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Average rating: 4.4 out of 5

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loungelizard a part-time user from US writes:

You can sample on the DSS-1 and record the results without having to save to floppy.

Rating: 4 out of 5 posted Saturday-Jan-31-09 at 15:26

Cream of Beats a hobbyist user from Detroit, mi writes:

Has there ever been a newer keyboard made that can edit samples like a synthesizer. The DSS-1 looks amazing, but I'm not trying to go back to using 720kb floppies ever again. I heard that it requires the floppy disk drive to be able to sample.. I was hoping I could sample and simply record the results without saving the sound in the DSS-1. Kinda sucks.

Rating: 3 out of 5 posted Saturday-Nov-08-08 at 12:04

mickey from croatia writes:

My DSS-1 have flopy drive brouk.This model of drive is to old and I must replace. Can you help me to found solution which drive can change original model of drive.Can I in anny case use other type of memory. Thanks, Mickey

Rating: 0 out of 5 posted Monday-Oct-06-08 at 07:44

Daniel Kerr a professional user from Mountains, CO, USA writes:

I have had this beast for a bout six months and I must say that this is truly a one-of-a-kind instrument. As a sampler it is dated but warm (VCF) and the sample time is limited, as with any sampler of this era. Still highly playable, however, and the modulation options and keyboard aftertouch make it capable of very realistic and expressive acoustic emulations. As a synth.. wow. The wave-drawing feature is killer and makes for some very bright, "chimey" FM-esque sounds, but with some serious added warmth with the VCF and then some added thickness with the osc sync. I will give this machine five out of five just for the synth engine, no doubt. Add twin delays and the ability to use a sample as a waveform and you have one of the most original machines of it's time and something special to add to your vintage collection. Not to mention you can kill a bear with it (70 lbs or so..). Not that anyone would want to kill a bear.

Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Monday-Mar-24-08 at 10:11

Glen Stegner a professional user from USA writes:

Glad to see you are enjoying the the DSS-1. Yes, it was popular in early hip-hop, along with the SP-1200 and the Ensoniq ASR-10. You can use it as a drum machine and store some 30 drum samples across the keyboard (some factory disks have this already done). Then apply analog filtering to the drum sounds... cool.

BTW, I am the guy who runs that DSS-1 website where you got the manual. :-)

I have to add that I just got the floppy drive replaced on my DSS-1, and what an improvement... the new drive is QUIET as hell compared to the old, cranky, noisy sucker that was the original factory drive. It doesn't load samples any faster, but it is a lot quieter. Nice. I recommend any DSS-1 owner to get this procedure done, before your current drive craps out on you.

Oh, and I've made some progress on the Analog Monster Disk.... get the latest version from my DSS-1 web site. Systems A and B are complete, and System C is now showing off the "digital" side of the DSS-1, using some samples from the Roland D-50, Prophet-VS, and other digital synths. Some really cool, evolving digital pads are to be had there. System D will go back to analog sounds.

Ooooh, they're not allowing me to type in my web site link anymore.... well just scroll down a few reviews, and you'll see my web site link there.

Rating: 5 out of 5 posted Thursday-Aug-31-06 at 14:06

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