The pouches on the front of the bag are too small for the manuals for the synth. So I put the manuals inside poly sleeves and inside the bag with the synth.

The outside pouches are good for a small sustain pedal, a power supply, a cartridge and a small speaker (the cz230s has a built in speaker so I don't need one there). Ah, and the guitar strap. Not an original #Casio but an #ErnieBall #cz101

I finally gave up finding a bag made specially for the #Casio #cz101. The cz101 is not very long and not very wide or thick. It is even smaller than the #cz230s. I had bought this Akozlin keyboard bag for a 49 keys, at 31"x10"x4" it fit reasonably well the cz230s, although a little long and wide. I bought another one to store the cz101. I just added a piece of black foam on one side. It's ok, not perfect, but serves its purpose.

#Casio #casiotone #synth #midi #keyboard #cosmosynth #bag

"How to create sounds right away (even if you have never touched a synthesizer before!)"

Casio Cz series sound synthesis handbook. It complements the operation manual.

#Casio #Cz #synthesis #handbook #music #cz101 #cz230s #cz1000 #cz3000 #cz5000 #manual #midi #keyboard #vintage

@bloke_zero the cz5000 was the top of the line Cz. More waveforms and a sequencer too. The Ezcz cartridge is not very common but you should be able to find the Casio RA3 memory card. Is your display ok?

#Casio #Cz #ra3 #cz101 #cz5000

I replaced the 2xAAA batteries in my EZCZ memory card but too late. The patches are garbled, but no big deal the CZ101 is easy to program. The ezcz has 4 banks selected by dip switches, each with 16 patches for 64 sounds. I don't even bother with the internal memory (held by 6 D batteries,, not convenient).

#Casio #cz101 #synthesis #synth #casiotone #midi #keyboard #memory #synthesizer #phasedistortion #ringmodulation #digital #programming #sounddesign #hardware #cz

A full 2 years before the Roland D20, Casio released the CZ230s in 1986. Take a Casio CZ101 synth, a programmable Casio RZ1 drum machine, add a sequencer, a speaker and what do you have? A workstation. Since it works on battery power, we could even say it is the first mobile music workstation. It is missing the floppy drive but you can use ram cards. You can also use something like an Alesis Datadisk if you need a disk

#casio #cz230s #workstation #synthesizer #drums #synthesizer #cz101 #rz1

A Casio CZ-101 that refuses to stay in tune. It turns out the PCB for the [Master Tune] buttons was corroded beyond repair. These are a high-fail item and NLA so it was not looking good!

I found some low-profile Alps tact switches that fitted perfectly when glued onto the old PCB - just two small washers and everything worked great again! And it’s right on tune now 🎹😊

One last thing - clean the super scratchy volume slider, and it’s ready to go home!

#Casio #CasioCZ101 #CZ101 #VintageDigital