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	Casio CZ synthesizers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However the CZ line used phase distortion to somewhat simulate an analog filter, it had in total eight different waveforms: as well as the standard sawtooth, square, and pulse waveforms, it had a special double sine waveform, a half-sine waveform, and three waveforms with simulated filter resonance: resonant sawtooth, triangle, and trapezoidal waveforms.
		The CZ synthesizers also had the ability to stack up two different sounds via the "tone mix" feature resulting in a functionally monophonic synthesizer; this was Casio's version of the "unison" feature other polyphonic synthesizers had.
		The CZ synthesizers did not have some features that analog synthesizers had: it was not possible to modulate the DCW with a LFO; it was not possible to have pulse width modulation; the simulated resonance was an either-or proposition; with the exception of a resonant form, it did not have a triangle wave.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casio_CZ_synthesizers (1215 words)

	Casio - eBooks Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Japanese:カシオ計算機株式会社 Kashio Keisanki Kabushikigaisha) Template:Tyo is an electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
		Casio is best known for their calculators, audio equipment, PDAs, cameras and watches.
		Casio was established in April 1946 by Tadao Kashio (樫尾和雄 Kashio Tadao), an engineer specializing in fabrication technology.
	www.ebooks.teleactivities.com /encyclopedia/index.php?title=Casio (406 words)

	Casio CZ synthesizers: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Phase distortion synthesis is a synthesis method introduced by casio in the 1980s in its cz range of synths, and similar to frequency modulation synthesis....
		Each DCF (what Casio called the phase distortion part of the sound which determined how many harmonics a given sound had) was also modulated by a dedicated 8-stage envelope generator.
		The CZ synthesizers did not have some features that analog synthesizers had: it was not possible to modulate the DCF with a LFO; it was not possible to have pulse width modulation; the simulated resonance was an either-or proposition; with the exception of a resonant form, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/casio_cz_synthesizers1.htm (1365 words)

	Casio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Casio is best known for their calculators, audio equipment, PDAs, cameras, musical instruments, and watches.
		Casio was established in April 1946 by Tadao Kashio (樫尾忠雄, Kashio Tadao
		Another innovation was the use of a single display window instead of the three display windows (one for each argument and one for the answer) used in other calculators.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Casio (441 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Casio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Casio Computer Co., Ltd. ã«ã·ãªè¨ç®—æ©æ ªå¼ä¼ç¤¾Kashio Keisanki Kabushiki-gaisha}} ({{tyo6952}}) is a Japanese electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in Tokyo.
		Casio was established in April 1946 by {{nihongo
		In 1957 Casio released the Model 14-A, the world's first all-electric compact calculator.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Casio (453 words)

	Super CZ
		CZ Overlay plays as many as three independent voices overlaid on notes played by a base voice, and the overlay voices can be set to create a chord tracking effect.
		With CZ Split, you specify split points for as many as four separate zones on the CZ keyboard.
		CZ Overlay sets up four voices, each with a different sound, and stacks (overlays) them to give a strong, punchy lead synth sound.
	www.atarimagazines.com /v7n2/SuperCZ.html (1709 words)

	Casio CZ-230S, phase distortion vs. FM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Casio CZ synthesizers are considered "cult" and claimed by many people to have a very special and "analogue" timbre - and this despite they do physically not much more than ordinary digital FM synthesis, which was only well enshrouded to avoid legal patent trouble.
		Casio instead added a way more sophisticated noise generator that can produce a lot of differently coloured noise timbres by modulating the pitch of a tonal sound with random numbers, which e.g.
		Thus Casio attempted to enshroud the inner working of their PD by explaining the same physical phenomenon from a different view using the mathematical derivation of Yamaha's at that time patented FM formulas, despite both electrically do the same or at least very similar things.
	users.informatik.haw-hamburg.de /~windle_c/TableHooters/Casio_CZ-230S.html (4401 words)

	Casio CZ synthesizer - JnanaBase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		All of the CZ synthesizers utilized Phase distortion to somewhat simulate an analog filter.
		Unlike other synthesizers, where having multiple waveforms added the multiple waveforms together, the CZ synthesizers would play one waveform and then play the other waveform in series; this resulted in their being a fundamental added one octave below the pitch of the sound.
		The Casio CZ-1 is the last synthesizer that Casio introduced in the CZ line.
	www.jnanabase.org /index.php/Casio_CZ_synthesizer (1089 words)

	Reviews: Catch the Waveforms, Save A Thousand Sounds
		The Casio CZ series synthesizers use a sound creation method called Phase Distortion synthesis, which uses up to eight different waveforms.
		The graphic editing of envelopes is very important for CZ synths because you have six different envelopes, each of which has eight different levels and eight different rates.
		Casio Synth-Droid was the first program in the series and doesn't have the Patch Droid Edit option.
	www.atarimagazines.com /startv2n4/catchthewaveforms.html (4013 words)

	Casio CZ-1000 Synthesizer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The CZ-series are purely digital synthesizers, which is also proudly proclaimed on their front panel.
		On the CZ's there are eight, very basic waves to choose from, such as sine wave, sawtooth, square and pulsewave.
		Programming the synthesizer is a very tedious process, due to the lack of data slider and the tiny non-lit data display.
	hem.passagen.se /tkolb/art/synth/cz1000_e.htm (706 words)

	Synthesizers
		It arrived at a time when no one made monophonic synthesizers anymore and the predominance of rubber in the design was different to say the least.
		Shortly after Casio got into making "home" keyboards they progressed onto professional synthesizers with initially the CZ range which encompassed a variant of instruments that were all a small variation on the same design.
		Yet another FM synthesizer from Yamaha, this one comes in a compact, multitimbral, 1-unit rack mount module and is basically a key-less version of the DX-11.
	thejoycircuit.co.uk /synthesizers.htm (7421 words)

	Casio CZ-5000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As I said, the Casio CZ range has a character of their own and it's not a synth you are going to try to run on it's own...but it definitely does have something to offer "in the mix"!
		Casio had its CZ synthesis technique imitated by other companies who are rich now, so I'm not in the mood to further slam on the company since I love my CZ.
		CZ's worst enemy is the piano, in that realm.
	www.harmony-central.com /Synth/Data/Casio/CZ-5000-01.html (9862 words)

	Retro Thing: Battery-Powered Hundred Dollar Synthesizers?
		The CZ-101 was Casio's debut into the world of "professional" synthesis.
		The 101 was a miniature polyphonic programmable synthesizer with MIDI.
		It seems like THe CZ series is like the Spectrum of synths.
	www.retrothing.com /2006/02/batterypowered_.html (494 words)

	Casio - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Casio was established in April 1946 by, an engineer specializing in fabrication technology.
		This page was last modified 19:30, 20 April 2006.
		Casio, History, Timeline of important product releases, Products, See also, See also, External links, Electronics companies, Synthesizer manufacturers, Brands and Watchmakers.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Casio (447 words)

	Casio Synthesisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Casio, the Japanese consumer electronics company, was in the professional synthesizer business until 1992.
		All of their synthesizers were digital, and involved menu driven programming interfaces.
		The CZ line was among the first commercially available MIDI keyboards.
	www.obsolete.com /120_years/machines/casio (505 words)

	An Introduction to Electronic Music
		These synthesizers were software controlled offering control over various forms of synthesis previously only available on extremely expensive studio synthesizers.
		These synthesizers were the first to combine digital wave shapes which are essentially basic sounds with subtractive analog synthesis treatments.
		The ancestors of the samples used in the original synthesizers could be transformed to produce an infinite array of sounds.
	plaza.ufl.edu /berticus/projects/project2/electronicmusic.html (695 words)

	Amazon.ca: An Insider's Guide to Casio Cz Synthesizers: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The book is really clear and easy to read and the details on how the various parts of the CZ work really make it clear how to get the most from these synths.
		If you have a Casio CZ synthesizer and you like to program it, then you must have this book.
		The reason I didn't give it four stars is that the chapter on multi-timbral operation is misleading, because the CZ series (except the CZ-1) have a frustratingly limited implimentation of this MIDI function.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0882843672 (444 words)

	EM411.com - [hardware] CZ-5000 - Electronic Music 411 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The CZ-5000 is one of the few synthesizers that uses the synthesis Phase Distortion (PD), a, what I would guess, pretty close relative to FM.
		The fact that almost everybody hates it and thinks it is just a 'worthless casio' makes me even more inspired, because, several people has already asked me what kinda cool synth that made those sounds and on and on and on...
		If someone told me that the cz-5000 was the world's best synthesizer I would not disagree.
	www.em411.com /show/hardware/109/2 (378 words)

	Encyclopedia of Electronic Music
		Around the same time during our stay in the southern region of Russia (it was the coast of the Black Sea, in Caucasus) I saw a real synthesizer for the first time.
		I just felt it HAD to be like this, I knew subconsciously, that synthesizer was capable of producing lots of different sounds, I mean, I knew it wasn't piano or something.
		I don't know which type of synth it was but I do remember the "Casio" logo on it.
	www.pugachov.ru /eem/author.html (548 words)

	EM411.com - [forum] Help me choose... - Electronic Music 411 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I've wanted one for a while but they seem increasingly rare and overpriced, while CZs are a dime a dozen (even though the CZ-101 is over priced compared to the rest of the series).
		The Casio looks as if it might be kind of annoying.
		The CZ can be a little annoying, esp. in regards to the 8 stage envelopes and membrane switches (at least on my 1000, I think the 101 has legit buttons).
	www.em411.com /forum/28902/1/help_me_choose_.html (325 words)

	Modulation
		This type of synthesis was used extensively on the mid '80s Casio CZ synthesizers.
		But, if you're like me you believe that anything emitting a sound is worth something in music, and Casio's CZ range of synthesisers were certainly worth more than they were given credit for.
		In my humble opinion, the Casio CZ synths are some of the most underrated in the business.
	www.analoguesque.com /modsynthesis.htm (4721 words)

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	John's music setup
		It does have a rather strong percussion sample bank and its filters and effects are pretty nice, you can get some cool sounds by tweaking it but you will have to look further than the simple resonance and cutoff knobs which seem to be quite over-hyped.
		Casio has been known for putting out cheap consumer products (at least in the synth market) but actually created a quality line of unique synthesizers with their CZ models.
		Casio also pioneered phase distortion synthesis which is similar to FM-style digital synthesis but much easier to program and not as far removed from analog subtractive syntheses as pure FM, it can sound a lot like these new virtual analog synths that are coming out but at a fraction of the price.
	repetae.net /~john/music (704 words)

	Vintage Synth Explorer - Casio VZ-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Editing is in-depth and quite a different approach than other synths before it.
		Its sounds are akin to the Casio CZ-series and sort of Yamaha DX-like.
		It's not particularly cool, but it looked impressive in its day with the blue back-lit graphical display.
	www.vintagesynth.com /casio/vz1.shtml (178 words)

	CZ 101 Quiz Page1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		4) Describe why the Casio CZ series DCW is very similar in function to a lowpass filter on an analog synthesizer.
		Vibrato is a global parameter on the CZ 101.
		It should use only 1 of the casio's voices.
	music1.csudh.edu /dma435/CZ (473 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is one of those synthesizers where you can spend a lot of time specifying how each note will sound, but for which there is very little you can globally vary about a performance -- no free-running LFO's.
		The real strength of the old analogs was that different modules could be set up to sync with other modules, or simply to modify other modules asynchronously.
		The CZ-1 has a velocity sensitive keyboard with aftertouch, which can interact very nicely with the CZ architecture; you can individually set velocity sensitivity for the pitch envelope, amp envelope and waveform envelope.
	machines.hyperreal.org /manufacturers/Casio/CZ/info/casio.CZ.VZ?0042 (632 words)

	Casio
		Casio, Inc. (Japanese:カシオ計算機株式会社 ''Kashio Keisanki Kabushikigaisha'') is an electronic devices manufacturing company with its headquarters in the Japanese capital, Tokyo.
		The company spells its name with the first letter only capitalized on their web site at http://www.casio.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=corporate.home They also spell it in full caps, but since initial cap is conventional, I changed it to that style.
		thumb400pxThe Casio CZ-1000 synthesizerThe Casio CZ-1000 synthesizer offered full sized keys.
	www.aardogs.com /pages10/14/casio.html (783 words)

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		Therefore let the convention in this list be this: You can post a message like this: "I need to see the manual for X." At which point if you have a manual for X, reply to the person in private mail to arrange however you'd like to help them.
		The CZ line was among the first commercially available MIDI keyboards, something reflected in their goofy MIDI Sysex implementation.
		These synthesizers were apparently quite popular in the interregnum between the early eighties, before which Analog ruled the earth, and after which sample playback spoiled synthesizers.
	machines.hyperreal.org /manufacturers/Casio/Overview/casio.mailing.list.txt (657 words)

	Casio CZ101 Synthesizer user reviews and comments @ Synth Site - home of synth reviews
		Time and information help a lot with the CZ -- Andrew Schlesinger's AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO CASIO CZ SYNTHESIZERS is still available from Amazon.
		Two CZs, tuned to the same patch an octave apart, give a fuller sound for chording situations.
		old synths like the CZ and the Chroma Polaris II are good for their quirks.
	www.sonicstate.com /synth_reviews/_inc/user_comments.cfm?id=227&p=31 (626 words)

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