Casio VL-5 with Barcode Reader - Full Review
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024
- This is my full review about the Casio VL-5, a keyboard from 1982 and the successor of the famous VL-1.
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0:00 Intro
0:11 The VL-Series
3:33 A Look Inside
5:25 The Sounds
9:42 The Rhythms
10:56 The Sequencer
15:56 Barcode Explained
17:56 The Barcode Reader Pen
22:23 Final Performance
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I didn't own a single keyboard when i watched your SA-7 video for the first time.. now i own the SA-1, SA-2, SA-5, SA-8, PT-1, PT-10, VL-1, VL-2 and the Yamaha PS-1.. see what you did??
And that's just the beginning!
@@KeenOnKeys lolol
you will
That is unfortunate. I feel bad for you.
The final demo is brilliant ! You deserve to become famous.
22:35 the classic VL-1 "filter sweep" technique evidently works well on the VL-5 too...
What can I tell you that I haven't said already? Brilliant, my far-away friend (if I may)! This series is as about as concise as any keyboarder collector could ask for and twice as entertaining to boot! You're a constant source of inspiration and I have to say that although I am predominantly a guitarist, I find myself more and more at my keyboards these days. And getting better at it! Thanks!
Thanks a lot! It is always a pleasure to read your comments. Nice to hear that my videos also help improve keyboard playing, in one way or another.
@@KeenOnKeys and 8 bit keys are my favorites so far. you both explain things in ways I can understand as a beginner. Been paying guitar for years but on top of getting the gr55 synth system for guitar I want to learn to play actual keys. Your videos are very informative. I started out just wanting an old taken care of fm synth to dink around on but after watching all these videos on youtube of course now I want a full on dx7 or better lol but those are like 500 USD and up on ebay. Which isn't bad don't get me wrong but maybe my best bet is a decent MIDI controller with all the bells and whistles to have access to more sounds. Emulated as they may be...they are cheaper than the hardware lol. Maybe I'll get a broken dx7 to fix? I may go for that plus research a decent keytar to dink around with as long as it has pitch and mod wheels to learn on I'm happy. Anyway love the videos. Keep it up, you have a good style.
@@KeenOnKeys The bagpipe on this sounds very NES like though
I miss my VL-5. Got to love those weird preset names. I also love that you mix the microphone with the aux out. The tacky clicking is definitely part of the sound!
outro music was awesome
I used to have the VL-1 and my mate had this. How much fun we had as kids with this!!!
WOW!!!! The final BLOW my mind. It`s amazing!!! :)
Playing the muppet show theme just makes me a fan of you for life.
Really nice in-depth video, the sounds of my childhood, I fell in love with synths due to these little boxes. Thank you.
Casio will forever be special for me. They made some incredible stuff that were low cost and so much fun. Not to mention their design and manufacture of so many forms and colors in their devices. I still have the PT-50 but lost the ROM card.
I really love this channel and the Muppets theme sealed it. Hope to see a lot more.
amazing video, editing, and cool song!!!!!
Oh wow this actually sounds genuinely pretty nice
This is amazing . the control you have over little keys is amazing !
GREAT VIDEO!!! Thanks so lot. You are the man.
just found your channel. Awesome work, man! Keep on!
liking for that final performance especially!
Daaaaaamn, playing those microkeys LIKE A BOSS! 😁
Amazing! I only know the VL-1, didn't know that there is also a VL-5!
It's quite unusual to see that many bodge wires in a Casia. Either the design wasn't finalised for production, or bugs were discovered during production.
I always look forward to your videos. Are there any keyboards you have an interest in but haven't reviewed yet?
A lot! Most of the Keyboards of the 80s. And I would have reviewed a lot more until now, if I had a little bit more time for that.
These are so so great, I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. I'll do what I can to spread the word! I have a VL-5 by the way, do you want me to scan the manual / music sheets?
Thank you, but I have already found the barcodes for the VL-5 on the internet. Unfortunately these were the only ones I could find.
Does barcode work with midi in signals??
God bless these channels on RUclips.... #mindblowing
but the question is... can you write your own melodies with qr codes for it? and if you can... how? maybe you could making crazy noise music with it 👀
With all the wires soldered here and there it looked like the PCB design wasn't final.
The last demo is a true banger
Okay I'm sold. I want one.
This would be good for some old school game console sound tracks. Neat toy.
Just scored one on Marketplace for $25 with barcode reader and all.
great channel great yt suggestion! subscribed indeed!
I have a Casio VL-1 with the RadioShack brand label (Realistic Concertmate 200) I love playing with it, and used it for a few years towards a music project I had. I did have a Casio VL-5 briefly, but it didn't work properly.
I used this little guy on my track "Give me the chance" phaqur.bandcamp.com It was used to pitch a vocoder and a VL-10 that was modded with an audio out
The Casio Vl-5 can't play chords but the good is if you play the melody song with the one key plays are 3 keys left you can use with the left hand to play chords!
Casio SK-1 is an iconic keyboard
I keep scrubbing through the thumbnails thinking I must have not see it 😢
It's a VL-1 on steroids! It's pretty cool, I don't know how useful it would be for music production but the large jack is a really nice touch. I quite like the polyphony although the keys would probably make anyone's hands cramp up pretty quickly. I really like the sound of it, it's simple and nice.
9:11 sounds very similar to a Yoshis Island instrument, so cool
22:35 I love Black Moth Super Rainbow
Any tips on finding old catalogs with casio ads in them?!
Funny to think the Roland TB303 got the sequencer from the VL-Tone line.
What is the blue keyboard at 21:59? Looks tres cool :)
It's the PT-50 and it's actually silver.
Great video! Any chance you have a link to some of that barcode sheet music? I picked up one of these at an estate sale today and want to try that feature.
I tried and tried as a kid to get it to read the barcodes but never managed it once 😩 mine must have been broken!
Always wanted a polyphonic version of my VL-1, but losing the synth function would have been a deal-breaker. So close Casio, but the VL-5 is not quite what it should have been
This sounds like my c64 transformed into a casio keyboard. Awesome.
I downloaded the vl1 app on my phone. ❤
Hi, are these bar code the same used in mt-70? Do you have some links with these papers to show me?
Is it possible to create a owm bar code? Tanks
They are the same, but the MT-70 can also read chord barcodes. I only have a copy of the VL-5 barcodes, which you can find here: blinovitchlimitationeffect.wordpress.com/2017/05/14/casio-vl-tone-vl-5/
@@KeenOnKeys thankyou. Your compositions are very cool. The VL-1 songs you made are incredble!
Seeing you scan those barcodes is giving me horrible flashbacks to that janky e-reader for the Gameboy Advance and that barcode battler game. Seems like for a time period there's somthing about japanese tech using barcode scanners that are a pain to use.
I wonder it t e designed the pocket operaters on these calculaters
I've got one with an original Casio VL-5 Music book (172 pages) in Japanese. It comes with a lot of sheet music and another 32 barcode songs. Let me know if you want more info. Maybe I can scan it for you.
Can you email me the scans? I would really appreciate it
6:22 among us reference
Hey, do you personally put something on the q-tip when cleaning the circuit board and other pieces inside the keyboard?
isopropanol alcohol
@@KeenOnKeys Thank you so much for helping me. I have a Casio MT210 that I'm bringing back to life! it needs D and E key replacement. Do you know where I can buy just two keys for a reasonable price?
@@KeenOnKeys I don't know the official part name. There's one site selling them for $10 a piece which i think is absurd. I also might need a to solder a new 'female 9v input' and I have no clue where/how to get these parts.
@@Elazarko yes, spare parts are hard to find. Unfortunately I can't help you with that. I have never seen any for a reasonable price.
does anyone know how to repair this ? i’ll pay.
20:24 - wow i cant imaging kids having THAT much patience back in the 80's...or maybe they did and that is an insight into how kids, culture has changed. I bet today kids wouldnt hack all this faffle to scan in melodies lol
It's a shame it has no vibrato, it really makes the difference on the VL-1 I think
AYYY CAVE STORY
Dear Mr KeenonKeys. Any chance you can get hold of a VSS-200 (yamaha) to do a review - achtung: Im selling one right now if you are interested...although I think it will be sold by the weekend :D
Chances are good. But it will take a while.
damn sloow rock beat is dope
I never understood the reason for these devices. Such an overly complicated OS. What is one supposed to do with this device?
😮
i got one