Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Looking at the midi implementation chart it is clear the only 
velocity value I am going to get out of this thing is 67. Not really 
going to cut it in playing patches over the sequencer on my D2... 
Time to get a new keyboard!!!

dan

--- In CZsynth@y..., Francis Parsons <franpar@c...> wrote:
> Midi Solutions , I think, stills makes those pocket side midi 
gadgets, one 
> of them does velocity rescaling.  (Anatek used to make them too 
before they 
> folded)
> 
> ... but I would like to recommend the Oberheim Navigator, one of 
Oberheim's 
> "Perf-X" series - it was a totally cool series of MIDI message 
manipulators 
> in flat plastic cases.  The Navigator has velocity remapping, and a 
whole 
> lot more.  You might be able to find one cheap still.
> 
> Of course, these boxes have the worst interface ever created - 
they're 
> useless without the manual!
> =====================
> The Perf-X series
> 
> Navigator: Midi message remapping - rescale, transform, rechannel, 
and more
> 
> Systemizer: Midi note remapper - not only can you create keyboard 
zones, 
> you can "rotate" the note assignment amongst "groups" of zones - 
Meaning 
> you can use use a CZ101 in mono mode (responding to 4 contiguous 
midi 
> channels), and by repeatedly playing a note get 4 different notes 
in 
> succession - very cool.
> 
> Cyclone: an incredibly powerful, flexible arpeggiator - the most 
sought after
> 
> Drummer: never used one - a type of rhythm pattern generator - any 
one here 
> used one?
> 
> Strummer: never used one - a kind of arpeggiator, supposed to make 
natural 
> guitar "strums" from midi input
> 
> I heard there was another one called the "Chordator" , but I don't 
know for 
> sure if this was ever actually marketed, or if it really existed.
> 
> 
> At 08:27 AM 09/06/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >I think that there are 2 appraoches you could take to get around
> >the problem, run the MIDI thourgh somehting like a laptop with a 
sequencer
> >to add a couple of increments to the velocity(there might be some 
standalone
> >device for doing this too)