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Heres my Yamaha SHS 10 synth !
its in superb condition & has been very well looked after.
http://www.synthmania.com/shs-10.htm
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The accompaniment can not be played in realtime the normal way together with the main voice by the lack of key split the left keyboard half can not be assigned to the accompaniment section. Instead there is a strange “melody on A.B.C.” mode, which plays monophonic notes with the main voice but recognizes standard chords and plays them with the chord or accompaniment voice. In an other mode only chords can be played (annoyingly refuses to play any non- chords, much like Yamaha PSS-390) and chords can be also recorded into a simple internal sequencer, which holds 3 sequences. The preset rhythms are made from classic, very electronic sounding FM percussion (like known from old PC games on the historical AdLib soundcards). Also the main voice sounds are made from simple 2 operator FM. Interesting is that the SHS-10 has a pitchbend wheel and portamento with both adjustable intensity. This instrument was also released in a red case version and a few other colours.regard: On eBay people sometimes pay now moon prices (200 US$ etc.) for the Yamaha SHS-10 those are very questionable. Despite this is a guitar- style keyboard with MIDI- out and pitchbend wheel, the keys are midsize and not velocity sensitive, the wheel has gritty resolution and the sounds are all very plain and simple 2 operator FM (like from old PC games on an AdLib sound card) with thin FM drums. Also the accompaniment styles are mainly centered on country musics, jazz, 1950th rock ‘n roll and the like; many sound over- orchestrated and they are not really a proper choice for playing pop or tekkno musics. Regarding these crazy prices now paid for this rather simple sounding guitar keyboard, I regard it only a matter of time until people also decide to pay their ass off for the similar looking toy keyboard “RJP 896 Programmable Guitar Organ” 😉 (which has only 2 monophonic sounds and not even rhythm).main features:32 midsize keysbuilt-in small speaker (sounds bassless)25 preset sounds {synthesizer, jazz organ, pipe organ, piano, harpsichord, electric piano, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, steel drum, violin, cello, jazz guitar, rock guitar, wood bass, trumpet, trombone, horn, saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe, harmonica, whistle, music box}25 preset rhythms [rhythm&blues 1..2, fusion 1..2, slow rock, swing guitar, big band, dixie banjo, boogie-woogie, jazz waltz, rock ‘n’ roll 1..2, rock-a-ballad, hard rock, reggae, bossa nova, samba, tango, country, bluegrass, march 1..2, lullaby, baroque, fanfare}cipher buttons {“0”..”4″} (to select sounds and rhythms)3 intro/ fill-in buttons + ending buttonvolume sliderpitchbend wheel (adjustable sensitivity & direction, 12 steps)vibrato, portamento & sustain buttons (5 step adjustable portamento speed)tempo button (39 steps)tuning button (31 steps)transpose button (25 semitone steps)accompaniment with “auto bass chord”, “single finger A.B.C.”, “auto chord”, “auto bass” “melody on A.B.C.” modes (manual chord with rhythm off)chord sequencer (record/ play of 3 sequences, no edit, battery backed-up)red 2 digit LED display (for various parameters)sound generator is 2 operator FMIC1 = “Yamaha XD107B0, 31Y0D02P, 7K 4 (Japan)” (64 pin DIL)IC2 = “Yamaha XD110A0, 714RA, 8742 Z25” (28 pin DIL)IC3 (RAM?) = “Mitsubishi 62510C, M5M5 118P, -15L” (24 pin DIL)IC4 = “XC894A0, A128 7A650” (64 pin SMD)IC5 (FM sound chip) = “Yamaha YM2420, 79 04 72A” (18 pin DIL)demo button (plays “Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart”, cycling through many preset sounds)jacks for AC-adapter, MIDI- out and line outeastereggs:4 additional piano keys can be added by wiring them with 4 diodes to the keyboard matrix to play lower notes. (I added a row of small buttons below the speaker.)modifications:8er DIP switch block soldered into the data lines between CPU and FM soundchiplocking switches added for vibrato, portamento and sustain buttons.pedal output jack added.notes:This instrument has a lot of controls and parameters. If you want to know details about the exact operation, it is a good idea to download the manual from Yamaha.The preset sounds are made from very simple programmed 2 operator FM (without sophisticated envelope tricks) and don’t sound really realistic. E.g. the “piano” and acoustic guitar timbres have the typical FM plastic guitar appeal with dull and hollow bass range. “synthesizer” is a thin and gritty synth brass “meow” sound (with that the instrument comes up after power-on – no good choice). The “rock guitar” is rather a nice sitar sound. The “marimba” has a strange dull plastic knock during attack of low notes. The “whistle” resembles an high pitch ocarina and makes strange aliasing distortions at high notes when transposed up. Select “melody on A.B.C.” mode to play the main voice monophonic. Nice the the portamento feature (like with Casio SK-1), which makes theremin- like glide tones with adjustable speed.The accompaniment styles have each 3 fill-ins and ending, but they are mainly centered on country musics, jazz, 1950th rock ‘n’ roll and the like and many sound over- orchestrated and thus are not really versatile. Instead of a normal chord section on keyboard, this instrument has the strange “melody on A.B.C.” mode, which plays monophonic notes with the main voice but recognizes fingered standard chords and plays these with the chord or accompaniment voice. Variants of it are the “auto bass” and “auto chord” mode, those play only bass or only chord instead of the full accompaniment. The “auto bass chord” mode plays only fingered standard chords (no melody voice) but also ignores anything beyond establishment chords, which is quite annoying. Also the “single finger chord” plays only accompaniment on the entire keyboard. With rhythm off, the instrument plays manual chords instead of accompaniment; its preset sound depends on the selected rhythm number.
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