Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

This was the first I'd heard of it. Thanks for the alert!

What I think is interesting is not that Casio should return to PD synthesis, like some have said. Rather, that somebody should take today's technology and make some cheap but fun synthesizers.

Casio has already mass-produced enough cheap but playable keyboards. Instead of romplers, make a cheap synthesizer audio engine! Match it up with some cheap digital sliders, throw it in a cheap unbreakable plastic case. With today's tech, and Casio's production, you could do a lot.

I hope this XW-P1 turns out to be useable or fun.


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@...> wrote:
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> Hey, is anyone here eyeing the upcoming release of the Casio XW-P1 for only $700.00 US. So far the details are sketchy but Casio is saying it will be a virtual analog with PCM and external audio. It also has a drawbar organ mode. All the blogs I've read lament the death of the PD used in the CZ line. Casio has seen the how well all the virtual synths sell and now they're on the bandwagon. Maybe down the road they'll listen to enough feedback from the masses and resurrect the CZ line.
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