Korg DSS1: 36 sounds demo
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- čas přidán 17. 10. 2010
- Vintage series: DSS1. Un synth/sampler del 1986 per certi aspetti ancora interessante. Il grande limite è l'archiviazione dei suoni su floppy disc di ridotta capacità: appena due banchi da 32 suoni ciascuno (max 64 suoni per floppy). La particolarità - oltre la sua caratteristica "pasta sonora" - è la inconsueta (all'epoca) possibilità di disegnare le forme d'onda (waveforms) agendo su due sliders, per ppi salvarle e processarle. Facile da usare il campionatore, che dava interessanti spunti di trattamento del campione, pur con numerosi limiti nella pulizia sonora e nell'editing. Note di polifonia: 16 (8 voci, due oscillatori per voce). Tastiera dinamica con aftertouch. Canali midi IN-OUT-THRU. Altre specifiche tecniche sono facilmente consultabili in rete presso i siti specializzati in synth vintage.
- Hudba
love those vintage sounds
Yes 😊
I never was interested into KORG synths... now I see what I've missed. You just bought me with this review, I'm thinking about getting this machine. Thanks!
I had a Korg DW-6000 back in the 80s. I took the filter for granted at the time, but now in hind-sight I realize how amazing it was and wish I hadn't sold it.
I still have mine, bought in 86
Me too, showroom condition.
I still have mine, bought (I think) from the guy who bought it new in ‘86! I didn’t buy it in ‘86 because I was two years old and thus didn’t have the dough.
The _filter_ on this thing. Daaaaaamn.
Fourth time I am listening to this demo. The guitar is amazing. Best DSS1 demo on the internet, thanks!
Had one of these back in '95...big AF. It was my first sampler and only piece of equipment at the time. I learned it inside and out. Wish I still had it. I remember I had a pretty good piano patch and some sick swells.
Except where the M1 had a crappy non-resonant filter, this has a real analog filter with resonance and even a switchable 12dB/24dB slope.
a hidden gem, an artifact from the past, present and future, a timeless machine
I can't believe this only has 256K of sample memory.
iTweak0r * - believe it or not, that works out okay in practice. This thing can make a lot of different sounds out of that amount, and if you have a working floppy drive and most of the free sounds out there, you can build quite the library.
I wish those 256K of memory weren't volatile, though. Having to load the sounds every time you turn the thing on gets pretty old.
The samples are only 12 bits, so that leaves space for up to about 174000 samples, or 5.4 seconds at 32 ksample/s, or 21.8 seconds at 8 ksample/s.
If you split samples on 5 keyboard ranges, you have about 1.1 second of sample at 32 ksample/s, enough for an attack and a loop. The rest of the magic, are the analog filters and digital effects.
my first sampler! very good demo. thanks
Kevin Moore (ex-Dream Theater) added the DSS-1 to his signature DW8000 back in their best days :)
What a great demo thanks for sharing! i would love to hear more!!! , This is my favorite Korg keyboard of all time.
I did not use mine for many years now. After this video i decided to sell it NOT! The "guitar" sample is very "eighty" - I love these sounds they do not sound like a real "drummer" or "piano" or whatever. thanks for uploading this. I use the imitations of real instruments, too - but you cant work with a VST in the same way as a "real" synth. You don´t get the same sounds. I prefer to work with both! I bought my DSS-1 in 1986 new and still have it. I payed about 4000 DM for it. If I would try to sell, I think I did not get much more than 200 €. Maybe my son will have a treasure in 20 years. (like a 1962 Stratocaster ??? ;) )
These are becoming more and more sought after
Some advertised for around 1K already...
The Korg DSS-1 patch "Square" was heard in the covered song on Kids Incorporated "Who's Zoomin' Who".
Great demo. Beautifully shot.🎉
So nice gritty sound! It reminds me the good old not-perfect sounding samples on the retro game consoles like a Sega MegaDrive 2 / Genesis. IAnd I still love it =)
Thanks for the nice demo. Man I had one and sold it.One of the best synths ever for sure.
This was a GREAT demo -- thanks for posting it!
Sounds fresh! Love it!
The spirit of the eighties, captured in a box.
A very underestimated synth/sampler. Nice demo. Thanks.
Sounds fresh modern and cool!
The pick guitar is amazing
sounds great and classy! thanx!
I learned a lot about modwheel handling from this video, thanks! :D
grande synth lo avuto per 10 anni e oltre..lo acquistati che era immacolato,sembrava nuovo!! indimenticabile.
thorough demonstration!
Great demo - thank you
Wonderful demo, powerful synth/sampler, i'm very surprising by the sound !
So Powerful!!! That’s all!! Nice!
oh god that sounds good. the fatness, brass, and stereo delay are killing me
Great sound design,I loved hearing the Genesis at 11:50 ,nice solo improv too. Respect.
awesome machine!
...semplicemente eccezionale!...
In the cover version of The Finer Things on Kids Incorporated and in the ending theme of Sonic 3, the Korg DSS-1 internal patch “Metal” was heard.
Fantastic, Man!
great demo, great synth
Amazing machine !!! ;D
Tutto Bene! FANTASTICO!
GRAZIE (for this demo)
:-)
excelllent sound
wow underrated defo cool sounds :)
Lead sounds so good.
synth meraviglioso,ne possiedo uno dal 94,acquistato per poche centinani di lire ..
gran bei suoni,mi e sempre piaciuta la pasta sonora,sopratutto per i suoni d'atmosfera.
uniche peccha,le dimensioni e il peso non proprio contenuti.
synth utilizzato da molti nell'ambito dell'elettronica,come michael cretu,vangelis,ed altri.
@Synthsound1 Thanks for your comment. I think Dss1 makes still beautiful figure. Powerful bass sounds, nice leadsynth... many musicians look for them...
Hi, jack
come to think of it, this arrived before the M1 and The Wavestation.. ahead of its time
12:58 - oh my, that sound
Marvellous !!
Great demo, finally one that does the DSS-1 justice ;)
How I fear the day that mine will break...
It's been sitting in a flight case for some years now, but every now and then I pull it out, just for THAT brutal bass :D
And hey, the watcher excerpt - I see you got good taste in music ;)
Bohemoth of a synth,sounds nice!
that sure has a nice character to it
Ooh, the sound at 8:49. I love that. 9:14, 12:10 are real interesting too.
Been trying to get program ideas given my samples and such. This is helping. :)
Who would not love a DW-8000 (and some more) which could sample? ❤️❤️
The Korg DSS-1 patch "Square" was heard in the Kids Incorporated song "Bad, Bad Trouble" and the Korg DSS-1 patch "Fantasia" was heard in the covered song on Kids Incorporated "Prove Your Love".
these presets are amazing
che macchina!
Premiata Forneria Marconi :) Fantastic!
thanks from uruguay the land of cumbia and fubol
Aaaand Cannabis! ^^
El monstruo, del bosque acecha.
Gracias.
You need a blank formatted floppy in the drive (or a disk where you don't mind overwriting a patch), then just save the sound to disk, and your patch information, as well as the samples that it uses, will be saved to the desired patch number in the current "system". Make sure if the disk is not blank, that you have enough sample space to save the samples/waveforms. Also make sure to choose "Save System" instead of just "Save Program" as this will ensure the samples get saved (not just patch).
With all the space around the panel I could easily set my tablet, MoPhatt, Mopho, Microzwerg, Fatman, Paia 2700/4700 in a rack, etc on it, I don't need all that extra stuff taking over my bedroom lol
my first synth!
Was the first tune you played after the intro from OSI? I recognized the chord progression. One of the best sounding synths from the 80's for sure! Nice Job!
Ahh....first two keyboards I owned -- this one and the Yamaha DX7IIFD
intenselan Oh how I dreamed of owning both back int he day. (& also the Korg DW8000 & Roland D-50)
What do you have now, Gerry? I still own the DX7IIFD, the Korg X3, Korg Karma and Korg Triton Extreme.(heh, see a pattern?). I used to have access to a Crumar Orchestrator, and you could smell the 70's on it. heh. I also owned a Roland JV-35. I've played a D-50...nice Rhodes EP on it! Gotta LOVE the 80's!
intenselan A pattern? Hmmmm, you like Korg I think? hehehe. So do I, & always have. The Triton Extreme is another synth I'd eventually love to own. (my Triton is 1 of my favorite synths) In the past I had an M1 & 01/Wfd. (& Roland D-10) Currently I own the following synths, keyboards, drum machines, & assorted gear.
*Access:* Virus TI2 desktop
*Alesis:* D4, DM-Pro, Fusion HD6, Micron, QSR
*Casio:* CZ-1, HT-6000
*EMU:* Mo'Phatt, Morpheus
*Korg:* DDD-5, DW8000, Kronos X 88, M1Rex, Microkorg, Microkorg XL+,
Poly 800, Trinity TR-Rack, Triton Pro 88 w/EXB-MOSS, Z1.
*Kurzweil:* PC3K6
*Novation:* Mininova
*Roland:* Alpha Juno 1, JP8080, JV1010, SH-01 Gaia, XV5080, W30
*Waldorf:* Blowfeld desktop
*Yamaha:* (real) C-6 Conservatory Grand Piano, EX5, Motif 6 w/PLG150-AN, P80 digital piano, PSS-470, RM50, RY30, VSS-100
Mixing Consoles:
*Presonus:* StudioLive 16-4-2 AI, Audiobox 44VSL.
*Mackie:* 32-8
*Yamaha:* AW16G (digital multi-track record. I record on my PC, but sometimes I use it as a mixer because it's small, quiet, & has phantom power)
Effect Processors: (don't really use them very much, except sometimes with my older synths (most newer ones have built-in FX) or I'm just fooling around)
*Antares:* ATR-1a
*Alesis:* 3 Quadraverbs
*Digitech:* DSP128, Studio S100, Vocalist VR
*Roland:* RSP550
Impressive I must say! I always wanted a Korg O1/W. Keyboard magazine was like the Bible back in the pre-internet days. You have a lot more equipment than I do or ever did. I have an Alesis SR-16, Boss BR-1180CD, and various MIDI programs on my PC like Cubase and Cakewalk at various times. Nothing like your setup to be sure! That's why it's fun to collaborate, not only do I get serious talent to make our music better, but they usually have better toys than I do! Always good to meet another Korg enthusiast.
Gerry No How's the Fusion for sampling stuff and gigging? I want to get one and put combo organ samples into it. I think it'd be great since combo organ is a pretty basic sound and is already divide-down oscillator based.
Ha anche un potente Unison mode. Pesa come un carrarmato e ci mette molto a caricare i campioni ma la qualità di sente. Usato da fior di professionisti!
@IHaveSynthed Thanks for watching!!!!! My favorite korg is oasys... :-)
Excellent Demo of the DSS-1. If you run across a DSS-1 for a low price, even if the disk drive doesn't work, you might consider buying it just for the midi controller capabilities. It is one of the cheapest keyboards that you can buy with aftertouch. Plus, even if you like pitch and mod wheels, the lever is better in some circumstances.
I hear this DSS sound everywhere again...
....well that's what I coined it since its return. I understand it now comes straight from computers instead of from synths, but any midi piano is still being used to input melody data into the computers, but it's the computers that have the actual sounds such as voice and vocal singing samples.
@Chrisssss92 thankyou Chrissssss92! Have fun with Dss1 ! Good music, my friend...
I heard a little Tony Banks (Genesis' "Watcher of the Skies" intro) starting around 11:55... :)
grande Jack
Good afternoon rial how to make a tutorial of how to connect this keyboard korg dss -1 for I am with here at home but can not
@AndyCrystalOfficial .... sono degli Analog Strings che in realtà - se non fosse che in questa versione sono in mono per un suono lead - non andrebbero suonati con tutto quel pitch bending... :-) Ciao e grazie per essere passato da qui... Jack
@JackOasys Thank you!!
@Andrij09 thankyou... :-) good choice!
this is very cool :) my father bought one of it when it was brand new and now he give it to me, because i wanr ru learn it too :) and i like it very much :) and you play very good :P
@suzupower Confermo, il Dss1 avrebbe ancora dei suoni carini per un uso in elettronica, peccato che la scomodità e la poca affidabilità dei floppy (tempo di caricamento eterno) e il peso della macchina non siano decisamente più competitivi con il mercato corrente... Bisognerebbe integrare l'intera libreria con un collegamento diretto costruendo una porta di dialogo (scsi) con l'esterno, oppure montargli un HD interno.... troppo lavoro e non sonbo all'altezza... Ciao
Some of the M1 samples come from the DSS-1 library, though.
hi jack i love the sound at 3:00 evocate string is it possible that i can get the sample? or full dump of the sound from the dss1 ? or can you tell me how to get this sample? many thx!!
I was looking to buy a vintage 80s sampler, like an Ensoniq Mirage, or one of those Akai racks. Now I'm considering this, but I'm wondering if the DSS has all the sampling posibilities that those machines have. Is the DSS-1 a real sampler, or a synth that's also good for sampling?
I bought one of these at an estate sale, but the floppy drive is broke. When I press the keys, I get no sounds. Is it possible to test this without a working floppy drive?
What kind of disks do you use? A friend gifted me a korg dss1 and dont know how to buy the disks, i checked ebay but barely found anything
+Ben Young You can download them. I can't search at the moment, but there are DSS1 resource sites with disk images.
The sounds are amazing. I like the one around 5:40. It's so awsome. Do u have to has the floppy discs for this tho? Or are u able to use it in a daw
On 1:48 I hear the introsequence-sound of 'Universal Nation'(Push). I wonder if Dirk Dierickx used a Dss-1 on that track?
@sEIGu yes, i know... thankyou for watching! :-)
@javiceres Uhhhh! It's a problem.... :-( After waveform drawing, you can apply parameters value...
Wow :) Watcher of the Skies from 11:28 :) Nice one.
@oryjen merci... :-) a bientot...
@pHr33kAcHu thankyou for watching! :-)
are these patches available for download?
@Andrij09 both ! 90% factory preset, 10% my patch/samples... :-) Thankyou for watching!
ryderwayland - It's a sampler/synthesizer, so there's no built-in piano sound, but plenty of sampled piano diskettes to load.
Very nice VOX sound at 11:51.
The floppy on mine just died. It still samples and sounds like a beast, though.
Excellent demo! Do you have these sounds available to download?? I have a DSS-1 and would love to play them.
That musette sample at 8:16 is pure gold! Where did you find it? I've been trying to recreate it on my DSS-1 from various musette samples, but none of them come close to this tone
There are few sampler/synths that have analog filters...I think only this, the first Emax and early AKAI samplers have analog filtering.
The first couple of Emulators, too.
xnonsuchx also the Casio FZ series
+thatawfulsound and da ensoniq mirage
+xnonsuchx Also the Emax II, Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 and 2002, Oberheim DPX (not really a sampler on its own) and later versions of the Fairlight CMI. They're all pretty cool, at least the ones I've gotten the chance to play (FZ-10M, Mirage and DSS1), but there are a decent amount of them.
Is it my idea or several sounds of this machine were used on the QUEEN album INNUENDO?
Quite sure was probably the M1
How many seconds can this record in mono?
Wow! What is the name of the first "bass" preset (starts at 01:07)? Is it from factory library?
DW-8000 vs DSS-1...
What´s better for retro, atmospheric and strings pads?
KurtFuller Hard to say DW and DSS sounds too modern, look at poly61 and ESQ-1 they sound retro.
KurtFuller If you haven't decided yet, go with a DSS-1, since they are probably cheaper (still). Really though you should make sure you've got a versatile reverb pedal. I went with an Eventide Space, but other pedals work great too. Reverb is a big part of the equation and even the DSS-1 dual delays don't get you in the right territory as a good reveb can for pads.