Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I can only address this issue concerning the VZ-8m. If the other VZ 
have the same type of memory backup the VZ-8m does, unless you keep 
track of your settings from system reset, it would be tough to do 
blind. This is because the parameter settings including the last menu 
pages accessed are stored in memory.  For examaple, on the VZ-8m, if I 
am on menu 02 on TOTAL CONTROL when I power down, that's where it 
would be at when I press TOTAL CONTROL after power up. 

If I recall correctly, with the CZ-1 you could maneuver through the 
display menus via sysex, but I don't see that capability in the VZ-8m 
sysex manual.

If the VZ-1 does allow menu page/display changes via sysex, that would 
mean you can send a sysex chain as a seeing-eye dog. Anyone know if 
the VZ-1 has that?

Hope this helps.

--Steve
 



 

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Nordlund" <gsn10@...> wrote:
>
> >I doubt you can operate the VZ from the computer w/o the display.
> >Here's why: you have to activate Sysx dumps from the front panel 
even
> >though the rest of the editing is done in software. That's annoying.
> >That's my experience with VZ-8m (a great synth, by the way).
> >
> >Some synths are this way, some are not.
> 
> It's an annoyance, sure, but it wouldn't be hard to do it "blind" if 
the key 
> sequence is memorized (and it wouldn't be hard for someone here to 
provide 
> the key sequence for reference).
>