Have you ever wondered if a cheap Casio synth could be used to make a complete track – that doesn’t sound cheesy?
That’s the challenge robotpickle took on in creating this track. Every sound comes from a Casio CZ-101 synthesizer.
At the time the Casio CZ-101 synth was released in 1984, it was one of the cheapest polyphonic synths ever made and featured 49 miniature keys.
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8 Responses to “Can A Complete Track Be Made With A Casio CZ101 That Doesn’t Sound Cheesy?”
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i like! The drum sounds in particular are very good.
All I could think from the question is that yes, it could sound good IF you added some effects…
From the youtube page:
perhaps the geekiest thing ever.
a video of a song entirely made up of sounds from the Casio CZ101 synthesizer. i wrote and produce the song and put together this lil viddy.
I've been getting emails for months now, but every sound is from the cz101, but each sound is through an effect of some sort …mostly EQ, compression, phaser, flange/chorus…no crazy granular shit.
And yes, that is sysex code scrollin near the end of the vid.
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For the record I think it sounds great!
Nice work!
Maybe it's a reminder to erase your presets and create your own sounds. I'm amazed that he got that much variety from a Casio!
the CZ series is capable of a great variety of interesting sounds. A CZ-1 was my very first synth, and I still have it and love it. Great, sturdy midi controller too…
And the answer is none.
None more cheesy.
My first synth was a CZ as well, but sadly it died some years ago. It really was capable of creating some really wonderful sounds, especially with the ring modulator and some adjustments in the tuning. Great stuff and very inspirational!
I think the CZ is not a good example of cheap synths and the word "cheesy". The small key CZ has the same PD-synthesis as the bigger ones, which aimed for the professional market. They where capable of some fat bass sounds or Yamaha DX derivates and had 4x multitimbrality. Better try to make a good song with an old Bontempi keyboard
I have a CZ-101, and it does make some pretty awesomely unique sounds. It's a pain to program, though (lots of pushing tiny buttons and squinting at the little LCD), and not much in the way of performance controls.
Sadly, something happened to my back-up battery, or whatever keeps the patches stored, so if I make a cool sound, it get's zapped when I turn it off, which is a major bummer.
Still a fun little guy, though.