Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Roland SH-01 GAIA is a virtual analog synthesizer that has been sold by Roland since 2010. It's well known as a great-sounding true knob-per-function synth on which many people have used to learn subtractive synthesis.

However, it has a dirty little secret: It's not actually a virtual analog synthesizer. I explain what this means, and demonstrate how we can tell.

My full review on the SH-01 GAIA: youtube.com/watch?v=jNbnStNI-n8

Roland GAIA SH-01: awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=67144&awinaffid=1515244&ued=https%3A%2F%2Freverb.com%2Fp%2Froland-gaia-sh-01-digital-synth

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0:00 Intro
2:03 Repeated Test
2:42 Longer Note
3:59 Scale Spectrograph

#Roland #SH01 #GAIA