Roland Studer · 2026

Casio Dreams

Casiotone MT-140 · 152 BPM · Pulse Code Modulation

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Story

As a child I had a little Casio keyboard, no idea if I had wished for it, or if it was even a gift to me or to my brother. Last summer my parents asked, if they could dispose of it. It was falling apart: You had to apply pressure where it plugged in, so it would get any power. Also some keys were falling out.

I had to admin, there was no pointing in keeping it around. So I disposed of it. But before I did, I went through every sound and every rhythm and recorded it on my iPhone with its microphone. I then used these sounds to create sample instruments in a DAW (logic).

The result of this work is this little sketch. I don’t think it’s particularly good or interesting, but the sounds instill nostalgia in me. Part of me regrets throwing the Casio away, as I have seen people using them to circuit bend, but then again, you have to let of things to make space for other things.

Disclaimer on AI:

The page was fully coded with Claude Code.
Text is all mine.

I feel torn about these AI created track pages, I would not have the time to create this by hand. By doing it with AI I make this feasible to create those custom pages, but they don’t really feel like mine, and while in my job, where I feel like I have to use AI to be efficient, on my personal page, I get to choose…