So… a little while ago someone mentioned the Casio SK-1 in a comment. As in ‘I think I hear the’. They didn’t, but it made me think ‘yeah, I should get that out and play with it, haven’t done that in a while’. So I did. Then I thought, ‘maybe now would be a good time to use it to learn how to circuit bend’. Which lead me to scour the intertubes to see if I could get excited about that. In doing so, I came across a company (Meeker) that had made a suite of circuit bent sounds for Reason using an SK-1 and an Alesis16. So I bought that instead. And this is the first exploration thereof.
I don’t regret the purchase, it’s always good to have more sound options, but it’s nothing like having the actual thing at your fingertips. Mine is so old and unkempt it kind of glitches itself if you push it hard enough. I haven’t explored all the parameters of the software instruments yet but my initial thought is - it’s too clean, and too far removed from the sound of the SK-1. The only sound in this mix that I recognize as coming from the SK-1 is the high lead (Voice18).
Anyway, feel free to tear into it.

I’ve also included the midi files should that be anything anyone wants.

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