*LNIB* Vintage Casio MT-520 Synthesizer w Drum Machine and Stand
$125
Super cool Casio Casiotone MT-520 - Made in Japan and in shockingly like new condition.
This keyboard from 1987 has a lovely warm semi-analog sound, sample based percussion and 8 rubber drumpads.
Its special feature is the quite versatile "Super Drums" accompaniment with individually mutable tracks, and there are even individual inputs for 8 external drumpads.
The original 1987 retail price of the Casio MT-520 was about 225€ ($365 CAD) price tag on box. I’m looking for $140. It comes as shown, and also includes a keyboard stand.
HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE LOCATION WITHIN TORONTO FOR A PICKUP.
Now I’m going to rant for a bit more about it below:
The 12 preset sounds and chords employ Casio's classic "Consonant Vowel" synthesis engine, which mixes 2 stair shaped waveforms with independent volume envelopes and can make nicely warm, resonant, and sonorous sounds.
The 12 preset rhythms are made from woody knocking medium resolution samples, the rhythms consist of 4 separate tracks, those each have a slide switch for 3 variations and mute, which permits a lot of realtime variations.
Also the warm sounding accompaniments each have 3 variations and intro, fill-in and ending and accept beyond establishment chords also wild disharmonic note combinations. Some variations are nicely complex arranged and partly contain arpeggio. The sensitive rubber drumpads mute a running rhythm for a bar; the base drum pad even stops it entirely until a fill-in is started.
Features:
49 midsize keys (well responding)
2 built-in 11cm speakers (of reasonable quality, stereo)
main voice polyphony up to 8 notes (only 4 with accompaniment)
12 semi-OBS preset sounds {piano, vibraphone, jazz organ, violin, trumpet, funky clavi | elec. piano, elec. guitar, pipe organ, human voice, flute, synth. sound} (selected through 6 OBS buttons + bank switch button)
12 semi-OBS preset rhythms {rock 1, pops, disco, swing, samba, march | rock 2, reggae, 16 beat, slow rock, bossa nova, waltz} (selected through 6 OBS buttons + bank switch button)
master volume slider
separate rhythm & accompaniment volume sliders
single finger & fingered accompaniments (manual chord with rhythm off)
intro/ fill-in & ending buttons
4 "Super Drums" rhythm variation slide switches {bass drum, snare drum/ rim shot, hand clap/ bongo, cymbal/ high hat} (each 3 variations and mute)
3 accompaniment variations slide switch
tempo +/- buttons (66 steps?)
8 rubber drumpads {rim shot, hand clap, hi bongo, low bongo, cymbal, snare drum, bass drum, high hat} (very responsive)
main & chord voice timbres based on 2 mixed stair shaped waveforms with different digital envelopes, those are differently filtered through capacitors.
percussion sound made from 8 bit medium resolution samples.
stereo chorus rotary speaker/ leslie simulator (based on a combination of panning and pitch shifting)
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