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| One of the most powerful forces on the musical instrument market,calculator company Casio burst onto the music scene with the CT201 in 1980.Portable,polyphonic and-well,not exactly powerful-the CT201was the first of a gigantic range of keyboards with built-in speakers,various preset sounds,auto-rhythms,auto-bass,auto-chords and so on.Things got relly interesting with the launch in 1985 of the CZ-101,a portable,fully programmable MIDI synthesizer using the Phrase Distortion system.After producing |
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| casio - continuation |
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| variations such as the CZ1/1000/5000/230S,Casio diversified into drum machines(the sampling RZ1),sequencers and sampling keyboards.The flagships os the Casio fleet are now the impressive VZ1 professional synth and the FZ1 sampler. |
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| In analogue synthesis,it's the Control-Voltage which sets the pitch of the sound oscillators.Roland instruments used a 'one volt per octave'CV:Korg,a logarithmic scale.It was this kind of lack of standardisation which prompted the development of MIDI.MIDI-to-CV convertors allow older synths to be linked to modern MIDI-based systems. |
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| An early form of digital interface between instruments/machines,DCB(Digital Communication Buss)was fitted to Roland's Jupiter 8,Juno 6 and 60.It was discontinued upon the introduction of MIDI,though it's still possible to modify some DCB synths to recognise MIDI signals. |
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| DIGITAL |
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| Usually,as opposed to analogue.A digital system is a microprocessor controlled unit which operates by breaking down information into packets of numbers in its computer memory.Whether thise represent the fequency waveform of a sample,the parameters of a synth sound patch,the notes of a sequence or the sounds of your master tape,digital information usually has to be put through a digital-to-analogue convertor before it becomes useful.For instance,the sounds of a DX7 are created digitally,but are Continue |
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