Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Howdy,

 I've gotan old macintoch that was given to me yers ago with acz 
editor librarian in it. Whenever i try to use it it says it's busy 
doing somethingelse. So, it's been sitting in  a box for about 15 
years now. what to do, what to do.
Rig

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <dba741@...> wrote:
>
> 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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