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Another odd idea that might help build credability in the underground/semi pro scene is to help promote and sponsor artists who use casio gear...when they look good, you look good. Think of it as sponsoring the way that pro skateboarding does...providing gear, development, etc to people who can help you look good. Hey Casio, I'd be game if you are

I think its important to look at niche audiences as this is core to casio. General audience Think Apple. Offer a more integrated quality approach to the home keyboard. use the muscle available and add a great sequencer to a decent sounding but cheap keyboard and you'll have the entry level audience by the throat. extra points for focusing on easy export to pc for sharing online Pro audience Casio has a ton of credibility to gain before its a contender. it started in this direction breifly during the 80's and slightly beyond with its cz synths but was always "a poor man's sports car". Right now the big battle is for analog drum machines..korg is doing it, roland is trying to do it with its *virtual* relaunch of its analog gear (the digital part has people a bit underwhelmed). If casio would enter the analog drum scene with good editability and sound, that would be a major cred booster. what about a model of keyboard featuring all of the classic casio sounds...or a keyboard with the sk-1 sound but with better editing features, more sample time, and maybe multisampling? This would raise some eyebrows for sure. i guess its a matter of do what you do well...better than everyone else. Casio is synonymous with budget, quirky, and lofi...all of which are desirable features these days

http://www.vintagesynth.com/casio/cz1.php there's cz documentation here under manuals- scanned manual and sound design handbook...lots of stuff should apply

one suggestion i'd offer is checking out some of the books on phase distortion synthesis out there...good recipies and you'd get to improve your programming chops. another thing that works well is to take a vst synth like casiopia (cz emulation) and transpose the settings to the cz... if you want to know how to do or approximate a particular sound, one thing you can do is ask

I have a Casio MT 100 and MT 600 and am stunned how nice they sound when resampled into Reason- The drums on the MT-100 are incredibly punchy. Demo 90's arcade chiptune-style track made with instruments costing $5.00 or less- casio sk-1, casio mt-100, mt-600, and yamaha psr-460. Anyone else still putting the mt's through their paces in modern sounding mixes?