![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the CZ's non-analog waveforms, when combined, sound less thin, albeit with a distinct digital quality to them. The CZ synths, when emulating a classic analog synth, tend to sound somewhat thin. In addition to a simple pitch vibrato, the CZ synthesizer allows the two waveforms to be ring modulated, allowing a lot of "DX7" style sounds, as well as having the second oscillator "noise" modulated, which can make for some interesting percussive sounds. Since the phase distortion filter did not have filter resonance, three of the eight waveforms included with the CZ series crudely emulated it. When two oscillators are stacked, each oscillator can have its own pitch, filter, and volume envelope. ![]() Since the synthesizer is fully digital, it is more flexible than a traditional analog synths in a few ways: I already mentioned it had more waveforms than an old-school analog synth it also uses eight stage envelopes instead of a traditional ADSR envelope. A sine wave is modulated to sound like a sawtooth, square, pulse, or any of a few non-traditional waveforms - a waveform "morphs" between a sine wave and the waveform with full harmonics, sounding something like a classic analog filter. The CZ series uses a very crude simulation of analog synthesizers called "Phase distortion". It was no preset synth: The machine was fully programmable. With a street price in 1986 of only $300, the CZ-1000 made it possible for pretty much anyone to get a synthesizer. While other companies made low cost (or, should I say, lower cost) digital or hybrid synths first (Korg led the way in the early 1980s, with their Polysix, Poly-61, and 707 synthesizers), Casio made fully programmable polyphonic synthesizers really affordable with their CZ lineup. The Casio CZ-1000 is a 49 key, 8 voice digital synthesizer, featuring dual oscillators (8 waveforms with ring and noise mod), dedicated 8 stage pitch, phase, and volume envelopes per voice, along with vibrato, portamento, 32 presets (16 editable) and MIDI.In the 1980s, digital technology made programmable polyphonic synthesizers affordable. ![]()
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