The VZ-1 is a full-sized, 5-octave, velocity & pressure sensitive keyboard utilizing the IPD tone generation (a type of Phase Distortion synthesis) and offers 16 note polyphony. It's a digital synth capable of some great strings and "polite 80's sounds". You could use up to four sounds for splits, layers, velocity, cross-fades, etc. It has a large, blue, back-lit LCD display for editing patches. Editing is in-depth and quite a different approach than other synths before it. Its sounds are akin to the Casio CZ-series and sort of Yamaha DX-like. It's not particularly cool, but it looked impressive in its day with the blue back-lit graphical display.

The Casio VZ-10M is a rack mount version of the VZ-1.

29 VISITOR COMMENTS

Thomas Faurby

January 8, 2012 @ 10:02 am

A demo of this synth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjT1YMHpLK4

Albert Mészáros

December 20, 2011 @ 6:43 am

Two weeks ago I bought a VZ-1 and synthesizer, add an expansion card, RA-500 220 euro. In my opinion, very bad. It is a dull, heavy, heavy synthesizers. It is difficult handling, poor controls, which are cracks, rocks illegal. I am very disappointed after the CZ series. I think the CZ-1000 machines to a much nicer, I was able to produce better sound than monstrummal.CZ this series is much better than that of the VZ-1. The Casio was a shame it has closed a successful CZ series synth. This is really sad. I would not recommend to anyone, but if you get it very cheaply.

docfraktal

December 16, 2011 @ 8:22 pm

Hello everybody, the problem with VZ it's the display, mine i out of order, no light and it write not good words on the screen, so my question is : wher can i buy that sort of display !

Vukan

November 12, 2011 @ 3:31 pm

Here is Casio VZ-1 User Presets Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFRX3HDpIfg

Enjoy!

Aaron

October 17, 2011 @ 7:33 pm

Been spending some quality time with mine recently; stumbled on a perfect recreation of the strange beeps and bloops at the beginning of Delerium's 'Spheres II'. Wow. An external effect unit is a must, some chorus and/or reverb really brings out it's character.

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