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The Casio CSM-1 is an external MIDI sound module released by Casio in 1989. Although designed as a sound generator for MIDI keyboards, a handful of games supported the module for music and sound effects. The synthesis in the CSM-1 features 12-bit PCM samples and is multi-timbral allowing up to four different timbres at one time with a 12 note polyphony. Built in are 100 preset tones (including acoustic and electronic instrument sounds, sound effects, and 49 percussion instruments) and 20 auto-rhythms. | The Casio CSM-1 is an external MIDI sound module released by Casio in 1989. Although designed as a sound generator for MIDI keyboards, a handful of games supported the module for music and sound effects. The synthesis in the CSM-1 features 12-bit PCM samples and is multi-timbral allowing up to four different timbres at one time with a 12 note polyphony. Built in are 100 preset tones (including acoustic and electronic instrument sounds, sound effects, and 49 percussion instruments) and 20 auto-rhythms. | ||
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The following games are known to support the Casio CSM-1: | The following games are known to support the Casio CSM-1: | ||
* [[Code-Name: Iceman]] | * [[Code-Name: Iceman]] | ||
* [[The Colonel's Bequest]] | * [[The Colonel's Bequest]] | ||
* [[Hero's Quest: So You Want | * [[Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero]] | ||
* [[Hoyle Official Book of Games | * [[Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 1]] | ||
* [[Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals]] | * [[Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals]] | ||
==<br /> Years Produced == | ==<br /> Years Produced == | ||
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The Casio CSM-1 has not been made since '''<span class="Alert">???</span>'''. However it is still possible to get a real CSM-1 on places like [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Casio | The Casio CSM-1 has not been made since '''<span class="Alert">???</span>'''. However it is still possible to get a real CSM-1 on places like [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Casio+CSM-1+Tonebank+sound+module&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&toolid=10001&mkcid=1&campid=5337435691&_odkw=Casio+CSM-1+sound+module&_osacat=0&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&customid=ma07vdzan000rdlo00004 eBay]. | ||
==<br /> References == | ==<br /> References == | ||
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* [[w:MIDI|MIDI on Wikipedia]] | * [[w:MIDI|MIDI on Wikipedia]] | ||
* [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Casio | * [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Casio+CSM-1+Tonebank+sound+module&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&toolid=10001&mkcid=1&campid=5337435691&_odkw=Casio+CSM-1+sound+module&_osacat=0&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&customid=ma07vdzan000rdlo00004 Search forCasio CSM-1s on eBay] | ||
[[Category:Technical Info]] | [[Category:Technical Info]] | ||
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Casio CSM-1 FM Tonebank Sound Module
Introduction
PixelatedArcade [1] wrote:
The Casio CSM-1 is an external MIDI sound module released by Casio in 1989. Although designed as a sound generator for MIDI keyboards, a handful of games supported the module for music and sound effects. The synthesis in the CSM-1 features 12-bit PCM samples and is multi-timbral allowing up to four different timbres at one time with a 12 note polyphony. Built in are 100 preset tones (including acoustic and electronic instrument sounds, sound effects, and 49 percussion instruments) and 20 auto-rhythms.
The following games are known to support the Casio CSM-1:
- Code-Name: Iceman
- The Colonel's Bequest
- Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero
- Hoyle: Official Book of Games - Volume 1
- Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals
Years Produced
1989- To Do: add last year that a Casio CSM-1 was made
Acquiring a Casio CSM-1
The Casio CSM-1 has not been made since ???. However it is still possible to get a real CSM-1 on places like eBay.
References
Also See
