PD Big Brother
A sample of the most advanced Phase Distortion low-cost synthesizer released by Casio in the mid eighties: the CZ-1
Byalber2000
The story
I bought a CZ-1 in 1985, no money to afford a DX-7 🙂
At that time it was the flag ship of the Casio CZ series of phase distorsion synthesizers, with more memory and a 61 keyboard with velocity and after-touch sensitivity.
Now I have sampled and included 64 different presets/patches in this instrument, grouped in 6 banks.
Filter cut-off frequency and resonance can be controlled using CC#7 and CC#11. Cut-off is also affected by each note velocity: higher velocities produce higher cut-off frequencies and vice-versa. This effect can be regulated using F5, G5 and A5 keys.
Interface
Reviews
Increible
As with the Samplist´s other contributions, this is made so well and pairs up great sound with a great GUI.
Superb
Many years back a band I was in had a Casio CZ1 - it had a charm of its own. I was hoping to this sample library would help recreate something of that nostalgic vibe - and it certainly does. This is a a very well put together library with some excellent sounds.
"When you perform, it performs"
After alber2000's last Decent Sampler instrument "80's Module", which sounds great and has a very appealing GUI, he presents here his next not less impressive project.
The CZ-1 has been recorded neatly with two notes per octave over 4 octaves and for 64 different presets/patches! The GUI looks great and there is a full amp envelope as well as a delay and reverb directly accessible. But that's not all, you can also control the filter cut-off frequency and resonance via midi control and via key-switches you can determine how much the velocity influences the filter cut-off. With the modwheel you can control a LFO. All these possibilities - I am impressed!
What I would like to point out is that when a preset of a bank is selected, the ADSR settings also change. This may not be remarkable for many, but I have hardly seen this feature on a Decent Sampler instrument!
I thank alber2000 for this great instrument, which not only sounds good but is also very nice to look at. If you are looking for these CZ-1 sounds you will get the full package here!
Is alber2000 starting 80s synth sound collection for Decent Sampler? I hope so and I am curious what kind of instrument he will surprise us with next.