SK-51

Simple and fun. Just like the original 🙂

As a GarageBand user, I like to use some synth apps for more synths. Just plugins and Audio Unit Extensions in general. I get everything free I can and I’ve found some hidden gems. The only way I found this was because I looked at Fingerlab. I use Mynth and Flynth a lot, and they’re nice. I like the Random button on Mynth. But I wanna talk about the SK-51, after all, I’m reviewing it. I only got it a day ago, but I’m already enjoying the experience. However, the only thing I don’t like about the Fingerlab apps is the paywalls. That’s the only thing keeping the SK-51 from being 5 stats. It’s also nice for GarageBand. In my opinion, it’s better and easier to use than the Sampler. They both have things exclusive to them, but I still stand by what I said. With that being said, SK-51 is a 4-star app. I would recommend.

that’s when my whole life had changed

This is a lot of fun but after I upgraded to the full version things because a lot less stable. Hopefully an update will fix things

Flynth & Mynth work fine. It's pretty straight forward to connect, idk what the problem could be though. Other than that, from what I remember, this app was a lot of fun for the price. All fingerlab stuff is great price, and really quick to pick up and just get some inspiration. UI is classic and simple, also resizable. There's not too many bells or whistles, but tbh...just messin around it's not necessary. Hope there's an update soon.

I would’ve bought this app if it at least let me try the voice sampler to some limited extent first

i had the SK1 for nearly 40 years (literally just donated it yesterday because some of the black keys broke off and were missing) and i still have an SK5 that i picked up about a decade ago. this app does what they do and a lot more. it’s excellent. my only requests would be for a tap tempo and an ability to set the FX separately for the drums and keyboard.

The Casio SK-1 I had as a child had a button for rhythm fill-ins. Add this, and decrease the empty space in front of the sound when sampling, and this would be a 4 or 5 star app!

I very seldom write reviews on here but I just really love this app. Sounds just like the old Casio samplers. The effects are great, too. It has some occasional glitches but it’s worth it.

It will record input but no output. That’s the whole reason I paid for it.