You missed out the "best" part of the VL-Tone: the demo song, one that has probably driven countless parents bonkers. "I wish we'd never bought them that bloody thing now".
i have one of these, and i love it. i actually taped it to the strap of my guitar and used the line out to plug it into an amp, and used the rhythms and the occasional little melody combined with my guitar and vocals to play a couple really unique shows. weirdly enough, most of the songs i wrote and performed with this setup were blues and 50's-style rock n' roll songs, which made for a really cool, unusual sound. the audiences seemed to really enjoy it, because they could tell it wasn't just a novelty, or a gag; i genuinely love how my casio sounds and the music i've made with it(even though mine's adsr feature is sadly broken).
I've got one, I used pocket money to buy mine at the tender age of 10! It still works after all these years. I learned my scales on this thing... I used to borrow my dad's analogue flanger and delay and stick it through them for hours of fun...happy times. I think I'm going to dig mine out and use it!
My sister was born in 1979, I was born in 1983. My father had a friend working at a factory back in the late 80s early 90s and would have bags of Casio products lol. I had the calculator watches, the phone book, tv remote watch. But most importantly.. he had THIS! Over the years, it's vanished, but a few days ago I happened to find one on FB Marketplace for $50 dollars, and it's in near mint condition! The joy I am having with this unit right now, is unexplainable lol! Love your videos! Cheers from Canada! Been a subscriber of all your channels for many years now!
A VL1 was my first synth, back around 1982 or so. I've never understood why Casio didn't produce more models with the ADSR function. The VL5 for instance was 4 note polyphonic, but no ADSR.
I had one of these, and it really helped understand music and basic music electronics very well. Hand held and portable. Loved it for a good three years or so.
My God! My first ever keyboard. I literally begged my dad to get me one, and though he had bought it, he kept denying me for a few days, bringing me to tears every day! I guess thats why i cherished it so much, and ultimately gave it to my nephew when i got onto an SA21. I also have a neat trick I came up with. If you just slightly pull one of the batteries to disconnect from the terminal, without pulling it out, just for an instant and connect it back in (very quick), and once in a while, it used to bring up the tempo to unbelievable speeds! a particular ADSR tone had a tempo based effect to it, and it used to go crazy!. Thanks for this man, brings on so many memories.
Update: Showed my dad, and he said he had the same one and it was his. He thought it was neat. Damn, my memory is good. I was probably 5 years old when that happened like 15 years ago.
Casio replaced it with the PT 1 - exactly the same but without all the cool bits like adsr, calculator, etc. The only thing about the PT1 was it had mini keys and not buttons.
I did not know about the ADSR feature, it's amazing (i always thought it was useless and mediocre, lol), I got mine years ago with no manual or instructions, and I never really thought about checking it out. I love my VL-1, it always travels with me and I highly recommend anyone on getting one.
I picked this up at a garage sale quite a few years ago. I used it on some chiptine stuff, and sampled the drums and used those in a ton of stuff. I never knew about the ADSR voice options. That's insane! I'm definitely going to bringing this synth out of retirement.
I have one. I used to get some wild sounds out of it, by running it through a load of effects pedals. I'd use the ADSR function to make a basstone, and take it from there. I had the smaller VL-10, too.
My dad got me one of those when I was little! I still have it today, it is a fun little keyboard. I used to play the demo song alot! I really appreciate your videos Mr 8-bit!!
A friend of mine had one of these in the 80s, and we actually did a fair amount of multitrack recording with it. It was never the main instrument though; more for adding little parts.
My first keyboard. I used it to record all the parts on a recording of Green Onions made by bouncing between two cassette decks. Monster hiss and monster fun. I used it for parts on crude versions of Birdland and a song called Fred, written by Alan Holdsworth. I loved that little thing to death.
Ahh the first keyboard I ever used in 1985 and what got me on the road to becoming the musician I am today. The first proper song I tried to play on it was by The Human League - Open Your Heart. I actually first used the VL-1 in 1980 but only as a calculator and as a toy.
love to see for anyone who still have casio vl-tone, my father bought it for me in '91 and still function and now I'm passing to my daughter and she bring it to the school make her become the only one who have the oldest stuff :D cheers from Indonesia
If you want an easy way to get the emulator working, download LMMS and open the DLL through that, plus you can use a MIDI controller as well if you do that.
The VL-Tone was also used on *_Late Night with Jimmy Fallon_* and later on *_The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon_* a few times whenever they covered songs using only classroom instruments.
I had this device as a kid! I've never known what the ADSR was or how it worked. I remember it as being "the annoying instrument". Whenever i pressed a key in that mode it made a long annoying beep, eventually followed by a short tone. I remember thinking "why did they put this instrument in? You can't even play it!". I still remember the demo song! How's your volume slider? Mine went from too silent to full blast in a centimeter and the speaker crackled when i slid the volume knob.
Just got one off ebay apparently never used but I'm wondering why there were two LCD screen size versions ! I have the smaller screen size like yours...
4:37 this was and still is my favorite Feature on a keyboard. It boggles my mind that you don't see keyboards with this feature anymore! My first was an SK-1... (bougth it for 50 dollars - I guess in Astoria, Queens, NY back in 1986) and I loved to be able to record and actually DELETE a wrong note! (how amazing is that?) and then just tap the one key play (actually a 2 key play - same as seen here) and make believe that you were the master! :D I miss the delete while step recording feature and one key play, because You could easily make songs using monophonic instruments! I also wonder why I have not seen even a software with this capability, which makes me wish I knew music programming to bring it back!
omg... I have it when I kids, I think I see it 5years ago, and watching this video make me feel to search,but I cant remember where I or any house member 'store' it. this is my fav instrument back then. yes its fun to play with it....
I got one for Christmas many, many years ago and had great fun typing random numbers into the ADSR. I still have it, and it still works, though the LCD screen has suffered some damage and has a dark blob.
It is also included and perfectly reproduced in Spectrasonics Omnisphere and in Native Instruments Kontakt. That's like 400-500 USD to reproduce a 30 USD calculator, ha ha.
I just finished a live re-creation of living on video and turned it rave using a microfreak and a Roland JDXi. A few friends of mine had this keyboard in the early 80’s when I first started mixing.
My first 'keyboard'. I split the rhythm and key sounds and put an extra socket in the back. Then I routed the keys to a home-brewed phase/resonant filter which could be triggered by the notes envelope. Then put that through a WEM Copicat tape echo and it sounded awesome, no joke. At that time I had a C64 running Electrosound (with the classic piano keyboard overlay-genius) and that with a most basic mixer was it. The sequencer was useful but a swine to sync up with the C64 after the first run through. Happy daze!
I just found my VL-Tone 2 days ago whilst rummaging in the attic. 45 years since last played. Very, very dusty, but I put batteries in and wow it still works! All the music side works really well :-) ... sadly the LCD display doesn't work :-(
The fact that Tony Banks of all people used this is just amusing. He was more well known for his gigantic synthesizer setups while playing with Genesis, but his song Charm makes great use of this little synth. Kinda sounds like a track from a lost Final Fantasy or Earthbound game.
I still have mine from back in the day, although it’s not in such great condition anymore. Didn’t realise they could still be had for cheap... maybe I should get one!
This also looks and sounds like a very small version of the Casio PT-30. PT-30 added a fixed "chord" bank, but lost the ability to create your own instrument. The sequencers operate the same.
I had what I think was a Casio PT-1 when I was a kid. I drove my parents nuts with it. It sounded exactly like this VL-Tone but didn't have the calculator or ADSR, but it did have "normal" keys for the white keys on the keyboard instead of weird little squares. I seem to remember mine also having an FM radio so maybe it wasn't a PT-1. It died a horrible death at the hands of a child who enjoyed disassembling electronics (I'm an electrical engineer now, lol.)
This little music box of the 70-80s won the hearts of millions around the clobe it was popular I imagine if it made a comeback or reboot with a few more tricks through in it would sell out in a day but with tablets and phones and computers casio won't reboot it at least now?
I will never forget the auto tune it plays. I got one of those for Christmas in 1980 and as always I had found it and played with it ahead of time. One day shortly before Christmas I told my Mom and Dad to follow me. I started humming the song it plays walked to it revealing its hiding place and hit go. My Mom laughed (She is who got the trait from) but my Dad didn't think it was as funny. Thanks for the memories!!!
What was the Casio keyboard that looked like the VL-TONE but had a record feature? I used to have one as a kid, loved just pressing loads of random notes and having it cycle over and over, like McCartney's track Temporary Secretary! :-D
I had one of these as a kid. Mine had a light pen attachment that read and records sequences from UPS symbols in an included book. Was this not available on this model? (ah, just looked it up; it's actually the VL-5)
My sister had one of these when we were kids and I used to play on it all the time... loved it lol 😂 I then got the Yamaha keyboard shown for xmas one year... thanks for the memories!!!
I have the rebranded version known as the realistic concert mate 200. Back in the eighties I got this as a Christmas present. Sadly it don't work anymore, it turns on but doesn't play anything.
hmmn if i remembered correctly the gemmy door greeter mummy version. played trio's song and it had the identical instrument built in of casio vl-tone vl-1 although that was some kind of recording done perfectly right though. i think it was enhancing the drums synth a bit but vl-1 is ugh just simple ugh.
Btw, "Vibrato" if pronounced "Vi-Bra-to" (Think of it like Vi (like Vicky) Bra (Like a Woman's apparel thingy) toe (Like your..toe...) So in total, it's Vi-Bra-Toe)
Very similar to my tiny little Casio PT-1, which I still own and have btw, lol. It's also white because my mom bought it for me and she chose the color. I was always partial to the red and black models (and I believe there was a pink, light blue and a dark blue one but, I might be mistaken about the dark blue). This seems to be a bit more advanced than my PT-1, even though it was a little smaller. Now I feel like I got ripped off as a kid (when my mom got it for me new) cause my PT-1 only has 4 voices, no calculator, no LCD display, no ADSR *_AND_* no octave select. What is the deal with *_THAT???_* (lol). Nice blast from the past. I still love my PT-1 (which is near mint, except for the tuning pot, which I had to replace and it works fine now) simply cause it reminds me of when I was a kid and how happy and excited I was when my Mom presented me with it when I got home from Elementary school one day... (Thanks Mom, I appreciate you getting me my first musical instrument, which eventually led me to become the musician I am today... Love ya...)
A calculator with a built-in musical instrument? The designers must have been listening to too much Kraftwerk :D
aaaaaaaand you beat me to it
Can it tell time too?
But seriously, calculator watch and calculator keyboard
Why does casio love calculators so much
Not a calc with builtin piano but its a piano with calc
hahaha yes
@@slackerengi2401 cause Casio make calculator most in the market. 😁
You missed out the "best" part of the VL-Tone: the demo song, one that has probably driven countless parents bonkers. "I wish we'd never bought them that bloody thing now".
Vl Tone Calculator Tutor 1-4-4-5-5-6-6*7*6* 6-6-5-5-4
You read my mind! As a kid, that tune got a lot of play! ;) lol
72ndHUMAN 0
vimster hiw is it xd
vimster And now that song is stuck in my head! Thanks!
i have one of these, and i love it. i actually taped it to the strap of my guitar and used the line out to plug it into an amp, and used the rhythms and the occasional little melody combined with my guitar and vocals to play a couple really unique shows. weirdly enough, most of the songs i wrote and performed with this setup were blues and 50's-style rock n' roll songs, which made for a really cool, unusual sound. the audiences seemed to really enjoy it, because they could tell it wasn't just a novelty, or a gag; i genuinely love how my casio sounds and the music i've made with it(even though mine's adsr feature is sadly broken).
I still own one too :-) still running
@@barfuss2007 wow
@@@rahimkvayath
in that times not really cheap 300 Deutschmarks.
@@barfuss2007 i know, had one in 80's while i was in high school
Now i wanna hear this
If you look closely, it almost look like an op-1 from 1979!
@* AnimalHeadSpirit * WOOOOH.
Yeah you can see the inspiration.
I sold my OP-1 but yet I still have my VL-Tone. *shrug*
I've got one, I used pocket money to buy mine at the tender age of 10! It still works after all these years. I learned my scales on this thing...
I used to borrow my dad's analogue flanger and delay and stick it through them for hours of fun...happy times. I think I'm going to dig mine out and use it!
im the operator with my pocket calculator.
when i press a special key, it plays a little melody.
Ich bin der Musikant mit Taschenrechner in der Hand.
Und wenn ich diese Taste drück, spielt er ein kleines Musikstück.
Beep boop
dEdodedOdeET
I am adding
And subtracting
I'm controlling
And composing
@@dwen1816 By pressing down a special key, it plays a little melody
My sister was born in 1979, I was born in 1983. My father had a friend working at a factory back in the late 80s early 90s and would have bags of Casio products lol. I had the calculator watches, the phone book, tv remote watch. But most importantly.. he had THIS! Over the years, it's vanished, but a few days ago I happened to find one on FB Marketplace for $50 dollars, and it's in near mint condition!
The joy I am having with this unit right now, is unexplainable lol!
Love your videos! Cheers from Canada! Been a subscriber of all your channels for many years now!
oh wow, finally I have a calculator and piano in one, now I can square large numbers while playing Pokemon songs
Shmannel nerd
You could listen to square waves while figuring out square roots of numbers.
A VL1 was my first synth, back around 1982 or so. I've never understood why Casio didn't produce more models with the ADSR function. The VL5 for instance was 4 note polyphonic, but no ADSR.
I had one of these, and it really helped understand music and basic music electronics very well. Hand held and portable. Loved it for a good three years or so.
My God! My first ever keyboard. I literally begged my dad to get me one, and though he had bought it, he kept denying me for a few days, bringing me to tears every day! I guess thats why i cherished it so much, and ultimately gave it to my nephew when i got onto an SA21.
I also have a neat trick I came up with. If you just slightly pull one of the batteries to disconnect from the terminal, without pulling it out, just for an instant and connect it back in (very quick), and once in a while, it used to bring up the tempo to unbelievable speeds! a particular ADSR tone had a tempo based effect to it, and it used to go crazy!. Thanks for this man, brings on so many memories.
Ah memories. We used these in school music lessons. Imagine, 30 untalented teens, each with a VL-1, trying to play something together... Chaos!
ADSR = Attack-Decay-Sustain-Release, right?
It sounds like AMSR
Attack-Modulation-Sustain-Release lol
@@papelmidi5154 lol
Loud-Original-Long
@@vittosphonecollection57289 AMSRLOL
I found one of those in my grandma's house when I was a kid. Dunno why she had one, but she did.
Update: Showed my dad, and he said he had the same one and it was his. He thought it was neat. Damn, my memory is good. I was probably 5 years old when that happened like 15 years ago.
@@jacobh1995 Did it still work?
@@gorillaau Yeah, I still remember turning it on and hearing weird beats.
Casio replaced it with the PT 1 - exactly the same but without all the cool bits like adsr, calculator, etc. The only thing about the PT1 was it had mini keys and not buttons.
+Mark Keen Yeah, the PT-1 may be easier to play, but it is technologically inferior.
Homestar Runner music uses this keyboard extensively.
yeah. sweet putting cakes
EVERYBODY EVERYBODY
LA DI DO DI DA
Oh. What is the difference between the VL-1 and the SK-1 ?
Oh. It's been a while since I saw it :)
0:36 that rhythm sound sounds pretty much like the rhythm of a theme from the game "Bully" called "Vendetta Nerds"
It also sounds like da da da by trio
lol "It's a calculator with a musical instrument built in." THAT would fly on a standardized test, I'm sure.
I did not know about the ADSR feature, it's amazing (i always thought it was useless and mediocre, lol), I got mine years ago with no manual or instructions, and I never really thought about checking it out. I love my VL-1, it always travels with me and I highly recommend anyone on getting one.
I picked this up at a garage sale quite a few years ago. I used it on some chiptine stuff, and sampled the drums and used those in a ton of stuff. I never knew about the ADSR voice options. That's insane! I'm definitely going to bringing this synth out of retirement.
0:35 Da Da Da 😍
I have one. I used to get some wild sounds out of it, by running it through a load of effects pedals. I'd use the ADSR function to make a basstone, and take it from there. I had the smaller VL-10, too.
My dad got me one of those when I was little! I still have it today, it is a fun little keyboard. I used to play the demo song alot!
I really appreciate your videos Mr 8-bit!!
I had one. I've never understood why Casio didn't follow it up with more enhanced versions, instead of abandoning the ADSR to this model alone.
Vibrayto and truhmolla killed me. Seriously though, good review.
Sub sequent is what got me.
This was the first micro-keyboard I ever saw and it started the whole micro-keyboard fad. A friend had the Radio Shack Concertmate version of it.
But have you seen the Teenage Engineering OP-1? It's like a Casio VL-1 - on steroids!
I have one VL1, bought in 1980 and still works or better said still plays 😉. Love it! I spent a lot of time enjoying it!
Ive never heard anyone say vibrato and tremolo like that lol
Or subSEquent.
Right? (?)
A friend of mine had one of these in the 80s, and we actually did a fair amount of multitrack recording with it. It was never the main instrument though; more for adding little parts.
I've still the original one I got in the early 80s, and it works just fine! My first "synthesizer", I was so proud :D !!!
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that Casio VL-1 Swing
My first keyboard. I used it to record all the parts on a recording of Green Onions made by bouncing between two cassette decks. Monster hiss and monster fun. I used it for parts on crude versions of Birdland and a song called Fred, written by Alan Holdsworth. I loved that little thing to death.
I've had a few of these over the years. Every time I sell it, I end up buying another! A quality instrument in an odd way.
My VL-1 is still one of my favourite synths. Great presentation here!
Man, this review makes me want to get one. Looks like a really fun-to-use keyboard.
It was also used in the Homestar Runner Cartoons.
Da da da... Trio first song that popped into my head
Ahh the first keyboard I ever used in 1985 and what got me on the road to becoming the musician I am today. The first proper song I tried to play on it was by The Human League - Open Your Heart. I actually first used the VL-1 in 1980 but only as a calculator and as a toy.
love to see for anyone who still have casio vl-tone, my father bought it for me in '91 and still function and now I'm passing to my daughter and she bring it to the school make her become the only one who have the oldest stuff :D cheers from Indonesia
I have a similar model with an integrated AM/ FM stereo radio and this is an amazing 80's gadget.
The sound of the keys clacking as it slides out of the sleeve case were a flashback for sure. I spent too many hours hammering on that ADSR mode.
If you want an easy way to get the emulator working, download LMMS and open the DLL through that, plus you can use a MIDI controller as well if you do that.
Ich lieb dich nichtdu liebst mich nicht
nein da da da :-)
I had one over 20 years ago. Seen this and subbed because of it. Wow! What a throwback.
The VL-Tone was also used on *_Late Night with Jimmy Fallon_* and later on *_The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon_* a few times whenever they covered songs using only classroom instruments.
I had this device as a kid!
I've never known what the ADSR was or how it worked. I remember it as being "the annoying instrument". Whenever i pressed a key in that mode it made a long annoying beep, eventually followed by a short tone. I remember thinking "why did they put this instrument in? You can't even play it!".
I still remember the demo song! How's your volume slider? Mine went from too silent to full blast in a centimeter and the speaker crackled when i slid the volume knob.
It made it onto records.
Thats how VL-1s apparently, being the potentiometers are bit dirty.
Just got one off ebay apparently never used but I'm wondering why there were two LCD screen size versions ! I have the smaller screen size like yours...
4:37 this was and still is my favorite Feature on a keyboard. It boggles my mind that you don't see keyboards with this feature anymore! My first was an SK-1... (bougth it for 50 dollars - I guess in Astoria, Queens, NY back in 1986) and I loved to be able to record and actually DELETE a wrong note! (how amazing is that?) and then just tap the one key play (actually a 2 key play - same as seen here) and make believe that you were the master! :D I miss the delete while step recording feature and one key play, because You could easily make songs using monophonic instruments! I also wonder why I have not seen even a software with this capability, which makes me wish I knew music programming to bring it back!
i had and still got the Tandy/Realistic branded one of these! 😉
omg... I have it when I kids, I think I see it 5years ago, and watching this video make me feel to search,but I cant remember where I or any house member 'store' it.
this is my fav instrument back then.
yes its fun to play with it....
I got one for Christmas many, many years ago and had great fun typing random numbers into the ADSR. I still have it, and it still works, though the LCD screen has suffered some damage and has a dark blob.
It is also included and perfectly reproduced in Spectrasonics Omnisphere and in Native Instruments Kontakt. That's like 400-500 USD to reproduce a 30 USD calculator, ha ha.
I just finished a live re-creation of living on video and turned it rave using a microfreak and a Roland JDXi. A few friends of mine had this keyboard in the early 80’s when I first started mixing.
I listened to your tune on Sound Cloud and you did a really good job 8-bit Guy.
After mastering the Yamaha CS-80 and DX1, I was finally able to move up to one of these.
My first 'keyboard'. I split the rhythm and key sounds and put an extra socket in the back. Then I routed the keys to a home-brewed phase/resonant filter which could be triggered by the notes envelope. Then put that through a WEM Copicat tape echo and it sounded awesome, no joke. At that time I had a C64 running Electrosound (with the classic piano keyboard overlay-genius) and that with a most basic mixer was it. The sequencer was useful but a swine to sync up with the C64 after the first run through. Happy daze!
Mine too. It wasn't my last. I had the "Incredible Musical Keyboard" for my C64 too.
I just found my VL-Tone 2 days ago whilst rummaging in the attic. 45 years since last played. Very, very dusty, but I put batteries in and wow it still works! All the music side works really well :-) ... sadly the LCD display doesn't work :-(
may have broken connections, depends how its done , may be repairable , maybe not
I'm really digging this channel. I had a Muppet Babies brand keyboard when I was a child that I'm pretty sure was a redressed VL-1. Those tones!
I think Bloodhoung Gang also uses the sound at the end of "A lap dance is so much better when the stripper is crying" song.
The fact that Tony Banks of all people used this is just amusing. He was more well known for his gigantic synthesizer setups while playing with Genesis, but his song Charm makes great use of this little synth. Kinda sounds like a track from a lost Final Fantasy or Earthbound game.
Youbare my favorite channel right now
I still have mine from back in the day, although it’s not in such great condition anymore. Didn’t realise they could still be had for cheap... maybe I should get one!
Have this too, the Manuel that comes with it will tell you a fair bit on how to use it with a few tunes that you can practice on.
This also looks and sounds like a very small version of the Casio PT-30. PT-30 added a fixed "chord" bank, but lost the ability to create your own instrument. The sequencers operate the same.
I have owned this keyboard since I was a kid and never knew what ADSR meant. That's awesome. Thanks for the great video!
the casiotone 201 came in 1980, and Wikipedia said the VL-1 actually came out in June 1979
I had what I think was a Casio PT-1 when I was a kid. I drove my parents nuts with it. It sounded exactly like this VL-Tone but didn't have the calculator or ADSR, but it did have "normal" keys for the white keys on the keyboard instead of weird little squares.
I seem to remember mine also having an FM radio so maybe it wasn't a PT-1. It died a horrible death at the hands of a child who enjoyed disassembling electronics (I'm an electrical engineer now, lol.)
This little music box of the 70-80s won the hearts of millions around the clobe it was popular
I imagine if it made a comeback or reboot with a few more tricks through in it would sell out in a day but with tablets and phones and computers casio won't reboot it at least now?
I will never forget the auto tune it plays. I got one of those for Christmas in 1980 and as always I had found it and played with it ahead of time. One day shortly before Christmas I told my Mom and Dad to follow me. I started humming the song it plays walked to it revealing its hiding place and hit go. My Mom laughed (She is who got the trait from) but my Dad didn't think it was as funny. Thanks for the memories!!!
used this when i was in high school early 80s, it's my very first keyboard !! loved casio for therir beautiful digital watches and those days gadgets
This new channel is fantastic.
What was the Casio keyboard that looked like the VL-TONE but had a record feature? I used to have one as a kid, loved just pressing loads of random notes and having it cycle over and over, like McCartney's track Temporary Secretary! :-D
I had one of these as a kid. Mine had a light pen attachment that read and records sequences from UPS symbols in an included book. Was this not available on this model? (ah, just looked it up; it's actually the VL-5)
Oh I borrowed a VL-5 loved it. I think they are polyphonic too.
Thank you for the concise and interesting overview! Seems like all the other reviews are 20+ mins for some reason.
0:36 Can already tell thats from "Da-Da-Da"
was ist los mit dir mein Schatz aha :-)
I think the "fantasy" sound is more like an ocarina
Love your videos! I wish they actually a bit longer and even more in depth!
My sister had one of these when we were kids and I used to play on it all the time... loved it lol 😂
I then got the Yamaha keyboard shown for xmas one year... thanks for the memories!!!
I have the rebranded version known as the realistic concert mate 200. Back in the eighties I got this as a Christmas present. Sadly it don't work anymore, it turns on but doesn't play anything.
It's good to know that someone else apart from me has heard of Trans-X :)
Da Da Da. (Plays tune) Da Da Da. (Plays tune again)
seeing Monte Cazazza's name blur by in this video is just so great.
Just found one in a sideboard. Even more excited about it after watching your video. Thank you!
We had the VL-1 in 80s of course, too! Cute musical calculator! :)
Sweet! I have one I got for Xmas in 1981 or thereabouts and it still works!
Don't forget The Human Leagues track GET CARTER on the DARE album , mostley done on the VL-TONE . Go have a listen.
You should look up Casio Mafia. It's a song from Swedish house mafia but with this Casio VL-Tone, quite impressive.
can you tell the "power adaptor" specifications in terms of Volts, amper, and other phzysical attributes of the adaptor?
Beautiful video, long life to casio VL 1!
hmmn if i remembered correctly the gemmy door greeter mummy version. played trio's song and it had the identical instrument built in of casio vl-tone vl-1 although that was some kind of recording done perfectly right though. i think it was enhancing the drums synth a bit but vl-1 is ugh just simple ugh.
Man, when I heard that I IMMEDIATELY thought of Homestar Runner
They mainly used a Casio MT-65, but they used this too sometimes.
Sweet Cuppin Cakes
PyroRock814 they used that? I thought it was the SK-1.
You forgot to mention that Zinkia also used the signature sound in cartoons!
Dai zee Dai zee Give me your answer true
I have one that needs restoration. It doesnt work and the plastics are yellowed. You just motivate me to restore it! I even have the original case!
I have one and love it. The screen doesn't work ever since I looked inside though. It's great for playing super fast arpeggios.
That one sound is also used in Eisbrecher - This Is Deutsch (SITD Remix)
Btw, "Vibrato" if pronounced "Vi-Bra-to" (Think of it like Vi (like Vicky) Bra (Like a Woman's apparel thingy) toe (Like your..toe...) So in total, it's Vi-Bra-Toe)
I would know, I'm a violist.
Here it here: dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/vibrato
0:35 - instantly recognized this as the intro to "Fortress" by The Fall
Didn't Kevin Macleod use that keyboard beat in one of his songs?
Very similar to my tiny little Casio PT-1, which I still own and have btw, lol. It's also white because my mom bought it for me and she chose the color. I was always partial to the red and black models (and I believe there was a pink, light blue and a dark blue one but, I might be mistaken about the dark blue).
This seems to be a bit more advanced than my PT-1, even though it was a little smaller. Now I feel like I got ripped off as a kid (when my mom got it for me new) cause my PT-1 only has 4 voices, no calculator, no LCD display, no ADSR *_AND_* no octave select. What is the deal with *_THAT???_* (lol). Nice blast from the past.
I still love my PT-1 (which is near mint, except for the tuning pot, which I had to replace and it works fine now) simply cause it reminds me of when I was a kid and how happy and excited I was when my Mom presented me with it when I got home from Elementary school one day...
(Thanks Mom, I appreciate you getting me my first musical instrument, which eventually led me to become the musician I am today... Love ya...)
Ha! Love the little protective sleeve it comes in. Reminds me an awful lot of the one I used to have my recorder in when I was a kid.