Casiotone201 in mint condition FOR SALE! Casio's first ever electronic keyboard with a tone memory!!
*EXTREMELY RARE* This quite heavy wooden thing from was the world first music keyboard ever created by Casio and constitutes basically also the world first digital sound bank instrument because it had already 29 partly unusual preset sounds. Those are selected through the white keyboard keys. The "tone" switch offers 2 envelope variants for each sound and thus doubles the number of presets to 58 sound in total. All sounds are based on 2 mixed multipulse squarewaves with independent digital envelopes those are sent through different capacitor filters. The resulting timbres remind to C64 or historical videogame musics. Casio called this system Consonant Vowel synthesis. main features: 49 fullsize keys built-in speaker (with sufficient bass but some upper midrange resonance) polyphony 8 notes 29 preset sounds {Elec. Piano/ Cello, Elec. Guitar, Koto, Banjo, Elec. Clavichord, Harp 1, Ukulele, Harp 2, Glockenspiel, Lyre, Bell Lyra, Celesta, Harpsichord 1 & 2, Organ 1 & 2, Fluegelhorn, Trumpet, Pipe Organ 1 & 2, Viola/ Thrombone, Cello, Brass, Wood 1 & 2, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, WA WA} selected by white keyboard keys + mode switch useless "tone memory" 4 step switch to assign 4 of the preset sounds for quick access vibrato switch no sustain switch (only pedal input) "tone" switch (selects between 2 envelope variations for each sound and thus doubles the sound palette) timbres based on 2 mixed multipulse squarewave tones with different digital envelopes those are differently low pass filtered through capacitors. According to Robin Whittle's bulletin "Modifying the Casiotone Instruments" from , both CPUs run independently in sync with each other and do the same, with the only difference that they contain each a different set of preset sounds in their internal ROM. This way any preset sound of the instrument is layered from the differently filtered sound outputs of both CPUs. CPUs "NEC D771G, E" and "NEC D772G, E" (both 64 pins with strange zigzag layout) jacks for mains cord, aux. in, line out, tape echo device ("from", "to"), sustain & foot volume pedals Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit