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RE: [CZsynth] New HZ/HT page

2002-08-23 by sealed

Before PCM ruled the world, many cheap keyboards were actually analog.
I hear some CASIO MT series used SD synthesis like HZ/HT. Maybe, HZ/HT 
are versions of Casiotones with extended ability to edit its sound. I 
don't know what H means, but T of HT might represent casioTone.

And you say MT-68 is editable, and I suppose it should be great. Yes, 
nasty and cool, and it may generate quite similar sounds as HZ/HT.
'Line select' attracts me much. What kind of function is it?

Around that time, sound editing capability was much favored. CASIO and 
YAMAHA produced some editable pop keyboards (Notably, some YAMAHAs can 
be edited via MIDI). Good old days for synths...


Sealed


> I listened to your HT sound samples last night and just from the sound 
of
> them I'd have to say that they sounded a lot like the sound set on 
my old
> Casio MT-68, which must have been form the early or mid 80's. I think 
that
> that keyboard used some kind of hard wired analog algorithms to do 
it's
> thing and also had a line select feature. Come to think of it the MT-
68 was
> an odd little beast also. Very nasty sounding but also kind of cool. 
> 
>  
> 
> Jon

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