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Re: Casio CZ Series - Sound Synthesis Handbook

2007-03-19 by Mark Rauch

Howdy,

 I think I have 2 sets of cz-101 books around here. I'll try and find 
one and then you can tell me how and where to scan it to. 
Rig

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "Fulfil Objective" <kasploosh@...> 
wrote:
>
> Narfman,
> 
> Yes, I have been using the patch dumps you made for several months
> now, along with some others I found on the net, along with just 
making
> sounds.  I really appreciate the work you did on organizing them, 
and
> that you made the work available to everyone.
> 
> I've been trying to find a way that I can do some similar work to 
what
> you did.  I want to go through the big sea of patches and group
> similar ones together.  This would make them even more useful to me.
> 
> What happens is I get to a part in a song where I want an organ 
voice,
> so it would be nice to have a sysex dump that was 64 organs to 
choose
> from.  Other times I need a synth lead, so it would be nice to have 
a
> dump of 64 leads.  And so on.
> 
> So I'm currently trying to find a way that I can crack open the 
sysex
> data and rearrange it to my liking.  I talked about my false starts 
in
> this message:
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CZsynth/message/3292
> 
> m¡ke
> 
> 
> --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think that any of these are the book you're looking for. 
I 
> > found one on Ebay and it doesn't look anything like these other 
> > books. Here's the item number: 270064492297   It's in the UK for 
> > $4.99L. 
> > Did you get to try any of the CZ-1 patches?
> > 
> > Narfman  
> > 
> > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "Fulfil Objective" <kasploosh@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Narfman,
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your time and help.  I've actually been to those CZ 
sites
> > > multiple times in my search for all the documentation I can 
find.  
> > And
> > > I have been reading the PDF manual called "CZ-5000 Summary".  
It is
> > > fairly helpful.
> > > 
> > > There are two reasons I was looking for the CZ-101 "Sound 
Synthesis
> > > Handbook".
> > > 
> > > 1. I didn't know if it was exactly the same thing as the "CZ-
5000
> > > Summary".  The difference in titles led me to believe they 
might 
> > have
> > > different contents.  I could stop looking for the "Sound 
Synthesis
> > > Handbook" if I knew that it were 95% similar to the "CZ-5000 
> > Summary".
> > > 
> > > 2. It seems like there are a lot of "Sound Synthesis Handbooks" 
out
> > > there, and a lot of CZ-101 fans, so I'm surprised there's not a
> > > scanned version somewhere.  That way I could cross-reference 
them to
> > > my own satisfaction.
> > > 
> > > Thanks for the help.  Do you know for sure that "CZ-5000 
Summary" is
> > > nearly identical to "Sound Synthesis Handbook"?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "narfman96" <narfman96@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hey FO,
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not sure this link will work but check out Joerg's 
Casiologie 
> > site. 
> > > > There is a Vintage CZ forum where he has a lot posted. The 
CZ1000 
> > and 
> > > > CZ5000 "Sound Synthesis" versions are here.
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.jz-
> > server.de/forum3/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?22
> > > > 
> > > > He has a wealth of information on his site. Also I have added 
to 
> > this 
> > > > groups files section 8 banks of CZ-1 patches that I made from 
> > taking 
> > > > the best CZ5000 patches from over 2,500 patches I found all 
over 
> > the 
> > > > web. I added velocity to the DCO, DCW, and DCA envelopes to 
make 
> > these 
> > > > sounds morph, crossfade, wah, and a few other tricks. Plus a 
few 
> > of 
> > > > these patches are of my own creation. I really like the CZ-1 
for 
> > it's 
> > > > expressiveness and the 8 stage envelopes. The envelopes can't 
> > loop but 
> > > > hey that's the way they designed it. 
> > > > 
> > > > Let me know if you want to discuss any of your programmimg 
> > adventures 
> > > > or if you have any patches you would like to share.
> > > > 
> > > > Narfman  ---Has anyone noticed we now have 100 mb of storage 
> > here?---
> > > > 
> > > > --- In CZsynth@...m, "Fulfil Objective" 
<kasploosh@> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello nice people,
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does anyone have a PDF of the "Sound Synthesis Handbook"?  
I 
> > believe
> > > > > it was one of the three manuals that shipped with a Casio 
CZ-
> > 101.  The
> > > > > other two were the operation manual and the "Sound Data 
Book".
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'd like to get it because I'm trying to make some new 
patches 
> > for the
> > > > > CZ-1 and I'm trying to get a graphical idea of what "Rate" 
> > and "Level"
> > > > > mean for each of the different envelopes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I looked all over the web for it, by the way, but can't 
seem to 
> > find
> > > > > it in English.  I'm hoping someone has it on their hard 
drive.  
> > Or
> > > > > maybe it's on the web and I just haven't been able to find 
it...
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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