What's your favorite Casio?

[inverseroom]

Casio gets my vote for most-likely-to-surprise-you. Most people who like synths know about the CZ's, but many of their consumer-level 'boards were great, too. My faves are:

MT-68--the gray and cream one with all the knobs and sliders:



PT-30--tiny little thing with chord buttons:



CZ-101--compact, versatile, and surprisingly warm:



I also recently found out that there is another full-fledged Casio synth, the HT-6000, which has four oscillators, and I just won one on eBay--it looks pretty cool:



And I'd love to get my hands on the KX-101, which was an all-in-one boom box/4-track recorder/keyboard:



Your favorites?

[pscottm]

call me old fashioned but i like the SK-1. that KX-101 looks pretty darn cool!

[black ark]

call me old fashioned but i like the SK-1.

well then we'll both be doing Quaker Oats commercials 'cause i second this..

just found another one in the trash on my block too!

everytime i play this, i'm inspired..

-paul m.

[inverseroom]

call me old fashioned but i like the SK-1.

I agree...but I didn't include it because I have been converted by the Yamaha VSS-30, which has a bunch of neat effects...

Don't hate me!

[uqbar]

Another vote for the SK-1. I purchased mine new in 86 or 87...

Still a fan of the CZ101, although mine is dying slowly. Those buttons haven't held up...

[aurelialuz]

love the SK series, i've got a 1 and a 5, both cool. also love the CZ series.

alex

[janusmusic]

I have an sa-7 bought it at a thrift store for .85..works great, I took out the speaker and hooked up a 1/4" cord so I can run it through amps. It has 100 sounds. I've been reading about all this circuit bending stuff and I'm lost on it I may just try to screw around "under the hood"...

[buzzaudioguy]

Put me down for the CZ-101. I've got one that's still going strong. Actually, the input for the power adapter is messed up so I have to use batteries, but they seem to last forever anyway. I run mine through a Pignose so it's all portable. Try taking that rig out for your next campfire sing-a-long!

[andrew embassy]

I freaking love the arpeggiators on this thing.[/img]

[uqbar]

Here is a link to a project on "circuit bending" and SK-1:
http://www.oddmusic.com/illogic/sk1.html

[Bear]

I've always liked the SK-8 personally. Holds four samples instead of one, which is 4 times the fun.

[inverseroom]

By the way--and at the risk of appearing to stoke my own post--I'm looking for a manual for the abovementioned HT-6000. if any of you has it, I'd pay you for a copy...

[wing]

CASIO RAPMAN



you can scratch it up with the turntable, make all these crazy rap sounds, lots of old school 80s cheesy hip hop beats, and the coolest thing of all-- a mic input with a "voice effector"! you can switch it around to make your voice higher or lower, and almost make yourself sound like a robot. the coolest thing to do with it is play a beat real loud, then plug in a mic and turn it on high pitch, and put the mic right up on the speaker to make it feedback.

mmm mmmmmmmmmmmm. those are some sweet casio sounds.

[inhumentor]

Another HayYa for the MT-68. Won it at an actual auction with a pearl drum arm for $5. Total Steal! I found a SK-1 at a thrift store once, but gave it a freind of mine who actually plays keys. A little of the Casio topic, but I picked up a Yamaha VSS-200 at a yard sale about a month ago. Does Cheesy samples with some options for mucking about with them. Reverse, Echo, even a not-so-great but fun ADSR. Tiny with a built in mic, and Super Cool.

[SLiM BiLT]

Another vote for the MT-68!! My two favorite things: 1) the dedicated line out, and 2) how when I play high C with the "Cosmic Tone" setting it drives my cat absolutely insane.