The Casio SK-10 Sampling Keyboard

06Jun09

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This is a demo of the funky Casio SK-10 sampler/synthesizer, by Liz Luttinger.

The SK-10 offers 1.4 seconds of 8-bit sampling goodness, along with some eightiestastic drum beats and synth tones.

If you’ve used the Casio SK-10, leave a comment with your thoughts!

Casio SK-10 Features:

9.38 kHz sampling frequency
8 bit
1.4 seconds of sampling
holds one sample
32 mini keys
13 envelope shapes
portamento
vibrato
11 drum patterns: disco, rock, pops, march, samba, bossa nova, rhumba, 4 beat, swing, slow rock, waltz
additive synth section.
5 PCM tones: piano, brass ensemble, trumpet, synth drums, human voice
3 synth tones: flute, pipe organ, jazz organ
Sequencer: 400 steps of polyphonic programming or 99 step chord sequence with and 198 steps each of two solo voices.
Loses all sequence and sample memory when turned off.

Casio SK-10 Resources:

Casio SK-10 resource site.
Details circuit bending photos of a Casio SK-10
Highly Liquid carries a MIDI retrofit for the Casio SK-10
Video demo via zachknows

Tags: Casio, demo video, keyboard, keyboard synthesizer, music toy, sample, sampler, sampling keyboard

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1 chuck on Jun 6th, 2009 said:

Never even knew an SK-10 existed, but I'm a fan of the SK-1 and SK-5. Very cool.
2 synthhead on Jun 6th, 2009 said:

Yep – now I want to go hang out in thrift stores until I can find one!
3 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
4 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
5 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
6 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
7 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
8 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
9 veloopity on Jun 15th, 2009 said:

I created a very short abstract video using an SK-1 recording that I did many years ago …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8
10 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
[youtube kM2N1ffhxg8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM2N1ffhxg8 youtube]
Hypnotic!
11 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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13 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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14 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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15 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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16 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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17 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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18 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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19 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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20 synthhead on Jun 15th, 2009 said:
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