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Casio MT-70 Portable Electronic Keyboard. Condition is Used. Sent with Australia Post Standard.
In working order.
Has some cosmetic wear and tear, Small serial number etched on top of the letters but doesn’t affect overall function of the keyboard. Includes adapter.This fantastic keyboard from my personal collection is my personal favourite Casiotone (I’ve had a few over the years). I love these old Casiotones, they have a lovely rich sound and great analog preset drum rhythms. Classic! Lots of variations are possible with the various switches and this one has the nice LCD screen. Sounds are brilliant of course. Tested and working 100%. Very good condition, see pics.
Description
This keyboard from 1984 was Casio’s first instrument with key lighting feature (“melody guide”) and was likely intended as competitor to the Yamaha PC-100. Unlike with modern such keyboards, not the keys itself but a row of tiny LEDs above the keys flash up to teach keyboard playing. But while the PC-100 had its songs stored on so-called “PlayCards” with magnetic tape strips, the MT-70 employed an optical barcode reader pen (Casio MS-1) to scan in the songs from special barcode song books into the internal sequencer memory.
main features:49 midsize keysbuilt-in speaker (with a slightly unpleasant mid- range resonance)8 note polyphony (only 4 notes with accompaniment)separate knobs for main and rhythm + accompaniment volumetempo knob10 semi- OBS preset rhythms {rock 1, disco, swing, samba, beguine | rock 2, march, waltz, bossanova, tango} selected by a 5-step slider + switch20 preset sounds {pipe organ, tibia, flute, piano, vibraphone, jazz organ 1, chorus, wah brass, funky, synth bells | wood wind, full tibias, oboe, celesta, xylophone, jazz organ 2, synth brass, cosmic flute, banjo, chime} selected by 10 OBS buttons + “select” button”casio chord” switch {off, fingered, on}”accomp. select” switch {rhythmic, arpeggio}chord memory switch (chords stay held after releasing key when on)”octave down” switch (transposes main voice 1 octave down, works only in chord mode).rhythm “intro/ fill-in” and synchro buttonssustain switchvibrato switch {off, on, delayed}sequencer with edit feature (345 note steps + 100 chord steps, but only monophonic main voice + 7 standard chords, awkward to use)2 “one key play” buttons (to step note by note through sequencer musics)”melody guide” keyboard play training feature with key lighting (37 red & green LEDs above the keys)barcode reader pen to load songs from special song books into the sequencerLCD display shows the selected preset sound, the current chord and the current sequencer step numberCPU “NEC D7802G 038, 8319EX” (64 pins with strange zigzag layout) which outputs trigger pulses for external analogue drums and controls 2 soundchips “HD43517, 3G 43” (42 pins) those output timbres based on 2 mixed digital sine(?) wave tones with different digital envelopes.analogue percussion {base, snare, open cymbal, close cymbal, woodblock} which uses transistor noise for cymbal and snaretuning knobheadphone and line output jack
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Category: Musical Instruments:Pianos, Keyboards and Organs:Electronic Keyboards
Location: Allenby Gardens, SA