Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi,

Recently I got a CASIO CTK-1000 synthesizer. It uses IXA engine, which 
combines PCM and 'Nonlinear' synthesis.
I added a CTK-1000 page on my site, and uploaded information and sound 
examples.

Please take a look and tell me any information about CTK-1000.

http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/index.html

Best,
Sealed

>Recently I got a CASIO CTK-1000 synthesizer. It uses IXA engine, which
>combines PCM and 'Nonlinear' synthesis.
>I added a CTK-1000 page on my site, and uploaded information and sound
>examples.
>
>Please take a look and tell me any information about CTK-1000.
>
>http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/index.html

Nice.  Sounds much better than I would have thought, like a D50 or an M1.  I 
really wish Casio had still been in the pro market at that point, because 
that could have made a really interesting synth.

There really needs to be more people out there who investigate the weird 
obscure synths that everyone else has forgotten about.  Maybe you can check 
out the Casiotone 1000P next, or the Cheetah MS800 :)  I would have gotten a 
1000P off of ebay a while back, but the HT-6000 I got over the summer took 
up the last available space in my bedroom.

I haven't got anything to add about the CTK-1000, but I did find out a 
couple of interesting things recently:

You mentioned the MT-600 on the SD synthesis page.  I saw a couple of them 
on Ebay and emailed someone who had one.  They seem to just be preset 
versions of the HT-700.  I'm not sure if they have filters or not, but they 
don't look particularly interesting.

Also I scanned the Analogue Heaven archives for Casiotone info (yes, I'm a 
nerd) and I came across a nicely informative email from Robin Whittle.  I 
mentioned to you before something that he had written about early 80's Casio 
hardware, and this had a lot of the same info but with a few other 
interesting points: apparently the MT-70 used some sort of additive 
synthesis!  This is interesting, as I had assumed that it had the same sort 
of sound as the MT-68 and other things from that era.  Maybe I'll have to 
buy one of these too (though I have more than enough toys at the moment).

Anyway it's always great to find new information on these things.

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Hi,

Thank you very much for your comment, Scott.

> Nice.  Sounds much better than I would have thought, like a D50 or 
an M1.  I 
> really wish Casio had still been in the pro market at that point, 
because 
> that could have made a really interesting synth.

CASIO may have been thinking about D50 and M1 when they made CTK-
1000. They were synths that has some advantages that compensate the 
lack of true digital resonant filter.
I too really wish CASIO would back into the synth market, after I 
investigated their great synths.

> There really needs to be more people out there who investigate the 
weird 
> obscure synths that everyone else has forgotten about.  Maybe you 
can check 
> out the Casiotone 1000P next, or the Cheetah MS800 :)  I would 
have gotten a 
> 1000P off of ebay a while back, but the HT-6000 I got over the 
summer took 
> up the last available space in my bedroom.

CASIO 1000P is on my wish list. It seems to be an additive 
synthesizer, which may or may not be related to later SD synthesis 
or HT series.
I didn't really know about Cheetah MS800, but I searched the web and 
find it very interesting. Is there any further info about MS800?

> You mentioned the MT-600 on the SD synthesis page.  I saw a couple 
of them 
> on Ebay and emailed someone who had one.  They seem to just be 
preset 
> versions of the HT-700.  I'm not sure if they have filters or not, 
but they 
> don't look particularly interesting.

Yes, it seems to be the non-editable version.

> Also I scanned the Analogue Heaven archives for Casiotone info 
(yes, I'm a 
> nerd)

Me too, as you already know ;)

> I came across a nicely informative email from Robin Whittle.  I 
> mentioned to you before something that he had written about early 
80's Casio 
> hardware, and this had a lot of the same info but with a few other 
> interesting points: apparently the MT-70 used some sort of 
additive 
> synthesis!  This is interesting, as I had assumed that it had the 
same sort 
> of sound as the MT-68 and other things from that era.  Maybe I'll 
have to 
> buy one of these too (though I have more than enough toys at the 
moment).

Then MT-68 and MT-70 may sound different. Regrettably I haven't 
listened to MT-68. CASIO may have had two synthesis - additive 
synthesis and wierd single cycle waveform you mentioned before. This 
may be some hint at what SD synthesis is....

> Anyway it's always great to find new information on these things.

Thanks for again for your comments, and sharing interesting 
information!

Best,
Sealed

>CASIO 1000P is on my wish list. It seems to be an additive
>synthesizer, which may or may not be related to later SD synthesis
>or HT series.
>I didn't really know about Cheetah MS800, but I searched the web and
>find it very interesting. Is there any further info about MS800?

At one point I almost bought a 1000P but it got too expensive.  Then the 
next week I saw an HT-6000 so I went with that.  I saw another 1000P later 
for a really good price but I've really hit the limit in my room as to how 
much stuff will fit.  No more massive 5-octave keyboards for me :(

And I don't know much about the MS800- Apparently it's some nasty cheap 
8-bit wavetable thing with no filter- but that's all I could find out.  
Sounds like fun to me :)

>Then MT-68 and MT-70 may sound different. Regrettably I haven't
>listened to MT-68. CASIO may have had two synthesis - additive
>synthesis and wierd single cycle waveform you mentioned before. This
>may be some hint at what SD synthesis is....

I would have thought that they all used the same synthesis architecture but 
I guess not.

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