Casio CZ/VZ Files... part of CZsynth

On the editing issue, about 4 or 5 years ago phonophie introduced me to a program written for the Atari. I got it to work with Steem, an Atari emulator for a PC running Windows. 

As for transferring sysex banks between a PC and your VZ, midi-ox, if you have it, should work. (I don't use it, but I have tested it with sending and receiving sysex commands.) You can also use a sequencer that can handle sysex banks.

I have the VZ-8m. To get sysex banks into the VZ, I do the following:
(1) Set the VZ so it will receive sysex.
(2) Unprotect VZ memory.
(3) Set the VZ channel to the same channel that was used to save the bank.
(4) Set the VZ to the type of data it will be receiving (Voice, Voice + Op-Mem, Full).
(5) Go through the VZ menu to find Load, then MIDI, then execute, then yes (or some sequence like that.
THEN I send the file to the VZ.
If the file is received correctly, the VZ says "OK."

There are several error message I sometimes receive. I forget which is which, but the one means that the midi channel of the VZ is not the same as in the file. (Cliff's are Channel 1). You get a different error message when memory is protected or sysex is not enabled. (I knew what these were at one point and posted the info. Phonophobie put it and other info into a Tips file.)

Hope this helps.
--Steve