Casio CZ-1000
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CZ-1000 by Casio | |||
Synthesis type: | Phase distortion synthesis | ||
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Polyphony: | 8 voices (4 voices with most patches) | ||
Timbrality: | 8 | ||
Oscillators: | digital | ||
Filter: | phase distortion | ||
Attenuator: | 8 step envelop generators | ||
LFO: | 1 | ||
Keyboard: | 49-note, no velocity | ||
Left hand control: | pitch-bend wheel | ||
Velocity sensitive: | No | ||
Aftertouch: | No | ||
External control: | MIDI | ||
Memory: | 32 patches | ||
Onboard effects: | none | ||
Produced: | 1985 | ||
Original price: | Approx. US$ 1000 |
The Casio CZ-1000 was the second programmable Casio Synthesizer after the CZ-101. It is in fact the full key size version of the CZ-101. All other characteristics are similar.
It uses the Phase distortion synthesis related to all other Casio CZ synthesizers models. It was also one of the first low cost multi-timbral synthesizers with normal sized keyboard.