Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

>well, things changed and i am seriously looking for some nice bass
>now. and all the sudden i thought: hey, what about that vz-1-synthie
>infront of your nose?? as far as i have tried it you can get some
>nice but shy sounds out of it. but is there a way to actually get
>some real exciting basses out of the vz-1????? i am already at the
>point to get rid of it and by an old micromoog or a juno 60 or
>something in order to keep a master-controll but instead gaining a
>few sounds with it. unless you guys have good reasons not to do
>so??!!!

As an FM (sort of) synth, the VZ can make some great bass sounds, though it 
does take a bit of work to get there.  With the additon of the sawtooth 
waves (which the DX7 and other fm synths lack), it can also produce many 
harsher sounds which somewhat resemble distortion or oscillator sync.  It 
won't have the immediacy of an analog synth, or an analog-style sound, but 
it can make some very nice deep bass sounds which can definately compete 
with analogs.

But you have to be willing to spend time programming it.  If you're looking 
for quick and easy analog bass sounds then don't bother.  And anyway if you 
just want to use it for bass, it's kind of a waste because it can do much, 
much more than that.

Anyway I've heard micromoogs are pretty weak for bass unless they're 
modified slightly.  Due to a design flaw, there's a coupling capacitor 
that's too small and acts as a highpass filter.

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