Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hey guys,

>Back in the good old days -...- back then I was the proud owner of a
CZ-101. My first synth!
>Thanks to it I still have music making as my #1 interest today. Well, the
CZ-101 was replaced
>by a CZ-1000 which was later replaced by Roland's and Yamahas.

You should have done what some of us did, keep your CZ and just add others.
(I now have Casio, Roland, Yamaha, Kurzweil, Ensoniq, Korg, Kawai, Oberheim,
and Akai.  Each has it's own unique sound, and together they are GREAT!)

>1. If I program a new patch and save it in one of the user memory slots,
say A1 by pressing
>the Write-A-1 keys, it's stored properly for as long as the machine is
switched on. When I
>switch it off, the user memory banks are cleared. Is this a fault, or do I
have to do some
>something more to persistently save new patches?

I believe that the CZ's from the 1000 through the 1 all have an internal
battery that should probably be replaced.

>2. I'm wondering if there's some midi sysex program for my computer (PC,
WinXP) I can use to
>load and save programs to/from the CZ-5000. If so, can you please send me a
link (or mail it
>to me)?

I have had good luck with Midi Quest from SoundQuest (www.squest.com).  It
will handle almost anything you can get that has MIDI, and you can define
your own sysex if you have something that they do not support!

Good Luck Peter,
Larry