Thanks so much for watching! 🙂 It is indeed, I have some links in the description.

Because they had a digital watch makers name slapped across the rear panel. Most people put black tape over it but I didn’t care. My first synth was a CZ-1000, and then I bought an FZ-1 which was a long way ahead of others, even the FZ-1’s synth engine was an amazing version of the CZ series but a lot of people never realised what it could do and just treated it as a sampler. The waveforms were nice but the best thing about them was the 8 step envelope with the sustain step that you could put anywhere within the 8 so you could have amazing control of the attack and attack decay before the sustain step kicked in or do similar after the sustain step before the final decay step. In some ways it was like having a type of appreciator in each of the 6 envelopes so for people like me who learnt how to use them instead of just playing presets they were an amazing machine. Even today most VSTs just give a pathetic ADSR although some let you add steps. I learnt a lot about sound synthesis on those units and found that type of synthesis and layout easy to learn because it made sense to me. After that I got hooked on Ensoniq. I would like to get a VZ-1 and a Kawai K-5000. Too me they are interesting synth engines and despite the fact that I also use VSTs I do like to keep certain bits of hardware.

@@Me-sr9gn I have a VZ-1, a VZ-10M, and a VZ-8m. All are awesome! The 8 is actually the sound unit for my MG-510 MIDI guitar. I hate to say it, but I'll soon have to start selling all my equipment, including my beloved Casio gear. That's going to be hard to do!

Θα το πρότεινα ανεπιφύλακτα!

Danke! 👍

Via midi or cv

This^^^

Hey, thanks for watching and for the useful info! I don't have a version 1 to compare it but I'm pretty happy with the one I have in my studio.

Thank you, much appreciated! 👍

Thank you! It can surely get brutal when the oscillators hit the filter louder but when kept around 50% the Brute sounds nice and soft!

Thank you very much for your kind words!

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Thank you Rania!

Thank you!

Thank you so much for listening! I love this synth!

I was a bit hesitant at first because I wasn't crazy about the sound of the first Brute but this one is exceptionally good!

Thank you so much for watching! More on the way.

Thank you

Hey, thanks so much!! 😊

I don't have an XD-5 but I've heard nice drum sounds out of it. Thanks for listening!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks, yes it is!

Danke!

Hey, thanks! I think you'll enjoy it!

Congratulations, nice synth!

Thanks a lot!

Hey, thanks so much. I'm sure you'll enjoy yours, it's a fantastic synth! Most sounds have a touch of ping-pong delay (NI Replika XT) and reverb (Valhalla Supermassive).

Thank you so much!

Hey, thanks so much!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thanks so much! It’s a very nice sounding synth!

Thanks a lot!

Thanks so much!!

Thank you very much! 😊👍

@@MrWoofer You’re Welcome 👍

Thanks so much! I love your VZ patches!!

@@MrWoofer Wow thanks you so much!!

Thank you so much!

Thank you for this! Yes, both exceptional synths!

@@MrWoofer you’re welcome! I also have a few Yamaha FM synths, my favorite is the FB-01. But I much prefer the sound of PD synths. They work well together together though. I’m likely biased since my 1st synth in the 80’s was a CZ230s. I had a guitar strap for it lol! Keep up the good work. Look forward to more quality reviews from you sir.

Both have their strong and weak points and I love them both! 🙂

I have a kodamo essence fm mk2 i still have it because i love sega genesis fm synthesis and i can make custom waveform for fm algorithms. Casio has its own uniqueness.

Thanks a lot! Exactly, that's why I still keep my TX802 and TX81Z around! 😉

Thanks so much! 👍