Yamaha SHS-10
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 Yamaha SHS-10 |
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| Manufactured by | Yamaha |
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| Dates | 1980s |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 6 voices |
| Timbrality | 4 |
| Oscillator | 2 operators |
| LFO | none |
| Synthesis type | Digital Frequency modulation |
| Filter | none |
| Attenuator | 1 |
| Aftertouch | none |
| Velocity sensitive | none |
| Memory | 25 patches |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 32 mini-keys |
| External control | MIDI 1-16 (out only) |
The Yamaha SHS-10 is a keytar (a musical keyboard that can be held like a guitar) manufactured by Yamaha and released in the late 1980s.
It has a small-sized keyboard with 32 minikeys and a pitch-bend wheel, an internal Frequency modulation (usually referred to as FM) synthesizer offering 25 different voices with 6-note polyphony, two operators, and a very basic chord sequencer. It also has a loudspeaker.
It supports MIDI, having a MIDI Out connector which allows the keyboard to control external MIDI equipment. It does not have a MIDI In connector.
It was manufactured in three colors: grey, red, and black.
Its demo is an arrangement of Wham!'s hit "Last Christmas."
The Voices are the following:
| 00 | Synthesizer |
| 01 | Jazz Organ |
| 02 | Pipe Organ |
| 03 | Piano |
| 04 | Harpsichord |
| 10 | Electric Piano |
| 11 | Celesta |
| 12 | Vibraphone |
| 13 | Marimba |
| 14 | Steel Drum |
| 20 | Violin |
| 21 | Cello |
| 22 | Jazz Guitar |
| 23 | Rock Guitar |
| 24 | Wood Bass |
| 30 | Trumpet |
| 31 | Trombone |
| 32 | Horn |
| 33 | Saxophone |
| 34 | Clarinet |
| 40 | Flute |
| 41 | Oboe |
| 42 | Harmonica |
| 43 | Whistle |
| 44 | Music Box |
There are various skips in this list because there are only buttons 0-4 to choose from.
External links
- Yamaha SHS-10 at SynthMania (featuring MP3 samples of the demo, instruments, and styles available)
- Yamaha SHS-10 reviews at Harmony Central