CASIO GZ-50M
Related Models
GZ Series
CASIO Z series started with CZ series
in 1985 with their own newly created PD synthesis,
and came to a halt in 1988 with the VZ series
released in the name of 'CASIO professional.'
For a few years CASIO stopped making synths
except CTK-1000
released in 1993 as a CASIOTONE.
With the rise of GM standard, CASIO came back to Z again with GZ series,
this time focusing on low-cost computer music.
Later in 2000, the high-end CASIOTONE MZ-2000 came out with PCM and drawbar synthesis.
GZ series are CASIO's GM related products line.
GZ-500: keyboard version
GZ-70SP: installed in speakers
GZ-30M: small box
WG-130: daughter board version
They may be compatible with GZ-50M, but the detail is unknown.
CASIO GZ-500 (1996)
CASIO GZ-70SP (1996)
GZ-5 is a very small MIDI master keyboard.
It has no MIDI IN and no audio out jack,
but can play sounds with the internal speaker -
it works as a 4-polyphonic rudimentary CASIOTONE.
CASIO GZ-5 (1995)
GM without a filter, editability
When GM standart was established,
many PCM playbacker without a filter came out in the lower-end product line.
Among them, E-MU Soundengine may be the most capable as a synthesizer,
as it's based on their Proteus series.
Also YAMAHA TG100
has some synthetic editability, though limited.
Even lower-end products like GZ-50M had no editability.
KAWAI Gmega LX is a 28-polyphonic PCM playbacker with 4MB ROM and one reverb effect.
KC20 is its keyboard version.
As it's a GM module and has no editability, it may be the most close competitor of GZ-50M.
KAWAI GMouse XC-1 is the simpler version of Gmega LX that can be driven by batteries.
(See also KAWAI Gmega page
for related information).
KAWAI Gmega LX (1993)
KAWAI GMouse XC-1 (1994)
YAMAHA QY22 and QY300 are sequencers integrated with GM module.
They are 12-bit PCM playbacker without editability and a filter.
QY300 has one reverb effect.
YAMAHA QY300 (1995)
Roland DR-5 is not a GM module,
but is a PCM playbacker without a filter.
It's 19-polyphonic and has no effect.
As designed as an extended drum machine, it has one editable parameter - amplitude decay.
Roland DR-5 (1993)
KORG AG-3 has close design concept to GZ-50M.
The name suggests that it's a lower-end version of
AG-10,
but I don't know the details.
KORG AG-3
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8. 28. 2004
Modified: 10. 31. 2004