CASIO KX-101 🔥RARE🔥 (1984) Vintage Stereo Ghetto-Blaster Boombox Synthesizer

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Mini keyboard demo at 1:12.

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Casio KX-101 BoomBox Synthesizer

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Casio KX 101

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Keyboard and rhythm demo comes in after :50.

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"See photos and video. Like New - I would call this Mint. If you're interested, message me 1st and make sure it qualifies as your definition of Mint. It's sold ASIS with Video and Photos. It's a delicate beauty - probably the sexiest boombox ever made. It will be respectfully wrapped for a safe delivery.

Accessories: (unknown if OEM - but I've had them all paired with this unit for over 20 years - so...)
• Microphone - For the Mixing Mic Input on the unit. Works great! But, there is wire stress and cut out unless bend a certain way - you know what I'm talking about - it's in the photos as a close up.

• Headphones - The 1/8 to 1/4 adapter on these is RadioShack.
• Maxell UR Cassette Tape - Not used except for the demo and maybe a bit from other testing.
• AC Cord
• Speaker Jumper Cables Left and Right"

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Casio KX-101 BoomBox Synthesizer

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1984 Casio KX-101 Boombox Synthesizer

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"Casio KX101 Keyboard Synth Boombox

Cassette, Radio, Synth and Recorder!

An awesome and rare oddity. The Casio KX101 is a rarely spotted and surely on the endangered Synths list. Alas they have not been bred in captivity and we will most likely never see more of them.

Why companies don’t build pieces like anymore is bewildering. It’s looks and sounds amazing and is actually incredibly practical.
For all you collectors we present the Casio KX101. In excellent working condition with acceptable blemishes for a piece from 1984 save for a small crack to the casing near the line inputs and outputs."

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Casio KX-101 Boombox Synth Demo

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"Showing sounds of this rare casio synth on ebay. although it looks like a toy or novelty instrument it has some great sounds, especially in unison mode some hard chorus jumps in and sounds very nice. rhythm sounds are also great analog noises. cassette on this particular synth does not work properly, it runs on low speed and is perfect for experimental drones."

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1984 Casio KX-101 Ad

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CASIO KX-101 MINI SYNTHESIZER BOOMBOX GHETTO BLASTER RADIO Demo Video

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Published on Jan 19, 2015 donaldroszz

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"This boombox was made of excellent quality, MADE IN JAPAN. I Weighed it on scale and it is 12 lbs. So much quality put into this radio. Back in the day, this Item was purchased new in 1986 with a hefty price of $ 575.00 dollars, There were not very many sold, but the good thing is that the technology was ahead of its time and after all these years they are highly sought after. This Item was tested and it has an incredibly powerful Analog radio and Many keyboard recording functions that are complex. I do not have the manual but one can be obtained from casio for $4.99. Box does show wear such as scraps and scratches though no cracks or missing parts whats so ever. Radio switches work perfectly though will need a nice cleaning cause they crackle sometimes from years of dust. Keyboard, Tape Player, and Radio work Perfectly!"

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Casio KX-101 Vintage AM/FM Cassette Keyboard

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Rare 1984 Casio KX-101 boombox keyboard

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"This is a very short demo, of a rare Casio boombox. My camera doesn't do this thing justice. The drums & some of the tones are really cool."


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"main features:
* 37 mini keys
* 12 key buttons + 11 select buttons for direct selectable single finger chords
* 2 detachable 2-way loudspeaker boxes (with some bass, tweeter is slightly hissy)
* main voice polyphony 4 notes (only 1 in unison mode)
* 9 preset sounds {piano 1..3, harpsichord, organ, clarinet, flute, horn, mellow}
* 12 preset rhythms {waltz, ballad, swing, enka, 16beat, rock-1..3, disco-1..2, bossa nova, samba}
* preset sounds, rhythms & sequencer note lengths selected through keyboard keys
* cipher buttons {'0'..'9', 'set', 'c'} (only used by tape deck?)
* main volume slider
* treble & stereo balance sliders
* separate volume sliders for poly (keyboard main voice), mono, chord, arpeggio, rhythm, mixing microphone
* stereo/ mono switch
* tempo +/- buttons (57 steps, most are slow)
* transpose +/- buttons (13 semitone steps)
* arpeggio
* detuned chorus mode (called "unison", monophonic)
* 3 rhythm fill-in buttons
* complex sequencer (473 steps, polyphonic with edit features, saves music files on audio cassette)
* 2 "one key play" buttons (to play or edit sequencer contents note by note)
* semi- analogue sound generator similar like Casio VL-1; the digital envelopes (with audible zipper noise) are linear and thus sounds unrealistic because they fade silent too soon. Unlike the latter it is 4 note polyphonic and alternatingly assigns notes to both stereo channels. Chord voice is 4 note polyphonic with fixed timbre like Casio PT-30 but has an optional arpeggio voice. Analogue percussion corresponds to PT-30.
* very complex multi- chip hardware:
o CPU1= "NEC D1868G 006, 8348XK, Japan" (80 pin SMD)
o CPU2= "NEC D1879G 002, 8343XK, Japan" (80 pin SMD)
o 2x SRAM= "HD C, 61914, 4F, 23" (44 pin SMD)
o tape drive CPU?= "Toshiba TC4514BP, 8418H, Japan" (24 pin DIL)
o IC "LB1405, 4A3" (16 pin DIL)
o tuner IC "441, A04" (16(?) pin DIL)
o big hybrid "K4F25S, 46311"
* radio tuner:
o FM stereo, MW, LW
o analogue scale with tuning knob
o telescope & ferrite antenna
o nice sound
* digital controlled cassette deck:
o "computer play" drive control buttons {space search, rec return, repeat, single, program, shuffle, intro, JP}
o direct title select through cipher buttons
o tape sorts switch {normal, CrO2, metal}
o tape counter (mechanical)
o record mute button (records a pause)
o datasette function to save & load sequencer data
o 2 integrated microphones
o has no dolby, sounds bassless
o fails by hardening rubber parts
* level meter (7 LED row with only 5 steps, mono)
* timer switch (to be used with an external mains timer to play or record)
* RAM-Pack slot (for optional Casio RA-10 module that expands sequencer memory to 985 steps)
* tuning trimmer (+/- 30cent)
* auto- power off (in keyboard mode)
* jacks for mains cable, speakers, line out, phones, line in, microphones, mixing microphone"

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CASIO KX-101

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