A software editor is a must there are so many parameters that front panel voice creation is nigh on impossible (unless you have detailed knowledge and extensive experience of both synth programming and keyhole surgery). If you change from say A1 to C5, as you hit the "C" button it will change to patch C1 instantly and then as you hit the "5" button to C5. Changing patches from the front panel is awkward. Although there are stereo outputs, there is no pan control in any performance mode. The factory sounds are almost all uniformly awful and the output signal is a bit noisy. Even more important, they had the built in effects which turned their weedy sounds into something more impressive than the Casio was able to produce. When it was first marketed other systems like the M1 or D50 were much better value for money, were better specified, and had more instantly appealing sounds. I can't imagine that many people paid that price for it, though. It was an unpopular instrument for many reasons, not least the amount that Casio were asking for it (£1000 list in the UK). In fact it was a step backward in many ways. Although sold as the successor to the famous CZ series, it certainly doesn't sound anything like it.
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