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Casio VL-1
The VL-1 was the first instrument of Casio's VL-Tone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the VL-Tone. It combined a calculator, a monophonic synthesizer, and sequencer. Released in 1981, it was the first affordable commercial digital synthesizer, selling for $69.95.
RadioShack sold a rebranded version of the VL-1 called the Realistic Concertmate 200.
The VL-1 has electronic keyboard with 29 buttons, including 23 buttons of the basic calculator, were 17 used for notes input (G to B notes) marked from the left with "Plus-minus" sign, and all rest the basic arithmetic calculator buttons placed on the right with "Equal sign" placed as right most:
| ± | . | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | + | × | - | ÷ | = |
It also has a three-position octave switch, one programmable and five preset sounds, ten built-in rhythm patterns, an eight-character LCD, a 100-note sequencer, and a multi-function calculator mode. The VL-1 is notable for its kitsch value among electronic musicians, due to its cheap construction and its unrealistic, uniquely low-fidelity sounds. It was followed by the VL-10, a very similar machine in a smaller unit, the VL-80, a pocket calculator size version, and the VL-5, a polyphonic version, capable of playing four notes simultaneously, but lacking the VL-1's synthesizer section due to the removal of the calculator mode.[clarification needed]
The ML-720 Melody Card of the Casio Mini Card calculators introduced along with the ML (Melody), MG (Game & Melody), UC (Universal Calendar) and L (Lady) series of calculators had 11-notes synthesizer, utilized only digit input buttons and operation buttons as controls, where music notes were inscribed above the buttons without noting the octave order.
| La/. | Si/0 | Do/1 | Re/2 | Mi/3 | Fa/4 | Sol/5 | La/6 | Si/7 | Do/8 | Re/9 |
This made it difficult to distinguish lower and upper octave notes by its Solfège inscribed names.
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Casio VL-1
The VL-1 was the first instrument of Casio's VL-Tone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the VL-Tone. It combined a calculator, a monophonic synthesizer, and sequencer. Released in 1981, it was the first affordable commercial digital synthesizer, selling for $69.95.
RadioShack sold a rebranded version of the VL-1 called the Realistic Concertmate 200.
The VL-1 has electronic keyboard with 29 buttons, including 23 buttons of the basic calculator, were 17 used for notes input (G to B notes) marked from the left with "Plus-minus" sign, and all rest the basic arithmetic calculator buttons placed on the right with "Equal sign" placed as right most:
| ± | . | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0 | + | × | - | ÷ | = |
It also has a three-position octave switch, one programmable and five preset sounds, ten built-in rhythm patterns, an eight-character LCD, a 100-note sequencer, and a multi-function calculator mode. The VL-1 is notable for its kitsch value among electronic musicians, due to its cheap construction and its unrealistic, uniquely low-fidelity sounds. It was followed by the VL-10, a very similar machine in a smaller unit, the VL-80, a pocket calculator size version, and the VL-5, a polyphonic version, capable of playing four notes simultaneously, but lacking the VL-1's synthesizer section due to the removal of the calculator mode.[clarification needed]
The ML-720 Melody Card of the Casio Mini Card calculators introduced along with the ML (Melody), MG (Game & Melody), UC (Universal Calendar) and L (Lady) series of calculators had 11-notes synthesizer, utilized only digit input buttons and operation buttons as controls, where music notes were inscribed above the buttons without noting the octave order.
| La/. | Si/0 | Do/1 | Re/2 | Mi/3 | Fa/4 | Sol/5 | La/6 | Si/7 | Do/8 | Re/9 |
This made it difficult to distinguish lower and upper octave notes by its Solfège inscribed names.
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