SP-FORUMS

I have had my sk-5 since childhood......hmmmmm since about 1988-89!
Yeah I have tried to make beats with it in the 90's, and even tried running sounds through it with moderate success in to my computer, and other samplers years later.
Well I dusted it off, and found I often sampled too hot, and that turned sounds into a distorted mess.
Then I realized my errors, and sampled into it much much less hot, dumped the sounds into my computer, loaded them into Shortcircuit, edited them, and eq'ed them, and presto perfect sounding golden era drums!

Very "Shook ones like" drums that really crack like no other!

So if your like me and have an old SK lying around give it another whirl, and properly edit, eq, and layer the sounds.
8 bit goodness like you never imagined!
Your sp1200 lust will quickly cease!

https://soundcloud.com/mattman121775/skay5-beat
^ Used the sk-5 for all drums, and melodic stab sound.
Main sampled into the computer, and degraded with software.

Dope beat Matt, might pick up sk5 soon

Coincidence you just posted this. I just picked up a SK200 on CL this weekend for $20. I need to figure out how to use it, but that was my thought, 3.2 seconds of quality 8-bit drums.
And I believe samples can be chromatically played on the keyboard.

I'll have to check out your track later.

I still got my SK-5 with a broken key ever since '87(?). Back then I thought I was Kurtis Mantronik making beats on it for friends to rhyme over.
There are hundreds of websites to mod/circuit bend the SK-5 including MIDI and longer sampling time.
One day I'll mod it.

+1 love my SK-1. so moody

EQ tip. The max sampl-rate is about 9.38khz I think so set your lo-pass filter to half of that about 4.7khz.
This will cut out a lot of the 8 bit noise floor hiss. Then if you want to boost from 5-10k you won't have tons of hiss on your samples.

yeah, working on this stuff last few days/weeks. SK-1 used for most "melodic" parts...
(no beats, just plain ambient work! You've been warned.)

I like the feel of this lo-fi handy beast

https://m.soundcloud.com/user-564810124/sets/v-zahrad

Anyway, dirty, but...
There's mod tip: line input to output (Fore SK-1) :
Works with MODE selector in SOLO position. Really usefull.

https://imgur.com/a/raS3Q7N

I just thought I should post some heavily SK samplers focused mixtapes/albums somewhere. (I mean mostly some experimental sampling ones in case of SK1. SK5 with it's 4 sample pads leads to more.. SP style/boom bap results). If you have any other, leave a comment. I'm still digging through it...
Yeah... I've come to decision that I have to try sort these in some way... Mostly for myself. Don't take these categories too serious.


///SECTION A///MIXTAPES

HR 100% - an Casio SK-1 exploration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8fTTtfTBDg

the lost & found sound - On Purpose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goeXy7qnjK4

1348 - Enthusiasm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jjh7QQCtj4

Allen Ginnett - Instrumentals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTbvVfwUbiQ


///SECTION B///HEAVY PRODUCED

Nacho Marty Meyer - CASIO SK-1 (1985) 8-bit Sampler - Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlLm_dut2jk

Nacho Marty Meyer - CASIO SK-1 (1985) 8-bit Sampler - Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H72DUDu80As

Mid-Air! - MA1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2NfH0iwHDc


///SECTION C///AMBIENT/TEXTURES

Zdenko de Zagreb - Biomorphs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxoWTogKi5Q


///SECTION D///PUNK/NOISE/HORROR

Ray Shinn - CASIO SK-1 NOISE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9T1BEyWhk0

Mutatis Mutandis - "Aut Vincere aut Mori"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwRyqSrl1XM

Hannah Bannanah - Silver scoped telescope! and looking up at the Pyramid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvgvGnTC8s


///SECTION E///OTHER/NOT SO HEAVY RELIANT ON SK SAMPLERS ONLY

super going : Entire memory in your hands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLgfqMdmQiE

Hannah Bannanah - Jammin' into the new year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6h9iaNbbJc

V/A - Casio Cum Laude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GRd1YXsbms

LOVE THIS TYPE OF ISH.

GOING TO PEEP THESE, NEVER HEARD ANY OF THEM!