SHS-10

Yamaha SHS-10

The SHS-10 is a delightful little guitar-shaped keyboard from the 80's. Sounds based on FM.

It came in red, white, and black.

Yamaha SHS-10 audio demos

FACTORY DEMO SONG (George Michael's "Last Christmas"!)

VOICES:

Voice name with audio demo	My comments
00 SYNTHESIZER	Effective and analog-sounding synth tone. Adding portamento, vibrato and sustain from the left hand control add expressivity.
01 JAZZ ORGAN	Cute organ tone.
02 PIPE ORGAN	Chapel organ.
03 PIANO	Classic FMish piano tone.
04 HARPSICHORD	Very nice classical harpsichord.
10 ELECTRIC PIANO	Gentle FM electric piano
11 CELESTA	Sparkly tone
12 VIBRAPHONE	Beautiful! and expressive
13 MARIMBA	Very solid, and realistic!
14 STEEL DRUM	Ok approximation.
20 VIOLIN	Ok.
21 CELLO	Very nice
22 JAZZ GUITAR	Very jazzy and melodic.
23 ROCK GUITAR	Nice!! Great fuzz tone.
24 WOOD BASS	Awesome!!! A great FM bass - like it could come from a TX81Z
30 TRUMPET	Honest tone
31 TROMBONE	Great rendition!
32 HORN	Realistic and expressive`
33 SAXOPHONE	mmmh....
34 CLARINET	Cool tone
40 FLUTE	Nice vibrato
41 OBOE	Realistic
42 HARMONICA	Great for solos
43 WHISTLE	Charming little whistling tone!
44 MUSIC BOX	Dreamy

STYLES

Stream all audio demos below

Style name with demo	My comments
00 RHYTHM&BLUES 1	Great groovy, funky number with excellent syncopated bass
01 RHYTHM&BLUES 2	Nice R 'n' B, very '60s
02 FUSION 1	Classy
03 FUSION 2	The "Last Christmas" preset! :-)
04 SLOW ROCK	Nice ballad
10 SWING GUITAR	Dreamy and jazzy
11 BIG BAND	Classy '40s/'50s big band setup
12 DIXIE BANJO	Great trombone/tuba
13 BOOGIE-WOOGIE	Excellent programming
14 JAZZ WALTZ	Fantastic groove
20 ROCK'N'ROLL 1	Great '60s vibe
21 ROCK'N'ROLL 2	Same as above.
22 ROCK-A-BALLAD	Sweet
23 HARD ROCK	'80s rock
24 REGGAE	Could you be loved
30 BOSSA NOVA	The usual girl
31 SAMBA	Brazil
32 TANGO	Argentina
33 COUNTRY	Nashville
34 BLUEGRASS	Cool banjos
40 MARCH 1	Yep
41 MARCH 2	Yes
42 LULLABY	Sleep
43 BAROQUE	Vivaldi
44 FANFARE	Wendy Carlos

Yamaha SHS-10 pictures (click on thumbnails to enlarge them)

Yamaha SHS-10 manual

PDF manual available at Yamaha site

Resources:

Features

Features at a glance
Year of release:
Polyphony:
Sound generation method:
Preset memories
MIDI:
Sound expansion capabilities:
Sequencer
Arpeggiator
Effects
Touch sensitivity
Aftertouch

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