Fisher SC-300

Fisher also made a very unusual unit called the SK-300, a cassette deck with detachable speakers and a removable synthesizer keyboard! You could adjust all aspects of your synth sound--pitch, tone, and length of notes, you could change the sound so it can be almost any instrument as well. You can also use the onboard beats to provide a backdrop while you play the keyboard overtop and record the whole arrangement using the cassette deck! Other companies also made keyboard synthesizers as well, not surprisingly, Casio made the KX-101, and Sharp made the GF-990Image 10.5) with a double deck and a pop out “music processor.”

Audio track for the SC-300

Fisher PH-492

Fisher also got into the game, but a bit late, their contribution was the massive PH-492, over 30” long, and 15”tall, this unit that had two very significant innovations: one, they had detachable speakers, so the speakers could be placed further apart to get true stereophonic sound, and they had individual cases so they could resonate with better acoustics having their own cabinets. The other important feature that they brought to the industry was a 5 band equalizer to further refine sound to the individual taste. With an EQ, it essentially had a pre-amp and enclosed speakers, so the Fishers were great sounding, large, heavy units that reeked of quality.

Audio track for PH-492