Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

the hidden parameters of the cz are a known, and even explored, phenomenon. here
are a couple links:

Message: 4
   Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 22:42:43 +0200
   From: <msg@...>
Subject: Editor TWEAK CZ for Atari ST

Hello everybody,

it is here! The first version of "Twek CZ" for Atari ST: an editor and
librarian,
so far quite simple, for the cz series, including the "hidden parameters"
researched by Sealed (Thanks a lot!).

I do not know if *everything* works ok, and it lacks copy functions, but
it works. I think it is quite self-explanatory. Since the CZ space was full,
I placed it here: http://www.matucana.de/czedit.html. You need the first
two files, the sound file is a test file, containing the CZ-1 presets.

Notes:
- Use only if you have backups of your CZ sounds.
- On other synths as the CZ-1, various memory areas will not be accessible.
- Velocities and line levels work only with the CZ-1.

OK, try and have fun. Feel free to ask your questions.

Hellmuth

http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/index.html


> There are no batteries in it, but just for the heck of it, I fired it
> up, and much to my surprise/delight, when "Internal" is selected, you
> can summon noises from the thing never intended by the designers- big
> whooshy noisy harshness, which can be greatly modified simply by
> pushing the individual line edit buttons, which reset all the values
> but alter the sound anyhow...it's bizarre.  Shoot, before I messed
> with it, the bend range was set at 99!  (impossible to do from the CZ
> itself...)