Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi Evan,

  Welcome to the group!  I was vague about where the files are 
stored. Especially if you're a newbie. They are in the files section 
of the "CZ-VZ-Files" Yahoo Group. This CZsynth group's file section 
is 99% full so the patches had to be stored in this other Yahoo group 
that basically was created for more storage. Note: Joerg if you are 
listening it would be an honor if you post this zippie on your site.

  These patches were edited and bulk dumped from my CZ1. I'm not sure 
they will load up in a CZ3000 or a CZ101. Also the CZ1 has velocity 
settings for the DCO, DCW, and DCA sections. These will not translate 
in the other CZ's as they don't have velocity. Fortunately the CZ1 
has a dump mode where the sysex transmitted is totally compatible 
with the other CZ's. (sans velocity) If for some reason these will 
not load in your CZ I will redo the dumps for non-CZ1 owners.

  Evan, I'm also a synth repair tech and can probably help with you 
display woes. The first problem that comes to mind is the cable for 
the display. You're explaining a classic case of the connectors 
vibrating loose, but without a looksee who knows... Feel free to 
contact me for more help. We need to save all the hardware synths we 
can! My CZ1 came to me with a 3 year old cola spill in it that ate 
all the jumpers and component leads from a 3x4 cm secttion of the 
motherboard and trashed the aftertouch strip from C3 down. I was 
fortunate enough to repair the motherboard and rebuild the aftertouch 
so that only 4 or 5 keys in the lowest octave are still flaky.

  I don't think there is an actual Windows based editor for the 
CZ3000. There are librarians for storage and transfer that run on my 
Win2000 system I'm on here at work. Also CZDroid is a cool editor if 
you have PC savvy and can get the Steem Atari emulator to work on 
your system. It's kinda neat to see a P4 running in Atari mode. 
Asteroids anyone? I use Unisyn and MidiQuest so I'm not an expert on 
what editors are out there.

Have fun and enjoy, Narfman 

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Evan Price <evanmusicman@...> wrote:
>
> hey there!!!!
>   I'm new to this group and Im excited to be here.....
>   After Collecting various synths over the years, I recently pulled 
my CZ-3000 out from storage. WHat's Old is new again!!!!!!
>   I'd love to check these patches, but I dont see the link to the 
patches  either on this post or on the user area, I must be missing 
something,  so someone please fill this newby in!!!!!
>       Also, My CZ-3000 has a display thats usually not  working, 
but is has come on for  a  little  while a few  years ago. I see 
blocks, but no  characters..any   suggestions. And on that same note, 
Im looking for a pc editor..andain  any suggestions.....anything 
poster anywhere on the "group"...hey  thanks!!!!
>   
>                     http://www.myspace.com/evanpricemusicpage
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> narfman96 <narfman96@...> 
wrote:                                                  Hi CZ heads,
>   
>   I just finished with the huge CZ1 library I've been working on. I 
>   took over 2,000 "CZx000" patches from all the groups and web 
patches 
>   I could find. About 450 of these were of decent quality and were 
loud 
>   enough to use. Then I added the velocity settings for the DCO, 
DCW, 
>   and DCA sections to get a more expressive sound from each patch. 
I 
>   had to post them in the CZ-VZ-Files group as there's no room 
here.  
>   
>   I tried not to use any commercial sounds so if I had a few slip 
>   through please let me know. I don't want to offend anyone. I know 
Kid 
>   Nepro's CZ patches weren't used. Also if you had a favorite patch 
and 
>   I changed the name to make it fit the display I'm sorry. I did 
this 
>   because there aren't very many patches out there exclusively for 
the 
>   CZ1. It's nice to hear all the hundreds of "non-velo" sounds in 
the 
>   CZ1 but it's much better to hear this great synth the way it was 
>   designed to sound. I didn't explore all the FX possibilities with 
the 
>   pitch control covering several octaves from the same key, etc. 
>   
>   Many of the sounds morph as the velocity changes. The DCW filter 
is 
>   very expressive. I even found the need for adjustable velocity 
>   scaling in the CZ1. Maybe a midi controller could be even more 
>   exressive. I haven't tried using my QS6 as a scalable controller 
>   yet....
>   
>   Well at the risk of rambling on forever, enjoy these patches! Do 
>   what you will with them. Just give me feedback. This is a little 
>   payback for all the help I've gotten from everyone. Thanks!!!
>   
>   Narfman -  Narfland Studios
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