--casiotone mt-400v--
my little daughter found one in the garbage, and took it home for daddy
after taking the dirt out, mostly wet dust and birdshit, it started to work again and i realized what a great
present it is, especialy after calibrating the trimpots for the filter and resonance
this is an early eighties analog keyboard (same size as cz101) with 20 preset voices, a warm controlable chorus,
12 differend rhythms, noise generator, bass and chord accompanyment, each with 4 variations and an
enveloppefilter wich, after trimming, easily goes into selfoscillation ! this filter has slidercontrol for attack,
decay, sustain, cutoff and resonance, as well as an lfo over cutoff (auto wah) if desired, and also has an
input for external control
it is possible to route either voice, noise, drum, or accompanyment trough the filter.
also bass, drums and chord have a separate volume slider as well as a master volume slider
it is more like a synth since the filter is so powerfull. i see it as an early groovebox
i want to bent it in style, so i realy gonna take time to find the right knobs etc.. at least i will put :
- filter external in
- seperate outputs for drum, bass, chord and voice
- mute switches for hihat, kick and snare
- distortion
if i find it i will put :
- chorus external input
- rhythmic variations
- and the holy grail : kick decay control (if possible)
- trigger in for the sequencer (midi ?)
i think this keyboard is all analog, somebody knows ? it is filled with circuitboards, trimpots everywhere
i think it is the best of all small casio's ! (exept cz101 maybe)
has anyone been modding this sweetheart yet ? or other ideas ?
anyway, i advice everyone to find a mt400v
demotrack sooncome !