Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

>Recently I got a CASIO CTK-1000 synthesizer. It uses IXA engine, which
>combines PCM and 'Nonlinear' synthesis.
>I added a CTK-1000 page on my site, and uploaded information and sound
>examples.
>
>Please take a look and tell me any information about CTK-1000.
>
>http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/index.html

Nice.  Sounds much better than I would have thought, like a D50 or an M1.  I 
really wish Casio had still been in the pro market at that point, because 
that could have made a really interesting synth.

There really needs to be more people out there who investigate the weird 
obscure synths that everyone else has forgotten about.  Maybe you can check 
out the Casiotone 1000P next, or the Cheetah MS800 :)  I would have gotten a 
1000P off of ebay a while back, but the HT-6000 I got over the summer took 
up the last available space in my bedroom.

I haven't got anything to add about the CTK-1000, but I did find out a 
couple of interesting things recently:

You mentioned the MT-600 on the SD synthesis page.  I saw a couple of them 
on Ebay and emailed someone who had one.  They seem to just be preset 
versions of the HT-700.  I'm not sure if they have filters or not, but they 
don't look particularly interesting.

Also I scanned the Analogue Heaven archives for Casiotone info (yes, I'm a 
nerd) and I came across a nicely informative email from Robin Whittle.  I 
mentioned to you before something that he had written about early 80's Casio 
hardware, and this had a lot of the same info but with a few other 
interesting points: apparently the MT-70 used some sort of additive 
synthesis!  This is interesting, as I had assumed that it had the same sort 
of sound as the MT-68 and other things from that era.  Maybe I'll have to 
buy one of these too (though I have more than enough toys at the moment).

Anyway it's always great to find new information on these things.

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