Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. It has become common practice for old school synth manufacturers - and I mean Roland - to squeeze every penny from their great 80s legacy: toy-ish digital clones, even smaller fridge magnet-sized synth reimaginings and I totally want a pair of TR-808 Pumas.
Today we are going to talk about the CZ101. This compact 1985 Phase Distortion synth was Casio’s first foray into the world of professional keyboards and given the fact that it was used by - well - everybody can only mean one of two things: Casio doesn’t like money or it’s a really bad synth.
Bad Gear - Clone THIS!!!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:01 Overview Casio CZ-101
01:30 Phase Distortion Synthesis
02:09 Oscillators (DCO???)
02:26 DCW (WTF???)
02:39 Envelope Structure
03:00 Polyphony, Structure
03:13 Detune, Ring Modulation, Noise
03:29 Vibrato (LFO???)
03:37 Layers, Portamento, Initialize
04:04 Patch Memory (or lack thereof)
04:34 What else??? (Features, Build Quality, Thanks, Pricing)
05:08 Hate
05:31 Jam 1 ( Techno )
06:29 Jam 2 ( Electro )
07:21 Finale ( Anime Racing Music )
07:51 Verdict
Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness
patreon.com/audiopilz
instagram.com/audio.pilz
These links support the channel regardless of what your Bad Gear G.A.S. commands you to buy (at no additional cost for you):
EU: thomann.de/de/index.html?offid=1&affid=3105
US: link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/8-12626-261103-9759
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. It has become common practice for old school synth manufacturers - and I mean Roland - to squeeze every penny from their great 80s legacy: toy-ish digital clones, even smaller fridge magnet-sized synth reimaginings and I totally want a pair of TR-808 Pumas.
Today we are going to talk about the CZ101. This compact 1985 Phase Distortion synth was Casio’s first foray into the world of professional keyboards and given the fact that it was used by - well - everybody can only mean one of two things: Casio doesn’t like money or it’s a really bad synth.
Bad Gear - Clone THIS!!!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:01 Overview Casio CZ-101
01:30 Phase Distortion Synthesis
02:09 Oscillators (DCO???)
02:26 DCW (WTF???)
02:39 Envelope Structure
03:00 Polyphony, Structure
03:13 Detune, Ring Modulation, Noise
03:29 Vibrato (LFO???)
03:37 Layers, Portamento, Initialize
04:04 Patch Memory (or lack thereof)
04:34 What else??? (Features, Build Quality, Thanks, Pricing)
05:08 Hate
05:31 Jam 1 ( Techno )
06:29 Jam 2 ( Electro )
07:21 Finale ( Anime Racing Music )
07:51 Verdict
