Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

If you want a VP2, I have one which I don't exactly over-use.

Drop me an e-mail privately with an offer (postage from Belgium)...

On 11/30/05, wollewolfson <ulf@...> wrote:
> Hi
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> im thinking of getting a volume- and a sustainpedal for my CZ1. The
> manual states Casio VP-2 and SP-I pedals, but these models don't seem
> to be in production anymore.
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> So I wonder what other pedals I can use. Does the available Casio SP-
> 2 sustanpedal work the same way as the SP-1, or is it using a
> different interface method, not suitable for the CZ1? ... and what
> with a Roland, Korg or other brand of pedal?
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> Is there anyone here who knows how such a sustainpedal actually
> work? - is it simply a switch that makes a connection, or is it more
> complicated, like theres a specific resistance needed. And if it is a
> switch is it working in latch or unlatched mode?
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> Volumepedals - I know some volumepedals, like the ones you use for
> guitars, are active  attenuators, working on the output audio signal.
> I could get one of those, sure, thats no problem, it might even be
> the best solution, as I could use it with other instruments as well.
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> But the Volumepedal that goes into the CZ1 obviously can't work like
> that. I guess it must be either someting like a variable CV source,
> or perhaps just a potentiometer working in series with the main
> volume slider. Unfortunately the manual don't give any specs of the
> interface, if its analog or digital, passive or active.
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> It could be very interesting if it was a simple interface using
> resistance or CV, as you then, somehow, could interface it with other
> stuff like analog synths - to make tremolo or gating effects on the
> CZ1 sync to a LFO, envelope or evelope follower on a analog synth
> like my Korg MS20.
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> hopefully -
> Ulf/WolleWolfson
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