Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

>Okay, just to make my previous statement of not buying a third keyboard
>I got in the funny situation where somebody proposed me a Kawai K-1
>(don't know if it's mkII or not...) for USD.
>If somebody could tell me about this synth from user point of view
>I would be happy. Also, how "good" is to have a synth with 8 bit D/A
>converters....

I've never had a K1 so I'm just theorizing- but I think it's the waveforms 
in ROM which are 8-bit, not the DAC.  That would just sound too raw, with 
lots of quantization noise.

(actually some things do have 8-bit DACs, but other factors improve the 
sound quality- the ESQ-1 has filters, the Fairlight CMI has a DAC for each 
voice, etc.)

>(btw: nobody could answer my question about the D/A converter bit depth
>in Casio CZ-1 ????)

guess not, I'd be very interested to hear that too..

>And how special is the sound ? Especially for techno, dnb, break, hip-hop
>and
>before all AMBIENT music ...

I've heard it sounds good- the lack of a filter limits it a lot, but 
stacking 4 oscillators per voice gives a lot of depth and motion.

It should also be noted that the K-1 II is a lot different from the K-1:
http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/gmega.html

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