CASIO KX-101 Boombox Keyboard (1984)

I want to know the features of CASIO KX-101 Boombox Keyboard so can you please tell me?

[sumit]

The Casio KX-101 has a quite unique case style and is the only known Casio keyboard with silver mini keys.

But it is far too heavy to be considered a really portable boombox

It was shipped with a 2nd pair of short speaker cables





Main features:

37 mini keys
12 key buttons + 11 select buttons for direct selectable single finger chords
2 detachable 2-way loudspeaker boxes (with some bass, tweeter is slightly hissy)
Main voice polyphony 4 notes (only 1 in unison mode)
9 preset sounds {piano 1..3, harpsichord, organ, clarinet, flute, horn, mellow}
12 preset rhythms {waltz, ballad, swing, enka, 16beat, rock-1..3, disco-1..2, bossa nova, samba}
Preset sounds, rhythms & sequencer note lengths selected through keyboard keys
cipher buttons {'0'..'9', 'set', 'c'} (only used by tape deck?)
main volume slider
treble & stereo balance sliders
separate volume sliders for poly (keyboard main voice), mono, chord, arpeggio, rhythm, mixing microphone
stereo/ mono switch
tempo +/- buttons (57 steps, most are slow)
transpose +/- buttons (13 semitone steps)
arpeggio
detuned chorus mode (called "unison", monophonic)
3 rhythm fill-in buttons
complex sequencer (473 steps, polyphonic with edit features, saves music files on audio cassette)
2 "one key play" buttons (to play or edit sequencer contents note by note)
semi- analogue sound generator similar like Casio VL-1; the digital envelopes (with audible zipper noise) are linear and thus sounds unrealistic because they fade silent too soon. Unlike the latter it is 4 note polyphonic and alternatingly assigns notes to both stereo channels. Chord voice is 4 note polyphonic with fixed timbre like Casio PT-30 but has an optional arpeggio voice. Analogue percussion corresponds to PT-30.
very complex multi- chip hardware:
CPU1= "NEC D1868G 006, 8348XK, Japan" (80 pin SMD)
CPU2= "NEC D1879G 002, 8343XK, Japan" (80 pin SMD)
2x SRAM= "HD C, 61914, 4F, 23" (44 pin SMD)
tape drive CPU?= "Toshiba TC4514BP, 8418H, Japan" (24 pin DIL)
IC "LB1405, 4A3" (16 pin DIL)
tuner IC "441, A04" (16(?) pin DIL)
big hybrid "K4F25S, 46311"
radio tuner:
FM stereo, MW, LW
analogue scale with tuning knob
Telescope & ferrite antenna
Nice sound
Digital controlled cassette deck:
"computer play" drive control buttons {space search, rec return, repeat, single, program, shuffle, intro, JP}
Direct title select through cipher buttons
Tape sorts switch {normal, CrO2, metal}
Tape counter (mechanical)
Record mute button (records a pause)
Datasette function to save & load sequencer data
2 integrated microphones
Has no dolby, sounds bassless
Fails by hardening rubber parts
Level meter (7 LED row with only 5 steps, mono)
Timer switch (to be used with an external mains timer to play or record)
RAM-Pack slot (for optional Casio RA-10 module that expands sequencer memory to 985 steps)
Tuning trimmer (+/- 30cent)
Auto- power off (in keyboard mode)
Jacks for mains cable, speakers, line out, phones, line in, microphones, mixing microphone