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Casio SA-10 Sample Pack (Free Download)

By Tomislav ZlaticSeptember 18, 201743 Comments2 Mins Read

This page hosts the updated version of BPB’s old Casio SA-10 toy keyboard sample pack. Originally released as a SoundFont back in 2009, the pack now also contains the individual samples in 16-bit WAV format, as well as the instrument patches in SFZ format.

My initial plan for this sampling project was to only record the drum samples, but I later decided to also create a free SoundFont which would feature my favorite Casio SA-10 instruments. As a bonus, I recorded all the Casio SA-10 drum loops, the demo song, and the so-called “Super Accompaniment” loops. So what you’re getting here is an experience similar to owning a real Casio SA-10.

While the samples were recorded with great attention to detail, don’t expect any audiophile-quality sounds here. These samples are cheap, dirty, and noisy, just as the Casio SA-10 is. You may use them just for fun and jamming if you want, but these sounds can also add an authentic lo-fi vibe to your projects. For example, instead of adding bitcrushing and distortion effects to some higher quality piano samples, why not use some piano samples that are lo-fi to begin with? That said, I highly recommend the electric piano patch featured in this download, as it’s one of the most lovely sounding lo-fi pianos I’ve ever heard.

As for the recording process, no effects have been added to the samples, to keep the sounds as authentic as possible. Even the instrument names in the SoundFont were written with Caps Lock on since they’re written like that on the Casio SA-10. Note that the original keyboard has the range of keys from F1 to C4. I used the same layout in the included SoundFont and SFZ patches.

UPDATE: The sample pack has been updated with the new version of the SoundFont that has twelve instruments instead of nine, and also some loop points fixed. If you already have the 9 instrument version on your computer, you might want to download the sample pack again. Loop points were fixed in the SYNTH-LEAD instrument. The new instruments that have been added are POP LEAD, SYNTH-ACCORDION and FLUTE.

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Casio SA-10 Sample Pack (45.2 MB download size, RAR archive)

Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav is a music producer and sound designer from Belgrade, Serbia. He is also the founder and editor-in-chief at Bedroom Producers Blog.

43 Comments

dyrec
on November 22, 2009 8:42 am

Hi,

This sample kit is awesome, I had the casio in my childhood !
That’s so much fun to recover it although I was a bit desapointed about the lack of the whole soundset in the soundfont pack … I loved one sound in particular, the “cosmic sound” which is missing :)
thank you so much bedroom producers.
cheers

Curtis

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- bedroomproducers
  on November 22, 2009 4:42 pm
  
  thanks for the kind words! yes, having a full featured soundfont would rock, but it would take quite a while to make… it took me a week or so to get the current version of the soundfont running properly, without nasty cracks and such, and plus i’m sharing these samples for free. anyway, i’m working on some new samples, so while i’m at it i will probably update the casio sa-10 pack with some new sounds and possibly other formats. if i do that, you can count on the cosmic sound being incuded. ;]
  
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drwind
on December 29, 2009 6:30 pm

Nice sample pack!! Thanks!!
Where can I find sample pack #1?

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- bedroomproducers
  on December 29, 2009 8:26 pm
  
  glad you like it.
  here’s #1:
  http://bedroomproducers.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/free-sample-pack-1-commodore-64-sid-8580-mssiah-drummer-drum-kit/
  
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drwind
on December 29, 2009 9:20 pm

That drumpack is fine as well. But your Casio fonts are great at all!
Great great great!

I found it too long. There’s no organ sound in pack so it’s little sad.
Anyway you’re just magic, thanks so much!

Good luck and happy new year!

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chromal
on June 28, 2010 12:08 am

you guys may appreciate this casio sa-7 song:
http://www.planet-zero.org/~chromal/tracks/casio-sa7_song.mp3

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- bedroomproducers
  on June 28, 2010 11:28 am
  
  nice! if you feel like making some tunes with the soundfont, we can feature them on this page.
  
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mrmr
on July 1, 2010 3:43 pm

Hey! Thanks for the great samples! Unfortunately I can’t manage to get the SoundFont working on Garageband :(, followed many tutorials and tried using this thing called bs-0 but I can’t seem to get any sound out of it.

Any ideas? :D

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- bedroomproducers
  on July 1, 2010 4:37 pm
  
  hey, i’m not a mac guy unfortunately so i can’t be of much help here. :[
  
  from what i’ve heard, all macs have some sort of a native plugin that can be loaded into hosts that support AU, but i’m not sure if Garageband is one of those. perhaps you should try converting the soundfont to some other format using Translator Free by the Chicken Systems Inc.
  
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DrumsAndSounds.com
on August 1, 2010 7:16 am

Thanks for sounds. The casio’s wwere classics in the day. For any one using Logic I just uploaded a simple EXS file that maps out the kits to the keys. You still need to download the wav files here on the bedroomproducersblog.com website.

Download the EXS Files
http://drumsandsounds.com/making-beats/casio-sa10-drum-sounds-logic-exs-sampler-instruments/

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- bedroomproducers
  on August 1, 2010 11:34 am
  
  thank you very much for the mappings, DrumsAndSounds! i will add them to the post with a link to your website.
  
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drwind
on August 29, 2010 5:42 pm

Hi!

I looked for the Church organ sample (demo – http://drwind.net/share/organ_casio_SA-21.mp3) but I have not found anywhere.
The most of sample packages don’t contain the sample.

Please advise where can I find it.

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- bedroomproducers
  on August 29, 2010 10:40 pm
  
  not sure if you can find them anywhere, but i can make some for you if you need them.
  
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  - drwind
    on August 30, 2010 8:03 am
    
    It would be fine! I really need this sample because I’d like to remix my old song.
    I searched Casio keyboards and played them in music shop, however new Casio model has another Church organ sound.
    
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- bedroomproducers
  on September 2, 2010 3:04 pm
  
  ok, here are the sa-10 pipe organ samples. it’s a 5Mb wav file, i hope you don’t mind splitting the individual notes yourself:
  
  http://www.mediafire.com/?bh6gwp794ci59as
  
  enjoy! :]
  
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  - Raaj
    on June 17, 2022 8:41 am
    
    Casio sa 10 ka sample pack dalo plz
    
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Denis
on September 2, 2010 5:45 pm

That’s great!!!! :)
I’ll attach this sample to track tonight and will check.
Thank you very much!

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Patrick
on November 10, 2010 7:14 pm

I am actually working on building a VSTi of a casio SA-38 (with sampled sounds) in max/msp 4.6 and pluggo right now for my senior project. it’s good to see a strong userbase and interest in these awesome old synths

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- bedroomproducers
  on November 10, 2010 7:23 pm
  
  that’s great, i’m really looking forward to another Casio VST. please send me a note when you release it!
  
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singleeye
on February 4, 2011 10:04 pm

umm.. link is down?…. would love to experience these samps! but cant DL… :(

hope you can help… thanks! :)

-j

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- bedroomproducers
  on February 4, 2011 10:19 pm
  
  hey, i’ve just tested the download link and it works fine here. try again perhaps? have you had problems with downloading from mediafire before?
  
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  - singleeye
    on February 5, 2011 11:36 pm
    
    oh! it works!
    
    ya-hoo!
    
    thanks for replying.. i think it was an ISP glitch on my side! thanks very much! i’ll surely enjoy these samps!
    
    :)
    
    -j
    
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João Paulo
on July 17, 2011 6:28 am

Thanks! I just rediscovered my Casio SA-10 and when played the demo song it touched something inside of my memories… Did a search for it and found your blog!

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- bedroom producers blog
  on July 17, 2011 11:37 am
  
  cheers. :D
  
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glaop
on September 10, 2015 8:30 am

thank you for the sample pack :) i had this casio sa 11 when i was a kid and the lost it when we’re moving. you save my childhiid memories

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- Tomislav Zlatic
  on September 10, 2015 6:07 pm
  
  Thanks, that’s nice to hear! :)
  
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Miguel Pacheco
on September 2, 2017 7:33 am

Hey, nice library! But where can I download the whole soundfont (if exists) Since I’ve noticed that there are some missing sounds, according to the demo. Thanks a lot and great work!

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- Tomislav Zlatic
  on September 2, 2017 9:49 am
  
  The demo recording is the actual demo track from the Casio SA-10. I only sampled some of my favorite sounds from the keyboard, so not all demo sounds are covered.
  
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Dekyo Ongen
on June 19, 2018 12:15 am

Hi,

I made a Casio CTK-230 SoundFont, if someone is interested. It’s accurate and I recreated the loop points in the samples,like the original keyboard.

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Daniel Eusebio
on December 13, 2020 4:22 pm

Great job Tomislav Zlatic. Thank you. My Casio SA-10 still working with over than 30 years…

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Justin
on April 18, 2021 6:22 pm

Dear Tomislav,

thank you so much for this effort and sharing it with us. I have a very similar model that I always wanted to sample and finding yours was a blessing.

All the best,
Justin

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- Tomislav Zlatic
  on April 18, 2021 6:27 pm
  
  Hey Justin, glad to help! I hope I’ll find time to release more freebie packs like this one in near future.
  
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Justin
on April 18, 2021 6:27 pm

By the way, does anybody knows if the loops coming with these Casio keyboards are free to use in a musical work without copyright trouble ? I made a couple of pieces years ago using only my Casio going through a few effects and would love to release them.

Justin

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Justin
on April 20, 2021 11:01 am

Hi Tomislav,

thanks again for that great freebie. Could it be that you forgot a drum loop called Bagpipe?

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- Justin
  on April 20, 2021 11:08 am
  
  And Fanfare. Sorry, but since you said you sampled the whole loops, I had to ask ;-) I just love them.
  
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  - Tomislav Zlatic
    on April 20, 2021 8:50 pm
    
    Ah, I’m afraid I don’t have any additional Casio SA-10 recordings apart from those featured in the freebie pack, and I sold the keyboard ages ago. :(
    
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Anoj Kerketta
on May 10, 2021 6:40 am

Helllo plz give me Casio SA 41 sampal Pack

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Jim Somniac
on May 23, 2021 9:45 pm

Awesome pack!
metalguitarC3 is my new favourite sound.

Here’s what I did with it (only sounds from this set and built on the Polyend Tracker):
https://youtu.be/qqeJApkkB4c

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Logan A
on December 16, 2021 9:54 pm

hey I was wondering if you could make a .ZIP version because I don’t know much about .RAR files and I’m confused on how to open it.

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- Logan A
  on December 25, 2021 9:05 pm
  
  never mind
  
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- Tomislav Zlatic
  on December 27, 2021 2:53 pm
  
  Hello, you can extract the RAR file with a free application called 7-Zip.
  
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Shiv
on June 17, 2022 9:25 am

Sir Download option is not working

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