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Includes original box for the Pink model! as well as the original manual, casio power supply, and warranty card.

Fully functioning, and with the exception of some heat/melt? scratches on the bottom of the housing it is in pretty great condition cosmetically, please be sure to check out the close up photo of the housing scratching in the listing. As well as a killer vintage sampler synthesizer it's a great collector's piece or something to show off at the studio.

Fully tested, works perfectly, no corrosion in the battery area.

Some artists off the top of my head that use / have used the SK-1 to notable results:

  • Jack Antonoff
  • Fatboy Slim
  • Trent Reznor
  • John Frusciante
  • Mac DeMarco
  • Kurt Vile (former lead guitarist of The War on Drugs)
  • Soccer Mommy
  • Kimbra
  • Vulfpeck
  • Heart Crimes

TableHooters:

Casio SK-1  (first home keyboard with sampling)

This keyboard from 1985 was the first affordable home instrument that could record and playback samples. It also includes an additive synthesizer that can generate Hammond like organ drawbar sounds by mixing sine waves. The rhythms are made from very recognizable semi- metallic blip percussion.

All sounds can be combined with 13 preset volume envelopes. Also the portamento (glide tones) button is really fantastic, because it can make the instrument howl like a theremin when switched into a monophonic mode. The SK-1 has cheesy single finger accompaniments and great digital blip rhythms. The blip percussion sounds very unique and has been used in many tekkno, acid house and pop musics. Very annoying is that the sample, synthesizer, and sequencer memory is always erased by auto power-off. (As a temporary fix for this, simply start a rhythm and set volume to minimum when you need to make a pause.) This instrument was also released as Realistic Concertmate-500.

main features:

  • 32 midsize keys
  • built-in speaker
  • main voice polyphony up to 4 notes
  • 8 OBS preset sounds {piano, trumpet, human voice, pipe organ, brass ensemble, flute, synth. drums, jazz organ}.
  • 11 preset rhythms {disco, rock, pops, march, samba, bossa nova, rhumba, 4beat, swing, slow rock, waltz} made from unique blippy digital waveforms
  • single finger chord mode (full keyboard plays only accompaniments (e-bass + e-piano arpeggio line))
  • lo-fi sampler (1 sample, loopable 1.4s with 8 bit at 9.38kHz?)
  • additive synthesis (1 memory for a waveform assembled from 9 virtual sine drawbars {16', 8', 5 1/3', 4', 2 2/3', 2', 1 3/5', 1 1/3', 1'} with each 14 steps)
  • 13 selectable preset volume envelopes (usable on any sounds, but they are slow and most sound very similar)
  • vibrato and portamento button
  • fill-in button
  • slide switch for "normal" (polyphonic), "solo 1"/ "solo 2" (monophonic) and "chord" (single finger chords only) mode.
  • sample based sound generator for 4 voices + rhythm. The percussion employs very recognizable semi- metallic thin blip timbres.
  • complex multi-chip hardware
  • small sequencer with 400 steps on 3 tracks {solo 1, solo 2, chords/ accompaniment}
  • no persistent memory, i.e. sample, synthesizer and sequencer data get erased as soon the instrument is switched off or goes auto-power-off after a few minutes.
  • 1 demo melody ("The Toy Symphony" by Mozart).
  • auto power off (erases memory!)
  • jacks for AC adapter, line out, line in, microphone

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Listed2 years ago
ConditionVery Good (Used)
Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • SK-1 32-Key Sampling Keyboard
Finish
  • Pink
Categories
Year
  • 1986
Made In
  • Japan
Keyboard Action
  • Synth Action
Number of Keys
  • 32 Keys
Key Size
  • Mini
Analog / Digital
  • Digital
Polyphony
  • 4 Voices

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