Bring new life, flexibility, and creative range to your Korg DDD-1, DDD-5, and DRM with the Deftaudio PCM Custom Card, a fully programmable, multi-bank PCM expansion designed for musicians, sound designers, and vintage gear enthusiasts.
8 Banks of Instantly Switchable Sounds The card stores up to 8 PCM banks in non-volatile memory, each selectable via the front-mounted DIP switch panel for fast hands-on switching during sessions or performance. Each bank provides up to 8 sound slots with roughly 1.5 seconds of shared sample time, ideal for drum hits, percussive textures, stabs, and short FX.
Seamless Integration with Korg DDD-1/DDD-5 OS All sound names are properly recognized and displayed on the DDD-1/5 screen, making this user-friendly PCM upgrade available.
USB-C Programmable Load your own samples using the built-in USB-C interface. Windows companion scripts are included for fully automated import; macOS and Linux users can run them via Parallels, VirtualBox, Wine, or similar environments. Supports standard WAV files with no special requirements. Sounds are automatically trimmed, resampled, mono converted to maximize utilization of internal memory.
Visual Feedback While You Work A perimeter LED indicator provides clear visual activity cues while accessing or programming the card, it adds a vintage gear aesthetics.
Open Source & Fully Hackable Based on PicoROM open-source project, the Deftaudio PCM Custom Card is highly modifiable for developers and power users who want to customize behavior, storage layouts, or even firmware. PCM conversion scripts are highly modifiable and tweak-able. Based on previous work of R-Massive and shared back with a community. Fully Github documented, DIY community is welcomed.
