Electronic Musician

Casio CZ-101

TECH SPECS

Year of manufacture

1985-1988

Original sale value

$499

Current price

$500

Number made

Approximately 68,000

Until the early 80s, synthesizers were anything but cheap, and most of them were monotimbral, meaning that they could only play a single patch at a time. As difficult as it is to believe, cranky old analog instruments were on their way out, supplanted by sleek MIDI-enabled ones with the

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