@@FLH3official if it inspires you to create, then sure why not?! This particular Casio doesn't appeal to me or my tastes, but I can see a purpose for it... Which is a far cry better than a lot of things you see on the Bad Gear channel on here. ;)
@@JayKaufman Maybe in 40 years it will be the Casio Rapman, why not, the cult instrument of the early 2000 everybody ignored; and we'll all regret not to have buy one when it was 500 $/€. Or not. We'll have to see that on the BadGear channel of the 2060 if we can still buy AC electricity to run our computers. I take the risk, I wait 2060 😀
Awesome video! Casio kills. Here In Taiwan the accompaniments is a must at many social events, weddings and funerals. There’s a whole culture of live karaoke with a keyboard man playing hundreds of songs so the attendees to these events can sing their hearts out. One small detail: Tango from Argentina/Uruguay, Cueca from Chile. Abrazos Benn.
Old school synth guy here. Must be honest, I’ve just become really cynical and bored with modern synths but this is cool 😂 never thought I would spend almost 30 minutes watching a review on the new Casio keyboard! Thanks Ben
I know there’s probably a lot of professional musicians who will stick their nose up at this thing, but to me it looks like a lot of fun! Isn’t that part of why people create music in the first place? Awesome review of this new keyboard, I just ordered mine yesterday and am pumped to get my hands on it!
if a unit came out like this in the late 80s or early 90s it would be top of the line professional, the same people who turn away from these units, buy less capable vintage synths for a lot more money. They don't like it because it says casio and costs less than $1500 and it has built in speakers
Seven-year-old Benn praying his Christmas list to 🎅 is my emotional rescue this third week of January, 2022. My first Casio 🎄 🎁 was a VL-Tone 🎹 and I used to play The Beatles’ version of Till There Was You with a Bossanova rhythm. Later, I bought an SK-5 and a CZ-101. So, yeah, this video hits it out of the park for me. Thank you, Bennio.
That Casio love right here. Rocking the Casio Privia PX-5S. 88 Weighted keys, lots of sounds, also a MIDI controller. Love it! Thanks for talking about the Casio line.
if they made a compact desktop version, without a keyboard, but with full midi in, out & thru, i would buy it right away. i just don't have the desk space for this. thanks for the demo.
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For that you can use the tc electronics perform ve
@ thanks for the tip. i had not heard of the tc electronics perform ve. it looks pretty good for sampling vocals through a mic and manipulating those samples, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have a speech synthesizer like the CT-S1000v. keeping my fingers crossed for a desktop CT-S1000v without keys & speakers, but with proper midi. if not, maybe Behringer will make something similar hehe. cheers :)
Fantastic demo. Using custom waveforms in the vocal synthesis engine could be a fun way to get some unique sounds. I really wish casio made a full blown iPad patch editor for this. I think it would help with the sound editing and be a much nicer screen to look at than the dated design on the keyboard itself. I can't wait to see how they iterate on this tech in the future, but it looks very interesting to me right now.
Thank you for always having the most entertaining product reviews! There's definitely a lot of potential with this synth. This is something my son (and I) would enjoy exploring.
Hey, having owned every synth that mattered in the last 20 years, Im really looking to find something that brings back the fun in making music. I own a MODX and JDxi and think this will make me smile so thank you immensly for taking the time to make me feel involved and invested in a video. I seldom get past 10 minutes with a review of a Poly Brute or Take 5 so well done bud. :-)
My Vsynth GT's vocal designer ain't worlds apart from that affordable kb & I could've easily indulged that charming in depth review longer than it already is.
Spent and afternoon at Guitar Center. THIS SYNTH was the most fun instrument in the store, hands down. Inspiring as hell. ALSO, keys have a great feel, much better than arturia, m-audio, novation etc at similar price
Randomly found this video and I can't play an instrument but just the amount of features and how much I enjoyed the music for a "funny" keyboard is absurd for me. I think this keyboard has a lot of potential for just interesting music just fussing about trying stuff like this review shown. I mean I ended up watching all of it because the features. Great work and thanks for sharing this video.
@@matthewgaines10 Plus the name" Casio" and" synth" just isn't taken seriously for people who associate synths with names like" Moog" or"ARP" and"Prophet" etc, etc.
I do not understand how didn't I stumble upon this gem of a channel before. You, sir, are the peak of comedy and information in one. Good job, thanks for the content and stay healthy!
You finally convinced me to finally pull the trigger on an electric piano after well over 2 years of sitting on the idea. I ended up getting the CT-S1 for my first "real" keyboard to learn piano on. I had no idea about it and it fit the bill for what I was looking for. Thank you!
I also got a CT-S1 for my first keyboard to learn ~4months ago. I think it's great, nice tones and good features once you learn the functions. How are you finding yours?
This is the best video that explains the vocal synthesis part of this keyboard. I'm already familiar with the Casio tones and rhythms but the vocal synthesis part is mystery until now.
Bahahahah love you dood!!! Glad to see both Casio back in the Synth game (I have a Casio XW synth (1 of a pair of Casio synths that I believe were before this the last synths Casio has made in over a decade) which is amazing & super underrated. & always glad to see a new type of synthesis, especially when in hardware form!!!!
Some of the toy casios have INSANELY cool sounds on them. The SA-10 for instance has some sounds that I use to this day, and it has a jack out! I've used one of the bass patches on a bunch of my tunes, and the lead guitar makes for the craziest deep house chord-sound. Partly due to the sounds themselves, partly due to the converters and sound of the synth itself - Many low res digital sounds are a staple in many sub genres of electronic music. Sample a couple octaves and use your DAW to tweak a filter, the envelope and anything else you like, the EXS24 in Logic for instance is great for this. Sampling toy keyboards can give you very unique sounds no one else uses.
I have not seen a Ben&Gear vid in a while. The synth looks really fun. A decent price point. I have a soft spot for Casio and Yamaha synths. My Polly synth is a Yamaha PSS 480. 2 operators. I have considered an XW-P1, but now I am going to look into this.
I have. Pss470, my fave "toy keyboard" for sure. I absolutely love mine! Run it through a filter and delay(thank Korg monotron Space Delay for teaching me the ways..), and turn those cheesy drum machine rhythms into some sweet stuff for sure
@@tylerevans1700 I also have a PSS 460, and I think that it is similar to the 470. I love it too. I have not thought to run it it through that Korg delay. I will be doing that soon.
I've been working on this electronic/pop record for 5 years, using all kinds of vocal synthesis and processing and now that it's almost complete, THIS comes out. Argh. Great review.
My very first keyboard was a Casio PT-87, then in 1997 my paternal Aunt loaned us a Casio MT-210. Then in 2004 my Dad bought a Casio LK-35 at Big W which was being sold off thinking £150 was cheap ( I can't believe the LK-35 was over £200 when it first came out! ). After getting the Casio LK-35 my parents decided that it was time to give the Casio MT-210 back to my Aunt and thought maybe my younger cousin might like it but unfortunately in 2005 my Aunt sold the Casio MT-210 so that my cousin could have a piano as my cousin took piano lessons as a child. In 2005 my maternal grandparents got thier Yamaha PSR-18 out of the cupboard and as I liked the PSR-18 in summer 2005 I also decided to buy a second hand Yamaha PSS-16 as it was a mini version of the PSR-18 and has quite a few instrument sounds the Casio LK-35 lacked even though I wasn't yet there with doing multi tracking. I used to like watching Casio LK keyboards and Privia digital pianos when they were shown on Ideal World and the Casio digital pianos sounded really stunning ( In December 2005 I remember being very jealous when they demonstrated an LK-93 as it was similar to the CT-S1000v although the LK-93 didn't sound quite as good but I was already planning to buy a Yamaha PSR-295 in the future ). So in March 2006 I decided to finally get a Yamaha PSR-295 as that model was going to be discontinued ( I also bought a Yamaha PSS-280 in March 2006 to use with the PSR-295 as I wanted the PSS-280 mainly for it's celesta sound and it was also fun to have another cheesy lofi sounding keyboard ). In May 2006 I finally bought one of the last Yamaha PSR-295's even though my parents suggested I waited for the new E403 but I think I made the right choice getting the PSR-295 as E403's are known for having intermittent fault and some E403's didn't even last 5 years plus I had already got acquainted with the PSR-295 and it's what I should have started out with in 2004 instead of wasting money on the Casio LK-35. The next keyboard I bought in 2008 was my first of 2 Yamaha PSS-790s, my main motive for buying the PSS-790 was because I needed a midi keyboard for my Roland MC-505 groovebox which my older brother got as a gift from one of my uncles for Christmas 1999 but in 2007 my older broher was no longer interested in the groovebox so he let me have it! The Yamaha PSS-790 was what really got me into doing song covers and I had always wanted a keyboard with lofi PCM sounds and drums so it the was perfect all in one solution for lofi PCM sounds. Also in summer 2008 I inherited my late maternal grandparent's Yamaha PSR-18, in 2009 I also bought a Casio SA-10 after kicking myself way back in 2005 for not buying a Casio SA-1 I saw at a market stall. In 2011 when my Great Aunt passed away I was given an Acoustic Solutions MK2054 which was pretty rubbish keyboard but in 2018 I decided to sell it and buy a Yamaha PSS-470 as I was really into the Yamaha Porta Sound keyboards with digital synthesizer. In November 2020 I finally bought a Casio CT-700 after playing on one at afterschool club way back in August 2001 and I'm still having fun with my Casio CT-700! In April or May 2021 I also bought a Yamaha PSS-680. In 2022 I bought a second Yamaha PSS-790 as one of the buttons on the original PSS-790 no longer works so it's in the garage as a spare and the Casio LK-35 was also put in the garage after I bought the Casio CT-700. Casio always had slightly better E pianos, clavis and organ sounds than Yamaha at least in an entry level keyboard but now I'm more interested in the lofi 80s Casiotones like the MT-500 as it's basically a keyboard and a drum machine in one along with several other models, I'm hoping to get an MT-500 for my birthday soon. I might also get a CZ-101 at some point in the future. I think unless your a songwriter or someone that plays at venues I would reccomend a consumer level arranger keyboard like this Casio CT-S1000v or an E473 over something like a Tyros 5 or a Genos ( I have seen some amateurs using flagship keyboards thinking that they sound good just because they have the most expensive keyboard yet their playing skills say otherwise, I very nearly fell into that trap myself with the Tyros 5 but fortunately I didn't get one in the end ).
"raise your hands up" is definitely the Casio version of "errbody put your hands in the air" ... and I absolutely can't wait for this split in the timeline.
I have one if these in the way from Zzounds. A friend of mine got a Casio that has great sounds, so after looking at some of their synths, this one really caught my eye. 2 more days and it'll be here. 40 bucks a month for a year, I couldn't hold back and ordered one
Great video, persuaded me to get it and glad I did. Great fun synth with lots of quality useable sounds and the vocal synthesis is really well implemented.
OMG - I just discovered you because I wanted to watch a few tutorials while my 1000v is being shipped to me and I DO FEEL beyond entertained. That portable jail idea for your Grand Ma did sound like the ultimate level in practicality in one's expressing themselves as a self-revealing genius prior to turning 7, EVEN!.. Give yourself a kiss on the shoulder for choosing to be vulnerable although your purpose was to review a phenomenal product by a phenomenal brand; which is not only BIG IN JAPAN.
Awesome and super tight video man, thanks! Funny as stitt, bright, extremely interesting and the last boss film of all other takes on this artefact by now... I also need to see this again now, I'm sure I missed half of the features on that thing. And again :) .. solid stuff! Mezmerizing, thnx.
THIS is what i was hoping the Speech Synth portion of the Electron Monomachine and the Arturia Microfreak could do but couldn't. :O Casio has been quietly releasing some awesome new gear in the past years or so. Basically filling the gaps that other manufacturers of Synthesizers ain't really touching for some reason. I'm glad they are still around and releasing some affordable and interesting gear. After all they basically helped defining the Synthesizer Landscape more than people think and they are just as important as Roland, Yamaha and Korg.
The joy is strong with this one… have to admit, I mostly had written off Casio as a toy keyboard maker.. but your video demo and your argument that it can be a inspiration and practice tool beyond its sophisticated voice synthesis capabilities, sold me
I LOVE CASIO! They like music to be fun. They haven't lost their cheese factor and that is their strength. Now Behringer should clone several of the old Casio synth engines in one board with some analog drums too. Maybe preinstall some circuit bent variations in it for underground coolness.
Great enthustiastic demo! And YES, the Casio pianos are super and generally underrated! They're my standard recommendation, excellent sound and quality at a beginners price point.
4:39 the Monomachine have vocal synthesis and there is a hardware vocaloid (in keytar format) that was available only in japan (and only with japanese phonemes)
There was also the pocket miku which is a vocaloid voice in a small case with ribbon like a monotron. (If i remember right you could input custom lyrics with midi and it also had a GM sound generator)
My first keyboard was a Casio ct670 and I loved it... I used it for a few years making beats recorded to a home stereo with cassette tapes back in 1995 till around 97 ..... I really like this new synth... I’m tempted to buy one after watching this vid ... very cool 👌
this might become the synth I didn't know I needed. Something that doesn't need me to boot up my audio interface / monitors / untangle the patch cables... I can just waltz on over to it on the faintest whim and start toying around.
I've actually owned one of these babies for a few months now, and I've just been sleeping on it- AMAZING to see what it is capable of in the hands of someone who has some idea of what they're doing 😅 Thanks Ben!
this thing looks like a boatload of fun! i was half expecting the lyrics for "come horn" when you mentioned the first thing you did when you turned it on! your choice was far more tactful. the voice synthesis on here kind of reminds me of what plogue is doing with alter-ego and chipspeech, epecially the way it handles reading back lines of text with midi inputs. i'd assume you've checked those out by now what with your liking of quirky voice synth stuff!
Some of the features on this Casio remind me of the 'song-writing' tools that were included on the Ensoniq MR76. Casio have their own vibe of course and the vocal tools on the CT-S1000v are completely unique. Well done - this was an outstanding overview.
You use your phone to enter text and then play it on the keyboard! That seems real fun! I was lucky to see the Casio video at the Casio youtube site. They forgot to have it in private mode.then they saw that they forgot that and put it in private mode. The demo was REAL good! A New synthwave tune with pumchy sounds and cool synth vocals! I want one!
I was initially disappointed by the fact that Casio released a "Vocal Synth" crammed into a PSR-type portable keyboard. But then I was like, "What could be more Casio than that?" (The first synth I owned was the CZ-101 -- right when it came out in the 80s -- and the manual for that [unexpectedly awesome synth] taught me everything I *still* know about synths.) So, I'm kinda thinking this thing might be totally rad.
Also, how is this thing half the price of the Korg Modwave? I was a beta tester on Korg Wavestate 2.0 and all I got was... early access to Wavestate 2.0. Now I want this Casio more than Korg Modwave. Hmm. 🤔
This thing is incredible. Thank you for sharing. I used to be so obsessed with collecting gear… literally racks of gear and synthesizers. I also had more VSTs than I knew what to do with and in the end I realized something significant. I sucked at writing music, playing music, and understanding different styles of music. I sold all of my gear except my two guitars and decided I would learn guitar and study music theory before I “rebuild” my studio. I am now thinking about getting a keyboard and instead of getting a midi keyboard controller, setting up ableton live, and loading a bunch of VST instruments to play with I can just buy this and it literally does everything I need to practice basic song playing, comping, and writing. I don’t need an audio interface. I don’t need a laptop. I don’t even need new monitors! The icing on the cake is that this is also a midi keyboard so when I decide it’s time to reinstall ableton and all of my VSTs I can do this as well. If you’re still reading, the point is that sometimes with music, less is more. This keyboard, a microphone, a guitar, and a loop pedal is more than enough equipment to create some really fun music. I can’t wait to get my hands on this.
Love this mindset. I too am looking for something that I can get quick reps writing music on. Also wouldn’t it be great to be the guy who makes that track that keeps this weird thing relevant in 30 years
Thanks to your video, I now need to buy one of these (and dig out my SK-1 to play with it again). Even though I just spent more cash than I am like to admit on a Korg Nautilus, I'm getting one of these. Thanks for the info, this is a great video!
I quite like it as a fun effects and extras synth it can find a place in most peoples studios. The fact that it can sample too really carries some weight imo..
Just by watching this makes me want one. I hadn't seen a modern yet simple looking keyboard with all those functions in so many years. In fact, I hadn't seen a keyboard with the "Auto Harmony" function for a looong time. Now, if Casio made a 49 key version (for people like me with little space to keep keyboards) it'd be awesome. Also, if it was even available in my country it'd be even better 😓
To a certain degree you can customize the vocal synthesis of the Pocket Miku by putting in syllables in a certain order. It's a fun device. It's also a microtonal midi-keybard.
This is probably the most innovative synth of the last years, next to the osmose. Whoever they have in the RnD nailed it. A pitty about the iOS / Android integration, as this will cause issues in the long run. It would have been nice if you could do it direct via a input keyboard. Is there a PC / Mac software input system?
10 months later, but thought I'd mention it- this isn't quite a first for hardware. Yamaha released that same kind of customizable vocal synthesis engine in their PLG100-SG plugin board for the MU and Motif series ~20 years ago in Japan only, but didn't pursue it beyond that afaik. This feels a lot like a modernized revival of that in a number of ways, I have a feeling they took inspiration from that product.
It sounds like a fun machine with a decent value proposition. That being said, I think the faux vocoder fun factor would disappear in hours for me, not days, weeks, months, or years. I am certain that others could get more value from it than I. I’m sure there are people who would appreciate this much more than me. It looks toyish. It has a new vocoder like device I couldn’t make use of, but it actually has some good sounds inside. The some of the patches are great for Casio price points.
I just got mine. So many great features! $319.00 with a stand and headphones on Amazon, free shipping from Japan. Strap attachments for keytar use. No 5 pin midi.
Great video! I still have my SK-1! I've always been a fan of Casio. Do pop musicians really call an F Maj 7 "Flat 5" chord an "F Maj 7 "Bee 5" chord"? Or were you kidding? (I would say "flat 5" and write it in text as "FMaj7b5") @10:00 The "vocals" seem tied to English (it recocgnizes speech and does text-to-speech.) Does the U.S. version support other languages?
My first Casio CT 670 could play accompanied chords, both major and minor AND sevens - it was all about positioning fingers around root note. So you want c major - press C. If you want C minor, press C and D. now, for major 7th, you would need to press one kety below your root, so in C major 7 case, it was C and B. if you wanted C minor 7, it would be C, D and B. For that time, it was very bluesy, we are talking say 1989 or so.
There's really something to this. Us synth nerds forget that fun (and actual music) are part of what we got into this hobby/vocation/side hustle in the first place.
Casio's industrial designer might have been a tad nostalgic for the Sega Master System
Good eye, I didn't notice that until you mentioned
I see it now! 😆
Everyone: Why?
Casio: Why not?
Everyone: Fair enough.
Fun instrument.
You're polite.
Instruments are supposed to be fun after all, are they not?
@@JayKaufman As fun as an electronic organ with auto accompagnement and a fun feature bought in a supermarket in the early 90s.😀
@@FLH3official if it inspires you to create, then sure why not?!
This particular Casio doesn't appeal to me or my tastes, but I can see a purpose for it... Which is a far cry better than a lot of things you see on the Bad Gear channel on here. ;)
@@JayKaufman Maybe in 40 years it will be the Casio Rapman, why not, the cult instrument of the early 2000 everybody ignored; and we'll all regret not to have buy one when it was 500 $/€.
Or not.
We'll have to see that on the BadGear channel of the 2060 if we can still buy AC electricity to run our computers.
I take the risk, I wait 2060
😀
Awesome video! Casio kills. Here In Taiwan the accompaniments is a must at many social events, weddings and funerals. There’s a whole culture of live karaoke with a keyboard man playing hundreds of songs so the attendees to these events can sing their hearts out. One small detail: Tango from Argentina/Uruguay, Cueca from Chile. Abrazos Benn.
Yeah I think Casio really knows their global market.
As a cat from the Andes mountains, I can vouch for the Tango/Cueca info here.
Same in Balkans only except funerals and people love accompaniment synths in general
Old school synth guy here. Must be honest, I’ve just become really cynical and bored with modern synths but this is cool 😂 never thought I would spend almost 30 minutes watching a review on the new Casio keyboard! Thanks Ben
Just out of curiosity, why are modern snynths annyoing to you?
Same.. I was watching the 3rd wave synth review thinking how much money? When really this thing interest me more..lol
I know there’s probably a lot of professional musicians who will stick their nose up at this thing, but to me it looks like a lot of fun! Isn’t that part of why people create music in the first place? Awesome review of this new keyboard, I just ordered mine yesterday and am pumped to get my hands on it!
if a unit came out like this in the late 80s or early 90s it would be top of the line professional, the same people who turn away from these units, buy less capable vintage synths for a lot more money. They don't like it because it says casio and costs less than $1500 and it has built in speakers
Casio Privia line is for pro musicants. CT range is literally made for fun and in the store you would find it between yamaha PSR and such.,
Seven-year-old Benn praying his Christmas list to 🎅 is my emotional rescue this third week of January, 2022. My first Casio 🎄 🎁 was a VL-Tone 🎹 and I used to play The Beatles’ version of Till There Was You with a Bossanova rhythm. Later, I bought an SK-5 and a CZ-101. So, yeah, this video hits it out of the park for me. Thank you, Bennio.
That Casio love right here. Rocking the Casio Privia PX-5S. 88 Weighted keys, lots of sounds, also a MIDI controller. Love it!
Thanks for talking about the Casio line.
Casio definitely deserves more love than they receive, esp like the hate from some gear snobs...
if they made a compact desktop version, without a keyboard, but with full midi in, out & thru, i would buy it right away. i just don't have the desk space for this. thanks for the demo.
For that you can use the tc electronics perform ve
@ thanks for the tip. i had not heard of the tc electronics perform ve. it looks pretty good for sampling vocals through a mic and manipulating those samples, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have a speech synthesizer like the CT-S1000v. keeping my fingers crossed for a desktop CT-S1000v without keys & speakers, but with proper midi. if not, maybe Behringer will make something similar hehe. cheers :)
Why is there always one guy whining about a desktop version for any given keyboard
@@leecheneler6202 You can record any phrase and play it back and has extreme ways to manipulate the voice, check it out! TC is Behringer!
@ thanks for the tip! i'm going to check it out, sounds great!
Fantastic demo. Using custom waveforms in the vocal synthesis engine could be a fun way to get some unique sounds. I really wish casio made a full blown iPad patch editor for this. I think it would help with the sound editing and be a much nicer screen to look at than the dated design on the keyboard itself. I can't wait to see how they iterate on this tech in the future, but it looks very interesting to me right now.
I think thats how the korg DVP-1 worked, except they tied it to a microphone.
Pretty advanced idea in 1986.
Thank you for always having the most entertaining product reviews! There's definitely a lot of potential with this synth. This is something my son (and I) would enjoy exploring.
Hey, having owned every synth that mattered in the last 20 years, Im really looking to find something that brings back the fun in making music. I own a MODX and JDxi and think this will make me smile so thank you immensly for taking the time to make me feel involved and invested in a video. I seldom get past 10 minutes with a review of a Poly Brute or Take 5 so well done bud. :-)
Thanks for this review. This is really cool, can’t wait to get my hands on one.
My Vsynth GT's vocal designer ain't worlds apart from that affordable kb & I could've easily indulged that charming in depth review longer than it already is.
*LOVE IT* -- was mesmerized (had an SK-1 also *YEARS* ago). Thank you for showing off so many of the features and having so much fun!
Spent and afternoon at Guitar Center.
THIS SYNTH was the most fun instrument in the store, hands down.
Inspiring as hell. ALSO, keys have a great feel, much better than arturia, m-audio, novation etc at similar price
Are you comaparing casio Ct-S1000v to 61 or 88keys Arturira ?
I am so confused 88keys has semi weight key.
Randomly found this video and I can't play an instrument but just the amount of features and how much I enjoyed the music for a "funny" keyboard is absurd for me.
I think this keyboard has a lot of potential for just interesting music just fussing about trying stuff like this review shown. I mean I ended up watching all of it because the features.
Great work and thanks for sharing this video.
I’m going to use this as my way to talk in public from now on haha
😂🤣😂
Casio puts out fun keyboards still but God I hope they come back with the CZ series some day.
Been asking for this for years but they just won't bite
Or the Casio 1000p. Underrated keyboard.
A modern CZ would be great. Casio would rather make more Casiotone devices than serious gear. You can sell them like sausages.
@@matthewgaines10 Plus the name" Casio" and" synth" just isn't taken seriously for people who associate synths with names like" Moog" or"ARP" and"Prophet" etc, etc.
@@roncolem4558
That may be true but the CZ was nothing to sleep on. Extinct brands not withstanding.
My first Keyboard was a Casio mini, my first Synth was a Casio CZ230S. That is about 35 Years ago.
My next HardwareboaRD WILLBE A CASIO:
AMAZING!.
It would be outstanding if they introduced a desktop version of this. I hope that Casio has plans to do so in the future.
What a great review and a lot of fun! Looking forward to more!
Casio are the masters of cheap fun! I love them especially used!
I do not understand how didn't I stumble upon this gem of a channel before. You, sir, are the peak of comedy and information in one. Good job, thanks for the content and stay healthy!
You finally convinced me to finally pull the trigger on an electric piano after well over 2 years of sitting on the idea. I ended up getting the CT-S1 for my first "real" keyboard to learn piano on. I had no idea about it and it fit the bill for what I was looking for. Thank you!
I also got a CT-S1 for my first keyboard to learn ~4months ago. I think it's great, nice tones and good features once you learn the functions. How are you finding yours?
Excellent review ! I just bought the Casio WK-7600 two days ago. Now I want to add this one to my collection.
I just dug out my wk200 😂
Wow, I didn't know this is what I was looking for!
This is the best video that explains the vocal synthesis part of this keyboard. I'm already familiar with the Casio tones and rhythms but the vocal synthesis part is mystery until now.
Bahahahah love you dood!!! Glad to see both Casio back in the Synth game (I have a Casio XW synth (1 of a pair of Casio synths that I believe were before this the last synths Casio has made in over a decade) which is amazing & super underrated. & always glad to see a new type of synthesis, especially when in hardware form!!!!
Some of the toy casios have INSANELY cool sounds on them. The SA-10 for instance has some sounds that I use to this day, and it has a jack out! I've used one of the bass patches on a bunch of my tunes, and the lead guitar makes for the craziest deep house chord-sound. Partly due to the sounds themselves, partly due to the converters and sound of the synth itself - Many low res digital sounds are a staple in many sub genres of electronic music. Sample a couple octaves and use your DAW to tweak a filter, the envelope and anything else you like, the EXS24 in Logic for instance is great for this. Sampling toy keyboards can give you very unique sounds no one else uses.
Classic Casiotone sounds!! Ok NOW I want this..
I have not seen a Ben&Gear vid in a while. The synth looks really fun. A decent price point. I have a soft spot for Casio and Yamaha synths. My Polly synth is a Yamaha PSS 480. 2 operators. I have considered an XW-P1, but now I am going to look into this.
I have. Pss470, my fave "toy keyboard" for sure. I absolutely love mine! Run it through a filter and delay(thank Korg monotron Space Delay for teaching me the ways..), and turn those cheesy drum machine rhythms into some sweet stuff for sure
@@tylerevans1700 I also have a PSS 460, and I think that it is similar to the 470. I love it too. I have not thought to run it it through that Korg delay. I will be doing that soon.
OMG this thing is awesome. It would be perfect for my recent Acid House live jams
I've been working on this electronic/pop record for 5 years, using all kinds of vocal synthesis and processing and now that it's almost complete, THIS comes out.
Argh.
Great review.
It's all because of you Matt, Casio has been spying on you and just knew this what everybody wants and needs.. 😆
Just make another Album and use this thing for it :P Maybe it's a sign.
@@KRAFTWERK2K6 that's a great way to look at it, just use it as forward momentum and motivation, and keep on keepin' on.. ✌️ 💕
Well, minor update. I ended up buying one of these AND! ...it's still in the box in my closet BUT I guess for that next album I am all set. :)
Thanks Benn, hope you enjoy those vids as much as we do. Cheers 👋🏼
What a keyboard , and your brilliant at playing it and showing it's great functionality :) thanks for sharing
My very first keyboard was a Casio PT-87, then in 1997 my paternal Aunt loaned us a Casio MT-210. Then in 2004 my Dad
bought a Casio LK-35 at Big W which was being sold off thinking £150 was cheap ( I can't believe the LK-35 was over £200
when it first came out! ). After getting the Casio LK-35 my parents decided that it was time to give the Casio MT-210 back
to my Aunt and thought maybe my younger cousin might like it but unfortunately in 2005 my Aunt sold the Casio MT-210
so that my cousin could have a piano as my cousin took piano lessons as a child. In 2005 my maternal grandparents got
thier Yamaha PSR-18 out of the cupboard and as I liked the PSR-18 in summer 2005 I also decided to buy a second hand
Yamaha PSS-16 as it was a mini version of the PSR-18 and has quite a few instrument sounds the Casio LK-35 lacked
even though I wasn't yet there with doing multi tracking.
I used to like watching Casio LK keyboards and Privia digital pianos when they were shown on Ideal World and the Casio
digital pianos sounded really stunning ( In December 2005 I remember being very jealous when they demonstrated an
LK-93 as it was similar to the CT-S1000v although the LK-93 didn't sound quite as good but I was already planning to buy
a Yamaha PSR-295 in the future ). So in March 2006 I decided to finally get a Yamaha PSR-295 as that model was going to
be discontinued ( I also bought a Yamaha PSS-280 in March 2006 to use with the PSR-295 as I wanted the PSS-280 mainly
for it's celesta sound and it was also fun to have another cheesy lofi sounding keyboard ). In May 2006 I finally bought one
of the last Yamaha PSR-295's even though my parents suggested I waited for the new E403 but I think I made the right choice
getting the PSR-295 as E403's are known for having intermittent fault and some E403's didn't even last 5 years plus I had already
got acquainted with the PSR-295 and it's what I should have started out with in 2004 instead of wasting money on the Casio
LK-35.
The next keyboard I bought in 2008 was my first of 2 Yamaha PSS-790s, my main motive for buying the PSS-790 was
because I needed a midi keyboard for my Roland MC-505 groovebox which my older brother got as a gift from one of my
uncles for Christmas 1999 but in 2007 my older broher was no longer interested in the groovebox so he let me have it!
The Yamaha PSS-790 was what really got me into doing song covers and I had always wanted a keyboard with lofi PCM
sounds and drums so it the was perfect all in one solution for lofi PCM sounds. Also in summer 2008 I inherited my late
maternal grandparent's Yamaha PSR-18, in 2009 I also bought a Casio SA-10 after kicking myself way back in 2005 for
not buying a Casio SA-1 I saw at a market stall.
In 2011 when my Great Aunt passed away I was given an Acoustic Solutions MK2054 which was pretty rubbish keyboard
but in 2018 I decided to sell it and buy a Yamaha PSS-470 as I was really into the Yamaha Porta Sound keyboards with
digital synthesizer. In November 2020 I finally bought a Casio CT-700 after playing on one at afterschool club way back
in August 2001 and I'm still having fun with my Casio CT-700! In April or May 2021 I also bought a Yamaha PSS-680.
In 2022 I bought a second Yamaha PSS-790 as one of the buttons on the original PSS-790 no longer works so it's in
the garage as a spare and the Casio LK-35 was also put in the garage after I bought the Casio CT-700.
Casio always had slightly better E pianos, clavis and organ sounds than Yamaha at least in an entry level keyboard but
now I'm more interested in the lofi 80s Casiotones like the MT-500 as it's basically a keyboard and a drum machine in
one along with several other models, I'm hoping to get an MT-500 for my birthday soon. I might also get a CZ-101 at
some point in the future. I think unless your a songwriter or someone that plays at venues I would reccomend a
consumer level arranger keyboard like this Casio CT-S1000v or an E473 over something like a Tyros 5 or a Genos
( I have seen some amateurs using flagship keyboards thinking that they sound good just because they have the most
expensive keyboard yet their playing skills say otherwise, I very nearly fell into that trap myself with the Tyros 5 but
fortunately I didn't get one in the end ).
Great video, I was just reading about this synth yesterday and was intrigued by it. Seems to be a great instrument, thanks for the in depth review.
So a 1978 Speak and Spell has been updated, put into keyboard format!
I want one! Thanks for the demonstration. it was really fun and inspiring to watch AND listen to. Thank you!
"raise your hands up" is definitely the Casio version of "errbody put your hands in the air" ... and I absolutely can't wait for this split in the timeline.
I actually heard "Raise your cancer" D:
I have one if these in the way from Zzounds. A friend of mine got a Casio that has great sounds, so after looking at some of their synths, this one really caught my eye. 2 more days and it'll be here. 40 bucks a month for a year, I couldn't hold back and ordered one
Great Vid Benn! Aces
Goddamn this is insane! Time to come full circle back to Casio.
Great video, persuaded me to get it and glad I did. Great fun synth with lots of quality useable sounds and the vocal synthesis is really well implemented.
OMG - I just discovered you because I wanted to watch a few tutorials while my 1000v is being shipped to me and I DO FEEL beyond entertained. That portable jail idea for your Grand Ma did sound like the ultimate level in practicality in one's expressing themselves as a self-revealing genius prior to turning 7, EVEN!.. Give yourself a kiss on the shoulder for choosing to be vulnerable although your purpose was to review a phenomenal product by a phenomenal brand; which is not only BIG IN JAPAN.
Awesome and super tight video man, thanks! Funny as stitt, bright, extremely interesting and the last boss film of all other takes on this artefact by now... I also need to see this again now, I'm sure I missed half of the features on that thing. And again :) .. solid stuff! Mezmerizing, thnx.
The bossa nova synth demo was so good!
Great vid, thank you. Just bought the CT-S500.
I just don't know how they developed a whole synth around the exact lyrics I was struggling to express for over a year
THIS is what i was hoping the Speech Synth portion of the Electron Monomachine and the Arturia Microfreak could do but couldn't. :O Casio has been quietly releasing some awesome new gear in the past years or so. Basically filling the gaps that other manufacturers of Synthesizers ain't really touching for some reason. I'm glad they are still around and releasing some affordable and interesting gear. After all they basically helped defining the Synthesizer Landscape more than people think and they are just as important as Roland, Yamaha and Korg.
I think this is the first gear review video i have ever watched all the way through.
The joy is strong with this one… have to admit, I mostly had written off Casio as a toy keyboard maker.. but your video demo and your argument that it can be a inspiration and practice tool beyond its sophisticated voice synthesis capabilities, sold me
Your sense of humor killed me through this whole video.
I LOVE CASIO! They like music to be fun. They haven't lost their cheese factor and that is their strength. Now Behringer should clone several of the old Casio synth engines in one board with some analog drums too. Maybe preinstall some circuit bent variations in it for underground coolness.
Really surprised by the price. Thanks for sharing this, Benn.
your childhood santa related memories are hilarious
Swizz Beatz started out using a Casio, ended up making hits for Ruff Ryders and DMX. It's all about your creativity.
Happy to see the VL-Tone preset and all those classic drum patterns from the original VL-Tone VL1!!!
Great enthustiastic demo! And YES, the Casio pianos are super and generally underrated! They're my standard recommendation, excellent sound and quality at a beginners price point.
4:39 the Monomachine have vocal synthesis and there is a hardware vocaloid (in keytar format) that was available only in japan (and only with japanese phonemes)
I would absolutely love a hardware vocaloid processor!
There was also the pocket miku which is a vocaloid voice in a small case with ribbon like a monotron.
(If i remember right you could input custom lyrics with midi and it also had a GM sound generator)
My life doesn't feel complete without an arranger keyboard. This rocks!
My first keyboard was a Casio ct670 and I loved it... I used it for a few years making beats recorded to a home stereo with cassette tapes back in 1995 till around 97 ..... I really like this new synth... I’m tempted to buy one after watching this vid ... very cool 👌
i have the 470, some surprisingly good synth sounds on it really, and i think it has 4 channels of midi.
this might become the synth I didn't know I needed. Something that doesn't need me to boot up my audio interface / monitors / untangle the patch cables... I can just waltz on over to it on the faintest whim and start toying around.
I've actually owned one of these babies for a few months now, and I've just been sleeping on it- AMAZING to see what it is capable of in the hands of someone who has some idea of what they're doing 😅 Thanks Ben!
Excellent!! Thank you for sharing 🤠
I've been looking for a midi keyboard to learn piano and also to experiment and create ideas, and this seems perfect! Great showcase 👍👍
Casio is awesome. I actually got a *red* CDP-S160 recently, and I am glad they're coming out with cool looking fun synths like this again.
this thing looks like a boatload of fun! i was half expecting the lyrics for "come horn" when you mentioned the first thing you did when you turned it on! your choice was far more tactful. the voice synthesis on here kind of reminds me of what plogue is doing with alter-ego and chipspeech, epecially the way it handles reading back lines of text with midi inputs. i'd assume you've checked those out by now what with your liking of quirky voice synth stuff!
Some of the features on this Casio remind me of the 'song-writing' tools that were included on the Ensoniq MR76. Casio have their own vibe of course and the vocal tools on the CT-S1000v are completely unique. Well done - this was an outstanding overview.
That well thought out ending? Every late 80s and early 90s anime EVER!
You use your phone to enter text and then play it on the keyboard!
That seems real fun! I was lucky to see the Casio video at the Casio youtube site. They forgot to have it in private mode.then they saw that they forgot that and put it in private mode. The demo was REAL good! A New synthwave tune with pumchy sounds and cool synth vocals!
I want one!
Pumchy is my new favourite word ❤️
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Ohh all the durty durty things I would make it say...the Beavis & Butthead part of my brain just activated
I just wanted a modern take on the lion and dog bark keyboard
gunshot erasure
The B. Meowsic keyboard has you covered.
I was initially disappointed by the fact that Casio released a "Vocal Synth" crammed into a PSR-type portable keyboard. But then I was like, "What could be more Casio than that?" (The first synth I owned was the CZ-101 -- right when it came out in the 80s -- and the manual for that [unexpectedly awesome synth] taught me everything I *still* know about synths.) So, I'm kinda thinking this thing might be totally rad.
Also, how is this thing half the price of the Korg Modwave? I was a beta tester on Korg Wavestate 2.0 and all I got was... early access to Wavestate 2.0. Now I want this Casio more than Korg Modwave. Hmm. 🤔
This thing is incredible. Thank you for sharing. I used to be so obsessed with collecting gear… literally racks of gear and synthesizers. I also had more VSTs than I knew what to do with and in the end I realized something significant. I sucked at writing music, playing music, and understanding different styles of music. I sold all of my gear except my two guitars and decided I would learn guitar and study music theory before I “rebuild” my studio. I am now thinking about getting a keyboard and instead of getting a midi keyboard controller, setting up ableton live, and loading a bunch of VST instruments to play with I can just buy this and it literally does everything I need to practice basic song playing, comping, and writing. I don’t need an audio interface. I don’t need a laptop. I don’t even need new monitors! The icing on the cake is that this is also a midi keyboard so when I decide it’s time to reinstall ableton and all of my VSTs I can do this as well. If you’re still reading, the point is that sometimes with music, less is more. This keyboard, a microphone, a guitar, and a loop pedal is more than enough equipment to create some really fun music. I can’t wait to get my hands on this.
… If only they made an 88 key version.
Love this mindset. I too am looking for something that I can get quick reps writing music on. Also wouldn’t it be great to be the guy who makes that track that keeps this weird thing relevant in 30 years
ooow that CT E Piano sound was wonderful 😍 Like a wurlitzer stuffed with muffins
I’ve recently been inspired playing it again and the have had a pleasure playing with it writing melodies
Really enjoy your video, this made me laugh and smile, so please keep up the good work🙏🏻❤
9:14 almost played space junk galaxy lmao
Thanks to your video, I now need to buy one of these (and dig out my SK-1 to play with it again).
Even though I just spent more cash than I am like to admit on a Korg Nautilus, I'm getting one of these.
Thanks for the info, this is a great video!
Really good review I loved it!!
I quite like it as a fun effects and extras synth it can find a place in most peoples studios. The fact that it can sample too really carries some weight imo..
nice one Ben, cheers
This vocal synth engine in a eurorack module with cv in for things like playback speed would be really cool.
Maybe some sort of puredata genius will program something for a platform module…..
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Do they make an Indian version? Those Casio keyboards with Indian tones are really cool.
Casio knocking it out the park again
Loving the shirt bro great content
Just by watching this makes me want one. I hadn't seen a modern yet simple looking keyboard with all those functions in so many years. In fact, I hadn't seen a keyboard with the "Auto Harmony" function for a looong time.
Now, if Casio made a 49 key version (for people like me with little space to keep keyboards) it'd be awesome.
Also, if it was even available in my country it'd be even better 😓
thanks for the jazz part
Great demo.
To a certain degree you can customize the vocal synthesis of the Pocket Miku by putting in syllables in a certain order. It's a fun device. It's also a microtonal midi-keybard.
This is probably the most innovative synth of the last years, next to the osmose. Whoever they have in the RnD nailed it. A pitty about the iOS / Android integration, as this will cause issues in the long run. It would have been nice if you could do it direct via a input keyboard. Is there a PC / Mac software input system?
Now that all M1 Macs run all iOS apps, at least the iOS/Mac integration should never "die" or become outdated.
10 months later, but thought I'd mention it- this isn't quite a first for hardware. Yamaha released that same kind of customizable vocal synthesis engine in their PLG100-SG plugin board for the MU and Motif series ~20 years ago in Japan only, but didn't pursue it beyond that afaik. This feels a lot like a modernized revival of that in a number of ways, I have a feeling they took inspiration from that product.
It sounds like a fun machine with a decent value proposition. That being said, I think the faux vocoder fun factor would disappear in hours for me, not days, weeks, months, or years. I am certain that others could get more value from it than I. I’m sure there are people who would appreciate this much more than me. It looks toyish. It has a new vocoder like device I couldn’t make use of, but it actually has some good sounds inside. The some of the patches are great for Casio price points.
I just got mine. So many great features! $319.00 with a stand and headphones on Amazon, free shipping from Japan. Strap attachments for keytar use. No 5 pin midi.
Great video! I still have my SK-1! I've always been a fan of Casio.
Do pop musicians really call an F Maj 7 "Flat 5" chord an "F Maj 7 "Bee 5" chord"? Or were you kidding? (I would say "flat 5" and write it in text as "FMaj7b5") @10:00
The "vocals" seem tied to English (it recocgnizes speech and does text-to-speech.) Does the U.S. version support other languages?
It’s made getting stoned and buzzed and goofing off for hours to unwind alone on a Saturday night in your home cool again.
My first Casio CT 670 could play accompanied chords, both major and minor AND sevens - it was all about positioning fingers around root note. So you want c major - press C. If you want C minor, press C and D. now, for major 7th, you would need to press one kety below your root, so in C major 7 case, it was C and B. if you wanted C minor 7, it would be C, D and B. For that time, it was very bluesy, we are talking say 1989 or so.
There's really something to this. Us synth nerds forget that fun (and actual music) are part of what we got into this hobby/vocation/side hustle in the first place.
thank you for the video
2:37 there was a vocaloid synthar before this one, and of course the voice synth engine of the Monomachine (way harder to program)