Duuuuude!!! You finally got one! How good are they hahaha! I've been posting loads of mz2000 videos lately and hopefully people will start to see the amazing potential of them.
Yeah I've been seeing your vids. Somewhere there's a Casio engineer breathing a contented sigh, knowing that their design is finally being appreciated somewhere!
I remember my friend telling me about this and gave me the brochure of it. I couldn’t believe it was a Casio! I still can’t believe it to this day! I’ve always wanted one! It looks incredible! The features seem to be on par with the high end Yamaha PSRs at the time. They’ve never released anything like it before and it wasn’t until 2011 that they released the PX-5S and 2016 that they released the MZ-X series. The XW Series were also phenomenal keyboards!
I agree. I still feel that Casio have never got the formula completely right, though. With every Casio I've ever had, I've been left thinking "It's so great, but if it just had..."
Never actually had the pleasure of owning one of these after being tempted plenty of times. Reminds me of a Technics Arranger and it goes against a lot of casio designs from that period.
Casio ZPI was good... Not excellent, but better than the classic Casio sounds... I played this MZ keyboard for a while and, Yeah, sounds were Awesome for that time period, I really liked some of the saxophones and synths... some of the drums were decent... Onboard Speakers teally helped this keyboard shine.... Thank You for sharing.... Keep up the good Work my Friend...
step phaser or flanger ... unusual for a dsp in synth.. I don’t remember another synthesizer that had this function .. ARP is also unusual for a autocompaniment synth
Yeah the early Zoom pedals had superb step flanging/phasing. They canned it, sadly, offering more effects these days but less avant-grade stuff like the good old days.
Hola, este rs anterior al Wk 3500 si no me equivoco y superior en prestaciones, no sé si en sonido también. Yo tengo desde hace una semana el wk3500 y lo que más me gusta son los sonidos de piano acústico y rhodes, pero esperaba mejor sonido de órgano, comparado con otros teclados que tengo Roland y Korg me parecen un poco chirriantes, incluso tuve un ctk 750 y me gustaba más el sonido de órgano.
Very nice. Wish I could sit this under my CTK-700 though. I like that little sucker too. I am going to start recording with it soon. Pushing headphone output through a Line 6UX-1. Get stero input into Ableton or Audacity that way. I need to learn more about MIDI with the CTK-700 though. Seems to work quite well. I also kave a Novation LaunchKey61, MidiPlus AK-320 to play with. A lot to learn. Thanks for the reviews. Inspires me to seek out discarded keys all over. Good work. Thank you.
I want Casio to revisit the ZPI synthesis or to re-release The MZ-2000, i would like Casio to Release the MZ-3000, with the same everything as the 2000, but with more sounds. SYnthesis: ZPI.
So the MZ like pretty much most high end Casio keyboards of the modern era(post 1990) are Arrangers. Though the MZ2K was touted as a Workstation it is NOT. It is what Casio finally released to the market that was a concept HT/CT combo in 1992 called the HT-X10/20. The CTK-810EX and the now more recent MX500? or MZ-X500? are the more contemporary versions of the MZ2000. I can not confirm AFTERTOUCH in the keybed as being a thing with any of the POST MZ2000 models though..
@@gearfacts I had the Yamaha PSR-8000. Still my favorite PSR after all this time. It did indeed have a sampler which wasn’t present in the PSR-7000 predecessor. What’s weird is that they had the PSR-4000 which was essentially the PSR-7000 with half the polyphony, less effects, no mic input and downgraded speakers for a lower price point. They never made a PSR-5000 to offset the cost of the PSR-8000 at $3k retail. Instead they came out with a PSR-740 in 1999 which was cheaper but updated in many ways with new features but still very limited compared to the PSR-8000. Very interesting times we were in 25 years ago!
Ahhh yes the 90's were very exciting. I had a feeling I'd done a video about the PSR8000 and it turns out I did: th-cam.com/video/Of18ZSHqmsE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-PCSc5Fn9Y1BjaWp@@michaelaurelius8507
Hey! I stumbled across your channel a couple of months ago, and your video on the CTK-671 has sent me down a ZPI rabbit hole! I know I want a ZPI-era keyboard, but I want one of the models with drawbar organ functionality. This beast is clearly the flagship of the ZPI days, but might be overkill for me, and it's £200-250 here. A CTK-691 would be £40-50, and a CTK-900 would be £60-90... which is weird as it looks like the only difference is a few extra presets on the 900. Then there's the various WK-3x00 models which cost £100+ but are cheaper than the MZ-2000. What would your advice be? Start smaller and upgrade if necessary?
I think the WK series is a great place to start. I really like the ctK671 too, if you like things a bit smaller. I have a feeling the much-newer MZ-X models have ZPI too, but Casio is extremely secretive about that for some reason. Check them out anyway :)
I have this keyboard but its quite complicated to use and not easy to know how to actually record on it. A tutorial on how to actually get the most out of it would be helpful
Hi mate there is a way to record on it but I just yous my line out in to a mixer and usb into the pc and record on audacity Works a treat 31 albums later 👌😀
It depends on what someone wants from key action. It feels like a 1980s synth, which I happen to like a lot. Think early electone organ, akai ax60 or roland jx3p kind of action. It feels right at home if you use it as a synth or an organ. I use mine out busking and I want to be able play as fast as i can as easily as possible, so for me, the light and springy action is a bonus.
this casio MZ-2000 it is the best keyboard in the world for that prise it costs but the onley bad on this keyboard is the tangents it is verey plasty and you can comvert musikstyles from other organs and keyboards but nobody can comvert musikstyles from this mz2000 so this is the best keyboards and no other keyboards can thake the casio mc2000 plases not evan thechnics biggest organs or keyboards
and i have kn1000 and kn3000and allso organ sx e66 and allso sx g9 organs but nobody can take this mz2000 plases in my hart so buy this keyboard and you shall be happy
Yeah, I guess it was probably mind-blowing back in 2000 when it was released (I'm told that was the year of release, I haven't cross-checked that with Casio yet)
Like all casio keyboards, if you use it as intended, it will always be very underwhelming. The mz2000 is no exception. The trick with casio keyboards is to find out its strengths and then work out what you can create out of that......and ignore everything else. The mz2000 is a power house and when set up correctly it can hold its own in any company. I have many mz2000 videos on my channel that can show how the mz2000 can sound once you start getting creative with it.
DEPENDS ON HOW PRO YOU WANT TO GO . OF SPEND ALL DAY MACKING A SOUND IT CAN DO THAT BUT GET THINKS DONE V EASY TO PLAY LOTS ON IT TOMENTION AND YES I AM A FULL TIME PRO KEYBOARD PLAYER AND DJ LOVE IT :)
I think it was sound recorded from spakers which in this keyboard are amazing, best in compare to others which even not always have amplifier and speakers build in. Direct recording of course would sound more impressive. For higher demand user is forced to work with included synth
Duuuuude!!!
You finally got one!
How good are they hahaha!
I've been posting loads of mz2000 videos lately and hopefully people will start to see the amazing potential of them.
Yeah I've been seeing your vids. Somewhere there's a Casio engineer breathing a contented sigh, knowing that their design is finally being appreciated somewhere!
HI MATE HE HAS JOINED THE RIGHT SOUND NOW HOW YOU KEEPING MATE :)
@@STEVEN.FRANCIS. hey howdy Steve :)
I remember my friend telling me about this and gave me the brochure of it. I couldn’t believe it was a Casio! I still can’t believe it to this day!
I’ve always wanted one! It looks incredible! The features seem to be on par with the high end Yamaha PSRs at the time.
They’ve never released anything like it before and it wasn’t until 2011 that they released the PX-5S and 2016 that they released the MZ-X series.
The XW Series were also phenomenal keyboards!
I agree. I still feel that Casio have never got the formula completely right, though. With every Casio I've ever had, I've been left thinking "It's so great, but if it just had..."
@@gearfacts exactly. I feel the same!
@@michaelaurelius8507 Same Feeling Here...
YES ONE OF THE CLASSICS ALL ROUNDER :)
Never actually had the pleasure of owning one of these after being tempted plenty of times. Reminds me of a Technics Arranger and it goes against a lot of casio designs from that period.
Yes, it's very much in the Technics style. Tough call between this and the bigger Technics workstations.
Still love the technics kn1000 I own
I GOT ONE AND LOVE IT :)
Same As Technics SX-KN1600 👍
Casio ZPI was good... Not
excellent, but better than the classic Casio sounds... I played this MZ keyboard for a while and, Yeah, sounds were Awesome for that time period, I really liked some of the saxophones and synths... some of the drums were decent... Onboard Speakers teally helped this keyboard shine.... Thank You for sharing.... Keep up the good Work my Friend...
Thanks Alex, glad you enjoyed the vid :)
Looks like the console on the Starship Enterprise. Good sounds!
Yeah, verrrry chunky. Gonna be a hard one to sell, I think.
IT IS AND SOUND GRATE LOVE IT :)
Casio has many interesting models. This one seems to be very good, even for today 2023.
Yes I think it can actually do better than what I have shown in this video :)
step phaser or flanger ... unusual for a dsp in synth.. I don’t remember another synthesizer that had this function .. ARP is also unusual for a autocompaniment synth
Yeah the early Zoom pedals had superb step flanging/phasing. They canned it, sadly, offering more effects these days but less avant-grade stuff like the good old days.
Hola, este rs anterior al Wk 3500 si no me equivoco y superior en prestaciones, no sé si en sonido también. Yo tengo desde hace una semana el wk3500 y lo que más me gusta son los sonidos de piano acústico y rhodes, pero esperaba mejor sonido de órgano, comparado con otros teclados que tengo Roland y Korg me parecen un poco chirriantes, incluso tuve un ctk 750 y me gustaba más el sonido de órgano.
This is one of my favorite ZPI keyboards.
Very nice. Wish I could sit this under my CTK-700 though. I like that little sucker too. I am going to start recording with it soon. Pushing headphone output through a Line 6UX-1. Get stero input into Ableton or Audacity that way. I need to learn more about MIDI with the CTK-700 though. Seems to work quite well. I also kave a Novation LaunchKey61, MidiPlus AK-320 to play with.
A lot to learn.
Thanks for the reviews. Inspires me to seek out discarded keys all over.
Good work. Thank you.
Really appreciate your message. Thanks!
GO FOR IT MY 3 CASIOS ARE IN A 3 STACK WITH THE MZ ON TOP :)
I want Casio to revisit the ZPI synthesis or to re-release The MZ-2000, i would like Casio to Release the MZ-3000, with the same everything as the 2000, but with more sounds. SYnthesis: ZPI.
So the MZ like pretty much most high end Casio keyboards of the modern era(post 1990) are Arrangers. Though the MZ2K was touted as a Workstation it is NOT. It is what Casio finally released to the market that was a concept HT/CT combo in 1992 called the HT-X10/20. The CTK-810EX and the now more recent MX500? or MZ-X500? are the more contemporary versions of the MZ2000. I can not confirm AFTERTOUCH in the keybed as being a thing with any of the POST MZ2000 models though..
It's a workstation. It has all the elements to be classified such as.
YES IT DOS HAVE THIS AND FIRST TO BRING IN FULL RANGE CHORDS :)
The best keyboard ever !!
Wow some big MZ2000 love there!
YEP THE BEST AND LOVING EVRY DAY :)
That's debatable
I'm pretty sure this keyboard was to compete with Yamaha's PSR-8000, in terms of design.
Yep, similar era. I think the PSR8000 had a sampler though didn't it? Big advantage if it did.
@@gearfacts I had the Yamaha PSR-8000. Still my favorite PSR after all this time. It did indeed have a sampler which wasn’t present in the PSR-7000 predecessor. What’s weird is that they had the PSR-4000 which was essentially the PSR-7000 with half the polyphony, less effects, no mic input and downgraded speakers for a lower price point.
They never made a PSR-5000 to offset the cost of the PSR-8000 at $3k retail.
Instead they came out with a PSR-740 in 1999 which was cheaper but updated in many ways with new features but still very limited compared to the PSR-8000.
Very interesting times we were in 25 years ago!
Ahhh yes the 90's were very exciting. I had a feeling I'd done a video about the PSR8000 and it turns out I did: th-cam.com/video/Of18ZSHqmsE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-PCSc5Fn9Y1BjaWp@@michaelaurelius8507
PROBLY AND IT WON :)@@gearfacts
Hey! I stumbled across your channel a couple of months ago, and your video on the CTK-671 has sent me down a ZPI rabbit hole! I know I want a ZPI-era keyboard, but I want one of the models with drawbar organ functionality. This beast is clearly the flagship of the ZPI days, but might be overkill for me, and it's £200-250 here. A CTK-691 would be £40-50, and a CTK-900 would be £60-90... which is weird as it looks like the only difference is a few extra presets on the 900. Then there's the various WK-3x00 models which cost £100+ but are cheaper than the MZ-2000. What would your advice be? Start smaller and upgrade if necessary?
I think the WK series is a great place to start. I really like the ctK671 too, if you like things a bit smaller. I have a feeling the much-newer MZ-X models have ZPI too, but Casio is extremely secretive about that for some reason. Check them out anyway :)
I HAVE 2 WK KEYBOARDS AND THE MZ 200 LOVE THEM ALL POP OVER TO MY CHANAL AND SEE AND HEAR ALL THEM PLAYED :)
I have this keyboard but its quite complicated to use and not easy to know how to actually record on it. A tutorial on how to actually get the most out of it would be helpful
It’s gone from the studio now sorry, but the manual is still available online. Search “Casio MZ-2000 PDF” and it should appear.
Hi mate there is a way to record on it but I just yous my line out in to a mixer and usb into the pc and record on audacity
Works a treat
31 albums later
👌😀
Thank you so much. ❤❤❤
For all its legendary rep, l heard the key action was cheap when will they ever learn about keybeds
I'd say it's just average and I guess it's a fair point that buyer's could expect more at this price point (something like $2K in its time).
It depends on what someone wants from key action.
It feels like a 1980s synth, which I happen to like a lot.
Think early electone organ, akai ax60 or roland jx3p kind of action.
It feels right at home if you use it as a synth or an organ.
I use mine out busking and I want to be able play as fast as i can as easily as possible, so for me, the light and springy action is a bonus.
YES AND THIS WAS IN THE 80S = TO 11K AT THE TIME
@@gearfacts
It looks like something you'd use to steer a UFO. Nice sounds tho \m/
Yeah it's totally UFO-console! Probably unnecessarily large really :)
YOU GET THERE HANG OF IT AND IT COME V EASY TO PLAY :)
This must be a great cheaper alternative to 2002's Technics SX-KN7000 or other thing in that realm.
Yes I think Casio made it to compete with the SX-KN series and korg’s PA series.
ITS ABOUT THE SAME TIME I HAVE THE TECNICS KNSX6000 AND IT V GOOD PLAYED DAYLY LIVE ON FACEBOOK IN MY HOME STUDIO POP OVER :)
Сколко стоит этот синтезатор??? Доллором
Один продается в Австралии за 300 австралийских долларов. Это около 220 долларов США. Thanks for watching Gearfacts :)
Microphone jack and A level control on the front WHERE THEY SHOULD BE!
Absolutely!
Not only where it should be but also set of voice effects is included which are great and sampling function for any sound too
hopefully Casio will come out with a new workstation-
I hope so too 👍
They did and it wasnt very good.
The Mzx 500.
Very glitchy and buggy.
YEP WAS A BIT OF A RUSH JOB FOR THE SHOW AND STILL NEEDED WORK ON IT LOOKED GOOD TO :)
@@sssyntax
ive got one n i love it cost me 100.00 pounds.. off ebay last yaer
bargain !
Nice one!
NICE KEEP IT IT WILL GO UP :)
this casio MZ-2000 it is the best keyboard in the world for that prise it costs but the onley bad on this keyboard is the tangents it is verey plasty and you can comvert musikstyles from other organs and keyboards but nobody can comvert musikstyles from this mz2000 so this is the best keyboards and no other keyboards can thake the casio mc2000 plases not evan thechnics biggest organs or keyboards
ZPI sound processor, love it!!
and i have kn1000 and kn3000and allso organ sx e66 and allso sx g9 organs but nobody can take this mz2000 plases in my hart so buy this keyboard and you shall be happy
For a 'pro' keyboard it doesn't sound very pro...
Yeah, I guess it was probably mind-blowing back in 2000 when it was released (I'm told that was the year of release, I haven't cross-checked that with Casio yet)
Like all casio keyboards, if you use it as intended, it will always be very underwhelming.
The mz2000 is no exception.
The trick with casio keyboards is to find out its strengths and then work out what you can create out of that......and ignore everything else.
The mz2000 is a power house and when set up correctly it can hold its own in any company.
I have many mz2000 videos on my channel that can show how the mz2000 can sound once you start getting creative with it.
DEPENDS ON HOW PRO YOU WANT TO GO . OF SPEND ALL DAY MACKING A SOUND IT CAN DO THAT BUT GET THINKS DONE V EASY TO PLAY LOTS ON IT TOMENTION AND YES I AM A FULL TIME PRO KEYBOARD PLAYER AND DJ LOVE IT :)
YES MATE YOU DO AND SOUND COOL :)@@sssyntax
SOUND BETER THAT THE ONE YOU HAVE :)
Rubish sound
That's the way I like it ;)
I think it was sound recorded from spakers which in this keyboard are amazing, best in compare to others which even not always have amplifier and speakers build in. Direct recording of course would sound more impressive. For higher demand user is forced to work with included synth