Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

pawn shop here in town had one for sale


for 6 years..


i think it eventually fell off the shelf and then off to the bin.....




should have bought up all the tb303 i saw too at the time
 $99 each!!!!


 ohh the years gone bye
time time time


any body think i should start a submission request  thread for fz and cz
users?
looking for  the casio disks  which came with the fz1/10


series
"FZ Sound Disk C FL-C1"
including demonstration tune
optional software mode




charlie




----- Original Message -----
From: "350ypvs@..." <350ypvs@...>
To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main
ICs?)




I didn't know it had previously been up for sale. Looks like the winning
bidder did the rather too common thing of backing out of the winning bid.
Still, for 20 quid a midi keyboard with velocity and after-touch is
somewhat a bargain, even if it weights as much as the QE2!


And here's another CT6000 up for sale, this time for our American friends:


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-CASIO-CT-6000-Keyboard-Large-MIDI-Synthesizer-with-Unusual-Features-80s-/141063347935?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item20d807dedf




On 2 October 2013 23:45, <ianweb@dial.pipex.com> wrote:


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> Strange because the same item was flagged as sold for £19.99 the other
> day..
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> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/casio-ct6000-Vintage-Keyboard-/231057904553?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D17233%26meid%3D1707109365446012145%26pid%3D100019%26prg%3D8045%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D9%26sd%3D251343755942%26&nma=true&si=u6%252FO5F65v26xnh6WRsLEGtf1A3g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
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> ---In czsynth@yahoogroups.com, <350ypvs@...> wrote:
>
> For those in the UK interested in owning one of these Casios, I've just
> found two that have come up on Ebay:
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> CT6000:
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> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/casio-ct6000-Vintage-Keyboard-/231064724023?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item35cc87e237
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> And a CT6500 has also turned up:
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> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Casio-CT-6500-keyboard-electric-piano-with-stand-/261296904510?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item3cd682593e
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> I am not linked to either of these sales. Just thought it might be of
> interest for those in this groups interested in owning one of these retro
> Casios :-)
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> On 2 October 2013 03:25, Paul Krull <paul.krull@...> wrote:
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>   I love the various early Casios and have a few myself:
>
> CT 202 C/V
> CT 1000P Pseudo Additive
> CZ 5000 PD
> CZ 1        PD
> CZ 101   PD
> SK-2100
> SK 5
> VL-1
> VZ 10M x 2
> FZ 10M
> FZ 20M
> RZ-1
> MT 35
> MT 40
> MT 68
> CT 7000
> CT 701
> CT 403 x 2
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>
>  You can still find a lot of these if you keep looking. There's a VZ 8m
> for sale locally sitting in a music store's rack where it's been for a
> couple years priced very cheap, I suppose I should be a completest and
> pick
> it up but I don't really want to. What a great company with so many cool
> instruments.
>   Paul T
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>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* "ianweb@..." <ianweb@...>
>
> *To:* CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Monday, September 30, 2013 1:18 PM
> *Subject:* [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main
> ICs?)
>
>
>
>  The 1000P came to market after the Consonent/Vowel synths. I too have a
> huge number of Casio synths - as below:
>
> CT202 C/V
> CT1000P Pseudo Additive
> CZ3000 PD
> Hohner HS2 (VZ1) PD/FM/RM
> VZ8m as above
> HT6000 SD
> MT400V C/V + Analog Filter
> GZ50M PCM (GM)
> Hohner HS1 (FZ1) Sampling plus Limited step Waveform drawing
>
>
> ---In czsynth@yahoogroups.com, <350ypvs@...> wrote:
>
> Casio did indeed have a sine wave based sound engine as used in the
> Casiotone 1000P, 701 and I think a few other models circa 1981 or so. I
> have a 1000P amongst my collection, and the CT6000 sounds nothing like it!
> The 1000P has a very warm sound with some surprisingly deep bass
> available.
> It is good for organ type sounds, but that's about it. Apparently, using
> just sine waves to generate sounds/ tones, these are very hard to use to
> make any real changes to the overall timbre of the sound. Probably why
> Casio quickly gave up on this idea and moved to the Consonant Vowel engine
> as used in most of their lower end models from the early 80's until PCM
> engines took over. As mentioned above, the CT6000 was released in late
> 1984
> immediately before Phase Distortion came in on the higher spec 'pro' CZ
> models in 1985. With the pitch bend wheel, midi and bell like 'digital
> sounds' (that FM and PD synthesis were famously good at generating) it
> sounds and behaves much more like a CZ than a 1000P.
>
>
> On 30 September 2013 13:16, D T <sneakyflute@...> wrote:
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> **
>
>  Didn't Casio also have some sine-wave based engine on the 1000P and 701
> (and probably others)? Could it have that technology instead?
>
> D
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