Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I also think it's a great idea to save patches in an excel doc. Like 
you, I've picked up a CZ synth thinking it would be easy to program 
it. Most the time I've found this to be wrong. Granted it's easy 
to "mess around" with it until you find a sound you like, it's no 
easy thing to program it. I always try to find a patch close to the 
sound I need and then change it to fit my needs. 

I've been trying to program these things since I got a CZ-101 back 
in '85, and still can't get it right. 

Is there a software program out there that works for the CZ family 
of keyboard equimpment? Something VISUAL? Amazing it is that there's 
no Cubase for the CZ-1 or CZ-5000 yet. 
Whatever happened to that old Commodore Amiga program a long time 
ago? 
Someone could probably make a fair amount of money if they wrote the 
software to do this.

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "Austin Cliffe" <austin_cliffe@...> 
wrote:
>
> I think this is also a good idea to put good patches into an excel 
document, 
> although I'm certainly not the one to implement it...
> 
> If anyone else is like me, we picked up these synths knowing that 
they were 
> capable of making a wide variety of sounds without necessarily 
knowing what 
> we were getting into as far as designing these sounds. I 
downloaded a 
> manual, but I have to admit I understand very little after trying 
to read 
> it.
> 
> I also don't know a whole lot about patches, as I'm sure others 
might not as 
> well.  I understand these are the parameters that "shape" the 
sounds, but I 
> have no idea how to implement or adjust them using a computer 
interface, 
> where software like this would be available, and only a vague 
notion of how 
> to manually edit them on the display.
> 
> If anyone is feeling up to the task of demystifying some of these 
factors 
> for us newbies, it would be most appreciated.  If I am missing out 
on a 
> resource that already explains away some of these mysteries in 
more friendly 
> terms than the manual, please point me in the right direction.
> 
> --Austin Cliffe
> 
> 
> >From: "Patrick Wichrowski" <patrickillian2@...>
> >Reply-To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> >To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [CZsynth] patches in excel
> >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:20:11 -0200
> >
> >It is a good idea :)
> >
> >2007/1/26, Felipe Afonso <felipe2205@...>:
> > >
> > >   it is usefull to save patches for the ones that don't have a 
cable 
> >midi.
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