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Casio | CZ-1 |
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Description | The CZ-1 competes with the CZ-5000 for the best all around Phase Distortion digital synth. The CZ-1 has the most advanced keyboard of all the CZ series synths. It has a full 61-note 5-octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch sensitivity. Very professional features from a Casio synth! Otherwise it is essentially a CZ-3000 (which is essentially two CZ-1000s or CZ-101s). With the CZ-1 you get 8-stage envelopes, 2 oscillators per voice and a whole lot more with relatively easy programming. Whereas the CZ-5000 may not have had as good a keyboard, it had the benefit of an on-board 8-track real-time sequencer which the CZ-1 lacked. It features three modes 'normal' (1 tone 16 voice), 'tone mix' and 'key split' (2 tones with 8 voices each). In the 2 tone modes the chorus setting controls which tone goes to which of the left and right output channels. If you're looking for low-cost Yamaha DX-like sounds, the Casio CZ line of Phase Distortion synths are a good buy. For performance, the CZ-1 may be the best of the CZ-series. Its dynamic keyboard and enhanced memory abilities make it ideal for live situations. Memory, MIDI and multitimbrality have all been upgraded in the CZ-1 making it one of the nicest budget synths ever to grow out of a consumer market. |
| Brand | Casio |
| Model | CZ-1 |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Keys |
| Engine Type | Digital |
| Engine | PD |
| Voices (max) | 16 |
| Multitimbral | 8 |
| Oscillators | 2 |
| Noise | Y |
| Engine Detailed | Digital Phase Distortion Synthesis (sine, saw, square, pulse, resonance, double-sine, saw-pulse) |
| Filter (VCF) | 8-stage envelope generators with level and rate controls and Key Follow (Adjusts Phase Angle) |
| Envelope (VCA) | 8-stage envelope generators with level and rate controls and Key Follow (Adjusts Volume) |
| FX | Chorus |
| Memory | 64 preset, 64 user patches, 64 patch external cartridge |
| Keys | 61 |
| Key type | Keys |
| Velocity | Y |
| Aftertouch | Channel |
| Midi | I-O-T |
| Produced: | 1986 - 1986 |
| Legend: | Obvious | Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable | |
| VCO | Voltage Controlled Oscillator | DCO | Digital Controlled Oscillator |
| LFO | Low Frequency Oscillator | Sub | Sub Oscillator |
| VCF | Voltage Controlled Filter | VCA | Voltage Controlled Amplifier |
| Velocity | As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. | Aftertouch | Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel. |
| Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise. | |||
