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The CZ synths were really underrated, I think because the presets IMHO are a bit rubbish.
I still love them though. Phase distortion can make some really great noises with a bit of coaxing.
I have the bigger CZ-5000 with the built in sequencer I bought used in the 90s and still play. I think it was probably used most famously by Drexciya but the Kevin Saunderson "Reece Bass" sound was everywhere in early jungle.
I like this CZP-1 soft synth. It's pretty nice once you flip the flow from left to right to top to bottom.
I you have CZ-5000 you’re probably aware of Satoshi & Makoto who are making music using only CZ-5000 with its 8-track sequencer.
https://www.satoshiandmakoto.com/
Oh! No I wasn't, thank you.
Agreed. I was lucky and found both a CZ-1 and a VZ-10m at low cost in the late 90s/early 2000s. I'm happy to see people exploring their synthesis mechanism in a form with a better UI.
Why is it so difficult to buy N-octave mini keyboards, for various N>2, with a good built-in set of samples?
Its not? Yamaha Reface.
But they don't have an acoustic piano built in (yes, I know, the CP has an acoustic piano as an easter egg, but that doesn't count).
Playing acoustic piano patches on my reface wasn’t a good experience. Seems all those light actions have hyper sensitive black keys.
Yamaha’s piano presets are perfectly fine for the intended use case. Have a jam with it, sit it in the mix, you’ll see .. of course it’s not going to be their concert grand ..
BoC mentioned on the HN frontpage is a nice surprise :)
BoC AND Casio CZ mentioned both in same article? I’m sold.
https://bocpages.org/wiki/Equipment#CZ-101
I don't know who posted this but I also watched the original video and wished I could access those patches so thank you
For old-school vintage synth patch wizardry with retro videos, Jexus is a favorite: https://youtube.com/@jexus?si=PkJuiLJaUpj3yjZl
The original author of the patches (oliveoil22) is on the KeyOsc forum, if you're interested: https://forum.keyosc.com/topic/2293-casio-cz-101-the-90s-key...
Disclaimer: I'm an admin there.
CZ-101 owner here. After the TB-303, I'm not sure there are many other small form-factor synths that have had such an outside impact on electronic music From early Chicago House using the "HiString" preset here, and used all OVER loads of electro https://youtu.be/m78Nx3de6wg?si=1Ya5Q3I967xOGUuu Two Bad Mice "Bomb Scare" with the CZ organ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVv40_9NSo then the "Reese Bass" that powered much of jungle and drum and bass after Kevin "Reese" Saunderson, one of the Detroit Pioneers who came up with it for a techno track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjduK8Ip0Ls&t=55s
I was obsessed with Boards of Canada as a high school kid. Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi are must listens