{"id":50098,"date":"2021-01-26T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=50098"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:38:36","slug":"best-way-to-connect-a-casio-dh-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2021\/best-way-to-connect-a-casio-dh-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Best way to connect a Casio DH-100?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Casio<\/a>I have very few good memories of 2020. It was the year that I lost a couple of people who were very close and dear to me.<\/p>\n

One of the people that I lost was a musician I have known for years, and who I loved dearly. Out of respect for his family I am not going to disclose his identity.<\/p>\n

He was someone however, who greatly influenced my rock and blues playing. For the sake of this article, I will refer to him as Bill. <\/p>\n

Bill was a very private man, and very well known in the music industry. He and I first met over a decade ago, and our favourite past time was jamming for hours.<\/p>\n

My intro to the Casio DH-100 <\/h3>\n

After playing our real<\/em> horns together, sometimes Bill would pull out his two Casio DH-100 Digital Horns. I had no idea what I was doing on this bit of vintage electronica, so he would simply play circles around me. He played everything he did on his regular saxophones, and everything he ever recorded, on this tiny plastic instrument that so many consider a toy. <\/p>\n

Bill had repaired both of them, so neither had that potential pig squeal that the Casio Digital Horns are known for. Furthermore, on the one he used regularly, he did some mods that allowed him to attach a standard soprano sax MP so he could play it with his favourite L\u00e9g\u00e8re Signature Series reed.<\/p>\n

\"Casio<\/a>
This is the mod Bill did on his DH-100 that allow him to use a Yamaha soprano sax MP & conventional reed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t know how he had the DH-100 hooked into his sound system, but they were playable through a complex rack-mount system Bill had in his home studio. These things sounded absolutely amazing. Anyone who thinks the Casio DH-100 is a POS has never heard one hooked up through a proper sound system. <\/p>\n

Which brings us to today<\/h3>\n

I did end up with a few things from Bill’s studio. These two DH-100 were among the few items I brought home since they meant something to me. Now they are in my studio, and remind me of the times Bill and I held our marathon jam sessions. Sadly though, I am not an electronics whiz like Bill was, and these DH-100s sound like a shadow of their former selves. <\/p>\n

\"Casio<\/a>
The silver DH-100 looks brand new. Obviously it has hardly been used. The gold painted one has been modified with yes, a Selmer thumb hook, and a tube to accomodate a soprano sax MP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This is why I am putting this out here in hopes that someone is going to come across this article and help me out. <\/h5>\n