The vl1 was the first instrument of casios vltone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the vltone. Autodafe has released a casio vl1 plugin for macwindows auvst 32 and 64 bits. Contralogic has released a free casio vl tone soundfont. Casio vl1 plugin version for macwindows auvst 32 and 64 bits, original presets sampled and looped. Heres a soundfont i made a while ago of the piano sound from a casio vl 1 keyboard. Vl1 is not just a sample player, it is a real emulator that emulates the original hardware. Cheapo tone is a recreation of the famous casio vl1. It combines a calculator, synthesizer, and sequencer. Making a crazy custom guitar the most complex electric guitar ever. Vl1 is a freeware emulator of the world famous classic calculator annex minisynthesizer from the eighties made by. Saying that the sound generator is primitive is an understatement. Never have so few bits been sampled by so many for so little, to paraphrase churchill. It combined a calculator, a monophonic synthesizer, and sequencer. Well, the casio vl1 is famous for its use in popular music.
Classic bit of 80s retro keynoard that is fondly remembered. The outstanding fxes emulator features the same basic functionality as thefx82es plus, fx85es plus, fx350es plus, fx570es plus and fx991es plus school calculators. Casio vltone emulator vl1 is a freeware emulator of the world famous classic calculator annex minisynthesizer from the eighties made by casio. Circuit bent casio sk1 gets an arduino brain hackaday. Archive of a site with documentation, software and patches for vz series synths. It has 29 calculatorbutton keys, a threeposition octave switch, one programmable and five preset sounds, ten builtin rhythm patterns, an eightcharacter lcd, a 100note sequencer, and a multifunction calculator mode. Einen emulationsartikel ohne erwahnung des softwareentwicklers. View and download casio vl1 operation manual online. Each of these cheap portable keyboards featured a number of interesting drum loops that could be played in accompaniment of melodies. I can remember modifications for very casio noise makers like the vltone. All 53 notes in the instruments range are individually sampled at 48 khz from the vl tone s line output so you can recreate the authentic sound of this classic vintage instrument. Free casio vl1 tone emulator for windows synthtopia. Vl1 is not a sample player, it is a real emulator that emulates the original hardware. Heres all about this wizardary machine on the one show that was quite a revoultionary at the time in the 80s.
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