Vintage Casio Legacy: UVI Brings Six Classic Casio Synths to Software

UVI has launched Vintage Casio Legacy, a virtual instrument collection that recreates six iconic Casio machines as software emulations. The bundle includes the CZ, FZ, VZ and HZ synthesizers, the CTK keyboard and the RZ drum engine. Each instrument preserves the original character while offering modern sound‑shaping, performance controls and hundreds of presets for immediate use.

At a glance

• Combine all six in Multi mode to build a single workstation
• Sampled from original hardware across multiple sessions to capture voicing and signal‑path color
• Casio approved, priced at €199 and available now

Vintage Casio Legacy is a software collection by UVI that brings six classic Casio synthesizers to the digital realm. The included machines are the CZ, FZ, VZ, HZ models, the CTK keyboard, and the RZ drum engine. These instruments can be merged using the Multi mode to create a comprehensive workstation, allowing users to combine different sounds and functionalities.

The product features an array of sound-shaping tools that enable users to modify and craft the synthesized sounds extensively. It also includes performance controls designed to enhance live and studio sessions. Additionally, there are hundreds of presets available, offering a wide range of sounds right out of the box. These features aim to provide users with a rich and diverse sound palette derived from the original Casio hardware recordings.

Vintage Casio Legacy is priced at €199 and is currently available for purchase, endorsed by Casio for its authenticity and fidelity to the original models.

UVI recorded the original Casio hardware in multiple sessions to capture tonal variations, voicing, and signal path colour. The multiple-session approach was used to document differences in tone and character across the source instruments and settings. These recorded tonal characteristics were incorporated into the Vintage Casio Legacy software library so the digital instruments reflect the captured voicing and signal path colour. The package reproduces the sound elements identified during those sessions within the software recreations of the original Casio machines.

The product is Casio approved. Casio’s approval is noted as part of the product information for Vintage Casio Legacy. The available sources do not provide further detail about the recording locations, the personnel involved, the specific recording techniques used, or the nature of Casio’s approval process. The available sources do not provide this information.

Harry Levin said, “Casio took a different path.”

Vintage Casio Legacy is priced at €199 and is available now. The price listed applies to the full collection of software recreations of the six classic Casio machines. The available information states the product is being sold at that price and is currently available for purchase. The available sources do not provide further details about regional pricing, discounts, or bundled offers.

Vintage Casio Legacy is a UVI software collection that recreates software versions of six classic Casio machines — the CZ, FZ, VZ, HZ, CTK and the RZ drum engine — presented as a single collection of virtual instruments. All six instruments can be combined in Multi mode into a single workstation, and the package includes sound‑shaping tools, performance controls and hundreds of presets for immediate use.

UVI recorded the original Casio hardware in multiple sessions to capture tonal variations, voicing and signal path colour, and those recorded characteristics were incorporated into the Vintage Casio Legacy software library. The product is Casio approved, is priced at €199 and is available now.