You're very unlikely to be able to implement any sort of MIDI pitch or mod controller retrospectively - the built-in software would have to be somehow reprogrammed to allow for new input devices. As far as using the keyboard as a strap-on MIDI controller, sure. I used to occasionally play my old CZ-101 as a strap-on back in the mid-1980s - I was half an electro-pop duo, and usually played bass guitar live, with a 4-track cassette machine handling piano, synths, percussion and chromatic harmonica (all played by myself) and drum machine while my partner-in-crime just sang. There was a song in our set which just sounded better with synth-bass, so for that song I played the CZ-101.
Simon Beck
London, UK
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From: Ryan Balderas
To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: [CZsynth] casio mt-740 keytar
i just got a neat little casio ht3000 from a pawnshop for 45 bucks on
tuesday and a crazy idea came to mind... what if i turn my old casio
mt-740 (one of their earlier tonebank keyboards with midi ins and
outs) into a keytar. now removing the speakers and mounting strap
pegs should be no problem. but im wondering if i could build in some
sort of mod/pitchweel type things that would still have midi out
signals to control the same effects on my ht3000. im not sure ill be
able to do this and i might just have to focus on making it
cosmetically awesome but if anyone has any ideas id love to hear some
input. thanks and ill be sure and post pictures of the process.
(crossposted in some other yahoogroups)
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Re: [CZsynth] casio mt-740 keytar
2004-09-02 by Simon Beck