Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M.J.B." <yazzofever@...>
To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:31 PM
Subject: [CZsynth] okay so it isn't fm but hey...why did you or anyone else 
buy the CZ's?


> okay steve, scott, summa and rocky...
>
> so it's not a dx, but why did people buy the
> cz101 back in 1984, even more then that in '86
> with the "1."
>
> Who was Casio targeting?  Was is just people who
> couldn't program or who didn't have enough $?
>
> And if I hadn't of been 6 in 1984, and let's say
> I would have had the money to buy a DX7, were
> there people out there who actually bought the
> casio cz series over the dx series?  Why?  Did
> you?
>
>
> micah


Actually, I would think most people bought the CZ101 over the CZ1000 because 
of the price.  The CZ101 had the same architecture the CZ1000 had, but it 
had mini keys vs. the full sized keys the CZ1000 offered.
    I think Casio was targeting the low end user on a limited budget yet 
still wanted a synth that had a lot of features.  I don't think that lack of 
programming came in to that much, the CZ only came with 16 preset sounds, so 
you still have the learn the in's and out's if you want to expand the range 
of what was there.
    I really don't know the percentage of people who would favor the CZ over 
the DX7.  I would have to strongly assume that the serious studio musicians 
and the like would choose the DX7 over it's velocity and pressure sensitive 
keys, mod wheel, breath controller, 16 note polyphony, etc.  Plus, the DX7 
is built like a tank, a very good keyboard to take on the road.  Like I 
mentioned, I still like my CZ even through it no longer works, I need to 
find one on Ebay one of these days.

    Rocky