Australian CASIO MIDI Users Club Newsletter 3., CZ Patches & Rock School Courses

Additional scans in via Loscha, who brought us the MIDI PRIMER scans earlier today (higher res pics added there BTW).

The first 11 are the CASIO MIDI Users Club Newsletter 3 featuring the AZ-1 keytar on the cover. Below that are some CZ patches followed by Rock School course agendas. To be there at the time... It made me think of the New York School of Synthesis (if you haven't seen it, don't miss it).

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Australian Casio MIDI User Group Newsletter 3 (higher res PDF here)

Advertising about Australian (Melbourne) Synthesizer and guitar workshops

Handwritten patches from an attendee of one of those workshops.

If anyone has any further editions of Australian MIDI Users Club newsletter, please email loscha@gmail.com.

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New Video from Mario Mathy - "Liberty"

Published on Feb 10, 2019 Lindsey Tuteleers

Follow-up to Mario Mathy's Jumping Dance (don't miss it if you haven't seen it).

And an image sent my way via Mario. That's him on the right with the Casio AZ-1 keytar. On his right is a Casio rep with a VL-Tone VL-5.

Update: a few more images added below.

These first two are from this article (Googlish here).

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1983 Casio Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.

"Casio CZ-1 synthesizer, AZ-1 controller, RZ-1 drum machine, and TB-1 MIDI switching thru box "Note worthy" two-page colour advertisement from page 82 and 83 in the September 1986 issue of Keyboard."

1986 CASIO AZ-1 KEYTAR MIDI CONTROLLER

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via this auction

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$220,736.00 / 160,000.00 Euro Synth Auction

via this auction

This one spotted by Adrien.

The list:
"1. ARP AXXE
2. ARP PRO DGX
3. ARP QUADRA
4. MOOG Realistic MG 1
5. MOOG Polymoog Keyboard
6. MOOG Polypedal Controller
7. MOOG Taurus II mit Pedal
8. MOOG Keyboard Controller 950
9. MOOG Memorymoog
10. MOOG Satellite
11. MOOG Sonic Six
12. Korg Trident MK II

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Casio AZ-1 Keytar Guitar Polyphonic Keyboard +Case

via this auction

Video below and at the auction. Tons more pics at the auction.

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1986 CASIO CZ-1 SYNTHESIZER AZ-1 MIDI KEYBOARD PRINT AD

via this auction

"1986 Casio CZ-1 61-key Synthesizer, AZ-1 MIDI Keyboard, RZ-1 Sampling Drum Machine & TB-1 MIDI switching thru box 2-page Magazine Ad. Ad measures approx. 16"X 11" inches."

see the seller's other items for more.

Flight of the Concords

via FFFFOUND!

Casio AZ-1 keytar

1986 Casio AZ-1 Keytar Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the backside and write-up.

Freddy and the Dolby Casio AZ-1

via Ghastly H on The Official Thomas Dolby Forum back in 2004.

"Here's a little watercolour I did of Freddy (transgendered otaku character from my weekly online comic strip) playing the Thomas Dolby Casio AZ-1 which I bought off eBay during the Thomas Dolby clearance sale."

Casio CZ-101 with AZ-1 Controller Keytar

YouTube via CZRider01 — May 31, 2008 —

"Short vid of my Casio CZ-101 controlled by a custom painted AZ-1 remote. Background sequence on a Sequential Circuits Pro~1"

CASIO CZ-3000 SYNTHESIZER & AZ-1 KEYBOARD BROCHURE

via this auction
"original CASIO CZ-3000 Synthesizer and AZ-1 remote keyboard brochures. he CZ-3000 brochure includes 2 pages as shown in photos and the AZ-1 is a double - sided brochure. These were printed in the mid 1980's in Japan. These brochures provide details about the features of each as well as specifications. The AZ-1 in particular is very "retro"and would not be easy to find now."

The Electronic Room in The Deutsches Museum and The Siemens Modular

Beyond those glass doors lies the electronic instrument room in the Deutsches Museum. Peter Forrest, author of the excellent A-Z Books, posted a question on the AH list asking if anyone heard of the "Siemens modular synth from around 1970, with a very large number of oscillators, a pin matrix, and an interesting triangular design? This is later than their early (pretty magnificent) synthesiser / vocoder." Apparently The Deutsches Museum has one and it is most likely behind that door with more electronic goodness. I ran a quick search on flickr for The Deutsches Museum and found it. Update: Turns out this is not the synth Peter was referring to. The one he is referring to has a triangular design like a pyramid. If anyone has any more info on this unique synthesizer, please post a comment or contact me. My contact info is on the bottom right of this site.

flickr by jacktastic. full size
"Siemens electronic music lab circa 1960ish. The highlight of any trip to Munich and star of the Deutches museum."


Synthesizer. flickr by thefoggiest. full size

I also found the following:

hofner guitar with Oberheim DX, Casio VLTone and? flickr by thefoggiest. full size

click here for the Musical Instruments page on the official Deutsches Museum website. BTW, if anyone has more info on the Siemens please comment. If you have more images send them my way. My contact info is at the bottom right of the site.

Update: also see this link (in Googlish here).

Update via swissdoc in the comments:
"Whenever you are in the Museum, make sure to visit the HighVoltage Show and the "Bergwerk".

The Siemens Studio is featured on 6 pages in issue 03/07 of the "Synthesizer-Magazin". You can still get a copy here (in German only).

What looks like a modular synth is indeed "just" a bank of oscillators built 1956. It features 1 Tieftongenerator (Dual) which is a Dual-LFO, 19 oscillators (sinus or sinus to square variable, AR Env) and a Noise Generator (takes static noise from an FM receiver). There is a patchpanel to interconnect the oscillators.

There is a CD available with music recorded in that studio:
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There is a small booklet available "Siemens-Studio für Elektronische Musik / [Hrsg.: Siemens-Kulturprogramm]" which can be found in German libraries with a little luck.

Some further links on the topic:
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Georg."

Link to the Synthesizer Magazin issues in Googlish