Korg | Dss1 Sound Library High Quality

: The top-level containers. Each disk typically held four "Systems," with each System containing 32 programs and up to 16 multi sounds. Iconic Sound Content

Unlike the Akai S900 (which was purely a sampler) or the Yamaha DX7 (pure synthesis), the DSS-1 is a hybrid. It uses (either sampled or drawn via the infamous "pencil tool" on an LCD) that are then fed through Analog Low-Pass Filters (the Korg SSM 2044 chips). korg dss1 sound library

Because the DSS-1 required a specific operating system disk to even boot, the "library" was sold in the 80s on two formats: : The top-level containers