Devo used this thing and the "pipe organ" preset on stage during 1981, 1982, and 1988 for "Beautiful World".

Always impressed how your multi-track recordings leverage the strengs of the available patches to create a result "equal to the captivating sounds of a studio-produced technical ensemble"!

Your playing makes these keyboards sound so good. Great video quality.

Watching you so patiently taking apart and cleaning everything in the keyboard is such a cozy watch :)

@eddiecorbin2773

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if anyone gives a shit but if you are bored like me atm then you can watch pretty much all the new movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been streaming with my girlfriend during the lockdown =)

@dakaricolin3064

3 жыл бұрын

@Eddie Corbin yea, have been watching on Instaflixxer for months myself =)

I still have one of these, boxed in Mint condition, hardly used! Owned by me from new.

DM were amazing musicians. They played a lot of their stuff by hand, no Page-R required! There was an old cartoon on the wall at Fairlight in Rushcutter's Bay just before we moved everything to Alexandria in 1986. Two guys were moving a CMI keyboard, and one of them dropped his end, which broke. The punch-line at the bottom was "But the label said 'fairly light' " The actual CMI keyboard housing is good-quality MDF, shaped with carpentry and with a good coating of off-white or beige rough-texture paint. The whole system is built like a brick Scheißhaus as if it were some sort of crew-served weapon. The industrial-designer behind the physical structure, Alan Galt, was a legend, sadly gone now. He knew how to make rugged stuff manufacturable. The MT-30 is very similar in that regard. Rugged and heavily built! I certainly wouldn't want one to fall on my head. After all of that, I'd like my own MT-30, or maybe two. One to circuit-bend, and one to restore, and put that wonderful eponymous label on with black texter. I reckon bending an MT-30 to transmit MIDI to an actual CMI would be a hilarious visual joke for 80's literate folk.

German New Wave band Rheingold used this: it appears in one of their promo pictures and what sounds like a combination of its presets (probably harpsichord and celeste with sustain and vibrato engaged) and some help from studio compression and EQ, formed the distinctive synth riff on their song "Das Steht Dir Gut" (or its English version "Looks Good On You")

Amazing to me that you have a different version of your intro music on every video. Now that is some dedication.

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

It is not much work and should give a first impression how the keyboard sounds

@Luigi64

4 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys I love this

@fredman727

Жыл бұрын

It's the same thing AudioPilz does with Bad Gear. I really admire that dedication as well, it's really cool

Love you reviews and your awesome tunes! Thank you

Keep up the great work dude :-) Love every single one of your videos! So many cool keyboards to review.

Thank you for bringing back memories!!!!!! Your productions are second to none!!

I think this falls into the "sounds aren't realistic but are cool in and of themselves" category. Will definitely pick this up if I see it at a thrift store, that electric guitar sound is awesome.

@keyhoarder

Жыл бұрын

to be honest the guitar is quite realistic for the technology! :)

You're such an artist!! Thanks for sharing and inspiring 🙏👍

This is so amazing and thorough! Thank you!

Great video, lovely playing and super-soothing voice!

this is a beatiful channe. Always love the music you play when you open the keyboards.

this review was so good not only did i subscribe to your channel, i immediately put an offer in on one of these on Reverb. Superb playing, in depth analysis, and answered all the questions one might have when considering this keyboard. Thank you for documenting this piece (albeit small) of music history so thoroughly!

Great work, awesome analysis, I like that.

what a delight to stumble upon such heartedly made service/reviews of one of the first casiotones / great key player / used by Chris Carter, Depeche Mode, etc.

You make me want to practice more. Great stuff as usual

Bravo! Sounds & looks fun!

Awesome multitrack also for the end credits. I really like the style of your channel it makes those keys look like a big deal! :D

Great video. Love the tear down and rebuild followed by play and review. Liked and Subscribed 👍😀

Fantastic channel. Well done! 🤩 I look forward to you spoiling us with more keyboards/films. This has some great sounds, albeit often different from what they are supposed to be. I might get one. 🤩

Nice Casio! I still have the one from childhood, got it back in about 1980. Works perfectly and no defects in the plastic. I played the hell out of it and brought it to school many time. It was built to last forever!

I had an MT-31 back in the day. Loved it.

Wow, I had one of these when they were brand new, I had no idea it was one just Casio's 4th keyboard.

Nice to see you putting so much time and detailed work into these reviews of the old Casio keyboards, they were much more than mere toys and looked great. I use to own an MT-30 along with its black plastic carrying case (the case looked cool too!). In the 80s I traveled to Europe with it. I busked with it in Italy, Germany and England, but alas it was stolen in London. However, out of nostalgia, I’m buying it again soon!

@RAPTRx-xm7zb

Жыл бұрын

They remind me a little of the preset synths of the 70s like the Pro-Soloist, with a bit less features.

Hey KOK, great keyboard reviews! So in-depth and informative, and even for those that I know, you manage to give me a new view on some of the sounds. Hope to see many, many more :) And I think I read somewhere this was released in late 1980 already, but you can never be sure with these Casios...

@generalerror2938

4 жыл бұрын

And I actually like the "Tone Memory" sound selection method. It's always great to be able to switch sounds live, and it's also great to be able to select which ones to select from. But it took me a while to get used to it.

I just bought an MT-30 because of the design. I love how it looks.

It makes me very happy to see all these awesome comments, man - you deserve the love. . ...Seems like some YT Celebs are finally looking over here with some respect too! Good. . My son (keyboard player) visited this weekend and had all this cool stuff to say about this "new" channel he'd discovered on YT called "Keen on Keys". i let him blather on for a good 15 minutes with a bit of a smirk on my face. Excellent job as always, brother!

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! And greetings to your son! Yes, I am very happy with the development of the channel and I wish I could increase the upload frequency a bit, but there are so many other things to do ...

Love that disassembly tune 👍

Nice Sound👍

I just found one on the street. Hopefully I can get it to work.

Today arrived my brown fake-woodgrain Casio MT 30. Having already owned many Casiotones from the 80s i knew the build quality would be decent, but WOW this one is really like a tank! Quite heavy for a size, and very sturdy. Not like a toy, but like a small instrument. I wish the todays small Rolands and Korgs had this built quality.

@KeenOnKeys

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the manufacturing quality is exceptional. The only other model that was made like this is the M-10.

@keyhoarder

Жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys also i think the keybed is nicer to play than very shallow on mt65, mt100 and many others

I like how some of the sustained tones sound like they'd come from the Roland Soundfont midi interface. For its era some of the tones sound quite warm and very usable. I think it could be used in some Demoscene music or some synthwave or retrowave tracks. That's a good demonstration. Good stuff!

Just found your channel today, great stuff...keep it up! I would love to see you do a video about the Casio 1000P, my favorite Casio home keyboard.

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

If I ever get my hands on one, I'll definitely do a review

DOPE

Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) used one during the "A Broken Frame Tour" in 1982 and wrote in front of this "Fairlite" as a joke to the Fairlight CMI.

Actually sounds pretty good

There is an alternate arrangement for the Christmas carol Oh Little Town of Bethlehem which fits the first line of the demo perfectly. Likely, the melody was cribbed from another, preexisting song.

A lot of the instrument sounds are a lot better than you would expect.

Interestingly Vince didn't use his Fairlight for long as it was stored in his basement and it flooded destroying it and only recently has it been rescued and repaired, DM did use Millers' Synclavier which actually cost more than a Fairlight (and to think people like Trevor Horn had a Fairlight, Synclavier and a PPG Wave system).

Nice! I haven't expect it to be that complex inside. Glockenspiel is a german word btw., Glocken are Bells and Spiel means play in English. There are some famous auto-mechanic Glockenspiele on historical buildings that play a Glockenspiel at specified times.

I almost sold mine on ebay in 2018.. I am very glad I did NOT sell it!

I had one of these as a kid. We used to rapidly slide the tone memory swtich left and right while holding keys down to hear it quickly jump between tones. My parents used to yell at us when they caught us doing it.

Once , it is a dream

hey keen, will you ever do a video on the casio sk or yamaha pss series of keyboards

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna do a review of the SK-1, but it will take a some time.

0:32 você pode fazer um review da casiotone 201? 😁👍ótimo review cara👏

Amazing as always. If you don't mind me asking, how much does it take you to make these videos? Cheers!

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

I never counted the hours, but it will be a couple of days all in all. The music takes the biggest part.

@McAlby

4 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys The music is great! I love how catchy they are in all your videos. You would have been a great game musician ; )

Hey man I ended up buying a powersupply for one of these and at first it didn't work due to on of the connections on the barrel being completely detached. After reflowing that barrel, it's started to work. Then I noticed the notes sound a bit weird, like the over all attack and sustain's tone is very off, but the pitch is correct. The only thing broken on the inside is the daughter board that connects the sliders (except the volume slider since it's on the main portion of the board.). So I took out the daughter board to try and bridge the traces to get them working again. Would you have any ideas on what could be wrong? I really want to get this guy working properly.

Welp, i got mine in and am now debating returning it or attempting to fix it... It was sold as fully functional but it has a myriad of issues... first off, it wont function on battery power. i tried it with multiple different fresh D batteries, to no avail. This was annoying as i planned to use it solely with battery power to make it portable and easy to use in my small studio.. Wasnt a total deal breaker though because i had a hosa universal power adaptor that has a 7.5v setting and a tip that seemed to work with it fine... got it powered up and it sounded awesome! Very charming little keyboard. Now however, a day later ive noticed that if the power supply is moved around even a small amount, the keyboard stops working and starts making terrible static sounds and popping. Its gotten so bad that i almost cant get it to work properly without one hand pressing the power supply in, but i know nothing is too terribly messed up because if i get it in the right spot, it works fine. It does seem the tip of the adaptor (tried multiple different ones, this one seemed to fit best) is a bit loose in the jack although it does power on. Could it be that I simply need the proper Casio or equivalent power supply? Is this something a newbie could figure out if i have experience with a soldering iron working on electric guitars? I really dont want to return it but I would like it to work properly.. Any help you or anyone else could offer would be much appreciated. Otherwise, i'll just be watching this video over and over trying to make sense of the internals of this thing. Thanks if this makes it to your eyes! (Also sorry for the bother I'm sure youre a very busy guy and have better things to do than play 80s Casio tech support with me haha.)

@KeenOnKeys

3 жыл бұрын

This should not be a big problem. But you will have to open it to take a closer look at the power jack, maybe the contacts are bad, or the jack needs to be replaced. At this opportunity you can also look at the connection to the battery compartment.

YOUR VOICE IS ASMR STATUS ... GOLLY

@fortheloveofnoise9298

4 жыл бұрын

KEEP YOUR ASMR SHENANIGANS OUT OF HERE!

Do you think I should get this or the Casio VL-1 Edit: Ended up getting this one due to my offer being accepted on eBay, planning to get a vl-1 too. Edit 2: I now have the vl-1 and the mt-30 is arriving soon

@fortheloveofnoise9298

4 жыл бұрын

Get the 1000P.

@benh.635

4 жыл бұрын

Well, that depends on what you want to do with it. The Casio VL-1 is monophonic, has a calculator, and has a sequencer. It also allows you to make your own sounds to a certain extent. The MT-30 is polyphonic, has more sounds, but lacks the ability to make new sounds. I haven't played either myself, but I would imagine that the MT-30 would be easier to play because of the fact that the VL-1 doesn't have real keys like this does. In the end it's up to you, but I'd recommend this because you can do more with this on its own IMO. I love monophonic synthesizers, but you'd need some form of multitracking to take advantage of them in a way that gives you the most utility. Both synthesizers have their charms and their strenghts though.

@MattGreerMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone should have a VL-1.

@benh.635

4 жыл бұрын

@@MattGreerMusic That's fair, the VL-1 is awesome.

Best "keyboard" channel in KZread! Do you have any sample or kontakt packs for sale?

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

No, not right now, but maybe in the future.

@mkiswatoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys it will be a good way to help you - great channel btw.

It's alright! Thanks for sharing Would you mind sharing some piano notes for the pieces you played? I'm trying to find somewhat more-than-basic piano pieces for two hands over a 3-octave keybed with not much success Thanks :)

Will you do a video on the 1987 Tonebank keyboards?

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but I will do some earlier models first.

That sounds like the Sound Blaster from Creative Labs. It sounds like the FM sound chip on the SoundBlaster 16.

@pc-sound-legacy

4 жыл бұрын

It sounds quite advanced for square-waves, but the Yamaha OPL3 (SB16) is much more versatile.

I just found one of these for $10 at a local flea market. I bought it on the spot mostly because I thought it looked really cute. I was thinking if it didn't work I would wire the matrix into a micro controller and turn it into a midi keyboard. Now I'm really hoping it works, I just need a power supply, would you know if one of those 3rd party ones for the mt-40 would work?

@KeenOnKeys

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that should work. But you can use any universal power supply. Switch it to 7.5 volts and negative center.

@josezuniga3747

2 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys oh nice! I ended up jumping the gun and buying it before your response, now I wait. I'm really hoping it works, if not I was thinking some of the components would be relatively easy to replace since most of them are through hole components.

When you are q-tipping the resistive buttons.. the q-tip is just dry right?

@KeenOnKeys

Ай бұрын

No, I use a little bit of isopropanol alcohol.

Olha o Brasil ai!

hi - i just picked one of these up at a car boot sale. can i ask if the mains supply would be centre negative or positive? thanks

@KeenOnKeys

Жыл бұрын

Negative

🤤🤤

Nice vid. You didn't mention the mt-20, wouldn't that have come out before this?

@KeenOnKeys

3 жыл бұрын

The numbers are not always chronological. The MT-20 came out in 1985.

@joeakajoe1

3 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys Thanks for your reply, you make really great vids I'm upset right now because I've just broke my yamaha pss-580, which I really liked coz it has midi so I could sync it. Problem is the buttons which change the midi mode (which u need to press so the drum sounds dont get in the way when synced) stopped working. So I opened it up and pressed the button from the inside which worked. Another problem, a previous owner (from a long time ago, because this was my first keyboard, given to me as a gift in mid 90s) cut the wires that connect to the batteries for some reason so you can only power with an adapter. I had the thought that maybe if I reconnect this and keep batteries in it then maybe the midi mode I put it in will be saved when I next switch it on (although I'm not sure if that is the case or not, although looking at the display it does seem to work) so I reconnected to the battery, switched on the desired midi mode from the inside, put it all back together, pressed a key and no sound! 😫. Don't know what I did, but ill need to take it to someone coz I dont want to throw it away. was just starting to use it again after all these years Thinking about it now, maybe what I should have done was just remove the top buttons completely, then when I want to press the button just made a makeshift press stick with tin foil on the end to touch the traces that way Just noticed that it looks like I'm trying to trick you into helping me with this. I assure you that is not the case as my breaking the keyboard was subsequent to my 1st message. and I know someone needs to examine the keyboard up close

Is there an old Casio that has a Bass Guitar sound preset?

@KeenOnKeys

2 жыл бұрын

The only early models I am aware of are the MT-40 and 41

Anyone have any idea how much these are worth in 2021?

the banjo sounds like the kawai ms-720.

Hi, do you know the name of the brown version? 🙏🙏🙏

@KeenOnKeys

9 ай бұрын

It's the same.

Are you familiar with Robin Whittle’s Casiotone mods? I just did some on my Casiotone CT-101 (peep my channel haha), but they work on the MT-30 too !

Oh come on. When are you going to do the MT-40?

@KeenOnKeys

4 жыл бұрын

I had to do this one first, but the next Casio keyboard will be the MT-41.

@reginaldbowls7180

4 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys Niiice I always wondered why the colour difference.

I have a casiotone 401, but the sound dose not work. I'm pretty confident that it's the amp, that does not work.

@reginaldbowls7180

4 жыл бұрын

theonetheonly it could be the headphone jack is dirty or there’s something stuck in there:

@theonetheonly2098

4 жыл бұрын

@@reginaldbowls7180 Well the thing is one Sunday morning I heard the 401 work, granted it was on max and vary quiet, but I know that the jacks are not the problem, and the sound chip is working. So that only leaves the amp. hopeful, also thanks for the comment.

@cortinoias

4 жыл бұрын

@@theonetheonly2098 Fiddle with the volume slider. If the sound doesn't change, the problem may be the volume slider. I have a casio cz-1000, and it had this problem. Same manufacturer, could be a common problem. Open up the keyboard and bypass the slider with wire(s). This may solve it. You'll have to control the volume with the amp though.

@theonetheonly2098

4 жыл бұрын

​@@cortinoias, the slider/ knob is working fine. also I tried it out on an amp but there was nothing. All of the key and buttons are working. and it sounds like the sound chip isn't died. Quite frankly your guess is good as mine.

Folk flute almost sounds like a calliope or something else you'd find at a fairground.

i can mod it for you to get 5 sub octaves....plus dbling the rev time and halfing the vibrato with each sub octave

no acoustic piano sound

Nice video, but please balance the volume of your intro.

brass sounds exactly like a fretless bass. weird.

is this touch sensitive in some way? What was the issue with the left hand notes?

@KeenOnKeys

3 жыл бұрын

No touch response. For some voices the lower notes are a bit to loud compared to the upper notes. So It could be difficult to hear the melody if you play a chord with the left hand.

@g.sferrazza10-13

3 жыл бұрын

@@KeenOnKeys thanks

Well built, but God they sounded horrible! 😅

@zebrapringlez3141

6 ай бұрын

They don't sound realistic but I still think they sound good