Casio CZ Synthesizers
The Casio CZ series came out in the mid 80s as a way to have a phase distortion device that was professional and affordable. To make the item cheap, Casio implemented a digital synthesis device instead of the analog devices that were in use at the time. Several people complained of the somewhat “tinny” of the digital synthesis sound of the CZ series of keyboards when they first came out. The great thing about Casio implementing Phase Distortion is that it will thicken up and darken the tones that are analog-esque.
My favorite of this series is the CZ-101. From the wikipedia page:
The CZ-101 was the first and best-selling synthesizer in this line. Approximately 68,500 were manufactured. Released in November 1984, it was one of the first (if not the first) fully programmable polyphonic synthesizers that was available for under $500. In order to keep the price low, several compromises were made. The CZ-101 only had 49 keys (4 octaves from C to C) instead of the 61 keys most synthesizers had. Instead of full sized keys, the CZ-101 used miniature keys.
Used by Jean Michel Jarre and Vince Clark (Depeche Mode, Erasure, Yazoo)
http://www.retrosound.de/cz-1.html
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