Casio CZ-1 digital fatness

The CZ series is a family of low-cost phase distortion synthesizers produced by Casio in the mid-1980s. It can sound very metallic but also fat analogue, almost like an American 80ies synth. It’s perfect for fat bass sounds. I played a lot of those in this demo.
The CZ-1 in this demo is most advanced Synthesizer in the CZ series. It doubled the memory, was multitimbral, also stored splits and layers as "Operation Memories", and added velocity and aftertouch sensitivity to the keyboard, along with programming parameters to control how velocity and aftertouch pressure would affect the sound. 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.
This demo was recorded live and I only used single sounds, no overdubbing also. I didnt use any fx and mastering (only the internal chorus). Just pure, dry and raw.
I played lots of FM like bass sounds, PPG like bells, some fat brass sounds and also crazy stuff.
I hope you enjoy the video. Thanks for watching.

[@philippezsiga1125]

Imagine the Cz1 raw sound through a great chorus/flanger + delay + reverb …… massive

[@classicarcadeamusementpark4242]

Great synth. I have two of them.

[@christdolphin69]

so gorgeous. the cz's are a magical sound. just got a cz3000 and i am in love. i always loved the sound of the 101, but the analog chorus is an extra layer of dust on top of an already organic sound

[@marcusholder495]

Very cool keyboard i love it.

[@hellitastenfan]

Hallo Rüdiger,...da hast Du ja einen gut erhaltenen CZ-1. Die Sounds können auch Heute noch durchaus begeistern. Das Design find ich Klasse. Danke für die DEMO. 👍👍👍😉😊

[@vintagesynths]

Hi Helmut, Vielen Dank für dein Feedback. Morgen ist der weg. Habe ihn verkauft. Ich brauche den nicht und ich habe keine Zeit, mich noch einer anderen Synthesart zu beschäftigen. Wollte nur vor dem Verkauf noch ein Demo machen. Liebe Grüße

[@hellitastenfan]

👍👍👍@@vintagesynths

[@by.lmms.d.1973]

Jolies song, chouettes démos vidéos, 😊❤👍🙏✌

[@lukebussey5218]

Czs sound better than dxs, fight me

[@philippezsiga1125]

Any chance to share/ sell these great patches?

[@Emil-Antonowsky]

Where are these parches from? They are luscious. Are they available? Cheers

[@ymotechnopopfan]

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