Casio CZ-1 Demo Track by Electronic Pop Artist Anjelicas Baby

Great track mate. Vince Clarke would be proud as another user of Casio synths. :)

Thankyou, I thought Vince Clark had but was not 100% sure. Just brought a Roland VG99 modeling guitar processor. Oviously for my guitars, however, sounds bloody amazing with my old synth gear like the CZ-1.

Sweet. Very nice work.
Nice to see other visually impaired keyboardists on youtube,
I actually modify my CZ-5000 with braille labels so that I can tell which buttons do what. I find that the CZ series synths are easy to use even without sight. There are no looping menus either, helpful. You can listen to changes during the editing process by holding the key down and go through the level changes and hear the effect of the parameter. Too bad there are no screen readers for synthesizers!

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Yes, even though they are digital they really are easy to program with poor vision once yu get the hang of it. I think the way they lae out the programming section on their synths was well thought out. Also, surprisingly the mark I dx7's arn't to bad either.

Casio, had fantastic instruments in the 80's. The whole CZ-series, the CZ-1 being top of the line, the FZ-1, the AZ-1 controller, the RZ-1 drum machine, and the VZ-1. The VZ-1 was the latest offering in 1988, and then Casio stopped making pro instruments. I believe the reason for that was that most people associated Casio with home keyboards.  I used to have a HT-6000 and VZ-1. I sold them in favor of a Roland D-70. Regret selling those Casio synthesizers to this day. I was simply stupid

Yes I think your right. I brought my first CZ-1 new in 1987 and the name Casio did have a bit of a poor man's sports car e image about it in keyboard players minds as I recall.

Yeah, the VZ-1 was probably more powerful than the DX7, but the price of the VZ-1 sank from $1,500 list to $450 at Sam Ash music store. I got it brand new then. It was a great instrument, with eight state envelopes, tone modulation structures, aftertouch, etc. It lacked an effect processor, but that was okay those days. It actually meant that it was a pro instrument designed for use in studio, where effect processor are norm. Anyway, good old days. Sad that Casio abandoned pro market

I really wish Casio would step back into the synth market. They're more than capable of making one today. It would sell too. There are enough of us around to remember the CZ series :) Casio could do a re-birth of the CZ series with some updates and it would be a huge seller.......

Yeah, Yamaha brought out the DX200 with realtime controls on DX7 sounds, its wild. I want one but Can't find one yet. I'd like A CZ with a fatter sound, FX and maybe realtime controls rather than their past setup. Mind you the CZ was quite easy to program but I'd love Juno like controls. I was plesently surprised to find their is still a big fan base for hardware gear. It kind of feels like office work or something just using a computer LOL.

I was a software only setup to start off with, then I went into hardware synthesizers with software processing and mixing, I will still use some soft synths for drums and sounds which aren't possible on my little set-up, but ever since I got my sampler (Casio FZ-1) I barely touch soft synths now.

It's highly unlikely that I will ever move back to software only.
Hardware, to me, has more character than any softsynth and I love pressing buttons over clicking a mouse. I'm very hands on. :)