It looks like Casio will be introducing some new electronic music gear at the 2015 NAMM Show.
Sonic State reports that the Casio XQ-PD1 Trackformer is being teased in print:
Reader George Laird sent in this scan of an ad he saw in the latest Electronic Musician mag. Its all we know – honest, but it would seem that there’s a new Casio groovebox in the works.
The round, yes round, pad encrusted XW-PD1 appears to be some sort of track based groove box with 16 pads.
There’s no official word from Casio on what the XW-PD1 Trackformer will be, but the 4×4 grid brings to mind certain Music Production Centers….
We’ll have official details as they are announced.
Check it out and let us know what you think the Casio XQ-PD1 Trackformer will be!
cool !!! I hope it’s a sampler…..
I hope it’s cheap and can sequence multiple channels!
its a MPC WATCH 🙂
Lol brilliant comment
XD!!!!
I would love them to update and reissue they’re best synth ever?! CZ-101
all CZ family soud pretty identical…..and yes they are excellent synths but the emulations are also great …I use plastic CZ for 10 years and there’s a new VST (not tried yet) …..before that I had a CZ101 and a CZ1000 back in the 90s
this is a Casio mpc-watch……
echo echo echo
The CZ range was the most analogue sounding, digital synth of the 80’s. Blew the DX7 away. Beautiful, warm sounds. We had 2 x CZ5000’s back in the day and could creat some amazing multi timbral sequences. CZ-1 is the one to get now.
Always happy to see Casio releasing professional/semi-professional gear. It’s always feature rich and well priced.
Casio? Likely a sampler with 3 secs of sampling.
Keep it a square/rectangular. It is going to be awkward to place shaped like a tennis racket, unless it’s a watch as mentioned haw haw
This rhythm watch better have a calculator in it, or it’s not going to replace my current Casio calculator watch.
Why is the phrase “Behringer Tweakalizer” echoing in my head?
(Warning: don’t google image search. It will haunt your nightmares.)
I feel like Casio and Roland are both similar here. Both made some wonderful stuff back in the day, and both make stuff these days that can feel pretty cheap. I know Casio has always been a brand that caters to lower price.
I want both of them to succeed. The potential is there. Execution is…lacking. They need to take a page from Korg, Moog or Dave Smith here. Hell, Waldorf.
MPC watch would be splendid. Or MPC powerglove.