with the cool, out of this world, weird sounds, and from such a small thing, boy, have things changed, Great Demo. LOL .

[MeuronDB]

FROGMAN FOREVER

The random note is . . . ah . . .interesting . . .

[09fod]

I LIKE IT but wot if it brakes dwon ?

[COMPACTASS1]

learn how to fix things and spell!!!!!!!!

[nvanzoeren]

I think he is just so anoying,

same with that stupid minimoog video.

Just talk normal dude, i know it a camera and that it freaks you a bit out, but please stay calm

[Calphool222]

Oh man, when he tweaks the modulation rate on the tuba at 2:42 it sounds like a terrible accident in the bathroom! That monster came out the year after I was born, and it SOUNDS like it.... holy smokes.... can you imagine trying to use that thing in a gig?! Unless you were trying to induce nausea, that thing sounds just about useless.... gotta get me one!

[Tayl0NP]

Is this what David Bowie used at the beginning Andy Warhol?

[andest01]

nice running commentary.

"How unpleasant" is the new meme

[Ancaja123]

love the popcorn setting

[superhomsar2112]

you shouldda played popcorn on popcorn! heh.

[mrrrks39]

video game days revisited. ohhhh those wacky sounds

[thesavebear]

Haha, the tuba sounds kinda like the adults in snoopy ^^

[ww3gecko]

LMAO

[buchanan012]

haha the tuba sounded like a pissed off donald duck at one point.

[BarnacleGooseInvalid]

sounds like hell, i think i'd like one.

[Brownies79]

Gary Numan used this same keyboard on "Praying To The Aliens".

[ncrkel]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! (Frogsound)

[lurholm]

Thanks for posting this! I'm thinking about getting a SH 2000, and this video was actually quite helpful.

[infinitesoundvlog]

sadly this video doesn't 'do this synth justice.

apparently there are some mods to be made if you search online. also if yours ever cuts out.. first check the keyboard was properly attached. mine slid and broke connections wires. it was the easiest fix but made things useless until it was opened up inside

[jshsgsf]

i had one!!!

i love to see it again.

i used the Wind sound a lot with diffrent fx in combination with a juno60.

great!!

[jalland]

Haha, great demo. The tuba was hilarious!

[blakebratton]

Tuba sounds sweet with fast mod rate...

[tipetto]

...I have shortly bayed my "new" Roland SH-2000...thank you for this Demo! Dave =)

I love my SH-2000 whit stompbox too!

[moretacos1]

How funny.  Sounds just like Logan's Run when the computer system started shorting out. I love the synth demos!

[manuelyamaha55]

Me gusta el sonido tipo moog con los presets y los controles (lef) para tocar en realtime debe ser de los 80'? muy buena demo.thank you.

[shortiewannaride]

tht sounds horrible lol, good for its time tho

[enigma800]

Hey, this thing farts at 2:42

[thedivinechemical]

That joke was such a gas.

[TWEEZMO]

Tubes World Tour!

[stalag3333]

very cool i see my old friend the optigan is below him.

 both very cool and wonderful. the vintage synth explorer site is pretty out of date and well i think the original reviewer kinda just went with reviews based on features rather than fun.

[Freedomcall82]

hamster you gotta take a trip to new york and we can jam and record a cd together. peace. :)

[organfairy]

I have one too. However, I like to use it as it was intended: An organplayers synth. That's why most of the buttons are on the front of it so they are easy to reach when it is placed on top of an organ. I also like that it has so many presets. But it would be nice if there were more parameters you could alter - like on the SH1000.

[elmosexwhistle]

love the demo dave, i got one of these babies a while back, one of the only analogues i got :) gotta love the sounds this thing makes! anyways, well done ^.^ elmo x

[tassadar1977]

Sounds like my Galaga machine after I dropped a cup of coffee on it

[PHAEDRIDER]

now i wanna hear the optigan. i have a sh 1000. i like the eg on it, BUT i like the fact that there's after touch and the filter can be used on those neato presets on the sh2000.

[Godz3839]

omfg, "doesnt like those..." lmao. i loved that.

[JexusVHS]

You have a checked wristband.

Juicy Spacey Frog.

[imaguy123]

Sick synth!

[easyflow]

The SH-2000 came out in 1974, not 1973. And i see that you haven't discovered the touch response effects.

[october71]

For some reason, I love this thing. I guess that says a lot about me.

[tenbitbob]

could not watch all this. reminds me too much of the time (1976) my crappy old rock band had an even crappier keyboard player who bought one of these to ingratiate himself t'ward us geetar folk, and the 'orrible preset garbage that ensued.

[Danofcanada]

Interesting one, the colors remind me of an old electronic organ i played once with light up inch wide toggle switches. So out of all the cheesy noises it makes can it be used as a proper keyboard? Also what's the weight of the thing? it looks heavy.

[hamsterdunce]

Anything that makes noise can be used musically, be it a banjo, bag of wet mice, or even an SH-2000. True story: my brother played drums on 8-10 large books for a few years before he got his first drumset. So yes, I do believe you could use this keyboard in a band. It would just depend on whether the band wanted to sound archaic and weird. How much does it weigh? Not too much, about the same weight as my Juno-106, probably less.