Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi,

Thank you very much for your comment, Scott.

> Nice.  Sounds much better than I would have thought, like a D50 or 
an M1.  I 
> really wish Casio had still been in the pro market at that point, 
because 
> that could have made a really interesting synth.

CASIO may have been thinking about D50 and M1 when they made CTK-
1000. They were synths that has some advantages that compensate the 
lack of true digital resonant filter.
I too really wish CASIO would back into the synth market, after I 
investigated their great synths.

> There really needs to be more people out there who investigate the 
weird 
> obscure synths that everyone else has forgotten about.  Maybe you 
can check 
> out the Casiotone 1000P next, or the Cheetah MS800 :)  I would 
have gotten a 
> 1000P off of ebay a while back, but the HT-6000 I got over the 
summer took 
> up the last available space in my bedroom.

CASIO 1000P is on my wish list. It seems to be an additive 
synthesizer, which may or may not be related to later SD synthesis 
or HT series.
I didn't really know about Cheetah MS800, but I searched the web and 
find it very interesting. Is there any further info about MS800?

> You mentioned the MT-600 on the SD synthesis page.  I saw a couple 
of them 
> on Ebay and emailed someone who had one.  They seem to just be 
preset 
> versions of the HT-700.  I'm not sure if they have filters or not, 
but they 
> don't look particularly interesting.

Yes, it seems to be the non-editable version.

> Also I scanned the Analogue Heaven archives for Casiotone info 
(yes, I'm a 
> nerd)

Me too, as you already know ;)

> I came across a nicely informative email from Robin Whittle.  I 
> mentioned to you before something that he had written about early 
80's Casio 
> hardware, and this had a lot of the same info but with a few other 
> interesting points: apparently the MT-70 used some sort of 
additive 
> synthesis!  This is interesting, as I had assumed that it had the 
same sort 
> of sound as the MT-68 and other things from that era.  Maybe I'll 
have to 
> buy one of these too (though I have more than enough toys at the 
moment).

Then MT-68 and MT-70 may sound different. Regrettably I haven't 
listened to MT-68. CASIO may have had two synthesis - additive 
synthesis and wierd single cycle waveform you mentioned before. This 
may be some hint at what SD synthesis is....

> Anyway it's always great to find new information on these things.

Thanks for again for your comments, and sharing interesting 
information!

Best,
Sealed