Casio MT-65 - Full Review
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
- The Casio MT-65, released in 1983, is a small keyboard with 49 mid-sized keys, 8 note polyphony, 12 styles, 20 tones, vibrato, sustain/reverb and modulation FX. It uses the NEC D930/931 ICs which were used for many Casio keyboards between 1983 and 1986. The D930 accompaniment chip is famous for it's for bass, chord and arpeggio variations, allowing a total number of 768 style variations. The MT-65 was re-released in a different colour as the MT-68 in 1984. There's also a larger version existing, the CT-405.
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0:00 Intro
0:11 Overview
2:09 A Look Inside
6:30 Tones
15:23 Manual Bass
16:50 Drum Machine
17:53 Single Finger Mode
21:53 Fingered Mode
25:43 Conclusion
26:26 Multitrack Recording
Circuit bended MT-65 picture by S-CAT:
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When you said "rock" and the music kicked in, I felt that.
I missed out on this whole generation of early Casiotone cheap keys until recently when I picked up an MT-100 at thrift.
It's amazing what a difference the analog controls make in comparison to the later digital ones in their user friendliness and approachability. It's easy to get sucked into one of these early Casios for hours just messing around; the limitations encourage you to find more creative ways to push the envelope on what's available.
Found this in a freaking goodwill today. This is the beginning of my MT-65 journey! Great video 🫡
Proud of you
My grandmother actually has this keyboard 😊 I remember when I was younger when I was visiting and was allowed to play on it, good memories :) Grandmother is today 97 years old and still plays it 😄
You got a new subscriber 😊
My first band was a post punk alternative three piece called RTZ way back in 1984 and my main keyboard was this very one. With a Jen SX1000 as the lead/bass synth this was my setup.
I remember for our one and only gig I used an ironing board for a stand - Keith Emerson had nothing on me!
Great vid - took me right back - thanks.
Reminds me of people making fun of Gillian from new order, that she looked like she was ironing clothes while the band was playing… brutal 😂
Cool.
I had an MT65 for a few years, traded it in on a Sequential Circuits ProOne; wish I still had both!
Incredible attention to detail and skill. Such an under-rated channel (and I should know haha) Keep up the great work!
The Casio MT65 Appreciation Society on fb will be so thrilled
Modulation sounds like an odd choice of word, but is not incorrect in any way. An envelope is a modulation source and the buttons change the envelopes. Most people do associate it more with an LFO more than an Envelope though, so I understand the confusion. I might have labeled it differently.
Love the reviews for these older Casio's especially. Very well produced, in-depth, detailed. Always a treat. I would love to get my hands on some of these as I find this much more interesting than the sample based instruments they make now. (But then I'm more into synths anyways.)
Lovely, detailed, accurate and beautiful review - as ever.
Another amazing video with your impeccable backing tracks and video production! Kudos.
I really enjoyed watching this video. Spot on with the video format 👍🏻
Another great video! I had just bought an MT-68 and was pleasantly surprised to see that your latest review was the MT-65. Perfect timing!
the quality of this channel is incredible. every video is extremely well created and executed. Very very good job!
I just came across one of these tucked away in the prop storage at the community theater I work at. It still works, but a couple of the keys need their contacts cleaned. I could tell it was a gem as soon as I saw it. This video confirms my initial impression, as well as demonstrating the teardown and cleaning procedure. Thanks for the insightful and detailed review, I'm going to clean this thing up and give it a second chance to shine.
This is a great channel. Cant wait for your review of the Casio MT400v
I just wanted to say that your channel and your content are amazing - I must have watched this video 10-20 times. In fact I recently bought an MT-65 after watching this, it's every part as good as it comes across in this video. Looking forward to your future uploads!
What a perfect video for a perfect keyboard. You truly don't miss anything. Incredible work.
We need a collection of all those little magnificent songs at the end! You are so talented!
Awesome video. This opened my eyes to the potential of my MT-100.
I love these. Looking forward to one day your MT-100 video, my all-time favourite :)
I am so glad to have found you channel, very inspiring. I feel the need to rebuild something!
missed your vids ... good to see you back!
Great work - as always.
Great review and fantastic musicianship as always! The MT65 may be 'Peak Casiotone'!
Your work is simply excellent. This wonderful piece of art and technology was my first keyboard and it was my partner through my entire childhood :')
This was my first keyboard when I was 15 years old. My lead keyboard in my first band. Still have and still working almost 40 years later. Thanks for this video. Learned some new things about it.
Shame on my algorithms for not recommending this channel before now. So glad to find you!!
New great vid from Keen on Keys! Worth waiting. I have this keyboard, it sounds great, it looks great!
This is my favourite keyboard of all time. It still sounds cool today. And funny is one of my favourite sounds too, together with cosmic :-) Good job!
I love driving along in my leaf playing your tune at the end of this video , it's great :)
My first keyboard. Loved it and always tempted to get another. Great video.
thank you so much for this amazing video!
Excellent job. Thanks to you I bought a Casio MT-68, the gray version, and this thing was expensive here in Brasil. I still can't believe I found one.
Top work Keen on Keys! I was going to review my own Casio MT-65 and MT-68 for my channel, but you've covered everything so well in your video I'm not sure that there's anything left to add. Very well put together video, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Big thumbs up!
Yeah, these vids are so substantial, better than most producers product demos.
Finally RUclips notifies me
Wow! Amazing review!! I deeply loved this keyboard! A friend of mine had it, and I used to visit him just to play the keyboard!
Lovely little keyboard! both pretty and sounds stunning!
I had that thing when I was 8. Geez did I wear out those keys. So much fun !!! Awesome to hear it being played to its full potential. Bravo !
Fun fact, this keyboard was also used for making all the bonus game music for Simpsons Hit & Run and the minigame music for Crash Tag Team Racing
Very nice videos. Its a great channel with top quality content.
Congratulations!!!
this is the keyboard that got me hooked on 80s casios! still probably my favorite
Great video. I have the MT 68 and use it often on compositions. I love the drums and keep meaning to sample them.
a new one!!!! :) didnt know mt800 had a bigger brother.. Awesome as always!!
Excelent review
This is a pure dungeon synth machine. I'm hooked on Casios now
I need to dig out my MT68, forgot how versatile it was. Great video.
I love your videos! The play styles are tasteful and catchy and your voice is very pleasant. I saw the MT-400v video first and I was excited because I thought it wouldn't be too difficult to find but I was disappointed when I realized how rare, highly sought after and generally expensive it is. I was disappointed until I realized the MT-65 and 68 are the basically the same (arguably better in some ways). I found one for sale locally and grabbed it up. Super excited to play it when it arrives!
Side note: Your video on the PSS-a50 convinced me to buy also! Great job haha.. I'm not sure it's good for me to watch any more of your videos or I'm going to end up with a room full of little keyboards and a sad bank account. Keep up the good work! I would love to see a video on the Yamaha MK-100 since it is unique and interesting. I have one of them, but I would like to see what kinds of tricks you are able to do with it. Thanks for the great quality content!
I have the MK-100 and its time will come.... one day
One more possibility is to use tune knob while multitracking. A little bit of detuning does magic!
While multitracking??
man you are on fire in this video , such great and uplifting melodies!!
such a great channel. would love to see a video on the MT-100 if possible!
Beautiful sounds
I snagged this for $60 at an estate sale in perfect condition. So glad I grabbed it!
OK, now I'm just in love with this little keyboard. Hope I'll find one some day.
Casio really needs to start making these type of keyboards again. Instead of toy tho, like a mini synth. Like the Reface. That looks so much fun and I heard the had one that had “filter sliders” on it. In 2k21, we need that. Casio also should make a software with all the classic keyboards and their effects on it
Agreed, I would scoop one right up.
No, they need a DG-20 reissue
They actually do now. Not these exact vintage models but they have their CT-S1 and CT-S500/1000v which I think are awesome!
"toy" keyboards are amazing too.
just got one of these like 2 weeks ago for my birthday and I love it
i still love it
The Casio MT-68, was also no slouch in the looks Department...
That final track was a super fun ditty.
This was bought to me for my 13th birthday, carrying case and all...
Surprisingly, you could find a rhythm/sound combination for any song you wanted to play, it was really a magical and practical keyboard.
I sold it to buy a Yamaha PS-55, I don't miss the PS-55, but I do miss that MT-65 a musical swiss army knife.
Such a great video 💯 🧬🦚🤤
Seems like casio could do with a "reface" line of synths..
Now that's a GREAT idea!!!
@@justovision Yes but analogue. And designed like an 80's Casio.
Casio will kill the game if they do that. They’re making some super products today. The stage grands really be sounding real‼️‼️ If they don’t do the reface, they should include classic features from the early 80’s. MT had filter sliders. That would be hella fun to have something to play like these In Today’s time. Casio, and yamaha need to start making keyboards with these type of features again. We’ll gladly pay 300 bucks for these.
Sure, if Casio were stupid enough to want to commit corporate suicide. Lol.
@@alphabeets of course they wouldn’t be called the Reface. 🤦🏽♂️😂
Just yesterday I was wondering where you were...
And here you are with one classic.
Still from an aesthetic point of view I prefer the 45 but slightly, also the 65 is beautiful.
Mine has a broken key so watching your video gave me hope, they are single keys, that's good to know, thank you.
Trying the two different outputs I came to the conclusion that the headphones one is louder but the other one is slightly cleaner, in my specimen, to my ears. So I'm using an unsoldered jack just to shut off the speaker.
That CT-405 you mention at 2:03 is one of my favourite models of Casio keyboards from that era. This made me want to pull out my MT-500!
good to know CT-405 is a full version. Had no idea of that, despite i have MT-65
My Dad got this one when I was a kid. Still has it today.
I love the analog drums on these old keyboards. Very similar to Korg Minipops or Roland CR-78 style sounds. Quite useful in the correct context.
The music during the repair section is great!
had a good fun for a few years with it
I like those tunes you play. They help me detox from HipHop abuse.
the modulations are awesome
Thank you so much for highlighting this keyboard - one of my favourites that I've gigged for years. A lot of people scoff when they see it but the tones and flexibility are always worth it (as was the price tag). I hope this little wonder gets the respect it deserves in future.
Seriously, who in their right mind would use this for anything today other than to intentionally sound cheesy and bad.
@@alphabeets People who can see beyond the plastic outer casing to the gold within?
excellent thanx
I’ve got the MT68, I remember it being used as the intro to Victoria Woods sketch show Acorn Antiques 😂 I used to play it as my party piece
I wrote my first song on an MT 68 😬 awesome sounding drums!
nice. I like the old casios
Welcome to the chanal
This was my first keyboard. At age 10 at think. What a strange trip down memory lane.
This video is so incredibly detailed that it's helped me diagnose an issue with my CT-405! Thank you.
Everything works except for the two 'modulation' buttons (seemingly do nothing to the sound when flicked on and off) and the tones don't sound right at all. Listening through your demo I can hear that both 'modulation' effects must be stuck on as all the tones sounds as these do when you have both on. Any recommendations on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated!
love the final song . its like vangelis, pet shop boys and new order / electronic etc went in to the studio and did some recording together :D I am a big fan of these old keyboards and their sounds.. and many of them have fantastic rhythms also.
Wowwww! My first 'proper' keyboard that I truely cut my teeth on 😁. Looovveed that 'board. Recently bought the 68 being as you mention the brown cased derivative - to me at the time in '83, the original livery was the 'Apple' futurist look in light cream!! 🤣🎹🎵🍻👍
Just repared one ! Cold solder on the main IC… sadly one slider cap is missing 😭 Nice design !
This is my preferred keyboard ever! I have also an MT-68 (very similar, except for the color and a slighty different keys stroke - see the Service Manual where you can see that there are two different versions), and an MT-100. I love my MT-100 expecially for classic music (because it has an useful equalizer and because I don't like to use accompaniments so many functions of my lovely MT65 are not used by me - equalizer, vibrato and sunstain are the only effect I use). But my MT65 is my first keyboard so I have a special love for it (even if I'm using mainly the MT-100)
MT-68 has a different key action than MT-65's? Which action do you think is better?
@@hcb3636 My MT65 is very similar to the other white keyboard I love, my MT45. My MT-68 key response is between the "dry" action of MT45 and the "soft" one of my MT100. I don't think that this is a difference between 65 and 68. Both keyboard were produced with different keys set (under the keys there is an X or an XX - see the service manual), and maybe this is the difference. I slighty prefer the "dry" response of 65 and 45.
@@davidetambuchi5722 That's very interesting and informative. Thank you! I'm curious whether Casio deliberately targeted different markets, or whatever, with these different parts
@@hcb3636 it seem only an upgrade
Do you know if Cassio still make a 49 mid-sized key small keyboard nowadays?
Have one of these beauties in perfect condition like new with stage case and original power supply incl papers.
Found it on a flee market for 20 € !
My boss gave me an MT-65. After watching this video I was excited to get home and run it through my guitar pedals.
I have a MT-65 as well but one key stopped working and and the select button won't lock in place. Any suggestion what I should try first?
Nice background music.
Is it common for the modulation keys not to stick? I have to put a paperweight on mine if I want to play with two hands
Love your videos and music! Any chance for a Casio CT-1000p. Quite an odd bird
I don't have the CT-1000P, but would like to try it out. Maybe sometime in the future when I have more space....
Have this bad boy, makes all the noises I like
You’re going to review all that? 4:16
Haha, can’t wait!
I don't have all of them. But you will likely see a few more of them on this channel.
I lost this CASIO keyboard MT-65 For along time ago . And now I hope to find it again - casio made in Japan it's the original and incredible keyboard ever , would please if you can tell - How can I find it again? ?? And why the Casio don't made that kind of this keyboard 🎹 😊 Thanks allot 👍
14:09 I liked the style of the music to fit so well with this musical instrument sound or vice versa. If you can understand me.
🤣
Please give full course on this (casio mt-65
Can't wait for the MT-60 Video. I just bought one :) i really like the design too :)
Thank You.
(i also just bought the wooden color of Yamaha PC-100 that you introduced in the video.
I live in Japan but it is still rare here too and no info about that color whatsoever.)
Really enjoyed these reviews
The MT-65 and the MT-400v have the same presets, but different modulation options. The MT-45 has a different sound, a bit warmer and duller. If I had to choose just one of these models, it would probably be the MT-400v. By the way, if you like the sound of the MT-45, you can also look for an MT-11. It has the same presets, but no accompaniment section.
@@KeenOnKeys thank you so so much i will do my dig& again such a joy to watch these reviews thx u❣︎❣︎❣︎
I Hope you will do the vidéo about the MT-60 ! I just found one, beautifull in every ways ! There was a dead chip in mine, 40H004 flip flop, causing half of the keyboard and drums not work it. Now it works perfectly 😊
That's very likely.
I thought it was going to be the PSS-780 :(
Anyway, I know it will be great stuff as always!
Don't worry, the 780 is still on my schedule, but I will make 2 or 3 other videos first.
@@KeenOnKeys Thanks! Makes sense, since it has so many similarities with the PSS-480.
According to Anthony Minelli, something similar to the MT-65 (the MT-60) was used on Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The Frog patch was used during the breakdown before Vincent Price's rap.
though looking at this video, the MT-65 doesn't seem to have the Michael Jackson Thriller frog sound.
@@Abdullu Yeah. It was definitely the MT-60 on Thriller.
23:23 that’s a stone groove my man
Excellent video, I bought an MT-65 just because of this video. However, where can I find the song playing during your "a look inside" portion of this video. I can't seem to locate it on your SoundCloud. Thanks!
You'll find it on Bandcamp. Link in the description.
Could you please tell me the polarity on the dc input ? Is it positive in the middle as I would like to get a new adaptor . Thanks James
Center negativ
Can I ask what you recommend to clean away the degraded foam? Thanks!
For most of it I used my fingers and for the rest isopropanol alcohol.
I found one for sale for $48.03. Is it worth it to collect?