FZ-1

Casio FZ-1

Released: 1987

MSRP: $2195US

Synopsis:

The FZ family was Casio's attempt to enter the professional sampling market. In addition to sampling, the FZ family featured both additive and subtractive synthesis capabilities. Besides samples, sources can be preset, additive, or hand drawn waveforms, similar to Korg DSS-1. Hohner rebadged the FZ-1 as the HS-1. Architecture Class: Sampler.

Ebay Description:

The Casio FZ-1 is a (pressure and velocity sensitive) 61 key, 8 voice multitimbral digital sampling synthesizer, featuring additive (48 harmonic), oscillator (5 waveforms or hand drawn), or sample (16 bit, 9-36kHz) sources, digital resonant low pass (24dB) filter, and dedicated 8 stage filter and amplifier envelopes per voice, along with LFO, 8 presets, 3.5" DSHD disk drive, and MIDI. Sample editing includes dual loops with cross-fade, reverse, mix resample, cross-mix splice, and truncate.

Physical

Form Factor	Dimensions	Weight	Audio Input	Audio Output	Communication Port	Control Input	Control Output	Switch Input	Power
61 keys	W:1036mm D:325mm H:120mm W:40.81in D:12.81in H:4.75in	17.5kg 38.5lbs	no	mix (TRS/XLR) 8 individual	MIDI: IN OUT THRU RS232 (25 pin)	volume	no	sustain	39W AC

Interface

Compatibility	Multitimbral Memory	Program Memory	External Storage	External Programming	UI Input	UI Output
FZ-1 FZ-10m FZ-20m	shared	8	3.5" 2HD	MIDI SysEx	menu based	graphic LCD display

Architecture

Multitimbral	Polyphony	Unison	Architecture
8	8	no	Waveform->DCF->DCA

Output

Effects	Pan Modulator	Volume Modulator	Headphone
None	no	pressure DCA-EG LFO Mod-Wheel pedal velocity	yes

Control

Arpeggiator	Arpeggiator External	Sequencer	Sequencer Memory	Sequencer External	Continuous	Program Change
no	no	no	N/A	N/A	Mod-Wheel Pitch-Wheel MIDI-PitchBend MIDI-CC1	MIDI

Keyboard

Key Pressure	Chord Memory	External Control	External Sustain	Key Scaling	Velocity Curves
channel	no	MIDI	pedal	yes	1

Sample

Stereo	Sample Depth	Sample Rate	Sample RAM	Sample ROM	Sample Points	Sample Trigger	Sample Loop	Sample Edit
no	16 bit	9kHz 18kHz 36kHz	1MB (2MB via MB-10 board)	no		auto		resample:mix reverse splice:cross-mix truncate

Source

Name	Signal Class	Waveform	Octave Range	Amplitude Modulator	Harmonics Modulator	Pitch Modulator	Wave Assign Modulator
DCO	digital	additive (48 harmonics) draw Samples sawC1 sawC6 squareC1 squareC6 pulseC1 pulseC6 doublesineC1 doublesineC6 sawpulseC1 sawpulseC6 randomC1 randomC6	-	no	no	LFO MIDI-PitchBend	no
Sample	digital	64	-	no	no	LFO MIDI-PitchBend	key velocity

Filter

Name	Signal Class	IC	Resonant	Shape	Frequency Modulator	Resonance Modulator	Shape Modulator
DCF	digital	MB87186	yes sawC1 sawC1 pulseC1 doublesineC1 sawpulseC1 randomC1	low pass sawC1 squareC1 pulseC1 doublesineC1 sawpulseC1 randomC1	pressure DCF-EG LFO MIDI-CC1 MIDI-CC4	velocity	no

Envelope

Name	Level	Rate	Loop	Polarity	Trigger	Level Modulator	Rate Modulator
DCF-EG	8	8	no	no	no	key velocity	key velocity
DCA-EG	8	8	no	no	no	key velocity	key velocity

LFO

Name	Waveform	Delay	Polarity	Sync	Delay Modulator	Level Modulator	Rate Modulator
LFO	random saw:down saw:up sine square triangle	yes	no	yes	no	pressure LFO MIDI-CC1 MIDI-CC4	no

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