Sound
Sonically, the DSS-1 has more diversity in sound than any Korg synthesizer released up to that date. The 12-bit resolution and the capability for full-blown samples gave it an edge over the 8-bit DW-6000/8000 digital waveform synthesizers. The DSS-1 can be used as a hybrid synthesizer as well as a sample-playback keyboard (i.e. "ROMpler").
Now, with its comparatively tiny 256k of RAM, the DSS-1 is most useful as a powerful hybrid polysynth with a sampling option, rather than as a regular sampler.
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