Casio HT-700 Repair and Review

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In this episode I take a look at the Casio HT-700 keyboard and do some minor repairs and a full demonstration. You can hear the multi-track song here:
/ casio-ht-700-groove
You can see Rene's remix of the 8-Bit Keys theme here:
• 8 bit Keys Theme Remix

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  • @elizabeth_noir
    @elizabeth_noir7 жыл бұрын

    This will probably be buried but my mom had this keyboard when I was growing up. Seeing this really brought me back. Keep up the good work, both of your channels are amazing!

  • @Strelnikov403
    @Strelnikov4037 жыл бұрын

    8-Bit Keys, the most criminally-underrated channel on KZread.

  • @thestickmangamer4027

    @thestickmangamer4027

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @o-kapo

    @o-kapo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Strelnikov_ YES

  • @RetroPlus

    @RetroPlus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not anymore

  • @GrantBrenner
    @GrantBrenner7 жыл бұрын

    If I'm using an old keyboard, I'm not really looking for "realistic" sounds. There's usually sort of an uncanny valley effect on these kinds of keyboards. A clearly synthetic voice is more appealing to me than a somewhat realistic voice that isn't quite realistic enough to pass off as a real instrument. If I wanted a good piano sound, for example, I'd just use a real piano. I like old keyboards specifically because they sound synthetic.

  • @diggydude5229

    @diggydude5229

    6 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! I wish more people got that.

  • @UnchainedEruption

    @UnchainedEruption

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exactly, I was thinking the same thing when I saw the video.

  • @nordeide

    @nordeide

    5 жыл бұрын

    Even classical music sounds better with proper synthetic sounds.

  • @fnersch3367

    @fnersch3367

    5 жыл бұрын

    Each keyboard reflects the sub culture behind it. Remember, it is a commercial product designed to make money for its creator. As a musicologist I like this sort of thing.

  • @LaskyLabs

    @LaskyLabs

    4 жыл бұрын

    Besides... You can never replicate sounds like a saxaphone. I've yet to hear a synth one that sounded real.

  • @Slay1337pl
    @Slay1337pl7 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love how this keyboards sounds! It hits the spot right between realistic and synthetic.

  • @bobbyberetta4206
    @bobbyberetta42067 жыл бұрын

    I have no clue about electronics nor do I play piano/keyboard however between you and Markusfuller's channel I love watching these Teardown/Repair videos! Thank you, I appreciate what you do.

  • @blazley7459

    @blazley7459

    6 жыл бұрын

    love me some marcusfuller

  • @elijahd3391

    @elijahd3391

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bo88y Beretta is

  • @Paul-gz5dp

    @Paul-gz5dp

    5 жыл бұрын

    Does not matter how much you know, what matters is if you are willing to try things and learn. That is the basics for all repairs and design of everything that has ever been made. Just remember some websites such as archive.org, servicemanuals.net, or manualslib.com and spend some time on trying to find manuals. If you have to download anything other than a PDF, or give them any information (unless you are buying something) go elsewhere as they are a scamming site, and there are many.

  • @TechDeals
    @TechDeals7 жыл бұрын

    You make interesting videos, keep doing your thing, I enjoy watching them! :)

  • @calebgoodwin8244
    @calebgoodwin82447 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as usual David!

  • @derrrtee

    @derrrtee

    7 жыл бұрын

    Caleb Goodwin how did you made that conclusion? The video just came out.

  • @calebgoodwin8244

    @calebgoodwin8244

    7 жыл бұрын

    Got here at like 15 views. It's been out for like 10 hours. Just finished it now.

  • @derrrtee

    @derrrtee

    7 жыл бұрын

    Caleb Goodwin weird, for me it just came out.

  • @calebgoodwin8244

    @calebgoodwin8244

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, KZread notifications are always late. I got my notification 10 minutes ago, just while I was watching this.

  • @TheCrazyCrewNL

    @TheCrazyCrewNL

    7 жыл бұрын

    Look at EpicLper's comment

  • @infinitecanadian
    @infinitecanadian7 жыл бұрын

    That doesn't sound like a bad keyboard. It has rather unique sounds for the instrumental music.

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer2 жыл бұрын

    The sound of that keyboard is stellar. Just, what else can scream "welcome to the 80's" quite like that heavily synthesized audio? It's the sound of video games from the late 80's and 90's and it encapsulates the childhood of so many people and grants a feeling of anemoia for those who missed out on such media because they were born too late to grow up with it. Such a cool bit of kit and I'm glad you were able to get everything working again. It makes some great sounds for when you really want to embrace that synthwave genre.

  • @andydoane
    @andydoane7 жыл бұрын

    There's a rumor going around that Michael Jackson's change in appearance was due to the 8-Bit Guy trying to Retrobrite him.

  • @supereffectivegamer6063

    @supereffectivegamer6063

    5 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @topsecret1837

    @topsecret1837

    5 жыл бұрын

    Andy Doane Good one, that made me laugh There’s another rumor going about that 8 Bit Guy did all the keyboard work for Michael Jackson because he saw so much potential in a 11 year old’s heart in the early 1980s, and that talented kid grew up to be a keyboard repair guy. Cool story intended to be a joke, but i don’t see adding a punchline anytime soon, because there was no punchline. Sike!

  • @matteocristini6221

    @matteocristini6221

    5 жыл бұрын

    How do I like this comment more than once?

  • @priestfan81

    @priestfan81

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tremendous!!!!11

  • @argi0774

    @argi0774

    3 жыл бұрын

    There's also a rumor that Michael Jackson released a new version of his song "Bad": "Dead". "I'm dead, I'm dead, you know it, I'm dead..."

  • @KitsuneCentral
    @KitsuneCentral7 жыл бұрын

    Here's a brief look into the synthesis engine that the HT-700 uses. The HT-700 uses a synth method called "Spectrum Dynamics" or SD for short. SD works by using two digital oscillators where one is used as the main body of the sound and the other as overtones. The overtone and body oscillator have their own DCA that allows their volume to fade in and out independantly of each other. Both are then mixed together and sent to the analog filter section which has its own DCA as well. Then it's outputted to amp and thats it. The biggest issue with SD, or rather Casio's implementation, was that the Oscillator DCA's were nonprogrammable and thus you ironically had no control over the very thing the SD was special for. All you could do was choose waveforms and that was it. Hope you all found this tid bit interesting.

  • @diggydude5229

    @diggydude5229

    6 жыл бұрын

    I think you can program the oscillators on the HT-6000, and change the envelope curves on both waveforms. Or at least it has a lot more preset waveforms to choose from than the HT-700.

  • @Korr_o

    @Korr_o

    6 жыл бұрын

    So its west Coast synthesis method mixed with east Coast. Interesting for sure

  • @charislinos

    @charislinos

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well I own many synthesizers and some keyboards ,this casio ht-700 is actually a digital synthesizer with analogue filter which in ht-6000 you can explore more.This pro synth-keyboard from casio were not went good on sales, cause casio had already the famous cz line which was the most advanced for sound synthesis..casio perhaps wanted to bring something between the cz and other keyboards but there was not so good of quality ..but the engine circuit inside can produce timbres that are good for some kind of music especially instrumental..

  • @U014B

    @U014B

    3 жыл бұрын

    That sounds suspiciously similar to Casio's "vowel-consonant" synthesis.

  • @throwachair

    @throwachair

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@diggydude5229 having owned a 3000 and still have a 700 they are both very versatile, real synths, once cheap, the 6000 is as far as I have read massively more versatile with I believe double the oscillators and basically everything else ! I want one ha ha

  • @bruinflight1
    @bruinflight17 жыл бұрын

    My oh my, the Typhoon sound though! The 80's just blew through my headphones and into the cosmos beyond. Thanks, Casio and 8-bit guy!

  • @EpicLPer
    @EpicLPer7 жыл бұрын

    That new intro song is just pure love in my ears

  • @EpicLPer

    @EpicLPer

    7 жыл бұрын

    I seriously want Rene Didden to post the full track somewhere, I love it!

  • @akashicrecords1843

    @akashicrecords1843

    7 жыл бұрын

    EpicLPer Was just about to ask if we could get the full version.

  • @gold4963

    @gold4963

    7 жыл бұрын

    I love it too!

  • @andegott546

    @andegott546

    7 жыл бұрын

    Who did it? Anyone know?

  • @everennui1

    @everennui1

    7 жыл бұрын

    AndeGott546 Productions my GUESS is that a combination of The 8-Bit Guy, a bag of weed and Sonic The Hedgehog made it. Have you checked out his other channel, "8-Bit Keys"?

  • @rimmersbryggeri
    @rimmersbryggeri7 жыл бұрын

    The sounds are very agreeable to me even though they are synthetic. The kind of stuff you pay a premium for these days.

  • @picturethis8611

    @picturethis8611

    7 жыл бұрын

    rimmersbryggeri my thought exactly

  • @rimmersbryggeri

    @rimmersbryggeri

    7 жыл бұрын

    I heard simular sounds in a novation synth we had at my old job in a music store. The mistake they made was to call these noises things like piano and E piano when they are clearly not.

  • @picturethis8611

    @picturethis8611

    7 жыл бұрын

    rimmersbryggeri yeah. but that doesn't make them bad sounds

  • @rimmersbryggeri

    @rimmersbryggeri

    7 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. I meant if you can get them for cheaper in an older package it's way cooler.

  • @christophertstone
    @christophertstone7 жыл бұрын

    You owe us no apology for setting your own schedule. Besides, 1-2 a month on a side channel is cranking them out pretty good.

  • @JakonDeluxe
    @JakonDeluxe7 жыл бұрын

    I love these restoration videos

  • @BertGrink

    @BertGrink

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yep, me too

  • @peter-william

    @peter-william

    7 жыл бұрын

    agreed

  • @justinlie9652

    @justinlie9652

    6 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @marianamilitaru8527

    @marianamilitaru8527

    6 жыл бұрын

    Me tio

  • @marianamilitaru8527

    @marianamilitaru8527

    6 жыл бұрын

    Too

  • @sirmugman
    @sirmugman7 жыл бұрын

    "but these are pritty rare and i don't have one" WELP YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR MAIL BOX WILL HAVE NOW DON'T YA?!

  • @linushyper300
    @linushyper3007 жыл бұрын

    I freaking love it when this man repairs stuff. I'd break something for him just to watch him repair it lol. Not something of his of course, but mine.

  • @HunterZBNS
    @HunterZBNS7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the 8-bit Keys update David. I love the teardowns and the homemade demo songs!

  • @Matt_Desrochers74
    @Matt_Desrochers744 жыл бұрын

    I got this keyboard for Christmas 1987. I still have it. It’s still in great shape and I’m pretty sure I even still have the manual for it in my big box full of manuals in the garage. I haven’t touched it in quite a few years but you have made me want to dig it out and dust it off and your channel(s) has made me realize that it deserves a home in my retro game room. Thanks!

  • @ChrisWithACam
    @ChrisWithACam7 жыл бұрын

    Hey David! I'd love to see you take on other older electronic drum machines, keytars, and other unique ones. I loooooove old electronics and love how you break down features and how they're made. I think one of my favorite types of videos you do are restorations, there's something so.. Calming about it! Thank you for the great content!

  • @cpufreak101
    @cpufreak1017 жыл бұрын

    Did nobody else notice when he was going over the sounds he left it at synth bass for like 3 sounds?

  • @FoxerTails

    @FoxerTails

    7 жыл бұрын

    Justin Noker Yeah, I was wondering if anyone was going to comment on that.

  • @JacobHunt04

    @JacobHunt04

    7 жыл бұрын

    Justin Noker Yup. Was going to comment on it. I'm not sure that's something you can go back and edit in KZread without reposting the entire video.

  • @DziugasTrollfacas
    @DziugasTrollfacas7 жыл бұрын

    After watching your videos for a while I decided to get a retro synth and I love it. Thanks David!

  • @cameronlowry3265
    @cameronlowry32657 жыл бұрын

    Been waiting on this for a while. Great video!

  • @FranticPixel
    @FranticPixel7 жыл бұрын

    I love how Enya is your go to demo song ❤️❤️❤️

  • @adh1003
    @adh10034 жыл бұрын

    This was my first keyboard. Loved it at the time. Interestingly, I really liked the data entry knob *because* it had a hard stop. Easier to "feel" without having to look at the display. Each to their own :-)

  • @FieldMarshalFeels
    @FieldMarshalFeels7 жыл бұрын

    Man, I love this channel's content. It's two of my favorite things, electronics and music, combined into this eargasmic concoction of perfection!

  • @smleonard55
    @smleonard557 жыл бұрын

    Simply the best retro site I have ever seen. clear and easy to follow. Some of those old boards were so much fun. I owned a Casio Mt800, PT80 and a Poly 800. All the best and thanks

  • @abousono1
    @abousono17 жыл бұрын

    Happy today, 8-bit keys and techmoan videos.

  • @NathanielChristopher
    @NathanielChristopher7 жыл бұрын

    2:48 Stewie Griffin pronunciation of "wHHeel!"

  • @miaugato93

    @miaugato93

    7 жыл бұрын

    *hwheel*

  • @NathanielChristopher

    @NathanielChristopher

    7 жыл бұрын

    *Much* better spelling. Thanks! :)

  • @Roflcopter4b

    @Roflcopter4b

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's actually the way every English speaker in the world used to pronounce that sound. Why on earth would they write it WHeel if it was pronounced weel? Language changes, and most young English speakers today do not pronounce the h sound anymore.

  • @NathanielChristopher

    @NathanielChristopher

    7 жыл бұрын

    Correction, that's how *awesome* English speakers pronounce the "wh" sound! :)

  • @dumdum7786

    @dumdum7786

    7 жыл бұрын

    I didn't even notice the first time around

  • @retrogamereplay1889
    @retrogamereplay18897 жыл бұрын

    Always enjoy watching your videos David, reminds me of my childhood, with all the "old" tech

  • @LogicBeach
    @LogicBeach7 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love you videos! The way you show every step is extremely helpful; I do stuff like this too from time to time and I have never heard of de-soldering braid until watching your channel. Needless to say, I'll be buying some!

  • @deepcry
    @deepcry7 жыл бұрын

    Wow this synthesizer produces great sounds!

  • @joshpayne4015
    @joshpayne40157 жыл бұрын

    Yes! Ace Hardware is my absolute go-to place for things like screws and fasteners. Lots more selection than at Home Depot.

  • @bobbyberetta4206

    @bobbyberetta4206

    7 жыл бұрын

    And more welcoming & comfortable atmosphere.

  • @Sigman-xg9mf
    @Sigman-xg9mf7 жыл бұрын

    I'm a big fan of your channel!! I have the HT-700 and really appreciate the insight into its inner workings! Keep up the great work!

  • @snoolee7950
    @snoolee79504 жыл бұрын

    your example of how-to doing small repairs is valuable and inspiring. thanks!

  • @trulsosmundsen515
    @trulsosmundsen5157 жыл бұрын

    Oh, that backgroundmusic took me back to the eighties!

  • @AndersEngerJensen

    @AndersEngerJensen

    7 жыл бұрын

    Truls Osmundsen And the best part is that it's free download for all: soundcloud.com/eox-studios/falling-in-love-with-you :)

  • @trulsosmundsen515

    @trulsosmundsen515

    7 жыл бұрын

    Downloaded, put on disk in the car. I also now follow you on soundcloud :)

  • @deadscenedotcom
    @deadscenedotcom5 жыл бұрын

    My first polyphonic synth!

  • @chrisyoyo3
    @chrisyoyo37 жыл бұрын

    Love the new intro!!!!! Oh and a huge fan!

  • @caseykoons
    @caseykoons7 жыл бұрын

    Awesome ep. We love all the 8-bit.

  • @Coolkeys2009
    @Coolkeys20097 жыл бұрын

    At 9:32, you should have held down a chord as you had fingered mode on or selected chord mode and held down 1,2,3 keys to the right of the root note. Also this keyboard had a built chorus unit to fatten up the sound, this was lost as the recordings sounded mono. The Data entry control pot was much quicker than just having up down keys, and was a luxury at the time :-) Sounded bright and interesting in it's day, a cheap multi timberal midi keyboard with a analogue filter with resonance although very limited + Song recording + chord + bass + drum programming.

  • @ClayMann

    @ClayMann

    7 жыл бұрын

    I had one of these for a while and the knob was brilliant once you got up to speed. Its funny how the early synths were all beautifully controlled with knobs and all that went out the window in the 80's with baffling key combination UI's that took over. I did quickly learn to hate this keyboard overall. Its sounds are weak. You can really give them a sonic shot in the arm with effects but its hardly worth it really.

  • @diggydude5229

    @diggydude5229

    6 жыл бұрын

    This model has an analog pot for the data entry wheel. I guess rotary encoders were too expensive at the time. I have two HT-700s. One is fairly minty and has a crisp sound. The other one has a mushy sound, which makes me think the caps need to be replaced. If I remember correctly, the little PCB with the MIDI jacks on it needs to be rebuilt on that one too. I also have the non-programmable version, the HZ-800, and the full-sized programmable HT-6000, which was the top of the Spectrum Dynamic line and was supposed to be a professional model, but the build quality was more like a typical Casio toy model. The HT-6000 sounds much more professional than its mid-sized siblings. The HT-700 sounds cartoonish in comparison.

  • @trulygg
    @trulygg7 жыл бұрын

    I love that sound to be honest

  • @Cycopather
    @Cycopather7 жыл бұрын

    Love watching you fix these types of things!

  • @andrewosborne7544
    @andrewosborne75447 жыл бұрын

    I can't play piano or know much about keyboards but I love the synth noise and repair tips you give, you're making me a better repair person!

  • @tasosjw
    @tasosjw7 жыл бұрын

    Omg! I have a hardware store and I wish my clients tried to find the screws they need by themselves. They are always like: "too short.... too long.... too thick.... not the right type etc......" and I am so boreeeeddd.. I wish I had David as a client he could have as many screws he want for free!

  • @MrDextroll

    @MrDextroll

    7 жыл бұрын

    Τάσος Παραστατίδης guess you could say u are getting _screwed_

  • @MatthewChristianMurray

    @MatthewChristianMurray

    6 жыл бұрын

    Giggity!

  • @tannerin
    @tannerin7 жыл бұрын

    you should cover one of casio's early 80s vowel consonant keyboards, the mt-65 is essential

  • @diggydude5229

    @diggydude5229

    6 жыл бұрын

    I love the organ sounds on the MT-70. The jazz organ makes a fairly convincing Hammond B3 substitute. Got her hooked up to a Korg G4 rotating speaker simulator right now, but haven't done much with it yet.

  • @Blackadder75
    @Blackadder757 жыл бұрын

    Great episode! I really like this kind of sound, as I grew up in the eighties.

  • @mikelastname6469
    @mikelastname64697 жыл бұрын

    David, you are a darn good musician. Keep doing what you do!

  • @ChipGuy
    @ChipGuy7 жыл бұрын

    The NEC D23C256 is a 32kByte mask ROM. Those other OKI 6294 Chips are 8KByte of static RAM each, no ROMs. And yes that D78C10 is in fact the CPU. From all I can see that "MIDI Controller Chip" is just another static RAM, but a very fast one, like the cache chips for old 80486 boards. Edit: The OKI 6294 are not static RAMs but percussion generators. Very misleading numbering. The small "MIDI controller chip" is a static RAM but not a fast one, just a small one.

  • @BulletMagnet83

    @BulletMagnet83

    7 жыл бұрын

    The schematic refers to the 6294's as "percussion generator 1/2". The pin assignments are completely different to an SRAM :-) EDIT: Also the speed grade of the actual SRAM is 150ns. The trailing zero is usually left off. In '87, if you could even get an 8KB SRAM in 15ns grade, it would cost a fortune! No way the bean counters would go for that. If you don't need the performance, don't pay for it :D

  • @ChipGuy

    @ChipGuy

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's weird anything with 62x4 is usually static RAM. Yeah 1987 is a bit too early for cheap fast RAM. However back then there were "fancy" 300 mil 150ns SRAMs around in order to "safe space". But I have seen weirder things like an ITT4017 (in Delta-Lab delays) that is actually 16kx1 DRAM and not a HEF4017 counter... Could you please provide a link to that CASIO schematic?

  • @BulletMagnet83

    @BulletMagnet83

    7 жыл бұрын

    Sure thing! The PDF is available here: synthstuff.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/casio-ht-700-mods/

  • @ChipGuy

    @ChipGuy

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Those OKIs are weirdos and very misleading numbering. They only use one chip select signal the write signal and the 8 data bits. They also got the CLK signal that tell that they have some counter like stuff in it. Apparently they got 4 channels each and only the MIX out is used. The DAC converters or at least some PWM DAC thing seems also to be inside them.

  • @BulletMagnet83

    @BulletMagnet83

    7 жыл бұрын

    The OKI MSM629x series usually relates to sound chips of one sort or another. The 6295, for example, was used in a lot of early arcade machines for general purpose 4-bit ADPCM sample playback. I can't find a datasheet on the 6294 but from the information we now have available, I can guess it works a little bit like the 6295 but has a mask ROM for the waveforms rather than arbitrary ones being loaded by the host CPU. Cheapest possible way to make something that did the job well enough, I suppose!

  • @CthulhusDream
    @CthulhusDream7 жыл бұрын

    8-bit keys makes my inner high school ebm goth kid smile.

  • @Metalvain4
    @Metalvain47 жыл бұрын

    I love you videos on both channels, thank you!

  • @disarmsox
    @disarmsox7 жыл бұрын

    Another interesting and entertaining video. Lovely sounds from this keyboard, it has a certain 16 bit video game sound to it. I will keep my eyes peeled for one!

  • @SpeedySPCFan
    @SpeedySPCFan7 жыл бұрын

    1:30 The OKI chips are definitely some sort of ROM chip or something for sample storage. They were a very popular manufacturer of PCM sampler chips for arcade games (usually used with FM chips by Yamaha) so that's the only logical conclusion.

  • @SpeedySPCFan

    @SpeedySPCFan

    7 жыл бұрын

    Also, after watching more of the video, I'm starting to think that that the NEC chip you brought up earlier is a wavetable sythesizer chip similar to the HuC6280 in NEC/Hudson Softs PC Engine system. Many of the synthesized instruments have the same weird, harsh sound that the HuC has.

  • @vittosphonecollection57289

    @vittosphonecollection57289

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did they made the PCM/DAC part of Sega Genesis' soundchip?

  • @viniciusgoncalo3586
    @viniciusgoncalo35867 жыл бұрын

    i love my ht 700

  • @xeruffurex
    @xeruffurex4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome fix. Its always really fulfilling, being able to revive old equipment. 🐱‍💻

  • @johneygd
    @johneygd7 жыл бұрын

    You did an astonishing job of restoring this keyboard, you proved that even a cracked or rusty motherboard can be still used by desolder and wiring stuff directly to eachother. I am amezed that once you extended those screw holes by drilling that you did not end up drilling trough the other side of the plastic.

  • @AndrewTSq
    @AndrewTSq7 жыл бұрын

    That synth bass ? (at 7:48.. i think you forgot to change the preset name) with some little reverb would sound fantastic.

  • @Calvin-pc6os

    @Calvin-pc6os

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was about to point it out

  • @marianamilitaru8527

    @marianamilitaru8527

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was Synth Bells

  • @KnightRider1790
    @KnightRider17907 жыл бұрын

    David, did you keep polarizing the speaker? If not, will be played in the counter-phase to another speaker.

  • @8BitKeys

    @8BitKeys

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes, I double checked the polarity was the same as it was before. I just didn't mention it in the video.

  • @filibertogonzalez8761

    @filibertogonzalez8761

    7 жыл бұрын

    8-Bit Keys Can you do a review and repair of the Casio CTK-150, if you have one?

  • @ericstephen1318
    @ericstephen13187 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video as always, thank you for making these!

  • @pellaken
    @pellaken7 жыл бұрын

    it's good to see these once in a while. I don't even like music (I usually skip the multi-track sample you do) I come for you (david) would pretty much watch all your channels

  • @thkarape
    @thkarape7 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to see a casio cz series keyboard on the channel. They were aimed at amateur musicians and their sound is wonderful.

  • @ChasD

    @ChasD

    7 жыл бұрын

    Other than the CZ101/ 1000, the CZ series were aimed at the pro market (even though the 101/ 1000 used the same sound engine). The CZ 3000/ 5000 and CZ-1 are very substantially made with metal chassis, pitch and mod wheels, expanded memory and in the case of the CZ-1, have a velocity sensitive keyboard with aftertouch. They're excellent synths and still very usable today.

  • @8BitKeys

    @8BitKeys

    7 жыл бұрын

    I have a CZ-1000 and have featured it at least 3 times so far.

  • @Cpayne30

    @Cpayne30

    7 жыл бұрын

    Terrance Petsas - Nice profile picture.

  • @keatondepron

    @keatondepron

    7 жыл бұрын

    That is true however I think he ment by a review(a video like this).

  • @keatondepron

    @keatondepron

    7 жыл бұрын

    Good job you are my favorite channel.

  • @kay486
    @kay4867 жыл бұрын

    Do you think it would be possible for you to make a video on retro game OST composition? What are the specifics compared to composing songs for anything else?

  • @cliz305

    @cliz305

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think there is an 8-bit guy episode about that. Something like how old school music worked.

  • @kay486

    @kay486

    7 жыл бұрын

    oh thats not what I mean, the hardware side of things, I was thinking about the composition, what makes the tunes 8-bitty so to speak, the chord progressions etc

  • @cliz305

    @cliz305

    7 жыл бұрын

    I guess if you play music with square or triangle wave, it'll sound pretty 8-bitty.

  • @tromino2598

    @tromino2598

    7 жыл бұрын

    There's a channel called 8-bit Music Theory which has videos about how music was composed for old games. It might have the kind of videos you're looking for.

  • @kay486

    @kay486

    7 жыл бұрын

    yep, thats EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thanks :) I actually found it just earlier today through suggestions! Makes me wonder if the youtubes neural network suggestion algorithm made the suggestion based on my comment here, who knows all the things it takes into account!

  • @knutove626
    @knutove6267 жыл бұрын

    That outro tune is just magnificent. See you next time, David!

  • @MrMarci878
    @MrMarci8787 жыл бұрын

    Man i love watching these restoration videos

  • @ignasmixer
    @ignasmixer7 жыл бұрын

    The end reminds me Dschinghis Khan - Moskau

  • @xjj99
    @xjj997 жыл бұрын

    Great video, as usual. You seem to have been infected by the "so" language tic in this one, count the number of sentences you start with "so" :P

  • @8BitKeys

    @8BitKeys

    7 жыл бұрын

    The reason this happens is that much of the pieces are recorded separately, so when I connect all of the bits together in the final edit there end up being more "so" words than it originally sounded like. However, I can often run into the same problem using the word "next" or "now." it's a constant struggle.

  • @bastianfromkwhbsn8498

    @bastianfromkwhbsn8498

    7 жыл бұрын

    So don't worry ;)

  • @msfraser82

    @msfraser82

    7 жыл бұрын

    So, once I noticed this I couldn't stop hearing them. So. I counted 38 in total. So-so. I think David's content and production quality is great, *so* i'm not complaining.

  • @drmr4613

    @drmr4613

    7 жыл бұрын

    Easy fix: Drop the conjunctions, all the "so"s, the "however"s, and the "now"s. Your writing is strong enough without them.

  • @GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli

    @GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli

    7 жыл бұрын

    xjj99 at least he doesn't say "as you can see" 100 times

  • @FerroequinologistofColorado
    @FerroequinologistofColorado7 жыл бұрын

    The repair and reviewi videos are my all time favorite videos keep it up 8-bit keys

  • @kimthompson5871
    @kimthompson58717 жыл бұрын

    Relatively new sub . Your videos are very informative . Great job . I'm mainly a guitar player by heart but since watching your videos I've been bitten by the vintage keyboard bug . I have three older ones and hope to get more . Also it's nice to know how to do some of the simpler repairs , thanks .

  • @NoOne-ft8bq
    @NoOne-ft8bq7 жыл бұрын

    We are number one but it's performed by David Murray

  • @niklaswallin9478
    @niklaswallin94787 жыл бұрын

    @7:00 enya

  • @fdutrey

    @fdutrey

    7 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @georggross1232

    @georggross1232

    7 жыл бұрын

    Niklas Wallin No Holly for Miss Quinn. I was thinking the same.

  • @MrDan1466

    @MrDan1466

    6 жыл бұрын

    "Watermark" (1988)... Not justified due to the sound...!

  • @pilifx
    @pilifx7 жыл бұрын

    Coming for retro tech. Staying for the AWESOME music. I love the tracks you're usually playing

  • @SplotchTheCatThing
    @SplotchTheCatThing4 жыл бұрын

    Gotta say you're an amazing engineer. I watch your explanations of how you fix the keyboards and kinda half-understand what's going on (still better than I've understood anything like that before :D). It's amazing what you're able to do with something that many people would just write-off as "doesn't work anymore". I've always liked these sorta synthetic instruments where you can still kinda tell what instrument they're "supposed to" sound like, but they don't quite make it and end up with their own colour and character instead. As opposed to something like general midi where the instruments do often make it most of the way but just end up sounding limited or simplistic.

  • @kgbinfo
    @kgbinfo7 жыл бұрын

    "The electric piano sound doesn't sound that great". I strongly disagree!

  • @729MendicantTide

    @729MendicantTide

    7 жыл бұрын

    From a recreation standpoint, it really isn't that good. Same with the piano, but there are some niche musicians that can use it.

  • @kgbinfo

    @kgbinfo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Why would you expect it to be realistic? I think most people who play these old home keyboards now are doing it because of the way they do sound, not because they're looking for a realistic piano sound.

  • @mcrsit

    @mcrsit

    7 жыл бұрын

    Correct. It isn't a great sounding piano though, but a great sounding sound nonetheless :P

  • @8BitKeys

    @8BitKeys

    7 жыл бұрын

    Believe it or not.. I get a lot of people asking me which retro keyboard they should get so they can learn to play piano...and I usually tell them to avoid retro keyboards from the 80s because they usually don't have a good piano and rarely even a sustain pedal.

  • @blakecasimir

    @blakecasimir

    7 жыл бұрын

    This thing is a dream keyboard for chiptune composers. Just put it through some chorus and verb...

  • @DatRobinPlays
    @DatRobinPlays7 жыл бұрын

    I like this thing. But I don't like the new Intro track :(

  • @igano111
    @igano1117 жыл бұрын

    I have zero interest in keyboards and yet I very much enjoy this channel and have watched all videos because they are well made and very relaxing. Thank you 8-bit guy.

  • @eskil18
    @eskil187 жыл бұрын

    amazing content as always!

  • @ftonello1
    @ftonello17 жыл бұрын

    I always like your videos. But did you realized that you used the word "so" too many times... Without wanting to belittle the way you speak, you could improve on it. big thumbs up for you....

  • @sethlogan9724

    @sethlogan9724

    4 жыл бұрын

    So, what exactly are you saying? Did you find this video "so so"?

  • @markinnes4264
    @markinnes42647 жыл бұрын

    I really liked the song you made!! The sounds of this keyboard really remind of the late 80s.

  • @seppa340
    @seppa3407 жыл бұрын

    No need to apologize. I think your premium quality content well worths the wait.

  • @Tyler-gv6zf
    @Tyler-gv6zf7 жыл бұрын

    loving the new intro!!!!

  • @danielatilano3294
    @danielatilano32946 ай бұрын

    Great episode !!! very fun too watch i think that synth is amazing i would like to buy one of thoes !

  • @d_vibe-swe
    @d_vibe-swe7 жыл бұрын

    Really love the sound of that keyboard!

  • @EntreMisAmigos
    @EntreMisAmigos7 жыл бұрын

    Love whenever there are repairs on this channel. Although, this must be the most time consuming type of video.

  • @borismatesin
    @borismatesin7 жыл бұрын

    Glad to see the synth was easy to repair. It has quite a distinct sound across all instruments - the Typhoon one reminds me of Giana Sisters and the Level 1 music!

  • @8BitKeys

    @8BitKeys

    7 жыл бұрын

    YES! You're the first person I've seen mention that. When I first played the sound that is the first thing that came to mind. I had actually meant to mention that in the video and I forgot.

  • @TheBowersj
    @TheBowersj6 жыл бұрын

    Your song at the end got my son to start dancing. Thank you

  • @jenjenneration
    @jenjenneration7 жыл бұрын

    I'm loving the new theme!!

  • @StephanS
    @StephanS7 жыл бұрын

    I got a HT700 a few years ago (picking it up is it's own story) and i love it. I use it for my side-project and already did the synth-pan flute sound in "Escape" with it.

  • @FredBloggsTheThird
    @FredBloggsTheThird7 жыл бұрын

    Loving the new music!!

  • @elmosexwhistle
    @elmosexwhistle6 жыл бұрын

    I do love the SD sound. I had the HT3000 but sold it when I got the Hohner version of the HT6000. It’s off-white and has ring modulation. So cool.

  • @lavenderinthedark
    @lavenderinthedark7 жыл бұрын

    Nice new remix for the intro song!

  • @billlumburgh8272
    @billlumburgh82727 жыл бұрын

    Awesome, hope the next 8-bit keys sound track is out soon

  • @SpaceboyUniverse
    @SpaceboyUniverse7 жыл бұрын

    I have this one in my collection! Enjoyed this one 😉

  • @Dolores5000
    @Dolores50007 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic as usual!!

  • @tranzitsinvancouver6745
    @tranzitsinvancouver67457 жыл бұрын

    Love the new intro!

  • @QLTD
    @QLTD7 жыл бұрын

    great vid as always, thanks

  • @levmatta
    @levmatta7 жыл бұрын

    The multi-trac music is really good. Thanks

  • @Dailabsynth1
    @Dailabsynth17 жыл бұрын

    I think it has a really nice wavetable set for the this class of keyboard. Thanks for sharing. Also thanks for the cool music =)

  • @TheVarooj
    @TheVarooj7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the content. I love this key board in extend that I have 2 of them on in use and the other one stored.

  • @szabi113
    @szabi1137 жыл бұрын

    Dave, i always love to watch your videos. I really like the repair part, and when you play on them. (i bought a 4k tv, and the 720p looks not too nice. I know why you upload in 720p, but in the future please upgrade to higher resolution if you can. Thank you! ) Keep it up! You are the best!

  • @tatianafomina4741
    @tatianafomina47417 жыл бұрын

    Love that new intro song!