| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
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I got the CASIO catalogue. and price list. System 8000 MLP was 3000. Not itemized. The specifications are short, cryptic, and unfamiliar. They also talk about something called phase distortion for making different tone colors. Hm. They are almost all 4 octaves. I wanted one because I heard it on Laurie Anderson's O,Superman as a sweetener. I don't think I will get a Casio unless it is one of the $500 ones at actual sale price of less than that. Many of them have a chordal accompaniment option, set rhythm accompaniments, memories. Almost all are 8 voice polyphonic. The little ones are $50. Do you like them? Are they any good on stage? Thomas
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| 83.1 | SAUTER::SAUTER | Thu Apr 18 1985 10:24 | 10 | ||
I have only seen the less expensive Casios, but the ones I have seen I consider
toys. They have no provision for off-line storage, let alone MIDI. I seem
to remember that some of the more expensive ones offer cassette storage,
which those who remember the TU60 (ancester of the TU58) will know is almost the
same as offering nothing.
For $2000 you can get a Yamaha DX-7. The DX-7 marks a new advance in
price-performance. To do better you have to increase price to around $15000,
so the DX-7 owns a large piece of the market.
John Sauter
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| 83.2 | PIPA::JANZEN | Thu Apr 18 1985 11:01 | 3 | ||
The system 8000 had a RAM storage with battery backup for travelling memory. also, I saw MIDI interface mentioned in the catalogue somewhere. Thomas | |||||
| 83.3 | CURIE::SPEED | Thu Apr 18 1985 13:55 | 20 | ||
CASIO has a new unit called the CZ101 which is somewhat of a digital/analog hybrid. The unit has the small keys typical of the MT40 family but the sounds are much better and it is programmable. No rhythm box, no chord buttons, etc. The biggest feature is MIDI capability. It has MIDI IN and either OUT or THRU, (sorry, I forget which) but not both. From a real synthesizer standpoint, it's not bad as an expander module for layering some sounds using MIDI. I wouldn't use it as my only synth but it has some nice sound colors which mix nicely with, say, a Jupiter 6, to get some digital textures on top of an analog sound. It's also really convenient to take with you for some hacking around. The list price is around $500. I think Wurlitzers has it for about $425. If I think of it, I'll post some more detailed information. Derek | |||||
| 83.4 | KATADN::BOTTOM | Thu Apr 18 1985 15:31 | 5 | ||
I played the CZ101 at Wurlitzer's and I thought it would be a great buy as a second synth or as a first one for a guitarist. I don't know alot about it but the one I was playing was MIDIed to a Roland electric piano and it seemed to work quite well. *db* | |||||