First synth I ever owned. Wish I still had it for nostalgic reasons!

@sqwop

3 ай бұрын

100 bucks on ebay

I had this as the non-programmable version MT700 (labeled as HOHNER KS49 for the german market) wrote and recorded my first album on it (with some guitars, I was the keyboarder in the band) - we had raving success in our art college 🤣😎👍

Another masterpiece, great mini synthesizer in good hands!

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcin! Glad you like it.

@gameon2000

7 ай бұрын

@@alfonsemusic look up the russian 80s band FORUM - they produced real new wave anthems with this thing! kzread.info/dash/bejne/imiXlKR9j9Wse9Y.htmlsi=QfXp-bBvop1sjxDM

I think this is the absolute best HT700 demo out there. Excellent work!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

@squishmusic

2 жыл бұрын

its my fave Alfonse synth toy demo - deffo has some catchy synth lines in it

@gameon2000

7 ай бұрын

absolutely the best. I had almost the same synth, though I'm an unworthy peasant against his magic 🤣

I've never heard of a Casio HT! Wtf this sounds like a very capable synth! Awesome job!

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Worth looking out for at a decent price

@MIK_F40

Жыл бұрын

Most people might know it, or have seen it as the Hohner ks 49 which was a white version of this keyboard. This black Casio version is not as common. These things are interesting for a mess about but serious or long term they are not..., that badge goes to the Yamaha PSS680 / PSS780. ;-)

Man! You made this sound WAY better than I ever did when I owned this as a teen back in the 80's!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Don't think I could have done as much with it in my younger years, either. Cool that you had one back then, though.

@gameon2000

7 ай бұрын

yepp, absolutely

Wow! I'm big fun of these... I've 2x HT-700, 1x HT-3000, 2x HT-6000 and 1x HZ-600. Plus two memory cards. They sound fantastic.

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! That's a fairly comprehensive commitment to the range... I'm hoping to give the 6000 a try sometime.

@juno6

4 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic you can join my fb group if you want. There's some nice info there.

@ashleywhiteman2684

2 жыл бұрын

@@juno6 where is the group at? I have an ht6000

@jezgomez

6 ай бұрын

​@@juno6I'd like to join that group too. Do you have a link?

this synth line is so under rated!! great demo!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking a look :)

This is my favorite tune of yours ❤

It's not the art to make beautiful sculpture with 3D printer or CNC machines but with one chisel, hands and talent. And Alfonse you did that with Casio, i like it very much.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, Adam. :)

This is an amazing demo of the ht.

This is soo groovy! Love it!

Great work, sounds awesome.

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnny :)

Love them old Casio keyboards

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Me too...!

I enjoy your videos a lot.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) That's good to read. I'm working on a new batch at the moment.

Es hermoso como suena, tengo un Casio HT 6000 y es una bestia como éste 😊. Saludos!

Beautiful!

wow this thing has a charm! best demo of anything ever, you nailed this one boss!!! the drums on this are great

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Joseph!

Great music!!!! great synth!!!!

That was absolutely fantastic! I have this synth and not entirely happy with the sound but you've really pulled out something that is just spectacular! Thanks!

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pierre! Yeah, it's a funny one - I really liked it at first, then got frustrated by the menu diving and lost interest in designing sounds, but fortunately managed to find some I liked for this tune.

@mkiswatoo

4 жыл бұрын

it seems that designing sounds is quite difficult/boring

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

@@mkiswatoo It can be. Everything is selected with that rotary dial and a couple of buttons, so you have to dive in and out while remembering what two digit number corresponds to what parameter. I'm going to give it a third chance, though...

@mkiswatoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic Thanks -this makes it much less sexy. Maybe I'll try to buy it if I can find it really cheap (less than 50€ postage included), one day...

Just got one of these to feature it on my channel, you make it sound just as funky as it possibly can be, great work!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. :) Have fun demo-ing it.

Such a dynamic track. Great depth and a good vibe too. Such warm sounds from an older machine too. The custom tone generator and the ability to customize the on board sounds was pretty advanced stuff back then. I miss my old keyboards. Good stuff! Well done!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's got some good features for a mini-key keyboard. Having that analogue filter makes a big difference.

amazing composition

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Nolan.

This is one of my favorite keyboards of all time, this and the MK-100 which you also did a demo on. I guess I have to subscribe now.

Really good!

What a wonderful sweet sound you got from this unit. Sound like nothing else. I hope Casio would make this synth again with modern fatures. That would be amazing

Very nice demo :) Now i looking for my HT700 :D

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Hope you find it!

So good! You rock!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Very good track !

He killed this!!! Obviously In a very good way

Excellent performance and an excellent instrument.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Yes, this little synth is a keeper.

Love the Moog like use of Lead and this potentiometer :D

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Not quite the same as using the filter on a Moog, but it works...

I bought one of these at a garage sale with no cord a few years back. I’m gonna start setting up a studio and I’m happy I got it when I did

Piiiiimp. I've had an Ht-3000 for years and always felt it was underappreciated. Pain in the ass to patch, but it makes some pretty unique sounds. Spectrum Dynamic has never been in better hands than yours.

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yep, a pain to patch, but every time I do I find a reason to keep it.

You deserve so many more views...

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Es increíble el manejo de la composición CASIO en buenas manos....no importa el modelo!!!!

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias!

Love it

beautiful

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much :)

@alfonse, great job!

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Thats awesome!

That's a epic smash hit!!!!!😎😃😆😉💯🎹👊

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks Aldean. Enjoyed making this one a lot.

The Casio keyboards are magical.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

This one and the MT400V are my favourites ... so far

Very nice, all the way!

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Patrick :)

Magic ! This is magic !!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

ese fue mi primer teclado y se podia programar como arranger de este tiempo solo con los sonidos que tenia, pero fue una gran sinthe

Bravo.

Sick.

Its perfect

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

:)

YYOOOO Why does this sound better than my Casio CZ-5000??!!!! (I love my CZ500 btw) I didn’t know Casio made a synth with a true cutoff filter control knob and your use of the cutoff was top notch! This track sounds 10/10 💯

@alfonsemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Love a bit of cutoff tweaking. CZ-5000 is a beast, though - need to get my hands on one at some point.

@crabflag

Жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic if you can, get the CZ1. The CZ line of synths are all the same in terms of sound but the CZ1 is the only one to have velocity sensitive keys.

@alfonsemusic

Жыл бұрын

@@crabflag thanks for the tip!

This is crazy

Holy shit, I wish I could play like that.

Nice♥️♥️♥️👍

.Though 4 Bit Resolution I always liked HT700's/3000's crystal clear sound. The onboard chorus is also great, much wider than HT6000's Chorus. There its more a slight panning like f. e. Yamaha PSS780 but actually HT6000's four (unfortunately identic) DCOs mostly don't require a chorus.

2:15-16 gave me mad chills.

@1:50 is where the magic begins

This sounds so good! How did you make the patch at the start? I’m wondering because I plan to get an HT-3000 soon and that sound gives me chills!

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew. :) There's no SysEx support, so there's no easy way to transfer patches online, but I think these are the settings for that patch if you have the patience to enter them - I ran it all through a nice reverb plugin too: Synth 1 00 1 01 5 02 0 03 6 04 19 10 10 11 0 12 4 13 30 14 0 15 25 16 31 20 18 21 19 22 25 23 16 24 15 60 2

@matthewreed5062

2 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic Thanks so much! I love your videos!

What's the best place to buy that kind of talent?

Damn nice synth track. I have the same keyboard but no skill or originality

Toll

how would you classify this digital synth? its not pulse code modulation. so is it wavetable synthesis? or is it related to casio's phase distortion synthesis?

@alfonsemusic

3 күн бұрын

Not as complex as wavetable synthesis, I think. The Wikipedia entry says "modeled on traditional DCO-VCF-DCA analog synthesis but used waveforms that included predefined variations over time. The SD sound source is a 4-bit (16-step) digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) that uses waveforms including triangles, sawtooth, squares of different widths, and some unusual pulses, plus various combinations thereof"

Playing at 1.25 or 1.5x speed feels great.

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I hear what you mean - 1.25 speed could be the tempo for a rework of this...

Just bought a used HT-700 but it did not come with the power adapter. The seller said it works with batteries but this was before he sold it to me and then ghosted me. My question is, is there a specific type of battery this keyboard uses in order to power it up? Or a regular D size battery should work? Or did I just get scammed? lol

@alfonsemusic

Ай бұрын

Yes, I think it needs 6x D batteries. The manual is here: www.polynominal.com/site/studio/gear/sold/casio_ht700/casio-ht700-manual.pdf

Can you program the rhythms or trigger drums via midi?

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

You can program custom 2-bar rhythms in the keyboard and store them in the internal memory or on a ram card. The midi clock can be set to internal or external and the manual shows a routing where you can use patterns programmed on the HT700 to trigger external sounds (synths/drum machine) - I'm fairly sure you can't play the HT700 drum sounds via midi, but I haven't specifically tried.

@B1SCOOP

3 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic These drums sound quite cool, like even more lo-fi version of Casio RZ-1.

I just cop one from the flea market for about 30 bucks

Bought mine in Tandys because couldn't afford the Kawai K4 which was 4 times as much. Still go tit.

I have the "big sister" of this keyboard, the HT 3000 but the sounds and the rythms are exactly the same. Well, I think it is a bad keyboard with a surpassed synthetizer (also for the time) and unusable and demode' sud-american percussions... As I know the family wasn't a commercial success for Casio, and I never heard someone making decent music using it... except Alfonse, of course...

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Very kind... :) Strange that they made mini-key and full-size versions, but otherwise basically the same keyboard - but I guess they did that a lot with Casiotone models.

Ahh, I see I’m not the only one who can’t get shit for bass tones out of this thing :P lol

@alfonsemusic

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's not great for bass... :D

awfull PCM drums give out the disgusting cheapness of the otherwise convincing sound. what a horrible crap romplers are.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

The limited frequency range of the drums made things difficult when it came to mastering, too - everything was fighting for space in the mid-range... But that was the challenge I set myself: only to use the sounds from the keyboard itself.

@user-dq7xw4ed3e

3 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic such challenging approach is well understandable, but once again, those cheap rompler drums always make me wonder how the hell in those days could they think this was anything "better" than even the most primitive home-organish analog percussion. they just spoil the result you achieved (or anybody may achieve on this keys solely), and that's all.

FAntastic.