Excellent!

Excellent machine with a little learning curve

Sounds great fun to use Compaq. There is a learning curve though beware but once you've climbed over it, it's a great bargain.

Roland has a course correction

After years of garish designs... The SH is a breath of fresh air.Eminently useable knobs, and lots of them. The menus don't get too deep, and most functionality is a click or two away.There's an interesting breadth of sounds available from the various oscillator models.It's a complete blast to whip together quick ideas... Though the current OS doesn't give a song mode or pattern transpose capability.Fantastic bang for the buck, sounds great. Maybe a bit of a niche taste... But suits me perfectly.

Simply fun, with professional results.

I got my unit a few weeks ago, but the quality of my music hasn't changed much since an hour after opening it's packaging. Is this a bad thing? Absolutely not. This little box is so easy, fun, and fast to use that I was able to focus on the musical ideas I wanted to do rather than slowly learn more and more features and menu options. Sounds great, feels great. Pros - Great sounds, from the presets to the ones you can make yourself with up to 4 oscillators and multiple sound engines. Easy to use, most of the important stuff is knob-to-function. Stand alone potential, you can make full tracks on this thing by making use of multiple patterns. The effects, sequencer capabilities, and drum section make it viable for solo use. Easy paired with other gear; I was able to ... MoreI got my unit a few weeks ago, but the quality of my music hasn't changed much since an hour after opening it's packaging. Is this a bad thing? Absolutely not. This little box is so easy, fun, and fast to use that I was able to focus on the musical ideas I wanted to do rather than slowly learn more and more features and menu options. Sounds great, feels great. Pros - Great sounds, from the presets to the ones you can make yourself with up to 4 oscillators and multiple sound engines. Easy to use, most of the important stuff is knob-to-function. Stand alone potential, you can make full tracks on this thing by making use of multiple patterns. The effects, sequencer capabilities, and drum section make it viable for solo use. Easy paired with other gear; I was able to control it with both my MPC Live 2 and Roland MC-707 in a matter of seconds. Great for live jamming. Cons - No count-in or metronome. No micro-timing on the notes in the squencer. These can be fixed by pairing with other gear, but it's more of an annoyance that I'm sure will be fixed in an update. The drums are a little limited but it's great they are there. I get a noisy L/R output when using USB power.