Casio VL-1
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The VL-1 was the first synthesizer of Casio's VL-Tone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the VL-Tone. The VL-1 ranks among the strangest synthesizers ever made. Some of its control keys resembled those of a calculator, which was appropriate, as it doubled as a simple calculator. Released in 1981, its main advantage was its price, as its sound was of low quality.
Sound
Its sounds were mostly composed of filtered squarewaves with varied pulse-widths. Its piano, violin, flute and guitar timbres were poor abstractions of real instruments. It also featured a "fantasy" voice, and a programmable ADSR function.Fame
- The VL-1 received some fame when the German band Trio (band) used it in one of their songs, "Da Da Da".
- The VL-1's "fantasy" voice is the only sound on the cover version of Roy Budd's theme tune for Get Carter which is featured on the Human League album Dare.
- The VL-1 is found in several Homestar Runner cartoons, often appearing as Strong Bad's head.
See also
Casiotone
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