THIS VINTAGE CASIO CASIOTONE MT-40 ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD HAS 22 DIFFERENT RETRO VOICES INCLUDING SYNTH FUZZ AND FUNNY FUZZ. ALSO INCLUDES SIX DIFFERENT BEATS AND ACCOMPANIMENTS, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF NEAT DRUM FILL-INS. THE "ROCK" BEAT ACCOMPANIMENT IS BASED ON EDDIE COCHRAN'S "MAN, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE" AND WAS ADOPTED BY EARLY JAMAICAN DANCEHALL REGGAE ARTISTS IN THE '80s. THE BEAT BECAME KNOWN AS THE "SLENG TENG RIDDIM" AND WAS A BUILDING BLOCK OF MODERN DIGITAL REGGAE WITH ABOUT 200 MINOR VARIATIONS OF THIS BASIC BEAT. A GREAT INSTRUMENT FOR STUDIO RECORDING THAT GIVES DELIVERS THE CLASSIC VINTAGE CASIO SOUND, AND FOR MUSICAL MAD SCIENTISTS: IT'S A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR CIRCUIT BENDING THANKS TO THE RELATIVELY SIMPLE CIRCUITRY INSIDE. THERE IS A FINE TUNER KNOB ON THE BACK TO HELP YOU TUNE IT WITH YOUR EXISTING INSTRUMENTS. THIS CASIOTONE WAS WELL-USED AND IS MISSING FIVE OF THE SLIDER BUTTONS (THEY STILL WORK FINE WITHOUT THEM). THE VOLUME KNOB PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE CLEANED WITH CONTACT SPRAY / POT CLEANER BECAUSE IT ONLY WORKS CONSISTENTLY AT FULL VOLUME (THERE IS NO DISTORTION, FUZZ OR OTHER SOUND FLAWS WHEN PLAYED AT FULL VOLUME). FINALLY, IT WORKS ONLY ON AC POWER RIGHT NOW (THE CULPRIT APPEARS TO BE A RUSTY BATTERY COIL INSIDE (SEE LAST PHOTO). THE WIRING LOOKS GOOD, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN BE REPAIRED, BUT YOU'LL NEED TO GET IN THERE AND SAND/FILE THE CORROSION OFF OF THAT COIL. DESPITE THE FLAWS, ALL KEYS, BASS KEYS AND SETTINGS ARE WORKING FINE, AND IT WOULD BE A GREAT INSTRUMENT FOR HOME OR STUDIO RECORDING (THERE IS NO MIDI OUTPUT, BUT THERE IS A 1/4 INCH HEADPHONE JACK AND RCA OUTPUT). IT MEASURES 22 7/8 INCHES X 7 INCHES X 2 3/8 INCHES.
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