Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I have a similar problem with my Roland MKS-50 (Alpha Juno 2).

Its the MidiSport that is the problem.

I hooked the MKS-50 up to the midi ports on my M-Audio 828mkII and ... voila!  Works perfectly.

For some reason, midisports don't want to send and receive at the same time.  They are junk as far as I'm concerned.

I haven't experienced this problem with my CZ1 yet, but I am only backing up the patches in the CZ1, not sending new patches.

The VZ10 probably suffers from the same problem as the Roland MKS-50, namely too much back and forth at the same time.  My TX802 works fine with the midisport (I have an 8x8, usb connection).  

My first advice would be to get a midi interface that is either PCI, FireWire or Serial port based.  For some reason USB doesn't handle the bandwidth properly.

j_sepeta <J_Sepeta@...> wrote:                                  I have a VZ10M that I'm having difficulty loading patches on.
 Here's the steps I've taken.
 
 1) connect VZ10M to my laptop using an M-Audio MidiSport Uno interface
 2) on the VZ10M go to Menu3, turn off protection and change mode to
 Load / Midi/ Voice
 3) change midi channels to 1 for in and out
 4) open midiox, check options / midi devices to verify it recognizes
 midi in/out ports from uno.
 5) select view / sysex
 6) open .syx file with VZ10M patches.
 
 i can watch the sysex file send, it's just that the VZ10M doesn't
 respond to it. I know that the midi interface works with other synths,
 and the vz10m's midi is fine because I'm able to trigger it with a
 keyboard (if I disconnect the Uno).
 
 any suggestions? I've used Bomes SendSX with my m1 rack and tx802 rack
 and d550 rack with success, but it also fails to work with the VZ10M.
 
 
     
                       


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