Hi, On 24 Aug 2005 at 13:31, M.J.B. wrote: > 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." Probably since it was more affordable than a DX7, multitimbral, easier to programm... > Who was Casio targeting? Was is just people who > couldn't program or who didn't have enough $? Well, soundprogramming with the DX7 isn't easy, at my current state of experience it don't make a difference if it's a DX7 or CZ-1 but for a beginner FM Synthesis has a steep learning curve... Other than that even a CZ can do quite some sounds a DX7 isn't able to do and of course vice versa. Also the sound character is different... > 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? I was targeting a DX7 at that time, but it was a good thing I wasn't able to afford one. Since I bought a TX81z a year after the CZ-1 and had a hard time getting into the programming... ...Summa -- CZ/VZ mailing list : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CZsynth FMHeaven mailing list : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fmheaven/ FS1R mailing list : http://www.ampfea.org/mailman/listinfo/fss-list Vokator mailing list : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vokator Wellenform Chat So and Do 22.00 CET: http://chat.moogulator.com/
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Re: [CZsynth] okay so it isn't fm but hey...why did you or anyone else buy the CZ's?
2005-08-24 by Summa