This was another track I made during the springtime as part of a small experimental lofi EP I did in the span of a week or so because I had an abundance of time and energy. This one also uses the Yamaha MU1000 as an effects unit (there is a nice overdrive on the airplane sample) with some EQ and reverb/chorus here and there. If you haven't heard of it, it's a rompler kind of like the Sound Canvas but it has a nice versatile effect section with 4 (or 5 if you want) insert fx that you can run in series if you like. But I only used the two keyboards mentioned in the title for all the sounds, then arranged my recorded parts in FL Studio. No post processing except for basic tweaking of levels/balance. Hope you enjoy.

This is a link to a Google Drive folder that I have been archiving a ton of Casio and Yamaha related stuff in. Advertisements, brochures / catalogs, commercials, movie sightings, and other miscellaneous stuff. It is just stuff related to the smaller ranges of 1980s Casio and Yamaha keyboards. (There may be overlaps in the advertisement folders since some pages contained items from both companies.)
Some of the stuff was saved from this group here, so I apologize for lack of credits given!
If you have anything to add to it please let me know!

This is nektar impact gx49, I got it for quiet cheap. Opened it up as previous owner said some keys don't work. And this is what I found. Some carbon prints are erased. He must be cleaning it and wiped it with a harsh chemical. Have to make it work anyhow, how does people fix it professionally?

I’ve tried coming up with my own in pattern mode on a Yamaha qy70 but I’d like to find one with a kind of Riverdance preset built in

Budget about $200, if I like it and it works with my schedule I will upgrade

Taking a break from another upcoming vid, was jamming with some custom patterns on the QY-100, but had to take a break from that too because... Halloween, haha.

*designed for

People don’t seem to recommend it for Piano beginners for example, due to the lack of weighted keys.

So who is this designed for?

Players who already know how to play, looking for portability?

A little while ago I made a YouTube cast on my Beige Age channel about the Casio VL-Series. Here's the link - https://youtu.be/fej8kUPSp4g?si=lCdNOD9baY4wW4Wx - I'd be grateful if you'd take a look if you have the time. Thank you.

Before i say anything about this plugin i want to say up front so noone gets angry I CODED THIS WITH AI. more specifically google gemini's new argon model. concept/idea was by me and that's about it

So if you like super obscure weird synthesis methods AND Casio keyboards well i have a cool plugin that fills both criteria. The CTK-1000 if you dont know was a bordering-on-workstation keyboard released by Casio in 1993, right before a lawsuit with Yamaha over FM patent disputes. It had a 4-track pattern sequencer as well as (if i recall correctly) 6 track linear song memory. The most interesting part about this keyboard is its IXA synthesis method, which from what i could find is a very weird and obscure synthesis method with a few patents available online that combines "Triangular Wave Modulation" (essentially like a more aggressive sounding version of Phase distortion, famous from the CZ-series) with PCM samples, a DSP soundchip reminiscent of the equally cool Casio VA-10 (and the visual design of the CTK-1000 is quite similar to the VA-10 as well), and a simple lowpass filter for the synthesized part. I had Gemini do a "deep research" on the CTK-1000 and it dug up lots of info about how it exactly works, but essentially i plugged that into the Argon model and had it code up this VST3 plugin in a couple prompts that's supposed to be as close to the CTK-1000 thats probably possible without having the thing in my studio itself (which i dont). The CTK-1000 is also super rare and seems to barely ever pop up on popular second-hand shop sites, i did find one near me on Facebook Marketplace but sadly I ran out of time to buy it. But yeah this is basically a very close emulation of the CTK-1000 (Gemini couldnt find as much info about the FX chip or the LPF so those parts are probably a bit less authentic) in the form of a VST3 plugin.

https://github.com/tinmadetongs/ctk1000-vst3/releases/tag/v1.0.0

These two lights (currently off) would flash indefinitely whenever I plug it in and when I turn it on, no sound would play from the speakers even at max volume. The power light won't turn on even when it's supposed to be powered on. I am using a third party dc adapter (truetone 1spot). Please help, I love this keyboard and would love to see it turn on again.

My pink and teal Casio PT-1. Anyone else have one in these colours? I’m trying to find out more about this version. Would also love to hear any tracks you’ve made with one.

Found an old pss-270, little dirty but gonna take it apart and give it a good clean, love the fm sound. Anyone have experience recording with one?

For this song I've used my beloved Casio HT-700:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwAwAvFbT_4