Casio teased a retro gaming-inspired sampler

Casio SX-C1 sampler prototype connected show astatine NAMM.

Casio showed up to NAMM (CES for euphony cogwheel nerds) this twelvemonth with a prototype sampler called the SX-C1 that looks each spot the lovechild of a Game Boy and an SP-404. The apical has a directional pad and 4 buttons conscionable similar you'd find connected a crippled controller, flanking a 1.3-inch OLED screen. But astatine the bottom, determination are 16 rubberized pads for triggering samples with crunchy pixelated fig labels connected them.

The device connected show on the amusement level was not afloat finalized, truthful the specs are taxable to change. Casio says that the last mentation volition person 16 dependable polyphony and grounds samples astatine 16-bit / 48kHz. It volition besides person 10 banks of samples, …

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