Casio FZ-20M
FZ-20M
Released: 1987
MSRP: ?
Synopsis:
FZ-10m with SCSI
Architecture Class: Sampler.
Ebay Description:
The Casio FZ-20m is a (pressure and velocity sensitive) 3U rack, 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, SCSI, 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
3U rack
W:482.6mm
D:387mm
H:142.6mm
10.9kg
line
mic (TS/XLR)
mix (TS/XLR)
8 individual
MIDI: IN OUT THRU
RS232 (25 pin)
SCSI
no
no
sustain
42W
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
SCSI
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
MIDI-CC1
MIDI-CC4
velocity
yes
Control
Arpeggiator
Arpeggiator External
Sequencer
Sequencer Memory
Sequencer External
Continuous
Program Change
no
no
no
N/A
N/A
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
2MB
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
double
sine
pulse
random
saw
square
Samples
-
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
low pass
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
