Casio VL-1
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The VL-1 was the first instrument of Casio's VL-Tone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the VL-Tone. It combined a calculator, a monophonic synthesizer, and sequencer.[1] Released in 1981,[2] it was the first commercial digital synthesizer,[3] selling for $69.95.[4]
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It has 29 calculator-button keys (G to B), a three-position octave switch, one programmable and five preset sounds, ten built-in rhythm patterns, an eight-character LCD, a 100-note sequencer, and a multi-function calculator mode.[4] The VL-1 is notable for its kitsch value among electronic musicians,[4] due to its cheap construction and its unrealistic, uniquely low-fidelity sounds.
The VL-1 was followed by the VL-10, a very similar machine in a smaller unit, and the VL-5, a polyphonic version, capable of playing four notes simultaneously, but lacking the VL-1's synthesizer section due to the removal of the calculator mode.[1][clarification needed]
RadioShack sold a rebranded version of the VL-1 called the Realistic Concertmate 200.[5]