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Casiotone refers to a series of home electronic keyboards released by Casio Computer Co., Ltd. in the early 1980s. In 2019 the series was revived with the launch of three new keyboards.[1] Casio claims that the Casiotone 201 (CT-201) was 'the first electronic keyboard with full-size keys that anyone could afford'.[2]
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The first Casiotone keyboards used a sound synthesis technique known as vowel-consonant synthesis to approximate the sounds of other instruments (albeit not very accurately). Most Casiotone keyboards were small, with miniature keys designed for children's fingers, and were not intended for use by professional musicians; they usually contained a rhythm generator, with several user-selectable rhythm patterns, and often the means to automatically play accompaniments. While the name 'Casiotone' disappeared from Casio's new keyboard catalog when more accurate synthesis technologies became prevalent, their low cost and abundance made them fairly common fixtures in garage rock bands. Musicians and bands known to use Casiotone keyboards include: Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, Dan Deacon, Lettie, Maurizio Arcieri of Krisma, Kevin Parker of Tame Impala, Turnstyle, Trio, Ozma, Cobol Pongide and Hedluv, Chiara Lee of Father Murphy, Elena Lozovskaya.
VL-Tone VL-1 (1979, pre-Casiotone)
Casiotone 201 (1980, 1st Casiotone)
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- Fullsize keyboards include the Casiotone 404/ 405 (fake woodgrain case like Casiotone 401), the Casiotone 610 (or CT-610?, similar with 61 keys and stereo chorus, woodgrain and silver version exists), the similar CT-620, likely the Casio CT-605 (61 keys, mono), the Casio CT-430 (49 keys, stereo) and the Casio CT-310 (mono, 49 keys, only 12.
- The CasioTone 405 from Casio is a 49 key analog keyboard that can take 2 different inputs (foot switch and a sustain pedal). It also has an out put for your headphone jack. Since its analog and its an older keyboard from Casio there really wasn’t too many sounds that came with it, I think no more than 25 or 30 and the effects where very basic.
Casiotone 401 (1981, 1st Casiotone with polyphonic auto accompaniment)
Casiotone 501 (1983, successor to CT-401)
Casiotone MT-60 (identical case design with later MT-45)
Casio CZ-101 (1984, phase distortion synthesis)
Sampletone SK-1 (1985, sampler)
Families[edit]
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Old Casiotone keyboards came in three distinct families, separated by the method of synthesis.[citation needed]
- The famous VL-Tone VL-1 (1979) uses a method of sound synthesis based on the Walsh function.
- Keyboards such as the CT-202 (c. 1981) use vowel-Consonant synthesis. The later model of this family, the MT-65, is one of the more well known and sought after models, as it also contains auto-accompaniment drum beats and bass lines.
- Some other keyboards (such as the MT-35 and MT-45) use a combination of two different binary weighted numbers (1 and 64). The larger weight bit provides the fundamental, and the smaller weight bit provides the harmonic complexity.
The later, more professional range of keyboards, the CZ series (1984–1986), used phase distortion synthesis, which is mathematically almost identical to Yamaha's frequency modulation synthesis, although implemented slightly differently in order to avoid patent infringement.
After the release of famous Casio SK-1 in 1985, gradually PCM sample based tone generator became dominant in Casio keyboards line. After the 1990s, most Casio keyboards utilize PCM tone generator or its variants.
Some early 1980s models in the PT series of keyboards, such as the PT-30, PT-50, PT-80 and PT-82, were not marketed under the Casiotone name. The name was revived again later for models such as the PT-87 (which is basically the same as the PT-82) which was again sold as Casiotone.
ROM Packs[edit]
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Some models sold from 1983 onwards included a cartridge bay to accept Casio ROM Packs which contained sheet music in a digital format. The keyboards could play the notes automatically, or (with the exception of the PT-50[3]) illuminate LEDs above each key to teach the user how to play the song. Most keyboards came with one ROM Pack as standard, but a large number of additional packs, covering a wide range of musical genres, were available to purchase separately.[4] The last ROM Pack model was the CT-840, which came out in 1990.
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^Casio Unveils Revamped Casiotone Series At Summer NAMM 2019[1]
- ^'Casiotone Series | Casio Music Gear'. www.casiomusicgear.com. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
- ^Casio PT-50 Unlike the later ROM Pack keyboards, there are no LEDs above the keys.
- ^List of Casio ROM Packs
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