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Casio CZ-1

Digital Synth from Casio belonging to the CZ series

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Published on 02/13/07 at 14:48
5 octaves
Picth 1, a modulation
3 MIDI, 1 sustain pedal
A chorus full blast
polyphony: 16 channels, 8 in practice, if four overlapping sounds.

UTILIZATION

Editing sounds is super easy. (At the time a friend had a DX7, the sounds may have been better (it's not my opinion), but the hi-brainer to make a sound, both for the renter to imagine that the parameters how awful).
If someone can not use a CZ, so useless he is looking for something more simple, it's best they buy a real piano, 88 keys and that's it :-)

SOUNDS

I still love it as much for the organ sounds, basses, brass (synthetic for sure) it is always good, the guitars too, but we must find how to play
For the pianos, super zero.
For sounds harpo-style laser I like it too.
Hacks for the gum, easy enough to do what you want.

In general, the sounds are quite typed, but not unpleasant.

OVERALL OPINION

I bought it new in 1986, 6600 francs at the time, at least it was not anything (I was a student, bright summer jobs).
It still works flawlessly, except the backlight.
Good polyphony is very limited today, super light and the keyboard (although it can be quite handy).
In any case I do not regret my purchase, except perhaps if I had not bought, I had the money to buy a VZ-1 ...