Joscelyn, you sound like a girl after my own heart! You have some great Casio gear! No, my kit isn't the one on the picture, but mine are brand new old stock - never been played. The other 3 pads I bought later are second hand and had a fair bit of use, but cleaned up well. Amazing that you found 2 kits!
I actually bought mine from Germany - there was no chance of finding them in Australia. It sounds like from both our experience that the most common place to see them is Europe. It appears that there is a drum rack for them made by Casio (or at least has a Casio logo on it). I have a picture of it in a 1987 Casio brochure somewhere.
Here's my list of Casios I have:
FZ-1
SK-8
RAP-1 Rapman
DZ drums (6 pads, 2 kicks)
DP-1 dual drum pads set (6 of them!)
Casio DH100 digital sax
EG-5 cassette guitar
PG-380 synth guitar
VZ-10M rack synth (VZ-1 in a rack)
CZ-101
SS-1 sound sticks
DG20 digital guitar
AZ-1
And still looking for others!
Wow you've had most of the really big ones. I love my FZ-1, it is the center piece of my MIDI setup in my studio, had it for nearly 20 years. I also have the complete set of Casio Shareware Collection samples for it - about 140MB of samples. I'll put them up soon.
I have a great deal of manuals, I'm in the process of putting them up here, or at least to links to where they are parked on my bands website:
http://www.warningwillrobinson.com.au/index_files/InstrumentManuals.htm
I have a lot of them, even what is on my band's website is only a small amount. If you have any requests, just let me know and I'll see if i have them! And if you have any, you're welcome to put them up here!
Cheers, Graham> > **
--- In casiocollectors@yahoogroups.com.au, JFlores wrote:
>
> Thanks for your warm welcome ! I am from France, that's quite a long way
> far :)
> You are right, these drumkits are as rare as hen's teeth ! However, I have
> found that some places in the world have been better treated than others in
> terms of Casio product coverage - Australia is definitely one of them
>
> Guess what, it is my second one ! The first I found in Italy, and sold it
> to a friend in latvia (or estonia, don't remember right now) who just like
> lucky you, has the most badass drumkit setup I know of : TWO full sets, i
> stopped talking to him when he sent me the picture (joking of course) -
> both were used, but well cared units. I assume the picture of the pads on
> the forum is your set, they are shiny and beautiful
>
> I have been lucky enough in finding a second one for myself (one kick
> w/legs and 4 pads) and comes from Austria (or Germany), but it also came
> without the rack, which I never saw anywhere by the way... not sure if
> there even was a Casio reference for it ? It came however without the DZ-1
> unit, which I luckily found like a year later on eBay USA
>
> I really love these vintage synths - I loved them when they came out, but
> since I was young I had not enough revenues to buy most of them -
> Now that I have grown up (smile), I have owned most of them like CZ-3000,
> FZ-10M and FZ-1 (still have this), VZ-1, two AZ-1 (sold to friends), and
> also an RZ-1 which I loved, and a pair of SZ-1 for those CZ keyboards
> without included sequencer :)
> So from time to time I like snooping around if I see some manuals, both
> user- and service-, can become handy one day - and I found your Yahoo
> Group, which is great !
> Is there any way I can contribute : any needed files or manuals perhaps ?
> Just curious : what other Casio stuuf do you own ?
> Best regards,
> Joscelyn
>
>
> 2013/1/20 Graham
>
> >
> >
> > Hey wow, Jocelyn!! That's amazing. I only know of one other Casio drum
> > kit, these things are so rare. I recently got another 3 separate pads off
> > ebay, so I now have 6 pads and 2 kick pads.
>; >
> > Did you get yours with the real Casio rack frame? Mine was only pads -I'm
> > using a Yamaha drum rack frame to mount them. Sure like to get hold of the
> > real Casio frame sometime. And also the DZ drum brain. And an RZ-1.
> > and....and...
> >
> > What part of the world are you from? I'm in Australia.
> >
> > Cheers, Graham
> >
> >
> > --- In casiocollectors@yahoogroups.com.au, "casiofp" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I joined this forum after doing a search on the DZ manual which I found,
> > joy !
> > >
> > > Thanks Graham for creating this group and taking the time to scan and
> > share this manual - I also own a full Casio Drumkit, and know how it feels:
> > great ;)
> > >
> > > Joscelyn
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In casiocollectors@yahoogroups.com.au, "Graham" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > They plug into the DZ-1 pad module, which doesn't have any sounds of
> > its own - it is a pad to MIDI converter, which you then plug any MIDI drum
> > machine/MIDI sound module into to play the sounds.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers, Graham
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In casiocollectors@yahoogroups.com.au, "montequi" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you just have the pads, or does it plug into a sound module? I'm
> > curious what it sounds like.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In casiocollectors@yahoogroups.com.au, "Graham" wrote:
> > > >; > >
> > > > > > Well I just scored the buy of the century..not as in cheap bargain
> > (it was quite expensive) but in buying something very rare - a full set of
> > Casio DZ20/30 drum pads! Never used, brand new condition! The main picture
> > on this site is an example of a set (although it actually has a couple more
> > toms than my 4 pads + kick). Very pleased - I've dreamed of having a set
> > for my collection for a long time!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers, Graham
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
Message
Re: [casiocollectors] Re: Casio DZ drum kit
2013-01-20 by JFlores
Hi Graham,
Veri fine gear you have as well ! Fun you have a Rap Man, a very underrated little keyboard I had as well ! Same for the SS-1, which I use with my MT-520, that was plain FUN
Oh, and a DH digital sax and an EG-5, quite uncommon, cool thing is I could hear what they sound like thank to some youtube clips made by vintage instruments enthusiasts :)
I also had a PG-380, which I found VERY unique, but also somewhat cumbersome (the MIDI cable didn't help) - and playing both audio outputs produced somewhat mixed results - what a brilliant idea, however !
I have seen your website, which is fun, it was already in my bookmarks ! very good job !!
I do have a great deal of manuals, although I feel you should have most of them as well. I will try to clean my files and do a list, it will be useful also to me :)
...instead of having a Casio bucket-type folder and just tucking everything inside, right :)
Thanks for the link you gave me, I heard some of the songs of your band, hey, great, great job ! I loved listening to them, nice discovery !!
Reminds me somewhat of B52's, specially the "Washing Machine" song - by the way, what instrument did you use for the fat bassline of this song ?
Overall I find the production of your songs top notch, listening to them while I'm writing :)
Chhers,
Joscelyn
2013/1/20 Graham <gmeredith1@...>