Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

that's interesting, because USB has way more bandwidth than SysEx
needs to operate.

I ended up installing SoundDiver on my pc and it was able to send and
receive sysex just fine for my vz10m and ex-8000 using the midisport
uno. will try it in a day or so on my ESQ-M as well.

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, DJ Pat <djpat@...> wrote:
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> 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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