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This was one of the first synths I bought, back in the late eigthies.
The first thing it did when I got it out of the box, was to annoy me by being completely silent! After an hour checking out the manual, I discovered that the volume levels were internally set to 0!!! When it did finally make a sound, I was dead chuffed. It sounded very nice indeed. A bit thin sounding by today's standards, but versatile and full of character back then.
Basically it's a preset version of the CZ-101, and larger (full size keys) CZ-1000. The 100 presets give you a good range of sounds. The last four (mostly useless) patches can be over-written, but you'll need an external device to achieve this.
The drums were naff early PCM jobs. But this thing was four part multi-timbral over midi, and also had a sequencer that could sync to midi. This was really cutting edge stuff at the time!
Unfortunately I sold it many years ago, and replaced it with a Casio VZ-1. Although the VZ-1 looked and sounded a lot bigger than the CZ, it didn't have the same character, and eventually I sold the VZ-1 as well. I know which machine will live longer in my memory...
I've got an old tape somewhere, that could be converted to an MP3, If anyone wants a demo of what it sounds like.
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