Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

> > has anyone ever "bent" a CZ-synth?

> I thought about this for a bit.  Then I decided that the service
> manual will really help in this effort.
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for "true" circuit bending, i think the manual is cheating.
personally, i like to mix theory and anti-theory, so having a manual is
cool.
i've got the CZ-1 service manual... does anyone else have other CZ service
docs?



> The CZ's synth board seems mostly digital, so the effect of adding a
> resistor inline with a connection between a RAS signal and a ROM chip
> doesn't seem very useful. :)
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it's all digital, except the power supply and outputs.



> The amp board and the analog output sections of the synth board could
> be fun.  I'm thinkin' there's a D2A piece that could be interesting,
> and everything "after" that would be fun too. Hhehehe you might even
> mess with the auto power off logic so it turns off very quickly? I
> dunno.
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i would target the D/A convertors. i think this would produce the best
results, overall.


> I'd be more interested in understanding the differences between the
> CZ-1000/101 and the 3K/5K/1 boards.  Maybe we could get more
> polyphony out of our little friends?  I can't find anything about
> the "microprocessor" chips on the synth board.  I searched the web
> extensively.  I didn't think I would find anything, either. Who
> knows, so I tried.
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the CZ-1 uses dual-processors to get it's polyphony.
a long-time dream of mine, would be to get the CZ-101 to recognize
velocity, and then rack-mount it.

	...atom

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