Electone Dreams... Part IX

And so I kept searching.  I want to give a very special thanks to flametopfred on youtube for helping me to eventually make my final decision.  I found a church about 400 miles away that was giving away an Electone E-70.  Flametopfred has posted many videos about this instrument.  If it had not been for his shared knowledge I may have never contacted the pastor and made the 12 hour road trip to that little Baptist church to continue the legacy.  What follows next is a detailed narration of that road trip...  I hope that you enjoy it.

Casio Synthesizer - Why Casio? The Dream Maker

You know, I take alot of flack for the Casio sythesizers so I thought it might be a good thing to explain my position.  Here it is...  Nostalgia, affordability and accessibility.
When I was a little kid.  I didn't sit around dreaming of buying a Jupiter 8 or an OB-12.  My dream was to buy a Casio PL5 with the barcode reader.  I used to see it in the department store display case and dream about all the great music that I could make with it.  My grandmother (R.I.P.) took notice and eventually bought me one for my birthday.
I've got to think that there are millions of people throughout the world just like me.  I will be forever thankful to the Casio company for figuring out a way to make electronic instruments affordable to all of the poor dreamers out there.
As I grew older, I graduated to more expensive instruments made by the "pro" brands.  Most of those instruments have died on me but my Casio's are still running just fine.
Here's to all the kids out there, throughout the world who are making their dreams happen on a Casio synthesizer.  May your instrument serve you well.

Casio Synthesizer - Casiotone 1000P

The Casiotone 1000P was the very first programmable casio synthesizer.  It is a sine wave synthesizer with a programmable arpeggiator.  Here are some of the synth specs:

Casiotone 1000P

Number of Keys

• 61 Keys (5 Octaves)

Chords

• 8 Note Polyphonic

Preset Sounds

• Pipe Organ
• Brilliant Organ
• Jazz Organ
• Bassoon
• Wah Brass
• Piano
• Vibraphone
• Celesta
• Chime
• Flute

Programmable Sounds

• 1000 Possible

Programmable Features

• Feet
• Envelope
• Modulation

Arpeggiator

• Tempo
• Variable via Control Knob
• Preset Pattern
• 16 Step up/down
• Programmable Pattern
• Maximum of 127 Steps with 9 Note Pitches
• Rests are Programmable
• Storage in Memory is Possible

Effects

• Sustain
• Vibrato
• Delayed Vibrato
• Heavy Vibrato

I just put up a video on youtube showing off the presets.  I'll put up another one soon showing how to program sounds and patterns.  Enjoy!

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Casiotone 1000P

Thanks for looking.  Feel free to explore my blog for other casio synthesizers.

Sequential Circuits - Prophet 2000

Early sampler from 1985 with the legendary SCI analog filters in it.  An amazing instrument.  You can see me running through the presents on youtube at this link.  I've also got it up for sale on ebay right now.  Enjoy!