Casio VL-1

Title: Casio VL-1
Rights: By Dontpanic - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6744351
Description: The Casio VL-1 was a calculator, monophonic digital synthesizer and sequencer. It’s inclusion may confuse some, but the VL-1 was many musicians first experience of synthesis. The $69.95 price tag made the VL-1 available to most. The sequencer made it a useful writing tool. The VL-1 wide appeal has seen it being used by artists as wide ranging as “The Fall” and “Vengaboys

The VL-1 may be an unorthodox choice, but it represents many musicians first encounter with synthesis. This makes it’s inclusion mandatory