Taking a short break from Commodore 64 Synthesizer Sessions, I’ve decided to release this set of free samples from a Yamaha SHS-10 toy keytar I used to own.
The SHS-10 is essentially a toy keyboard, but it can also be used as a MIDI controller. It even has a little pitch bend wheel! The keys are quite small and there’s no velocity sensitivity of course, but it definitely looks way cooler than most other MIDI keyboards out there. If you don’t believe me, click here to see the SHS-10 used in some everyday situations (lol).
Contents
Yamaha SHS-10 Toy Keytar Sessions includes my favorite 8 instrument presets, as well as the SHS-10 drum kit. All the samples (69 samples in total) are 16-bit WAV files, with Kontakt 5 and Shortcircuit 1 patches included. Download size is 19.8MB (26.4MB on disk). Here’s a list of included presets:
- 03_PIANO
- 10_ELECTRIC_PIANO
- 11_CELESTA
- 12_VIBRAPHONE
- 13_MARIMBA
- 21_CELLO
- 24_WOOD_BASS
- 32_HORN
- DRUMS
The patches have a key range from F1 to C3, just like the real SHS-10 does. The SHS-10 also has a vibrato button, so I’ve mapped that to the mod wheel. If you’re going for full realism, make sure you switch off velocity sensitivity in your sampler – I’ve decided to leave it on by default. Unfortunately, there are no custom Kontakt GUIs this time – all the photos I have were taken with a crappy phone camera, and they generally look too grainy/smudged to be used for a decent GUI.
Audio Demo
Check out the Yamaha SHS-10 Toy Keytar Sessions demo:
License
All sounds in this sample pack are provided free of charge and are 100% royalty free. Feel free to use them in any of your music projects, including commercial ones. The sounds, including modified versions of the sounds, may not be redistributed, nor included in other sample packs. Please do not share direct download links, but link to the original BPB article instead. Thanks!
Links
Download Yamaha SHS-10 Toy Keytar Sessions: mirror 1 / mirror 2
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YES! :) Always fun my man!
cheers ADM!
Thanks for that! I love these cheap synths!
And I loved the photos too. (Some of these Japanese girls comes bundled with this keytar?):D
By the way, you will sell the instrument? Sends to Brazil? :D
nope, mine didn’t come with a girl, although i did buy it second hand. perhaps the previous owner kept the girl and didn’t tell me anything? :D
btw, i’d definitely send it to Brazil, but i’ve sold it more than a month ago!
just when I’m about to ask do you play this Keytar on your gigs
:D
I always love to see someone play Keytar live on gigs
xD
yeah well i actually planned on using it live, but i really need knobs on my MIDI controller (and lots of them).
Hi there,
I really don’t know what is the problem with Ubuontone host, but as I said in the Commodore 64 (Part 2), I still can’t download stuff from that host. The download starts, but it ends on the middle of it, since the velocity keeps being reduced until zero (it doesn’t happen with other hosts). Maybe that host has some problems with European IPs, namely, Iberian ones.
Can you please host the files in other website? It would be great if you could.
Regards
sure, no problem! try this link, it’s a temporary mirror on ADrive:
http://www.adrive.com/public/eqaeus.html
Done. Thank you very much, BPB.
Really don’t know what is the problem with Ubiontone host. Weird.
Thanks one more time!
cheers, have fun!
Admit – you still have a shock from the overwhelming 445 MB ODO’s C 64 samples, so you need a break from your Commodore 64 Synthesizer Sessions? :-)
haha – nah, i’m very proud of my C64 Synthesizer Sessions series. ;)
the main problem is that i’m still lacking an original C64 (fatso version), which is essential for the third pack. there’s one in the ads currently, but i have to negotiate the price a bit.
Hi, thanks for the pack.
Maybe you can help me… Is it possible to find the sounds of each key? I mean the notes (Weird? jeje). I want to try making a virtual Yamaha SHS-10 keytar; so that’s what I need.
Thanks again.
sorry, i’m not sure if i understand. do you need samples of each note of the Yamaha SHS-10? for each of the presets?
That’s right! Is it possible?
well, in theory, yes. all you’d need is a Yamaha SHS-10 and something to record it with. :)
however, i’ve sold my SHS-10 months ago, so I can’t really help. if you’d like to use the samples in this pack to build a virtual instrument, please contact me with more info:
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/contact/