Casio synthesizer
Articles about Casio synthesizer:
The Casio CZ-1000 Synthesizer
The Casio CZ-1000 is a vintage (80s) Phase Distortion Synthesis synthesizer, that’s basically a CZ-101 with full-size keys.
It offers 8-voice polyphony and a 49-key full-size keyboard. A two oscillator per voice option lets you get thicker sounds, but reduces the polyphony to 4 voices.
The CZ’s aren’t true classic synths, but they are reliable and offer a great vintage synth value.
If you’ve used the Casio CZ-1000 synthesizer, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…
Sunday Synth Jam: Amza Tairov plays a Korg Triton, using what appears to be a Casio CZ-101 to modulate it. Tairov makes extensive use of the pitch-bend wheel, giving his playing a string-like quality.
It’s not clear from this video if Tairov is synth-syncing (miming to a prerecorded track) or if the video editing is just a little iffy on this.
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This video looks at fixing a broken, cheap toy Casio keyboard. Read more…
Casio CZ-1 Synthesizer
The Casio CZ-1 was the top of the Casio’s CZ synthesizer line. The CZ series were a family of low-cost phase distortion synthesizers produced by Casio mid-1980s.
The CZ-1 synthesizer offered the classic CZ sound, but also featured stored splits and layers , velocity and aftertouch sensitivity. The CZ-1 also featured a backlit display – an improvement over the rest of the series.
There were eight models of CZ synthesizers released:
- CZ-101
- CZ-230S
- CZ-1000
- CZ-2000S
- CZ-2600S
- CZ-3000
- CZ-5000
- CZ-1
Additionally the home-keyboard model CT-6500 used 48 phase-distortion presets from the CZ line.
The CZ series were flexible synthesizers, and their price made programmable synthesizers affordable.
If you’ve used the Casio CZ-1, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…
If there’s anybody that you don’t want driving up and down your street at night, it’s probably EXOcontralto.
This video documents how he hooked up a cheap Casio synth to his 2000 watt automotive sound system so he could rock his ‘92 Dodge Caravan like no other, with massive “Loud Ass Bass.”
Details on this hack below. Read more…
