CASIO SK-1 vs FANTOM G

[kozlikha]

SK-1 got a better harpsichord than F.G. IMHO & sampler is just wicked. Hands up who had one? It was my main synth at school.

[Septimo]

That was my very first keyboard... 86 when i got it for my B-day...

I remember how the piano and vox voices used to impress me so much...

Wish I stil had it...

Fantom what?

[jstorms]

Oh what memories! I still have this keyboard, along with the book & sample cassette that came with it. It is still fun to hook it up and play around with! Just had to keep it for old time's sake! j

[Quinnx.]

Yes play with one of many for hours every day
since i was working in musical store that sold them when they where first released.
(Oh and owned one too)

N N N 19!

[V-CeeOh]

I now play the SK-crooner version. Spooooooooooky

[Arjan]

This was my first keyboard:


Yamaha PortaSound MK-100

YAMAHA MK-100 is one of the earliest workstation that integrates a synthesizer, a drum machine, a multi-part sequencer / arranger, an effect, 49-key mini-keyboards, two speakers, and a storage interface to cassette.
The synthesizer section uses 2 single-cycle PCM waveforms to generate sounds.

Pretty cool actually, it had some synth-like features (ability to mix two waveforms and select indepedent TVA envelopes for each). I still have it somewhere.

[Vlad_77]

You know, funny thing is, the dreadful Roland S-10 was hardly anymore capable than that SK-1. Anybody remember this abomination? What were Roland smoking? I mean, who the hell used the QuickDisk format.

Best,
Vlad

[V-CeeOh]

ahahah...
funny you mention the QD disks. Yes , I used those . No, not on a S-10 but on a PR-100 sequencer - 1 song per disk side. Now imagine me swapping disks in a live show...

[The Audacity Works]

I wanted an SK-1 SO BAD when I was a little kid. Imagine! Recording farts and then playing them back with a keyboard! WOW!!

Seriously. That stuff's gold to a kid living in the middle of South Dakota.

[kozlikha]

Back in those days we had some Yamaha & Casio & there were no drum loops or cheap studios around, so we used to sample a vocal drum beat into SK-1, & it was wicked. I tell you, some of my best tracks were written with minimum technology at hand

[Zephyer]

I had one!!!, it was the board that started me on my musical path. My cousin (R.I.P and he was so young (16) and a cool dude) gave it to me because it was broken but I fixed it . oooooOOO Good times.

Good to remember how and when it all started.

Thanks for the memory kozlikha

[onearm]

Had one, too. Played with a chick singer in college and used it on "Two Of Hearts" by Stacy Q.
"I....I....I.....I.....I....I need.....I need you" I was a goof!

onearm

[Igglethorpe]

Indeed, this was my first keyboard. I was in the USMC in '88 at 29 Palms and didn't have a lot to do. I was inspired by the work of Mark Isham and others so I just had to have this. Within a year, I saved up for my Ensoniq VFX.

[derek_]

Still have my SK-1! A true classic. It was one of my first keyboards.

[wudsiba]

"along with the book & sample cassette that came with it"

Mine didn't come with a cassette! I did have one though, and it was my first sampler. Great keyboard. I eventually took it apart and shoved it in my closet. What a fool I was. I'd love to have one now. I see them quite a bit on Ebay. They are very popular with people who like to curcuit bend. A neat trick was to flick your thumbnail on one of the Mic grill corners. You would play it back as a simple click, but when you looped it, it sounded like a synthesizer. Great stuff...