![]() These synths were remarkably versatile for the price and were great at producing a wide rage of sounds including basses, electric pianos, strings, synth brass and killer synth sounds.Ĭasio continued to improve the CZ line with each model and with the release of the CZ-1 in the late 80's they bought features like velocity and aftertouch sensitivity to the keyboard, along with programming parameters to control how the velocity and aftertouch pressure would affect the sound. However, the other CZ's quickly caught on with pro musicians looking to add a low cost synth to their rig. The models with a "s" included built in speakers which were geared towards the home keyboard market. There were eight models of CZ's produced throughout the 80's. To cut down on costs Casio did not include a traditional analog type filter, but the CZ series used a new synthesis technique called "phase distortion" to simulate a analog filter ![]() ![]() You could only play four voices at a time and the it did not have full sized keys, but it did have MIDI included so you could trigger it from any full sized keyboard with MIDI. I bought mine in a New York City electronics store for about $200. Released in 1984, the Casio CZ-101 was one of the first polyphonic, programmable synthesizers to sell for under $500. ![]()
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