Casio bring the fun releasing a new vocal synthesiser
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24.01.2022

Casio bring the fun releasing a new vocal synthesiser

casio ct-s1000v
Words by Eli Duxson

Casio teased this launch for a while but we’re not sure anyone had this in mind!

Casio has been dying for something that makes a big splash in the synth and keyboard market for eons as they haven’t managed to up the bar with innovation, but the CT-S1000V might just do that.

What you need to know:

  • The CT-S1000V boasts an entertaining, innovative, and revolutionary vocal synthesis technology that enables the keyboard to sing any lyrics you enter back to you.
  • How it works is you can type lyrics into an iOS or Android app and then the keyboard will synthesise them into speech that you can play as phrases or split into syllables across notes.
  • The CT-S1000V will be available for US$449.

Read all the latest product news here.

The CT-S1000V boasts an entertaining, innovative, and revolutionary vocal synthesis technology that enables the keyboard to sing any lyrics you enter back to you.

However, it’s not going to be a wonderfully warm and beautiful vocal playback and more in the electronic, vocoder style, but the premise of literally playing a vocal line on the keyboard still remains.

How it works is you can type lyrics into an iOS or Android app and then the keyboard will synthesise them into speech that you can play as phrases or split into syllables across notes.

It has over 800 sounds including classics from the VL, VZ, and CZ synths, 243 full-accompaniment rhythms, a 6-track MIDI recorder, DSP effects, while also working as a sampler with 10 seconds of sample memory.

The CT-S1000V can run on batteries, has stereo speakers built-in, and it ships with Casio’s WU‑BT10 Bluetooth adapter, which as well as allowing for wireless sampling allows you to stream audio in, and MIDI both to and from the keyboard.

This keyboard is unlikely to produce the next biggest electronic hit, but it’ll be fun and rewarding to play like the Casio keyboards you likely branched out to as a young and curious muso. It even includes the wildly entertaining option to attach a guitar strap.

I can’t be the only one who remembers “DJ” being spammed in music class at school?

The CT-S1000V will be available for US$449.

For more information, head to Casio.