Korg DSS-1 Sound Library
Korg Sample Library for the
DSS-1 Sampling Synthesizer
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This is the original Korg sound library for their DSS-1 Sampling
Synthesizer. It is interesting to note how many of these original samples ended up in the ROM of very famous Korg synthesizers - especially the classic M1. I think many of these samples still hold up very well - after many years. I recorded a few examples from each diskette. Each diskette has the capabilities of storing up to 128 sounds (four banks (A, B, C, D each containing 32 sounds) The great thing is that all the new samples can be edited and modified via the internal VCF and VCA parameters - so the final result is often of very warm, analog character. |
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Many of these sounds are staples of the mid-late 1980s. Every floppy also contained a few synth sounds from the DWGS-based synths like the DW-8000 ("DWGS synthesizer presets included in each system") |
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Note: I used a Roland SRV-3030D for light reverb only, on all audio demos. The delay/echo fx comes from the DSS-1 itself.
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KSDU-001 Piano |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A respectable grand piano sound! Very impressive, especially for 1987! | |
| A more classical offering, with octaves stacked, in a "concert pianist" style | |
| Very cool saloon piano! | |
| Nice Rhodes electric piano, with the characteristic "bite" when pressing the keys harder | |
| Very cool electric piano with filtering/wah effect! | |
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KSDU-002 Brass |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 A.SAX 1 | Not too bad Alto Sax, fairly realistic alto saxophone |
| A03 T.SAX 1 | Realistic Tenor Sax, especially in the high registers |
| A05 SAX Ens1 | a jazzy groove |
| B03 Brass 3 | a nice brass section, with vibrato |
| B05 TP 1 | Very nice trumpet patch, very jazzy |
| C03 BRASS 3 | Very cool rising synth brass, with the nice DSS-1 effect 'Auto Bend" |
| C05 BRASS 5 | Quintessential 1980s synth brass! |
| C06 EXHAUST1 | Reminds of the effect at the beginning of Fluke's "Atom Bomb" from Risotto |
| D02 TROMBORN | Sweet, expressive analog horn lead |
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KSDU-003 Strings & Choir |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| Standard string ensemble | |
| the flanging fx is courtesy of the DSS-1 | |
| I don't think this is bad sample at all! | |
| Very well done standard mixed choir | |
| Cool android vocals | |
| These are the 1980s!!! Check out the wonderfully warm VCFs of the DSS-1 | |
| Very good, Fairlight-style voice sample | |
| Very nice vox, with slight upward pitch-bend at the beginning | |
| Remember these types of sounds? They were oh- so in vogue back then. | |
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KSDU-004 Guitar & Bass |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 G.Guit 1 | a very nice acoustic guitar with nylon strings, isn'it? I supposed "G." stands for "Gut" (strings)? Any ideas of what it stands for? |
| A06 G.Guit 6 | Flamenco version |
| B01 W.Bass 1 | Wood Bass 1 - Can you believe in 1986, some clever programmer already thought well to velocity-switch a contrabass string sound with the "smack" version of the same sample? Expressive.. |
| B04 E.Bass 1 | Electric Bass 1- and of course the classic velo-switch from picked to slapped bass... |
| C06 SynBASS4 | Classic Eurodance-type bass |
| D01 Dis.GT 1 | Distorted Guitar - This type of sound seemed popular back then, when hair-metal bands were all the rage... |
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KSDU-005 Japanese Inst |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Koto 1 | A beautiful instrument from the same country as Korg... |
| A06 Glisando | this is a wonderful sample, is it not? |
| B03 Shaku 3 | Not that sample (you know which one I'm talking about.. hint sledgehammer hint..) but this one sounds very authentic to me. |
| C11 Mix Hit | Nice Japanese sounds |
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KSDU-006 Indian Inst |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| samples a bit short, but it conveys the idea | |
| This is fun to play! Some good tabla samples in this patch. | |
| Very nice tambura | |
| Tablas at cruise speed | |
| Groovy but steady rhythm | |
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KSDU-007 Bass Groups |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| Low strings, pizzicato | |
| not too bad! | |
| Higher strings, pizzicato | |
| Wood bass & piano - standard split for the piano-bar/lounge | |
| Cool Seinfeld slap bass and fat brass | |
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KSDU-008 Pianos II |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| Piano in its lower octaves | |
| here's another root of another very famous sound... the famous Korg M1 House piano | |
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KSDU-009 Electric Guitars 1 & 2 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| Clean 6-strings | |
| typical slightly chorused guitar of the 1980s | |
| the classic bluesy Stratocaster. | |
| Country-like | |
| Quintessential '80s guitar sound | |
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KSDU-010 Acoustic Guitar |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| another good example of acoustic | |
| Classical guitar, beautiful | |
| another root of another famous Korg M1 sound | |
| Wait, wait.. this sound still holds up nicely! After 20 years... | |
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KSDU-011 Group & Orchestra Hits |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Orch 1 | the classic orchestral hits, very in fashion in the mid-1980s |
| A05 BandHit1 | realistic brass hits and the classic "Yes" stab |
| B02 Orch -2 | Loud orchestral stabs |
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KSDU-012 Brass Hits |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 BigBand1 | very good jazz big band ensemble! It faithfully captures the 1940s atmosphere |
| A06 BigBand6 | and here is the more relaxed, 1960s version |
| B04 Brass 4 | More Big-Band goodness |
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KSDU-013 Combined Groups |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Voices 1 | Sweet digi-vox |
| A02 Voices 2 | gorgeous choir that works also as a warm vox pad |
| A03 Choir | another good choir. |
| A04 Karyn | Inspired femal vox |
| A08 HA...... | Envelopes Generators at work |
| B01 16'Piano | Standard, very nice grand piano |
| B03 4' Piano | piano that focuses on the top octaves |
| B08 MixPiano | excellent jazz piano that works also for Latin, Cabaret, Ragtime, Broadway Show, Classical etc... |
| B12 Choir&Pn | Very good, ambient piano with choirs |
| B32 Chime-Ah | Soundtrack-type sound |
| C03 Choir-Vb | reminds of certain sounds of the 1970s |
| C06 Vibes 1 | Digi-vibraphone |
| C07 Bells | Crispy and nice |
| D12 Gremlins | remember the movie? |
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KSDU-014 Sound Effects |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 S.E.1 | classic FX |
| A08 S.E.1 | more |
| B01 S.E.1 | some more |
| B08 S.E.1 | more |
| D08 S.E.1 | and more. |
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KSDU-015 Drums |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Drum1-1 | aaah.. the sound of early sampled drums... |
| B01 Drum2-1 | With groovy gated-style fx |
| C01 Drum3-1 | typical 1980s drums |
| D01 Drum1-1 | Very nice side stick |
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KSDU-016 Latin Percussion |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 CON&AGG1 | Conga & Agogo - these are still some good percussion samples! |
| A08 BON&MAR1 | Bongos & Maracasa - these are cool too |
| A31 NOISE2 | Cool zap effects |
| B01 TIM&SE 1 | good timbales. |
| B15 Mix | A percussive mix |
| B8 TR,W&B 1 | Triangle, Woodblocks, & Bell |
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KSDU-017 Percussion |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 ChimeCym | Chime, Cymbal - the DSS-1 goes up to 48kHz of sampling rate... |
| A05 ChimeCy5 | Beautiful bell ensemble |
| A21 Samson 5 | Happy tones |
| A30 Soreing2 | Weird but nice |
| B01 PercKit1 | Guiro, whistle, sleigh-bells, tambourine various percussion |
| C01 Kit2Tree | more percussion... |
| C12 Kit2Trec | Nicely subtle tuned percussion |
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KSDU-018 Strings |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Pizz 1 | More pizzicato strings |
| A05 StrgHit1 | Cool sampled string runs |
| B01 Violin 1 | Standard violin sound |
| B02 Violins2 | Chamber ensemble |
| B08 GrpStr$$ | Group Strings - gorgeous string ensemble, very warm |
| B10 Violas10 | cool viola sound |
| C09 SectCh 9 | Classy, wide string ensemble |
| D04 AnaSec 4 | Analog Section |
| D32 POWER& $ | big analog ensemble |
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KSDU-019 Voices |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 AirVox 1 | beautiful ethereal Fairlight patch... a popular patch in the 1980s. |
| A03 AirVox 3 | Happy Fairlight choir |
| A07 AirVox 7 | a variation with the classic flanger effect of the '80s - obtained via the DDL lines onboard |
| A24 Tomager | Strange synth |
| B01 Ah&Ou 1 | Nice "vintage samples" |
| C01 GrpVox 1 | Group Vox |
| D01 XLGGrp 1 | Extra-Large Group! |
| D03 UH OH 3 | classic humanoid voice |
| D08 UH OH 8 | typical sampled vox of the '80s |
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KSDU-020 Brass |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 French01 | classical French Horns |
| A23 Shorty | Reminds a bit of certain effects used by the Steve Miller Band |
| A24 WindS | Classical horns |
| A28 Harmocat | Nice harmonica sound - Patch title probably inspired by famous trio "the Harmonicats" |
| B01 Trumpet1 | Honest trumpet sample - Aftertouch engages appropriate vibrato |
| B07 Trptocts | Trumpet octaves - jolly trumpets |
| B18 AaaHhhhh | Excellent digital ahs |
| B20 FatPad | Analog goodness |
| C02 Brasect2 | Ok brass section |
| D01 Brs Hit1 | typical "elephant" style |
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KSDU-021 Guitars |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 AccGtr 1 | a nice, crispy acoustic guitar - not too shabby especially considering this library was made in 1987 |
| B01 Electrk1 | Rock 'n roll |
| B07 Electrk7 | a bit '80s |
| B13 ElectrkD | nice guitar with juicy '80s flanger - rigorously done with the two DDL lines, guys... I'm only adding a pinch of reverb to all these samples, nothing more |
| B18 Vel-Pad2 | Cinematic break |
| C01 OD Guitr | Overdrive guitar- hair-metal fare |
| C05 OD Guit5 | Bluesy and expressive |
| D02 Pop Gtr2 | 1960s pop guitar |
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KSDU-022 Pianos |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 GR.PIANO | A very nice grand piano sound!!! Improves on the one on diskette KSDU-001. |
| A09 HONKY | Cool honky-tonk piano |
| B01 E.P.BASS | standard split: acoustic bass on the left side of the keyboard, Rhodes on the right. |
| B08 Piano 8 | Supremely '80s This is a piano sample edited with the wonderful analog engine onboard. |
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KSDU-023 Flutes & Harp |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 FLUTES | This is an extremely sweet-sounding flute sound. ALSO works for Mellotron-type. |
| A02 FLUTES 2 | Realistic, beautiful tone. |
| A10 SYNSTRNG | Nice flangey synthesizer strings |
| A11 SYNSTR 2 | Brassier strings |
| A12 TOMITA 1 | Very cool rendition of the analog flute/sounds of the inimitable Japanese electronic keyboardist |
| A20 SYNLYRA4 | Beautiful 1980s plucked synth |
| A32 TAJMAHAL | Wonderful flute patch, very gentle and expressive |
| B02 LowHARP | Lovely bucolic moments |
| B03 Octaves | Low strings of the harp |
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KSDU-024 Woodwinds |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 PanFlute | the wonderful Andean instrument |
| A04 Pan 4 | the pan flute gets the analog treatment... |
| A05 ZAMFIR | Obviously inspired by the incredible Romanian artist Gheorghe, "the master of the pan flute" |
| A10 PanSynth | this could be perfect to accent a scene of Red Riding hood skipping away through the woods to go visit her grandma. |
| B02 OBOE HI | okay |
| B04 Oboe4 | Lots of very nice and expressive vibrato |
| B10 OboSynth | cool... |
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KSDU-025 Strings |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 STRINGS | Fabulous samples that improve on diskette KSDU-003 |
| A04 STRINGS2 | Beautiful. There's "something special" about how the DSS-1 delivers the sound, I think |
| A06 ORCESTRA | big orchestral ensemble |
| A10 SYNSTRNG | the classic mid-80s Korg analog filters |
| B01 VIOLIN1 | Distant and classy |
| B02 PIZ-VIOL | Plucking away on the strings |
| B05 SLOSTRNG | Solo Strings - nice sound |
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KSDU-026 Harpsichord & Organ |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Hrpsicrd | Realistic harpsichord for classical |
| A03 Hrpsi 4' | and this one is more apt to score a 1960s movie |
| A06 Bright | Nice Baroque-style harpsichord |
| A19 SYNLYRA3 | Curiously Pink-Floyd'ish, don't you think? |
| B01 PIPE Orq | Powerful church organ, all stops pulled |
| B06 CATHEDRL | huge church organ |
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KSDU-027 Brass |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 FlglHORN | not bad for 1987... |
| A04 BRASS 4 | reminds me of Herb Alpert for some reason. |
| B01 Fr.HORNS | Very solemn French Horns, improving on diskette KSDU-020 |
| B32 BRASSMIX | Sparkly brass |
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KSDU-028 Brass & Sax |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 TRUMPETS | trumpet section in the king's yard |
| A03 BRASS 3 | curiously 1960s cinema style |
| A07 FANFARE7 | Get that fox!! |
| B01 SAX 1 | Again, not bad for being a 22 year old saxophone patch |
| B05 SAX ENS | sweet swing band style |
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KSDU-029 Percussion |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 SIMMONS | The classic hexagonal kits from the '80s |
| A02 SIMMONS2 | version with the "Miami Vice" snare |
| B01 DRUMS | recognize something?? Some of these went into the M1... |
| B02 ROCK 2 | with cool slapback echo obtained with the DDL lines |
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KSDU-030 Electric Guitars |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 GUITAR 1 | sweet electric guitar sound |
| A03 CHORUS 1 | nice Strat with chorus, again obtained with the DDL |
| A04 GUIT DDL | swingy Rockabilly guitar with slapback echo, courtesy of the Digital Delay Lines |
| A07 STEEL 2 | The DSS-1 has a cool Auto-Bend feature, you know... |
| A32 TAJMAHAL | phenomenal patch, extremely cinematic and introspective |
| B01 GUITAR 1 | The U S of A 's favorite sound |
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KSDU-031 Percussion II |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 ROCK KIT | a solid drum kit |
| A03 ROOM DDL | a very cool drum kit with slapback room ambience courtesy of the Digital Delay Lines |
| B01 LATIN PC | nice percussion kit |
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KSDU-032 Orchestral Perc |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 ORCHPERC | Excellent timpani!! And nice rolls |
| B01 GONG | Great Wall of China |
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KSDU-033 Combination Snds |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 MIDI-MIX | Classic '80s drum, bass and brass sounds! |
| A02 TYMPANI2 | Nice timpani and cool drum set |
| B01 PERC-B | Aggressive, rough drums and cool percussion. |
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KSDU-034 Woodwinds |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 RECORDER | with nice vibrato engaged by the aftertouch |
| A02 FLUTE 2 | Nice & happy orchestral flute |
| A12 TOMITA 1 | Another variation on Tomita's synthy flute sounds |
| B01 CLARINET | Pretty realistic!! |
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KSDU-035 Vibes, Glock, Piano, Clav |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| 01 VIBES | beautiful vibraphone patch |
| A02 GLOCK 1 | Woody, muffled glockenspiel? |
| A07 ISLANDS | Nice marimba sounds |
| B01 DIGPIANO | Characteristic hybrid piano |
| B04 CHORUS | typical piano through chorus of the 1980s |
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KSDU-036 Strings II |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 STRINGS | Modern-sounding string ensemble |
| A03 HIGH | Strings played in the high register, very expressive... |
| B01 CELLO&UI | What's UI? Uillean? |
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KSDU-037 Mixed Percussion |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 INDIA | Fantastic Indian setup! |
| A05 MYSTERY5 | Bouncy analog synth |
| B01 KALCHIME | Kalimba and Chimes... Reminds me of the movie "American Beauty" |
| B03 STEELDRM | Steel drums - the classic Islands instrument |
| B06 MYSTERY6 | Romantic setup, very nice |
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KSDU-038 Voices |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 CHOIR | FANTASTIC (mainly female) choir!!! Very realistic AND expressive! 1987! |
| A04 Cathedrl | the time to be jolly |
| A09 9 | Gorgeous ambient sound |
| B01 EL CHOIR | Electric Choir - nice female robot voice - Reminds of the tone of "O'Superman" a bit |
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KSDU-039 Woodwind & Strng |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 W.W.E1 | Woodwind ensemble 1 - classical niceness |
| A05 MixedENS | Regality |
| A13 Legato 2 | Orchestral expressivity |
| B13 Str Echo | String Echo - I just looove those DDLs |
| C06 W.W.Ens6 | Woodwind ensemble 6 - VERY beautiful and cinescore-like |
| D01 Bass&VL | very nice split |
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KSDU-040 Strings |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 MixedStr | *big* strings |
| A04 Legato 2 | Cool John Barry style string ensemble! |
| A05 Legato 3 | Nice mixed strings |
| A10 Bell+Str | Classic Bell + Strings combo - Reminds of certain sounds used by Philip Glass. |
| C04 Str 16&8 | Nice, dark orchestral ensemble |
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KSDU-041 Wind Instruments |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Flute 1 | beautiful flute, with nice vibrato |
| A03 Piccilo | this should have been 'piccolo' of course... |
| A09 Murafuki | Awesome Japanese flute |
| A10 EchoShak | Superb patch of the Japanese flute, the shakuhachi |
| B01 Bottles1 | Reminds a bit of a Calliope sound |
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KSDU-042 Brass |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Horns 1 | solid horn section |
| A02 Horns 2 | Beautiful 1980s synth brass |
| A08 DWGSHorn | Synth brass with character |
| A23 BrassRes | Cool sound with analog filter resonance -very early 1980s. |
| A25 SpaceHR | Space Horn - Very cool spaceship horn |
| A27 Alaska 0 | Brass patch probably inspired by the CS-80 sound in British band UK's "Alaska". I found this type of patch in other synthesizers, like Kurzweil and Alesis |
| B01 Tuba&Flu | Excellent European, military style tuba and flugelhorn |
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KSDU-043 Reeds 1 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Clar. 1 | another nice sounding clarinet patch |
| B01 Oboe 1 | orchestral oboe, expressive |
| B17 Oboe&Saw | This totally reminds me of certain sounds used by Thomas Dolby from "The Golden Age of Wireless" |
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KSDU-044 Reeds 2 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Bassoon1 | the grandfather of Peter and the wolf |
| B01 E.Horn 1 | Okay |
| B03 EchoHorn | the DDL adds an aura of mystery to samples on the DSS-1.... |
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KSDU-045 Guitars (Acoust) |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 guitar @ | very, very good acoustic guitar patch, still realistic after many years. |
| A05 guitar 5 | Spanish variant, nice |
| A06 MIX 1 | sparkling guitar through effects, very '80s |
| B01 Folk Gtr | Bob Dylan on a floppy |
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KSDU-046 Guitars (Rock) |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Rock Gt1 | Overdriven Fenders |
| A02 FeedBack | yep |
| B01 Rock Gt2 | Americana |
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KSDU-047 Bass |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Vel-Bass | Classic '80s bass - precursor of the M1 bass |
| A06 ChukBass | More classic '80s bass |
| A10 Bass-Pno | Gorgeous '80s setup - bass + FM Rhodes. Very "Simply Red" or "Sade" |
| B01 JazzBass | Quintessential Jaco style fretless Fender Jazz |
| B04 SynBASS2 | Modular glue |
| B05 SynBASS3 | Standard "New Order" 1980s bass |
| B08 AQUARIUM | cool underwater sound |
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KSDU-048 Electric Piano 1 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 16' CP-70 | the glorious and famous Yamaha electro-acoustic |
| A02 8' CP-70 | same as above, higher octaves |
| B01 E.Piano1 | standard Fender Rhodes... with classic key "whack" when playing harder |
| B04 E.Piano4 | '80s electric piano |
| B07 E.Piano7 | harder-sounding tines |
| B09 DW-80001 | Korg's own DW-8000's e. piano |
| B12 DW-80004 | and a variant, very Yamaha DX7 |
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KSDU-049 Electric Piano 2 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 DX-100 | solid FM piano from Yamaha's DX100 |
| A02 DX-7 | and the most famous sound of the 1980s, the Yamaha DX7's electric piano patch |
| B02 E.Piano2 | Suitcase Rhodes |
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KSDU-050 MIDI Combos |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 MIDI 1 | typical layered synths of the '80s |
| A02 JX-10P | a cross between the Roland JX-10 and JX-8P? |
| A06 MidiWave | Digital synths |
| A09 Rh2&MIDI | typical layer of the mid '80s - FM Rhodes and digital synths |
| A18 Tundra | digital moods |
| A19 Unison | powerful lead sound |
| A22 Synbass | Typical bouncy, woody synth bass |
| A23 FX Echo | Nice atmospheres with delay |
| B01 MIDI #2 | classic synth bass of the 1980s - Reminds me a bit of Adamski's "Killer" |
| B02 Moog LP | Moog bass through low-pass filter? |
| B04 MIDI+LP | Digi-synth |
| B07 DigiLead | Cutting |
| B08 MidiSine | very cool sine-wave solo synth - Reminds me a bit of Soft Cell's "Numbers" |
| C01 DX16BASS | the classic DX-style bass |
| C03 EWAVE 1 | Gorgeous digital sound, slightly detuned |
| D06 MIDIMIX2 | classic digital + analog MIDIed layer |
| D13 MIDIMIX5 | More '80s material |
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KSDU-051 Japanese Inst 2 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Kotar | nice koto-sounding instrument |
| A03 Japan FX | interesting Japanese ambience fx |
| A05 Mix 2 | percussion and koto |
| A08 EchoShak | sublime shakuhachi patch through the DDLs |
| A16 Synchime | Interesting bell sounds |
| B01 Nippon 1 | characteristic Japanese band instruments, real instrument loops |
| B02 Japan 1 | gongs and vocals |
| B03 J.Drums1 | Nice Japanese percussion |
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KSDU-052 Orchestra & Video Games |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 O-Hit 1 | Many of the usual suspects sounds of the '80s! |
| B01 Zevious1 | typical arcade games of the '80s |
| B03 Famikun1 | More Pac-Man style! |
| B12 S.E.4 | And a few more |
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KSDU-053 Drums & Effects |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 JULY 4 | very good fireworks effects |
| A02 WG.Drums | solid, punchy drums |
| B01 BAD KIT1 | Typical 1980s kit, with Simmons-type drums |
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KSDU-054 Ethnic Perc |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Kalimba1 | Sublime kalimba patch, very hypnotizing |
| A02 Kalimba2 | Cool wooden mallet sounds |
| A15 Pan Pipe | Reminds a bit of the classic E-mu Proteus 2 X-Files flute |
| B01 St.Dr. 1 | Nice Steel Drums |
| B02 St.Dr. 2 | Steel drums and happy islanders |
| B05 Gamelan | Awesome Gamelan bowls |
| C01 Gender 1 | More Balinese sonic beauty |
| D018 GN-Noise | Hypnotizing... |
| D25 Java | beautiful set |
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KSDU-055 Voices II |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Choir 1 | Fantastic, well-sampled choir, perfect for soundtracks |
| A04 Choir 4 | Solid chorus |
| A13 DWGS 1 | Cool vintage-sounding vocoder-type choir |
| A19 DWGS 7 | romantic vox |
| A22 DVP 1 | Classic Korg DVP-1 type sounds |
| A25 DVP 4 | more |
| A26 DVP 5 | excellent vocoder-type vox, inspired by Korg's own DVP-1 |
| A31 DVP 10 | same as above, gentlier version |
| B01 Choir 1 | Unbelievable female choir!! |
| B04 Choir 4 | Beautiful, enchanting choir |
| B08 Choir-BL | Choir and bells |
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KSDU-056 Performance 1 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 DDLPIANO | Nice chorused piano, typical of the 1980s |
| A02 E.BASS 1 | Electric Bass 1 - Standard Fender Precision |
| A03 ORGAN | HA-HA!!!! Here we have the original sample of the uber-famous Korg M1 organ sound, used in myriads of House songs of the 1990s!!! |
| A04 A.BASS | Honest acoustic bass |
| A05 VIBES | Nice vibraphone |
| A06 CLAV | Typical Hohner Clavinet with a bit of filtering action |
| A07 SYNBASS | another classic '80 sound, the DX7's FM bass |
| A08 ELEC.PNO | Digital electric piano of the '80s |
| A09 PANFLUTE | Yep |
| A10 FLUTE | Nice |
| A11 F.GUITAR | Nice-sounding Folk guitar |
| A12 G.GUITAR | Gut guitar? |
| A13 E.BASS 2 | Digi bass |
| A14 E.GUITAR | Standard Rock 'n Roll electric guitar |
| A15 HARPSY | Harpsichord with emulation of the typical release of the real instrument |
| A16 DWGS PAD | Gorgeous analog pad, perfect for many genres |
| A22 BS&VIBES | Sweet, standard contrabass & vibraphone split |
| A31 SYNBRASS | Aaaahhh... those warm Korg VCFs... |
| B01 STRINGS | Yes |
| B02 VOICES | Nice mixed choir |
| B04 ALTO SAX | Realistic |
| B22 STR3 | Strings 3 - Very beautiful-sounding, elegant strings |
| C01 MARIMBA | Happy |
| C05 TRUMPET | Nice trumpet |
| C06 EP No.2 | More FM pianos |
| C12 ZULE | Warm yet digital, nice synth pad |
| D30 SYNC | Nice oscillator sync sound |
| D32 PIANO | Nice accompaniment piano |
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KSDU-057 Multiple Inst |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 ORGAN 1 | Excellent Hammond patch, perfect for Jimmy Smith's ballad-oriented material |
| A05 ORGAN 5 | Pop-Rock organ |
| A07 ORGAN 7 | delicate, soft organ sound |
| A24 GLASS | Beautiful sparkly digisynth |
| A25 LYLE 2 | Inspired by Metheny's keyboardists' Oberheim tone |
| B01 XYLO 1 | yep - a xylophone :) |
| B03 Flute | Warm and expressive flute patch |
| B12 Octaves | excellent pipe organ |
| C01 THESYNTH | interesting digisynth |
| C02 PAD | nice digital/analog hybrid |
| C03 TROLL | Solid 1980s comp synth |
| C08 GLASS | beautiful sparkly synth |
| C11 TREK | Wobbly happy tone |
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KSDU-058 Industries |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Hammers | Various objects |
| A02 Industry | Cool machinery fx |
| A05 SinHits2 | Interesting tones |
| A07 Simmnz | More Simmons style hits |
| A10 CHROMA | perhaps inspired by the Fender-Rhodes synth? |
| A24 StarMan1 | Very nice digipad |
| B01 Dynamo | another great industrial sample |
| B02 Industry | Industrial loop |
| B05 Dyno 3 | and the same sample above, used in a synth-sound setting |
| B06 Jedi | light saber battle |
| B16 PPG | Beautiful patch inspired by the great blue German instrument |
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KSDU-059 Synth Bass & Drums |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 RHYTHMIX | THE 1980S ON A FLOPPY !!! |
| B01 SECTION2 | Another classic bass and drum set |
| B30 S&H | Classic Sample & Hold synth |
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KSDU-060 Metal-Metalism |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 METALIST | classic Rave-type fx |
| A09 HEAVY.PF | Gritty, digital synth |
| A11 GUM.PROF | Very good, happy and rubbery synth |
| A17 VOIBASS1 | very interesting vox bass |
| A20 METBRAS1 | Metal Brass 1 - Very expressive synth lead |
| B11 BASS-002 | Digital bass |
| B16 VOICEX | Nice, ominous chorus |
| C01 TINBRASS | Nice early '80s sound |
| C02 WOWBRASS | solid analog brass |
| C21 AMBIENT2 | Calm, tranquil synth |
| C32 END-END | Fantastic, huge synth string ensemble |
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KSDU-061 Sound Tapestry 1 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 Mobil1 | this reminds me of Albert One's "Turbo Diesel", an Italo Dance track of my youth |
| A04 Living 1 | Coca-Cola bottles and more |
| A09 S.E. 1 | Whooshy sound effects |
| A23 TRAIN | a really cool sound! |
| B01 METALS 1 | remember typewriters? |
| B04 VOICES 1 | cats, dogs, and people |
| B13 S.E.VOIC | elevator to Heaven |
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KSDU-062 Sound Tapestry 2 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 SE-A | Watch OUT!!! |
| B01 SE-B | underwater comedy show |
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KSDU-063 Drums III |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 DR-kit A | very good, '70s funky drum kit |
| B01 DR-kit B | Gated drums, very 1980s |
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KSDU-064 Drums IV |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 EXDS VCA | very nice, fluid, New-Wave type drums |
| A08 SPACE ED | Space Electric Drums - awesome electro-drums through delay |
| B01 gadr VCA | Very nice '80s drums |
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KSDU-065 "D"-Synth Sounds |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 FUTURE | the classic Roland D-50 preset "Future Pad" |
| A10 D50&PIZZ | More characteristic Roland D-50 sounds |
| A12 D50&EP No.2 | The D-50's electric piano... |
| A15 HEAVEN | superb rising reso-synth |
| A17 PADSWEEP | Gorgeous, classic D-50 style fluffy pad |
| B01 FANTASIA | the classic first patch of the D-50 |
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KSDU-066 Performance 2 |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 BARI SAX | reminds me of Ska groups like "Madness" |
| A02 TENORSAX | Meaty tenor saxophone |
| A03 ALTO SAX | Standard saxophone |
| A04 TRUMPET | Another flavor of trumpet |
| A05 MUTED TB | cool trombone with muffle |
| A06 MUTED TP | Adds the mute to the trumpet for a classic jazz sound |
| A08 ENSEMBLE | Standard brass ensemble |
| A20 GROUPSAX | A few saxophones! |
| A27 SFZBRASS | Nice brass section with sforzando |
| B01 STRINGS1 | Glassy strings |
| C01 BRS&STR | Both staples of the orchestra together |
| C14 PIANOPAD | Gorgeous, classic MIDI set of the '80s |
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KSDU-067 Rhythm Section & Guitars |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 RHYTHM | Dense rock drum kit, very nice slap bass, and orchestra hits |
| B01 GUITARS | super-rock distortion |
| B02 E.GUITAR | Electric Guitar - classy Strat with tremolo |
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KSDU-068 Drum Kits |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 KILLER | huge drums |
| A07 NEW KIT | Classic '80s drums, such as the type used in Duran Duran's "View to a kill" etc. |
| B01 SPLASH | Hard drums, very well produced |
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KSDU-069 Lore, Comb, FX |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 LORE | the first incarnation of the mega-classic Korg M1 sound, at the base of the M1's first preset, the unforgettable "00 Universe" |
| A20 MYSTYPAD | another great way to generate an excellent pad from Lore |
| B01 SOUNDEFX | Wake UP!!! |
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KSDU-070 Ambient Drums, Timpani |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| A01 AMBDRUMS | excellent samples! |
| A07 UH-OH | Ooops! |
| B01 TMP&BELL | Realistic timpani and bells |
| B07 KOTO UP | excellent Koto strums up |
| B08 KOTODOWN | excellent Koto strums down |
| B09 KOTOTREM | another super-classic M1 sound!! |
| B15 NIMBUS | and yet another first incarnation of a classic M1 patch! |
| B16 SynBass | very analog-sounding synth bass |
| B31 TREMPAD | dulcis in fundo... a fantastic, exquisite, atmospheric pad!!! |
Each of these floppies also contained "WGS synthesizer presets included in each system". These are a few audio demos of some of these presets:
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DWGS synthesizer presets demos |
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| Sound name with audio demo | My comments |
| Bells | delicate bells |
| Brass 1 | Classic synth brass... the '80s again |
| Brass 2 | Wonderful analog synth brass |
| Brass 3 | Gentle, muted synth brass, typically 1980s |
| BRASS 3 | More Korg synth brass |
| BRASS 4 | Wonderful Keith Emerson-style modular brass lead |
| DDL Clav | Cool Clavinet through delay |
| DW-80001 | The first of several classic '80s FM-style electric piano patches |
| DW-80002 | Very DX7. |
| DW-80003 | the DW-8000's take on the classic DX7 sound |
| DW-80004 | More DX7 style |
| DW-80005 | Digital yet warm |
| DW-80006 | Beautiful, crystalline e.p. |
| DW-80007 | Meaty FM e.p. |
| DW-80008 | and another ... |
| DWGS Bow | Gorgeous soft string pad |
| E.Piano1 | FM e.p. |
| E.Piano2 | The DX |
| JacoBass | Expressive Pastorius style Fender fretless |
| Kilimba | Nice kalimba sound |
| Moog | standard analog synth |
| Organ 1 | Warm Hammond |
| Organ 2 | organ reminiscent of Dire Straits-style '80s |
| Organ 3 | The classic M1 percussive organ |
| Presure0 | nice evolving, pulsating resopad |
| SoftBell | the influx of the DX7 was always present in the mid-'80s... |
| Strings1 | Wonderfully slightly pitch-shifting analog synstrings |
| Strings2 | the classic Korg strings |
| STRINGS3 | Super analog strings! |
| STRINGS4 | Ravishing anastrings |
| SuperDSS | Great way to use the DDLs to fatten up the sound |
| Sweeper | let those resonant filter shine |
| Syncrix | Rising synth |
| Synth 4 | Very interesting Techno lead |
| Voices 0 | Beautiful fluffy vox pad |
| Voices 1 | sweet digital vox |
| Wave N#1 | Very typical DWGS (Digital Waveform Generator System) sound |
| X-Switch | cool velocity-switch between electric piano and analog synth |
Glen Stegner's Monster Analog audio demo
| Oberheim OB-8 specs | |
| Year of release: | 1987 |
| Polyphony: | 8 |
| Sound generation method: | sampling |
| Preset memories | 4 banks of 32 |
| MIDI: | In, out, thru |
| Sound expansion capabilities: | sampling; diskettes |
| Sequencer | no |
| Arpeggiator | no |
| Velocity | yes |
| Aftertouch | yes |
Resources:
available at
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
| Manufacturer site | home page | |
Korg DSS-1 Sound Library review with audio demos - March 22, 2009