Casio CZ/VZ Files... part of CZsynth

"I don't think so, it's not typical subtractive synth".  And this applies because almost everyone is using subtractive synthesis, these days?  On what planet?  CZs present an advanced subset of the modulation potential of the Yamaha FM (actually, PM) synthesizers.  The skills one learns, rather easily, IMO, on the CZs applies very well to subtractive, as well as to FM synthesizers.  The CZs are a very gentle introduction to synthesizer programming!

- synergeezer

--- In CZ-VZ-Files@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Forró <dan.for@...> wrote:
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> I don't think so, it's not typical subtractive synth, it just tries to  
> imitate that structure (behind this face is hidden PD Synthesis). In  
> comparison with the other synths trying to imitate "standard"  
> subtractive synth here oscillator is digital, there's no real filter,  
> envelopes are difficult to understand and program, concept of "lines"  
> is also rather unusual (because there are in fact two independent  
> synths), and ring and noise modulation is also not quite typical.
> 
> Never mind, important is it can produce interesting sounds :-)
> 
> Daniel Forro
> 
> On 15 Jun, 2013, at 12:15 AM, synergeezer wrote:
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> >
> > IMHO, the CZ is the best bit of gear for learning how to program a  
> > synthesizer (okay, maybe a big modular might be better).
>