Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Here is a demonstration of the sustain function and the reverb simulation function of the Casio Casiotone 405 instrument.

Yeah, that theme you're hearing? I wrote it in realtime using timbres from this instrument over beats I assembled out of GarageBand loops.

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