Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I'd be very interested in hearing those mp3s, as well as trying out 
any patches you'd care to share. Hearing other peoples' sounds always 
broaden my view of what my synth is capable of. (And norrow the view 
of what I'm capable of myself...). Usually people manage to come up 
very different - and better - sounds than the original presets. This 
must be especially true for the CZ synths. The presets really don't 
do the synths justice.

About that neat spacey/ethereal sound of yours: Do find that text 
file! :-)

I used to write settings down for the patches I created with my CZ-
101 and CZ-1000 back in the mid 80's. I wonder if I still have those 
notes. I remember I came up with some really nice organ and bass 
patches, for example.

I found some CZ-101 and CZ-1000 patches (syx dumps) on the web 
yesterday and tried loading some of them to the CZ-5000. My CZ 
accepted them, by there was no sound. Should the patches be 
compatible or do the syx sound data formats differ?

I believe I also hear the warmth of the CZ that you mention, 
particularly well when I experiment with organ like sounds. Then 
again, I'm also a sentimental type of guy. :-)

  Peter


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@p...> 
wrote:
> > So I got my CZ-5k back up and running again. . . .
> Glad to hear it!!!
> 
> I have been motivated, too (by thinkng about the CZ).  A couple of 
> years ago I digitized some personal CZ audio tapes of tunes and 
> doodles.  My intent was to revisit the material and do stuff with 
> it.  Towards that end, I have just started separating the tracks 
and 
> buring them (as individual files) to CD-R.  Perhaps I might put 
> together an MP3 of excerpts.  Then maybe I can find the original 
> patches, load them into the CZ (from data tape--if I can find a 
> portable cassette player), and create SYX patch dumps to share.
> 
> I created a special blubbery bass and some neat spacey/ethereal 
> patches. (I may have a txt file that lists the settings for two 
> patches.)
> 
> I am finding that the CZ has a "warmth" to it.  But that may just 
be 
> sentimentality.  Thanks for bringing back the memories!
> 
> Dr. Steve