This project exploits the lo-fi sampling capability of the 1987 toy keyboard, the Casio SK-5. It maximizes the SK-5’s processing power by using all three sample modifications available, sample reversal, pseudo-reverb, and sample looping. Beginning with an arbitrary voice sample, we record the dry, unaffected sample onto a computer, then apply the three mentioned modifications, then record on a computer once more.
This modified sample is then played from the computer into the SK-5’s microphone input to resample as the next recursive level. Each subsequent level of resampling thus reverses a previously reversed sample, applies another layer of reverb, and loops the sample at a slightly different time, creating both rhythmic and harmonic artifacts.
the chain, more simply:
recording of unknown voice with sk-5’s built-in mic ->
{ record onto computer without modifications ->
internal SK-5 processing: reverse, ‘reverb,’ loop ->
record onto computer with above effects ->
resample affected sound from computer onto SK-5}
repeat {}’s 20 times