leo@tiger.Princeton.EDU (Hsiung Young) (04/01/88)
I guess my previous post didn't go out successfully. So I re-post it again. I am in the market for an MIDI compatible electrnic keyboard. The most coomon one that I found in the magazine is Casio CZ 101. But as I shopped around in the nearby mall last weekend. I found some less expensive MIDI compatible keyboard also made by Casio. So my questions are: 1. Why is the CZ 101 more popular than the other model? And what is the reasonable price nowadays? 2. Any other suggestion for a cheap keyboard? I am just a beginner in playing the instrument. Thanks in advance. leo%tiger@Princeton.EDU
UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET (04/06/88)
>Date: 1 Apr 88 01:19:56 GMT >from: mind!tiger!leo@princeton.edu (Hsiung Young) >Subject: CZ 101 >I am in the market for an MIDI compatible electrnic keyboard. The most >2. Any other suggestion for a cheap keyboard? I am just a beginner in >playing the instrument. I don't know too much about the models on the low end, but what you should look for is at least something with what is known as velocity sensitivity. That allows keys which are pressed harder to sound louder. If it does not have velocity sense, all the notes will sound the same. If you are at all serious about playing a keyboard, you will should have this. It is important for developing your keyboard technique. Again, I don't know too much about the casios, but I know there are cheap Yamahas which use the FM method of synthesis, in which you can adjust the parameters of the sound and synthesize your own sound, as opposed to just selection a preset. Sorry I don't have anything more specific as to models, but I hope this helps, Jeff Beer UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET "I'll play it and tell you what it is later" - Miles Davis
boblind@percival.UUCP (Bob Lindstrom) (04/10/88)
>>from: mind!tiger!leo@princeton.edu (Hsiung Young) >>Subject: CZ 101 > >>I am in the market for an MIDI compatible electrnic keyboard. The most >>2. Any other suggestion for a cheap keyboard? I am just a beginner in >>playing the instrument. In the several responses to this message, no one seems to be aware that Casio has discontinued the CZ-101. They are now pushing the HT-700, a mini-key synthesizer with slightly easier programming and some drum box- like features. In some ways, this is a less flexible machine than the CZ-101 but it is also more of an all-in-one instrument for the entry-level user. -- | Troutdale Shrine of Computing ** Bob Lindstrom, perpetrator | | "What doesn't kill me" ** UUCP:percival!boblind | | "makes me fat." ** PLink: Bob L. Q-Link:Lindstrom| | - Friedrich Neetcha ** CIS: 72030,224 |