It’s a digital synth with an analog filter and a charmingly noisy chorus effect. Another excellent old-school synth in this price range is the Korg Poly-800. I’ve always been a fan of affordable retro synths like the Casio CZ-101.

It features 17 multi-sampled patches from the Oberheim Matrix synth. On a related note, Reverb is also offering the Oberheim Matrix 1000 Synth Collection as a free download. The individual samples are organized into folders for each patch, so it’s quite easy to find all the files and create custom mappings in your favorite sampler or digital audio workstation. The download size is 533 MB, and the samples are neatly packed into a ZIP archive. Hear the Casio CZ1000 synthesizer in action in the SynthMania demo video embedded below: It features the same phase distortion synthesis engine that made the CZ-101 such a popular instrument back in the day. On the other hand, a smaller sample library like this one is easier to work with, especially if your plan is to load the sounds in a freeware sampler like Grace and apply further processing.Īs for the sampled instrument, the Casio CZ1000 was the full-sized variant of the legendary CZ-101 synthesizer. The result is a lightweight sound library that captures the essence of CZ1000’s sound character, although it lacks the attention to detail found in the larger multi-gigabyte sample collections. Each preset was multi-sampled by recording two notes per octave. The sound collection covers fifteen Casio CZ1000 factory sounds.

See also: Reverb Drum Machines Sound Collection Is Now FREE (€841 Value) You just need to sign up for a Reverb user account (registration is free) and hit the download button to grab your copy of the library. Reverb offers the Casio CZ1000 Synth Collection ($29.99 value) sound library in WAV format as a free download.Ĭasio CZ1000 Synth Collection typically sells for $29.99, but Reverb is currently offering it as a free download from their website.

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