Casio Keyboards

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From a Club Aquatica Interview:

DAN: The Cheat's playing a Casio in the Puppet thing. Is that what you play?
MATT CHAPMAN: Yeah, that's where all of those cheesy tunes on the site come from. We have a stack of five old Casios and almost all the music on the site comes from those.

Casio keyboards, particularly of the Casiotone line, are used to make most of the music for the Homestar Runner cartoons. They also make appearances in some of the toons.

Contents 1 Models Used 1.1 MT-65 1.2 SK-1 1.2.1 Songs made with SK-1 1.3 MT-100 1.4 VL-Tone 2 Appearances 3 External Links

[edit] Models Used

[edit] MT-65

The majority of the site's music is performed on the Casio MT-65.

[edit] SK-1

The Casio SK-1 was used to craft some of homestarrunner.com's earliest tunes.

[edit] Songs made with SK-1

• Old Intro
• A Jumping Jack Contest intro credits
• Eggs
• A Jorb Well Done
• Where's The Cheat?

[edit] MT-100

Demo tracks and riffs of the Casio MT-100 have been used occasionally.

[edit] VL-Tone

The Casio VL-1 is used for Casio Head Strong Bad's head, including his puppet variation, and its music can be heard when the character expresses emotions.

[edit] Appearances

• FAQ — According to The Brothers Chaps, most of the music on the site is made with "old Casio keyboards or worse".
• The Cheat's Keyboard is an SK-1.
• Sweet Cuppin' Cakes — Casio Head Strong Bad's head is a VL-Tone.
• Email lady...ing — The background riffs on the LaserDisc song are demo tracks of the MT-100.
• @StrongBadActual — Strong Bad shows off "The Cheat's phat Casio staxx".
• Screenland - 24 Apr 2017 — Mike is seen playing a Casiotone 405.

[edit] External Links

• Casio VL-Tone Emulator by PolyValens
• easytoolz Casio freeware emulators