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Korg DSS-1 Sound Library

 Korg Sample Library for the DSS-1 Sampling Synthesizer

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. 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”).

Korg DSS-1 Sound Library audio demos

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.

KSDU-001 Piano

KSDU-002 Brass

KSDU-003 Strings & Choir

KSDU-004 Guitar & Bass

KSDU-005 Japanese Inst

KSDU-006 Indian Inst

KSDU-007 Bass Groups

KSDU-008 Pianos II

KSDU-009 Electric Guitars 1 & 2

KSDU-010 Acoustic Guitar

KSDU-011 Group & Orchestra Hits

KSDU-012 Brass Hits

KSDU-013 Combined Groups

KSDU-014 Sound Effects

KSDU-015 Drums

KSDU-016 Latin Percussion

KSDU-017 Percussion

KSDU-018 Strings

KSDU-019 Voices

KSDU-020 Brass

KSDU-021 Guitars

KSDU-022 Pianos

KSDU-023 Flutes & Harp

KSDU-024 Woodwinds

KSDU-025 Strings

KSDU-026 Harpsichord & Organ

KSDU-027 Brass

KSDU-028 Brass & Sax

KSDU-029 Percussion

KSDU-030 Electric Guitars

KSDU-031 Percussion II

KSDU-032 Orchestral Perc

KSDU-033 Combination Snds

KSDU-034 Woodwinds

KSDU-035 Vibes, Glock, Piano, Clav

KSDU-036 Strings II

KSDU-037 Mixed Percussion

KSDU-038 Voices

KSDU-039 Woodwind & Strng

KSDU-040 Strings

KSDU-041 Wind Instruments

KSDU-042 Brass

KSDU-043 Reeds 1

KSDU-044 Reeds 2

KSDU-045 Guitars (Acoust)

KSDU-046 Guitars (Rock)

KSDU-047 Bass

KSDU-048 Electric Piano 1

KSDU-049 Electric Piano 2

KSDU-050 MIDI Combos

KSDU-051 Japanese Inst 2

KSDU-052 Orchestra & Video Games

KSDU-053 Drums & Effects

KSDU-054 Ethnic Perc

KSDU-055 Voices II

KSDU-056 Performance 1

KSDU-057 Multiple Inst

KSDU-058 Industries

KSDU-059 Synth Bass & Drums

KSDU-060 Metal-Metalism

KSDU-061 Sound Tapestry 1

KSDU-062 Sound Tapestry 2

KSDU-063 Drums III

KSDU-064 Drums IV

KSDU-065 “D”-Synth Sounds

KSDU-066 Performance 2

KSDU-067 Rhythm Section & Guitars

KSDU-068 Drum Kits

KSDU-069 Lore, Comb, FX

KSDU-070 Ambient Drums, Timpani

Each of these floppies also contained “WGS synthesizer presets included in each system”.  These are a few audio demos of some of these presets:

Glen Stegner’s Monster Analog audio demo:

Korg DSS-1 Sound Library specs

Year of release1987
Sound generation methodsampling
Preset memories4 banks of 32
Sound expansion capabilitiessampling; diskettes

Korg DSS-1 Sound Library photos

Korg DSS-1 Sound Library links

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