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Average rating:
4.5 out of 5
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a friend let me borrow this thing to sample the hell out it. i must say that there is something truly great about everything casio put it's hand's on in the 80's. they are the only one's to give such cheap toyish equipment a SOUL. this thing is so much fun, the last instrument that gave me this much inspiration was my cz101.i actually wrote the chorus to song whlie i was driving, don't recommend that to anyone else, but it was so easy to do with that little keyboard now i am on a mission to find my own....
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Bought mine in 1989 for �5. Sampled the dinky drum tones, don't know why. Great as a gimmick in the early 80's but lets face it, without any outboard efx it's CRAP! Still their seems to be a resurgence of interest, WHY? I'll sell mine for a squillion quid! Maybe not? Oh god now the LCD doesn't work. tssk...
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I have just gotten reacquainted with an old friend of mine, the Casio VL-1, aka VL-Tone. Back in 1983, synths were still very expensive, but a friend of mine was kind enough to sell me his VL-1 and I was able to make good use of its sequencer and �ADSR� sound generation mode to create crude, but effective tunes, or sketches of tunes which I would later recreate in the studio using �serious� instruments. During one such studio session, I ran the VL-1 through reverb and was quite impressed by the little ivory beast�s unique sound. Years later, around the time everyone was selling their analogue and FM synths to get Korg M1s etc., I sold my VL-1 to a friend who collected vintage computers and other 80s gadgetry. What a mistake� Thanks to eBay, I was able to find a decent replacement for my long lost VL-Tone, and I�m now using it in new tracks. Sure it�s a tiny toy, sure it sounds dreadful through it�s internal speaker, but run it through effects, and you�ll have something which nothing else can emulate; and that�s what really counts in the end, it�s all about the character of an instrument, a quality that is only now starting to become a key factor with synth designers. KEY TRACKS: King Headley Computes
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Yes Yes, This little machine is So F*C*I*G good, You can program wacky space sounds with it, I have one, And I Like it, I like it to play a bit, or fore the spacy sounds you can make with it. Yes its very good
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The Casio VL 1 Tone is a beast. What more could you ask for? It's got a built in calculator, I mean, come on... If you're going for the pro grooves, or just messing around in your home studio The Casio VL 1 is the most important tool for any electronic musician.
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