Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

"Furman, Jon W." wrote:

>  You're a rare breed Joe. The first person I've ever met anywhere that
> had
> something good to say about the Casio home keyboards!

Count me in. A Casio CTK-611 was what got me hooked.
The sounds are good... What really was missing was one global
reverb on all tracks -- pretty renders the machine useless if you
have a kick drum part.

Maxim






> Just goes to show you
> that everyone's tastes are different.
>
> I'll try to answer some of your questions. The CZ's were in production
> from
> the mid to late 80's and the FZ's and VZ's were in production from the
> late
> 80's to the very early 90's. The 'Zs are all very different than the
> home
> keyboard models. There are no drum beats or built in speakers for one
> and
> where the home keyboards usually aren't very programmable the Z's are
> fully
> programmable. So can use Casio's synth algorithms to create you own
> sounds
> from scratch basically. Yes the Z's were considered professional
> models, the
> VZ's even have the word professional printed on their faceplates!
> Hehehehe...
>
> As for synthesis type, here's a listing for each Casio model:
> CZ - Phase Distortion; this is really an implementation of waveshaping
>
> synthesis that winds up being similar to analog  both programming and
> sound
> wise.
> FZ-Sampling+Synthesis, Sampler + filter and separate oscillators,
> capable of
> small scale additive synthesis, don't really know more about this
> since I
> don't have one.
> VZ-Interactive Phase Distortion, Very very similar to FM sound and
> programming wise. Very flexible for a FM synth.
>
> You're best bet for locating these synths is probably through online
> used
> music gear sellers or something like Ebay. The CZ's are all very
> common and
> the VZs and FZs are a little more difficult to find but they're not
> exactly
> rare either.
>
> It's a real shame that Casio was in the pro synth market so briefly as
> their
> stuff was interesting and they always managed to come up with an
> approach to
> each instrument that was truly unique.  Hope this has satisfied your
> curiosity somewhat.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
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