look what I just bought :)

[cobaltblue]

I went to a car boot sale today and found this gem lying in a box, purchased for 1 english pound

My god it's so cool and looking on the internet rare as hen's teeth

It's not a minter and is missing one speaker but the synth works well and it's so so so cool sounding, anyone come accross them before?

casio kx-101

 

[stevieb]

OMG! I had one of those- I bought mine at a garage sale (US version of a boot sale). Actually, as I recall, mine might have been a little different, with the keyboard on top, not the front. I think the board was removable, too.

Anyway, cool find. Sorta wish I still had mine. Whatcha gonna do with it?

 

[cobaltblue]

Ive been recording with it today already

Although Im not a synthy person I think im gonna hold onto it as it's so much fun although the sequencer is so incredibaly complicated, saves all th sequencer data to tape!

doing a bit of research on the net these are very sought after be interesting to see if anyone knows how to use it to it's full potential

 

[Ritzy]

Now that's radtastic!!

It's basically a little Casiotone toy keyboard combined with a radio, cassette deck, and detachable speakers. Only the 80s could have given rise to such a sick, twisted, bastard-child! I love it! There's a little snippet on this keyboard on page 77 of The Synthesizer & Electronic Keyboard Handbook by David Crombie, but it doesn't really say too much and probably nothing you don't know already from having played around with it. I wouldn't be suprised if the keyboard section mirrors one of the standalone Casiotone keyboards, most likely one of the 'PT' series but possibly an 'MT' series board too. Have you tried Googling for a manual? I think that's probably your best bet for figuring out all the intricacies, short of nutting them out through trial and error.
Also, the "Tablehooters" website (which is an excellent site btw) has an entry on this keyboard which might be an interesting read:
http://weltenschule.de/TableHooters/Casio_KX-101.html