The Toy Sampler That Inspired Generations of Musicians

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The Casio SK-1 was my very first electronic music instrument that allowed for some degree of experimentation. Its crunchy 8BIT sound got me hooked in a way that shaped my entire music career. 25 years later and with a bunch of SK-1 inspired instruments incoming on Kickstarter, I wanted to revisit this beautifully crappy sampler.
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@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

"SK-1 DREAMS" out now, pay what you want for two weeks: hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/sk-1-dreams Bram Bos FLUSS on SALE: apps.apple.com/us/app/fluss-granular-playground/id6443472888

@philbarbato 7 месяцев назад

The sampler aside, the fact that this little thing has relatively complex sound design built into a toy is just wild. Mine has two broken keys but I will never let it go.

@resistor27 7 месяцев назад

I need to fix the battery container on mine. It got all corroded.

@apislapis 7 месяцев назад

Excellent vid as always. The SK-1 was my first foray into sampling in 86. I still have it and I guess that's why I bought a Liven LoFi12 recently. It's amazing how many people started their love of synths with a simple Casio keyboard. Without Casio I would never be the pauper that I am today.

@b.slocumb7763 7 месяцев назад

I miss my old SK-1. Another Casio I wish I hadn’t gotten rid of. But it went to a good cause, the kids I looked after in an after school program were having so much fun with it that I thought they would get more use out of it than I would, so I donated it to the program.

@helmanfrow 7 месяцев назад

This turned up in my childhood home in the mid 80'a and became one of my favorite things. I think my sister has it now.

@christopherjonson4072 7 месяцев назад

I have. I love the aliasing in higher frequencies. Simply brilliant! Sample complex waveforms to hear what it does! Mr.bucket B. Would be proud.

@abraxasjinx5207 7 месяцев назад

Can she send it to me? I'll pay $

@helmanfrow 7 месяцев назад

@@abraxasjinx5207 Ha, no chance. If anything I'm next in lin!

@FrequencyOfThought 7 месяцев назад

This is the BEST KEYBOARD EVER!!!!! I had one of these growing up. I still remember making funny sounds in the mic. It really started my love for synths and electronic music. Awesome video.

@patfinn2697 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for making videos. They always center me. I love that you made this on vacation.

@domdib55 7 месяцев назад

Very nice to see some of your actual process with Fluss! And the sounds and music are lovely ❤

@Junkkie 7 месяцев назад

Seems like a new toy that I definitely must have at my studio... Great vid as always, Hainbach, keep it up!

@hexachord4828 7 месяцев назад

I got an SK-5 for Christmas in the mid-80s. I still have it, and the sampler is still fun to play with. It's fun to see how you used it.

@withiddenoise 7 месяцев назад

Still have mine too! Greatest source of comedy in my studio. Programming a melody and playing with random sample sounds has provided hours of tearful glee!

@michaelkonomos 7 месяцев назад

You truly make it your own, whatever you pick up. Amazing as always.

@Ratimus_ 7 месяцев назад

My favorite trick was to sample a transient or a single wave cycle and loop it; you can get some really thick, buzzy basses that way.

@canecreek00 7 месяцев назад

some years back I got a VSS-30 from a car boot sale for £3, then a week or two later picked up a VSS-200 for £4 at another car boot sale, both in superb condition, still use them today, my only regret is I didn't haggle a price at the time lol.

@MPHORROCKS 7 месяцев назад

I made so much music on this when I was younger. Loved it!

@wrldonwill 7 месяцев назад

I used to hook this thing up to my stereo and sample my parents' cds. That sample time tho. 😂

@plaztik767 5 месяцев назад

Still have mine from the 80’s use this little bastard all the time! still amazed at what it’s capable of.. 👍🏻

@treetopjones737 7 месяцев назад

Back when it came out, an affordable portable sampling keyboard was amazing, including what now in this advanced computer age is no big deal: play your sample in REVERSE ( I'm thinking of the SK-5 with finger pads it turns out ). Also a fun thing to do with it was to sample a chord of a live instrument like a piano, and you could play one finger chords on it. Though of course it is definitely a Low-Fi instrument, people should keep that in mind. I recall making a sitar-like sound by sampling plucking a guitar string with a piece of metal buzzing against it.

@eboyvolkihar616 7 месяцев назад

I have a nice collection of these types of keyboards. Sk 1 + 5 and the Vss 30 and vss 200. Powerhouses of keyboards. They all have their charm and the vss 30 is in a league of it's own but the Sk-1 is just so damn inspirational

@BobGuido 4 месяца назад

Greetings Professor Hainbach! I've been using the SK-1 in my music and on my albums since I was 7 years old when my older brother gave me one that he traded for a snowboard. I use the sampler to sample parts of my own recorded song tracks and then I reintroduce them into the mix; sometimes treating the sampled audio with time effects. Die Wiederaufbereitung.

@EddieG1888 7 месяцев назад

When I was a kid and bunking off college, I used to hang around my local Dixons for hours playing with this sampler. Amazing stuff at the time.

@schlaflabor1 7 месяцев назад

Lovely Holliday vibes! That’s beautiful sounds! I recently found a vss30 in the trash. Of course I took it home and it works, only the volume isn’t adjustable anymore. I love the crunchy sound and the ease of use…..

@simonipiponi 7 месяцев назад

I just bought one a day ago. You and your timing!

@Frozen_Smoke1972 7 месяцев назад

This brings back some memories. I recorded my very first demos on to my Dad's Technics tape deck that had an overdub function, using one side of a pair of headphones as a mic sat on top of the speaker. That must be the better part of 40 years ago now.

@robmortimer4150 7 месяцев назад

My parents had one, so it was one of my first musical instruments. Loved it

@StevenHadfield 7 месяцев назад

Mine didn't survive the 10 year beating it received from '85 onwards, sadly. So nice to hear that Human Voice preset again. Beautiful.

@calvinguile1315 7 месяцев назад

YES! I had this and the sk-4

@huntergalloway3944 7 месяцев назад

Yessssss! I love my SK5 and will never let it go.

@cln5510 7 месяцев назад

One of my favorite things to do with a sk 1 is to samples a random noise then go to the note recording mode then slow down the tempo then play random notes as fast as possible then speed the tempo up and press autoplay, it makes a very intriguing noise.

@HenritheHorse 7 месяцев назад

I got the biggest version SK-2100 in great condition! Love it!

@improbablesafari1491 5 месяцев назад

These are definitely super fun. Some of the sounds are legitimately solid (flute in particular), and the ability to change the envelopes is surprisingly useful. And of course the lo fi sampling. Found mine covered in kid stickers and missing a couple keys at recycling drop-off depot in rural Manitoba.

@PerAnkh418 7 месяцев назад

Yes. still own one 👍I need to know how you have set up the SK1 with the pc etc. I must give it a go here, that sounded brilliant!

@dorontsur 6 месяцев назад

I'm in a shitty mood, and your video is very comforting. Thank you.

@chompiclub 7 месяцев назад

Super Inspiring @hainbach ✨

@mikenoface 7 месяцев назад

Still have my original SK-1 from 1985. It's pretty beat and spray painted, but it still works. My first sample was the name of the NHRA Drag racer, "Joe Amato"!

@awesome6323 7 месяцев назад

I have quite a nice collection of synths now, but the SK-1 is one of my favourite keyboards. I bought it for 2€ on a fleamarket and sank a lot of time into it back when I didn't have the money to buy pro gear.

@geerwashere 7 месяцев назад

Lol, back in the days this keyboard was in the store, i remember i sampled "hello do you know the time" in it and used it when people walked by, that was fun :)

@earthboundboy 7 месяцев назад

Love my SK-5!

@TheLuckymod13 7 месяцев назад

I definitely had one of these when I was a kid!

@elya5593 7 месяцев назад

Have one and I love it. 😊

@scttcmpbll 7 месяцев назад

My first electronic instrument! I used to perform with one in the early 2000s, I would load samples into it on the fly from a portable cd player

@Sinnersainthuman 7 месяцев назад

so so good!

@exitritual 7 месяцев назад

My first keyboard. Inspirational for sure. Of course I got an SK-5 later as well. I think they both shaped my interest in writing and experimenting.

@MI-gn9lg 7 месяцев назад

The circuit bender’s darling. I’ll never part with mine.

@Endmass 7 месяцев назад

Finally, I have peak cheap gear that was featured on a video before y'all upped the price. Scored one of these at an estate sale for $40usd a couple months back. Been too busy to play with it, and it needs some love, but it's an absolute classic.

@pcuadra 7 месяцев назад

Similar but different - the Yamaha VSS-30 is incredible especially with the reverse and u-turn modes. Sigur Ros eat your heart out

@treetopjones737 7 месяцев назад

You could reverse the sample on the Casio ( at least the one with the four finger pads, is that the 5? )

@pcuadra 7 месяцев назад

@@treetopjones737 that's the sk-5. The sk-1 does not have that feature

@Stazma 7 месяцев назад

Great video as always. Just bought a Casio PT-20 yesterday for my daugher when she'll be old enought to play with it (for me in the meantime hahaha)

@PaulBoos 7 месяцев назад

I bought one of these to go into my key set-up back in the 80s.I bought the MIDI kit for it and ruined it trying to install it. Thankfully I sampled all the prests into my S612. I have since bought another one... Just because it is kinda cool... Nice to see it getting some love.

@syneman1 7 месяцев назад

I used to use the Casio FZ1.. it was amazing. The filter and sound was amazing.

@TheRealNativeSun 7 месяцев назад

When I saw this I starting getting soooo excited!! I still have mine. That and CZ101 that I used in High School to make beats in the early 90s. Salute.

@rachelar 7 месяцев назад

You did the drums on the CZ101?

@kevinwhite6176 7 месяцев назад

"Recorded and played back more farts and curse words than any other instrument". How many times has the Toy Symphony demo song been played using farts? An infinite number.

@digitaldobbie 7 месяцев назад

I started out on the sk-1 and I made tape loops and echos to make early acid house.

@DavidHilowitzMusic 7 месяцев назад

Wonderful video. I regret letting mine go.

@ronnyb5890 6 месяцев назад

i also had one, it all started with the red and white bontempi organ, then i had a yamaha portasound PS30, then the casio SK1 and casio VL-1, after that i went in more professional kit, the roland TB 303,TR 606, TR 808, and the well known juno 60, i also had a siel, now, i mostly work with keyboard controllers (arturia,roland,m audio) and vsti in a daw

@terryenglish7132 5 месяцев назад

There was a Yamaha the same time or a little later that was full bandwidth and longer sample time. I have one. Neither of my 2 SK1s turn on, and they were kept in their optional gig bags.

@RUNuts-co1xh 7 месяцев назад

Besides the sampling function I love the "Human Voice" preset. If you hit two or more high pitch keys at the same time it sounds more like a flock of seagulls though🤣. And the crude additive synth or drawbar organ preset is great for running through dirt pedals, ring mods and other FSU stuff.

@AMOKIAN 7 месяцев назад

Yep a childhood classic and the modded circuit bent versions over the years have been another dimension to experience too. Shout out to Reed Ghazala

@emmajeane 7 месяцев назад

just wiped some dust off mine yesterday and thought to myself i should use it more, interesting timing!

@kostisv 7 месяцев назад

very inspiring. may i ask what is the device you use to connect the SK-1 to your tablet?

@morrinsville23 7 месяцев назад

I love my sk1! It can make some beautiful crunchy textures,

@izziesane 7 месяцев назад

I had one in the 80s and had way too much fun with it, but at some point in the early 2000s it stopped sampling so I gave it to a friend, still have some recordings I used it on, loads of fun for a cheap price.

@rationalemusic7747 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for tripling the value of my SK-1, Hainbach!

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

You are welcome! But tbh if you buy one of these on eBay you are already overpaying. 😄

@rationalemusic7747 7 месяцев назад

@@Hainbach Luckily I got mine locally a few years ago for about $30, and even then it was in quite high demand.

@rossgrady 7 месяцев назад

I love that yours is missing a key -- mine is as well. I feel like that's a critical part of the SK-1 experience :)

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

Absolutely, adds character

@chasethevioletsun9996 7 месяцев назад

Mine too! Felt cool to see that.

@tonverfall_studio 7 месяцев назад

I bought the Yamaha VSS-30 brand new as one of my earliest instruments in late 1987, and I still have and use it today. A year or two later I did some fairly geeky bandwidth comparisons between it and the SK-1, and was quite disappointed to find the SK-1 simply truncated all waveform data above around 9khz, while the VSS-30 could be turned into a crunchy nightmare through extreme EQ and a noise gate. The VSS-30 is also dramatically more flexible with its "in-camera" sample editing capabilities, and ability to alter the amp envelope of all built-in sounds. I had little interest in the SK-1 from that point on.

@treetopjones737 7 месяцев назад

The Casio had little amp envelope presets that you could switch on for a sample ( like a bit extra Release - at least the SK-5 did ), extremely limited.

@apislapis 7 месяцев назад

Putting the two machines into context, I recall the VSS-30 was much more expensive than the SK-1 (which I bought new for only £69.00 in 1986). You get what you pay for. The Yamaha is a much more capable machine and I confess that I wanted a VSS-30 back in the 80s. Bear in mind the maker of the WoFi didn't quote the VSS-30, choosing the SK-1 instead as his inspiration. I find the charm of the SK-1 is its limitations and I've been a fan of Casiotones since the VL-1. The SK-1 is as important to me as my Akai S3000XL, both being old tech I've used on my musical journey.

@tonverfall_studio 7 месяцев назад

@@apislapis£69 and $99 were very comparable prices during that time period. Each keyboard was the entry-level in each line-up. 😄

@apislapis 7 месяцев назад

@@tonverfall_studio I think you are comparing apples with pears. I'm not sure that $99 equated to a price of £99 here in the UK for a VSS-30. £69 for the Casio was a week's wages for me back in '86, which I do remember being the economic reality for me in spite of both models being bottom of the range. We didn't have the luxury of YT and we couldn't easily compare the spec of both models, on the web, we had to wait until they were reviewed in magazines in the UK such as E&MM, One Two Testing or International Musician & Sound Maker. Glad you're happy with your VSS-30 and I'm still pleased with my SK-1 after all these years.

@BillyHopscotch 7 месяцев назад

I was just researching these because of Gene Belcher

@andydutchman1970 5 месяцев назад

Bought mine in 1986. I was so flashed of the 'human voices' and the sampling function. Still in my studio 😊

@donjezza 7 месяцев назад

Very cool

@Alphastare23 7 месяцев назад

Just used one yesterday :)

@d.u.o.digitalunitoperated5256 7 месяцев назад

Great! I have one too and I experiment too! 😁 I found it fortunately a few months ago for 60 euros on Ebay and it is perfect.

@johnp9650 7 месяцев назад

I really enjoy the retro-mod sounds & soundscapes you get out of this! I wonder - how did you connect it into the iPad to play it through the app? I know many artists have used it in their music, but it's really a treat to see it in use! Thank you for doing this!

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

I used an RME Babyface Pro, that truly unlocks the iPad for music creating

@DIGOOfficial 7 месяцев назад

@@Hainbach Would be really cool to see a tutorial video of your setup like you have in this video, brother Hainbach \m/

@Michaelebills 7 месяцев назад

What was the audio input and output device did you use for the iPad to connect the SK-1?

@atomicloonybin 7 месяцев назад

I've still got mine! Obviously bought because of the (crude) sampling function, though I could never work out what the synthesise button actually did. The piano voice always sounded great.

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

Yes that piano has something!

@BLUNTZnBEATZ97 7 месяцев назад

This was. Actually my first keyboard ever when i was a kid in elementary school. and i would play with it for hours... And it wasnt until a friend showed me in middleschool the sampler feature and how i can sample my voice on it...

@mitchyyy18 3 месяца назад

I just got one off of ebay. I have the sk-10 but it has no mic, or headphone jack. Had to get the sk-1. ❤

@nunofernandes4501 7 месяцев назад

Oh man, I had a Yamaha VSS 30 in my first band 33 years ago... very similar awesome crappyness to the Casio. I was the special FX guy and I loved the thing, tweaking sounds became second nature until it was thrown on the floor after a concert and never woke up again. Then I started playing the fretless bass, but I never lost my love for samplers and synths.

@Bentspacekesus 5 месяцев назад

I had a small Casio keyboard and calculator with a setting called asr

@paulsutherland3813 7 месяцев назад

the opening seconds sound like Frakkur, Jónsi from Sigur Rós's early side project. he used digital samplers of a similar era. lovely stuff.

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

Yes, the VSS30 - he made that popular

@Donato8nacho 7 месяцев назад

This and the Yamaha vss 30 are classics

@Charlottesville798 7 месяцев назад

I had to 3D print all the Black Keys on my SK-1 as they were falling out like teeth.. Great Video!

@eugenevanloo6205 7 месяцев назад

Noob here. Wonderfull sounds.I have a sk1 and an ipad. Thinking of buying Fluss. Which connector do you use for the ipad?

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

The USB‑C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and an RME Babyface Pro

@stoatystoat174 7 месяцев назад

The pipe organ pipe sounds great through a bass chorus pedal for a nice affordable keyboard

@byjuu246 7 месяцев назад

Still have mine!!!!!!

@nickipedley5 7 месяцев назад

Didn't know such things existed when I first started playing 😥 I did love my first synth at 10 years old - a Yamaha PSS-470 with 2-operator FM!

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

Those are legends by themselves

@RobFlaxMusic 7 месяцев назад

Quick Q: how do you get audio in and out of your iPad? Is it all via the Lightning port (and do you need a double-lightning for charging the iPad during live performance), or through the headphone jack? What's your dongle of choice for Fluss, Lines, etc.?

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

I use an RME babyface pro with the media adapter from Apple. Works very reliable

@RobFlaxMusic 7 месяцев назад

@@Hainbach amazing, thank you!

@jamesjennings-yd2bc 5 месяцев назад

I had one of these, spent much time sampling stuff.

@Nitroburner01 7 месяцев назад

I bought one when it was new. Still have it, though one black key is missing. Not sure if it still works, I never tried powering it up again since the previous millenium.

@Hainbach 7 месяцев назад

I would guess it works still. Rather unkillable

@MrWhite2277 7 месяцев назад

Still have mine since about 8 years old. Obviously farting into the sampler was the funniest thing ever. It still has james brown lyrics like "take it to bridge" in white tippex written on it and garbage pail kids sticker. Clearly I was was sooo cool at 10 years old Cool vid and use of it.

@Theaphextwin972 7 месяцев назад

I have one of these for years and i love messing around with the sampler iv figured out ways to glitch recorded without circuit bending it press the loop button and use the portamento or vibrato button at the sawm time i cant remembered whitch one but you can get really odd sounds. Its also sad seeing people sell them for £100 - £200

@phillymopwater 7 месяцев назад

why is that sad that’s still a totally fair and inexpensive price. They are old, most are in landfills. No new ones are coming. And they are still awesome and usable. Prices go up, especially on limited and special things.

@pabl0denegri 7 месяцев назад

Nice

@Obakedake 7 месяцев назад

This was the first instrument I bought with my own money - I must have been 8 at the time. Loved playing with this for hours, recording samples off the radio and recording loops and weirdness onto cassette tapes. So many memories!

@rachelar 7 месяцев назад

Wow rich 8 year old

@klinkske 7 месяцев назад

No korg microsampler in your studio?

@HotStrange 7 месяцев назад

Excellent video. One of my favorite instruments ever. If anyone doesn’t have the money, Fingerlabs makes a very faithful iOS clone. Awesome stuff :)

@arothmanmusic 7 месяцев назад

I had one of these, but I lusted after the SK-5 with the little drum pads. In the end, I traded my SK-1 for a Yamaha VSS-30.

@LYFoulidis 7 месяцев назад

I love the record you did on this, I’d even say this is one of your better recent records. It proves, once again, that musicality is not in the kit :)

@guerrillastrange 7 месяцев назад

hell yea brother

@jpm9628 7 месяцев назад

Everything can sound good if you process it creatively

@markusshoggu 7 месяцев назад

1:59 so beautiful, could be a movie theme

@NOWtheband 7 месяцев назад

Yes! A classic keyboard! As extensively used by Trouser Experience! 😉

@kaitlyn__L 7 месяцев назад

I was wondering if the Pocket Operators would get a mention, they can be more lofi than the OP1 (and are more akin to the price for these Casios!) but obviously if you have an OP1 there’s basically no reason to have any POs.