This machine will forever be associated with Steve Poindexter's track 'Work That Mother F****'. He somehow managed to make a classic with just that machine on its own...
When I was younger I thought Steve Poindexter (like every other Chicago house/hard trax producer at that time) used a 909 or 707 {Larry Heard} ) when I went into Toronto’s used music equipment store (RIP Songbird) and the guy at the counter laughed and said “Yeah , that was a Casio RZ 1” , and incidentally the store had a 909 & an RZ 1 in at the same time. I purchased the 909, in the immortal words of Wayne from Wayne’s World I was feeling “saucy” that day.
What cracks me up is that no matter what the synth is, good OR bad, you always make them sound GREAT in the jam section. You have a lot of skill with hardware indeed.
I have such a soft spot for terrible quality digital drum samples from that era, they can sound great with effects and have a charm you just can't recreate
I also love craptastic 8, 12 and even sightly rough 16 bit early samples. A particular favorite of mine is the Roland R8, OK it's 16 bit 44.1khz, so it's practically hifi, but there's still something charming about the time machine like quality of the unit. I also like the crummy way they loop cymbals and stuff to save memory!
I remember being a little underwhelmed at the sounds when this machine was released, but more recently I learned that CASIO recorded Yukihiro Takahashi (prominent Japanese solo artist and former drummer in Y.M.O.) to make the sample library (Love to hear those recordings in modern fidelity!!). What's interesting is that if you tune the snare up 1/2 or a whole step it sounds fantastic, and very much like Takahashi's iconic snare. Stock it always sounded to me like a Cat sneezing...
This was my first drum machine back in 1991 for use in an industrial rock band. Somehow, we gigged with this coupled with a live drummer and samples cued up on cassette tapes! I get strong pangs of nostalgia whenever I hear the RZ1's rigid groove and dusty sounds! Would have loved the companion DZ1 drum mixer and the uber-rare DZ kit!
Oh man, I almost bought one of these back in either 99 or 2000. I was briefly obsessed with Casio's Z-series pro instruments at the time. I got the CZ-1000 and the VZ-10M. A buddy of mine had the FZ-1 sample keyboard which I wanted sooo bad and then there was the RZ-1 drum machine. I never knew the RZ had sampling capability or I would have for sure bought it, but at the time I just couldn't justify it. Great video as always!
We used one of these in my old band back in the early 90s when we were desperately trying to emulate "Come Visit the Big Bigot"-era Severed Heads. The grotchy RZ samples definitely got us partway there. I occasionally wax nostalgic for one until I see the current used prices. Think I'll stick with the Volca Sample.
to be fair, the sound of my cat dry heaving could be turned into an avant-garde masterpiece if i ran it through a space echo.... But as usual you manage to find the diamond in the rough. Great stuff
You make me feel good about getting old. 95% of all the gear I've ever owned has been on this channel. Either I was ahead of my time or I fell for every single piece of gear with a gimmick, I think the latter.
@@defcreator187 It sure does. Planet Rock pitched it down, AudioPliz pitched it up. Warm and longer, short and thinner. 🙂 Don't bite, I like them both! 😃
Adding "A drumkit only a mother could love" to the list of amazing quotes from this show. Also I don't know what it is but I absolutely love the kick drum in the first jam. I don't think it's the compression but rather just how you contextualized the kick in the jam, it has a kind of videogame feel to it
No shit, recently a European live techno party crew were asking on Facebook if anyone had an RZ1 they could buy, steal or borrow - niche maybe but the people that love these...really, really love them!
This is a BIG Hollow Box! Big "Plastique" case and "Hollow" in its sound. But even with its limitations, you proved its good at what it can do. Great Jams!!!
Honestly I should probably try to find a sample pack of that drum machine, because it has some iconic tones to it. Thanks for reviewing it! It was great! Keep up the great work! 💯👍🏻🚀
I will buy one if it comes with the "Waaaaw" sample xD. Just a wish, not a request: as a fan of your work, fan of korg work, and fan of your korg reviews, i would love to see Korg Prologue or Korg Wavestate review someday. Especially of the Prologue since it seems to have been an unsuccessful synthesizer for its characteristics. Happy fridday! 💖
Nice stuff in your first tune there. You're using an S-1 now too. I'm so glad I had Detroit Modular send me one. I almost feel an 808 State vibe coming through, in the second... those exotic sounds, in there.
This is my comfort zone . How did a huge Casio fan not know this existed ? I need Doc Brown to take me back to 1986 ASAP so I can ride my bike down to radio shack and order this ! (and a mixer) so I can send it all through my ROCKMAN 😊 , and H20 liquid chorus +delay .
Wow! So cool to see RZ1 is this week's Bad Gear! One of the few times I actually lived the proverbial dream by finding one of these for $10 at a garage sale, used it on a couple of tracks, sampled the F out of it, and resold it for several hundred dollars! Also cool to see another one of my memes used. It doesn't get much "badder." Thanks for making my Friday!
This cowbell was used in one of my all time favorite techno tracks but I don’t know the name and I’m still searching for it 😂 great episode thanks a lot ❤
I love that Florian never skips a beat to take a stab at The One Who Shall Not Be Named and that no "legendary" gear is sacred in Bad Gear. I also happened to "innovate" a lot of musical ideas from the short jams into my own work. Thanks for the "innovation" sir! Wish the channel all the success :) - A fan from a neighboring country.
Great stuff as per usual! I had a good chuckle at the Uli memes this week. BTW, I accidently switched on the closed captions and it translates as 'Ollie', which also made me giggle for some reason....
@@AudioPilz I hope to hear some of the full songs you have made one day, that would be amazing. You are far more talented than you give yourself credit for. Tag the full songs on the end that would be rad.
Mate you are so talented. Every time you create a track, its creative, interesting, experienced. That last track made this ugly thing just sit where it should in a way that suddenly made the sounds make sense.
The music that you are able to create is amazing even with a pooch like that! You are definitely a wizard. How about an episode on either the Roland MC808 or 909 groove boxes? Also, let's not forget the iKorg products, the M3 and the RADIAS. Yes please!
@@stepans2167 Prince famously used an androgynous symbol in place of his name for a few year because of a conflict with Warner. It did the trick and he eventually got out of the contract. Look up, “The artist formerly known as Prince,” for details. :)
People commenting shit dont understand/know/have been there when in the 80s you ended up with THE ONE drum machine you were lucky enough to get/borrow/steal. We became MASTERS at doing stuff on these limited machines because WE LOVED PROGRAMMING THEM. It was a 80s kids thing. The final result is we created electronic music genres relying heavily on DRUM PROGRAMMING. You millennials dont have a clue and shouldnt be allowed to comment WHAT U DONT UNDERSTAND. Prince Paul, Todd Terry and others made HISTORY with this POWERFUL piece of history.
This is one of the drum machines I actually used for like 10 or so years in the late 90s/early 00s. I do have my kick swapped to a +3 semitone 808-style with a 30Hz roll off (created on an Alpha Juno.) I have a Yamaha RX5 now and that's the only actual vintage drum machine I actually use (well I also use a SR-16, but you can still buy those new.)
The Vsynth just pass was F^ing shocking...well I have a vs2480 and mv8800 if I had that Vsynth and a fantom then would have been a Roland studio...I could not imagine this dude with them 4 units...all that resampling from eachother...would make epic beats.....I'll send my VS and MV you gotta get a VsynthGT and a maxed out fantom....I'll provide references....imagine if mfdoom Trent Reznor and kool keith shit down iceTmouth some time later wjat we listen to is wjat came out...
Again, a proof that it's not about what IT can do, but what can you do with IT. Jam 2 is amazing. Keep it fun and thanks for another mellow friday evening. Greetings from Zagreb.
To be honest I laughed at the start thinking "okay this week he's gonna deliberately make shit because how can not you with this?" but you're proving to be the unchallenged master of this game!
man, that thing bangs HARD on that final jam. All some one has to do, is just clone the sample section, expand the sample time to 1 hour, have a few inputs, a global dual filter and other basic shaping tools and trigger it all externally. that thing sounds killlllleeerrrrr. Of course, the Pillzzz magic dust sprinkled all over it helps.
I am going to channel my inner Werner Herzog and say that this is both charming and horrid, like a neighbor who invites you over on a sunny summer afternoon to have lemonade and show you his collection of beautifully restored torture devices from the fifteenth century.
I have a thing for the old Casio xZ-1 machines. They don't sound modern, they often don't even sound good, but they sound different in an interesting way and I love 'em all.
Damn, smooth jams! I picked up a Roland D110 for £50 last week, absolutely loving it, slotted in a treat with my live Acid House rig! Keep up the fine work, still waiting to see the Roland SH-32 on your show!
Wow, what a machine! But I'm talking about the space echo here😊 The Casio could be a nice piece of decoration in a museum, but at least it has more sample time than Data needed to decide to not switch sides to the Borg! 😅
I've noticed that as well. Really similar design and sounds. I wonder if one was "inspired" by the other, or if there was some kind of collaboration...
Great to see some CASIO love. Legend has it that the drum samples in my little CASIO CZ-230S are from the RZ-1 (some expert will probably disabuse me of this notion) but I think they are somewhat similar. One could argue that the CZ-230S sequencer is more capable than the RZ-1, no sampling capability though. Still waiting for the infamous XW-P1 to make the show.
It uses same drum chip, I don’t think anyone analysed the ROMs to see if sounds are exactly identical but they are close enough. I agree the sequencer in the 230s is one of the best things, they had a patent for the sequencer also.
Owned and used one of these. So did Steve Poindexter who used it to make the track "Work That MF." It requires all the sampling time to get that sample on the RZ-1...
Okay, now I'm really curious -- What takes longer? To gather memes or to get the hardware, write a script and all the good stuff that go into video production. Also, when these drop, the first thing I do is to look at the local retailer if they have these in stock and for how much c:
I think it’s about time you do an Alesis HR-16 review just like this one. Especially given how much the newer Alesis shows up in your amazing show, and after it’s review. Thank you!
@@AudioPilz RZA was pretty revolutionary, back in the day. There is probably quite a few old men like me searching for a bit of nostalgia of simpler times.
@@AudioPilz Finnish group called Aavikko used to use a lot of Casio instruments. "Rosinante" is a fun track for sure, not so sure what they use on their modern stuff though.
