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Okay, the “frog” bass stabs on MJ’s Thriller is a Casiotone MT-60
Never underestimate the power of simple synthesis tricks, least of all in the hands of vintage Casio designers. The distinctive “frog” bass croak in Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” recorded in 1982, comes from a Casiotone MT-60. And it’s a sound you can patch up yourself.
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Casio’s MT-100 toy keyboard is reborn as a free plug-in for macOS and Windows
Sample Science has a tasty freebie for us – Retro Cazio models the 1983 Casio Casiotone MT-100, for a very, very 80s drum kit, keys, and other instruments. Let’s revisit that source instrument.
Watch this Kazakh pop video for the maximum weirdness of Casio’s singing robot keyboard
Look, I don’t want to say that Casio missed a marketing opportunity here and buried the lede on their awesomely bizarre singing robot keyboard. I’m just saying watch this video and you tell me. It comes from Kazakhstan’s star Imanbek, and getting them one of these keyboards represents in my mind one of the greatest […]
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2022
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Type in lyrics, and this keyboard sings them, as Casio returns to its Casiotone roots
Peter Kirn - January 21, 2022
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