Casio CZ-101

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:44 pm

So I just grabbed a cz-101 off ebay. Been looking into getting a synth for a while and the price was right. I hear good things about it. Plus it runs on batteries

anyone ever had one ? care to share some advice on it or just synthesis in general. I know a little but not much. Thanks !

Mr.Thiel · Post by **Mr.Thiel** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:19 pm

One time i had to drive to Madison to pick up this dudes s2000, and he had a cz 101 also. He let me play for a bit and it sounded real dope. I think it shall serve you well =]. How much did it run you?

space.age.sound · Post by **space.age.sound** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:00 am

I was looking into buying one,
never did,

but everyone recommended it alot.

Dj Frantic · Post by **Dj Frantic** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:11 pm

thanks for the feedback. I cost me $140 shipped. Should be here by next week. Lookin foward to it !

enossified · Post by **enossified** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 3:41 pm

It has an early 80s digital sound, kinda like a poor man's DX7. When it came out in the 80s at less than $500 it blew a lot of people's minds. Back then there were no synths that ran on batteries let alone cost well under $1000...and that's in 1980s dollars.

The presets (16) are pretty cheesy, you'll probably find a few you like. The rest is up to you, but it can only store 16 of your sounds onboard at a time.

The coolest feature is the envelope generators which have 8 stages (most synths only have 4) so it can create sounds that have a lot of motion. Another neat feature is that it is multimbral which means it can be used as four monophonic synths at the same time on different MIDI channels if you drive it from a sequencer.

It has strap buttons, you can hang it off a guitar strap and run around the stage at gigs