CASIO RZ1
Sampler + real time sequencer Casio
RZ1
SPECS
Sampler
CASIO RZ1 built in 1987
16 Voices / Stimmen
16x Multitimbral
Memory / Speicher standard
Value / Gebrauchtwert in 2005 was about 150 € (-)
OSC Synthesis can do drum sampler
sampler - and of course its nature is drum
uses hybrid technology: no
Wave Shapes 12 rom 4 ram samples
1 OSCs
1 Filter lpf reso? 4 Pole
0 LFOs
0 Envelope Generators -
MIDI, Control & Triggering and playing via MIDI
0 Keys
responds to Pressure/Velocity? no
Arpeggiator no
Sequencer real time sequencer
Synth ID is 390
- WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN / GENERELLE INFO ZU DEN DATEN
CASIO RZ1 built in 1987
16 Voices / Stimmen
16x Multitimbral
Memory / Speicher standard
Value / Gebrauchtwert in 2005 was about 150 € (-)
OSC Synthesis can do drum sampler
sampler - and of course its nature is drum
uses hybrid technology: no
Wave Shapes 12 rom 4 ram samples
1 OSCs
1 Filter lpf reso? 4 Pole
0 LFOs
0 Envelope Generators -
MIDI, Control & Triggering and playing via MIDI
0 Keys
responds to Pressure/Velocity? no
Arpeggiator no
Sequencer real time sequencer
Synth ID is 390
- WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN / GENERELLE INFO ZU DEN DATEN
ABOUT Casios cheap drum machine with 4 free sample sounds.. a bit muffled sounding..
ABOUT Casios Drum Computer mit 4 kurzen Drum Samples, recht muffig im klang..
ABOUT
DETAILS 4 short (0.8secs) could be assigned to 4 pads.. rest (12) rom based.
DETAILS 4 kurze (0.8sec) samples konnte auf 4 pads gelegt werden, der rest rom (12) rom
DETAILS
SOUND very lofi/muffled samples..
SOUND etwas muffiges sampling
SOUND
CASIO
Casios debut was the CZ series (the so called Cosmo Synthesizer) with Phase Distortion, very close to FM but modulating the Phase instead of the Frequency. They also came up with a 16Bit Sampler with quite a lof of Features at that time and the next generation of PD called iPD: the VZ series also sold under the name of Hohner (germany). after that no real synthesizer was ever made, looked a lot like Casio couldn't get rid of their image of the "cheap" which wasn't true at all in terms of sound. A and don't forget the VL1 (Trio - DaDaDa) mini calculator/synth which is "very Casio"!
Official Intl. Site : http://www.casio.com DER HERSTELLER
THE MANUFACTURER
Casios Synthesizerzeit begann mit dem "Cosmo Synthesizer", der CZ Serie und nutzte dabei 8stufige Time-Level Hüllkurven. Die Phasenverzerrung genannte Synthese ist der FM nicht unähnlich und wurde mit der VZ Serie als iPD noch verfeinert und durch einen der ersten bezahlbaren Stereo Sampler FZ1 erweitert. Auch er hatte einige sehr interessante Features. Die zweite Generation wurde auch unter dem Hohner-Namen verkauft. Danach hörte man von Casio als ernstzunehmendem Synthesizerhersteller nichts mehr.
Offizielle Site (D) : http://www.casio-europe.com/de/CASIO..