Part 5 - Sampling - Casiotone CT-S1000V In Depth Review

[@wpsam52]

I'm late to this but this was very helpful in figuring out sampling on my just purchased ct-s1000v. Thanks for doing this series!

[@heliotron8042]

Finally a serious tutorial on sampling in CTS! Your video left me with some doubts. At 5:53 when you finish recording your mp3, Loop 1X9 appears. I was confused about the loop / Unit / Times settings as you did at 8:55. Perhaps a specific video on these melody slot configuration possibilities would be more convenient than answering. It would even seem that you could simply use as many samples as you wanted in the pedrive to play directly on the keyboard, create layers, splits and effects freely, even if you were conditioned to load the samples from the 801 802 slots.

[@nixpiano]

wow. Loved the indepth instruction and demonstration. Please keep experimenting and posting your creations.

[@mapache_al_ataque]

Great video on the sampling capabilities of the CT-S1000V.

[@CasioChaosTheory]

Thank you!

[@apislapis]

A thoroughly enjoyable video CCT, demonstrating the excellent ways that DSP can be used to shape Casio's proprietary AiX sound source technology and the limitations of not only the 1000V's sampling capabilities but also helpfully informing the owner of its MIDI shortcomings too. The keyboard feels closer to a rompler than a sampler or am I being a little harsh? Still it's a great little synth for the money and this is turning into a fabulous series of videos on the CT-S1000V. Well done and thanks Casio Chaos Theory.

[@CasioChaosTheory]

Thank you so much for the kind words, and I'm glad that you are enjoying this series I've put together! :-) No, you are not being harsh in your description as these new Casiotones are most definitely much closer to a rompler than a pure synth. Just like a rompler, you can put preset Tones through the DSPs and the envelopes to radically change them, rather than building sounds from scratch using a type of sound synthesis as you would with a dedicated synthesizer. It is a great keyboard and also good value for money though it does have some significant shortcomings that could be off-putting for some. It's also unashamedly a supercharged preset home keyboard rather than a bargain priced workstation/ arranger, something I've tried to emphasize when reviewing the S1000V. It's also in a class of its own as there is nothing else out there with all its features and at its price point. It's certainly quirky, but it's also fun and inspiring to use despite its shortcomings!

[@misterbuckethead]

You rock dude

[@tzodearf2596]

I bet the Humàn League loop would play seamlessly at 101 or 102 bpm. I like the capability to apply DSP effects to samples since I use Koala Sampler and Caustic apps. Even if I had to use the phone's or tablets mic, I could get a decent enough recording to nourish in a DAW or even a Volca Sample and later feed back into the keyboard's sampling function like bird feeding it's young. I'd pay the extra $90 bucks for expanded sampling features like time stretch, sample layering/split, and at least a rudimentary editing feature. IMO, sampling is more interesting than vocal synthesis. I'd get the CTS 500 before the 1000 or Yamaha's e473 (because they dumbed down their sampling to four measley pads).

[@ZZKJ396]

Very comprehensive! subbed! 👍

[@dingdong7562]

Great and very informative video! But I have a question: How did you put the various "Sinister" samples so high on the keyboard starting at 20:15? I thought they were in the lowest octave? Or did you move the octave that far up? and why can you also play the voice synthesis on the higher octave at the same time? Or did you also sample the voice synthesis? Kind regards Dave 🥸

[@CasioChaosTheory]

You can split the keyboard. The "L" ("Lower" section) was assigned the bass Tone and an arpeggiator, then the upper (U1) section was assigned the "Drum Sample" Tone where I had put the Sinistar samples. The "U1" section starts after the "L" section, that if my memory serves me correctly, used the first two octaves of the keyboard. This meant that the U1 section with the samples started at the third octave, and also IIRC, you can adjust the octave where you want to the key range to start. Hence the samples being playable higher up the keyboard. Just before I performed the Sinistar song, I demonstrated the different parts that I was planning on using in the final version. When I demonstrated the vocal synthesis part, I had selected "Lyrics" on the keyboard, after that I switched back to "Instrument" where the Sinistar samples were. In the actual short performance, I only used the Sinistar samples, the bass line, drums and arpeggiator. Hope that helps!

[@dingdong7562]

@@CasioChaosTheory Yes, of course! I assumed that the 16 "drum" samples would be placed on the lower left side.🥴 But of course you have free choice. I've had the CT-S 500 for a few days now, and unfortunately the speech synthesis is not available, but now after watching your videos I feel like trying it out too 😁 The two Casio's are definitely very exciting and versatile devices! You can hardly find anything comparable for the price, i think.. For me it was a long detour through many competing models before I finally tried out the 500! It's not quite perfect, but still great. It's just Casio!❤️ Thank you for the great informative videos 👍

[@AlexzVaryag]

Thanks for the thorough explanation. Is there any way to make the sampled sound hold as long as I press the key? I added a positiv organ sample but it ends while I’m still pressing the key.

[@CasioChaosTheory]

The only thing you can do to make a sample continue to play as long as you hold down a key is set the sample to "Loop". Unfortunately, the S1000V's sampler section is very basic so you can't set loop points or use crossfades, meaning that if the sample includes any fast envelope attack/ decay at the beginning, it will be very audibly noticeable when the sampler loops itself (you'll hear a click/ glitch sound when the sample restarts). You could also try experimenting with the ACT-DSPs with effects like delay and reverb that might help smooth over the loop click/ glitch sounds. Hope that helps somewhat!

[@AlexzVaryag]

@@CasioChaosTheory thank you! I resorted to using a very high C for the 10 seconds sample from the positiv organ and then shift it two octaves down, which made most of the notes a lot longer than the 10 seconds limit and a lot more useable. Added some reverb too and it definitely helped!

[@lukakoprivica]

Tempo of 100 simply lasted long enough (longer than 120) at 2x3, so enough time to sample loop correctly (machine counted the time slower)... Thanks for this! Now I know its "sampling" is useless...

[@CasioChaosTheory]

Someone explained to me far better than I tried to explain the sample looping timing in the video. Basically you need to select the correct note length and also make the tempo of the S1000V fit the sample, rather than what I initially thought and that was to make the sample fit the S1000V. The sampling is certainly not the best feature of the S1000V, but to be fair, it's also not exactly pushed as one of its major selling points (on the box it's just shown as "sampling function"). For sure it's under developed/ under utilised, and it's a shame that Casio didn't make it more powerful. They could've shifted a lot of the processing/ sample manipulation onto an app/ data editor that would have expanded possibilities, instead it comes across almost as a last minute afterthought. Still, it has does have some uses and hopefully I showed some potential applications for this feature, but I would not recommend the S1000V to anyone specifically looking for a traditional "sampler", because that's not what this keyboard is intended to be.

[@heliotron8042]

@@CasioChaosTheory What are the alternatives to a dedicated keyboard sampler? I have a Casio XWG1 which gives me even more of a headache than this one, as it doesn't receive .wav

[@MartinMusicMaker82]

If I have samples that were purchased for another keyboard (organ samples) can they be used with this keyboard?

[@CasioChaosTheory]

If the samples come in the .WAV file format, then yes, you should be able to use them with the S1000V. Do note that the S1000V can only hold a single 10 second "Melody" sample, and up to 16 three second "Drum" samples. If the samples you have from another keyboard are multi key samples, you would need to find the middle "C" sample and load that one into the S1000V to keep the pitch correct. The details and specifications of the sample types can be seen in the video from 1:51 to 2:45.

[@tzodearf2596]

When you loaded the piano sample onto your flash drive did you use a .SMP. or .WAV extension? Because I tried loading a file (DistGtr.SMP) from the flash drive but the keyboard does not read it. I'd appreciate any instruction or direction you could provide.

[@CasioChaosTheory]

I used the .WAV file format extension. I'd recommend all users to use that file format rather than Casio's proprietary sample file format as you cannot use/ edit the Casio .SPD and .SPM files anywhere else outside of another Casio. Check out @11:45 in the video where I show the steps for loading in the piano sample WAV file on a flash drive into the CT-S1000V. Page 215 of the User Guide also shows the steps for importing a .WAV file. Hope this helps!