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[quantumBlog] The VL-Tone was created by Toshio Kashio, an amateur musician and one of the Kashio brothers who founded Casio in 1946 – it was his idea to build the electronic calculator that they launched in 1957. He helped to design the single-chip synth which could combine and filter square waves into simple sounds. Toshio’s brothers weren’t convinced that there was a market for such a tiny and obviously non-professional keyboard, so they added the calculator functions, imagining busy businessmen relaxing after a hard day’s accounting by playing along with the ‘Rock’ rhythm.
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[Computer Alchemy] Music Thing: Casio VL-Tone: The VL-Tone was created by Toshio Kashio, an amateur musician and one of the Kashio brothers who founded Casio in1946 – it was his idea to build the electronic calculator that they launched in 1957. He helped to design thesingle-chip synth which could combine and filter square waves into simple sounds. Toshio’s brothers weren’t convincedthat there was a market for such a tiny and obviously non-professional keyboard, so they added the calculatorfunctions, imagining busy businessmen relaxing after a hard day’s accounting by playing along with the ‘Rock’rhythm.
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