Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

N00b here.
I have no rack recommendations.
My siblings and I, together, have 6 CZs.  4 of them for more than 20
years.  The only one that stopped working was one that had batteries
left in it until they corroded the surrounding area.  I took it and
bypassed the battery/wallwart connection area, and put a new wallwart
connection in a place which prevented (my brother from) inserting
batteries!  So, all 6 are working.
The point is, in our experience, these are _very_ reliable gadgets.
Some of them have only seen mild road use, but some of them have
fairly high mileage (but with careful handling).
As far as I know, there is no rack replacement, and I'll bet there
won't be one.
For plan B: someone made a Yamaha DX7 voice generator for CSound, so
it should be possible to make a CZ voice generator for CSound.  Maybe
not _easy_, but the CZ voice is simpler than that of the DX7 (but the
CZ has more complex waveforms and more versatile EGs.  Before anyone
jumps on me, let me say that 4 of the above-mentioned CZs [2 101s, a
5000, and a 1] are mine, as well as a Yamaha TX816, TX81Z, and FS1R -
and I ain't giving any of them up! - call me a FM and IPD fanatic).
Damn! I do ramble on and on and ...

Synergeezer

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "Wilson Zorn" <wilson.zorn@...> wrote:
>
> PS - I meant to say, of course, not similar enough to me, others may
have 
> things they find work in a similar enough vein and I'm not trying to 
> discount their opinions or say they're wrong.  Just speaking for my own 
> aesthetics.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wilson Zorn" <wilson.zorn@...>
> To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 12:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] CZ in a rack?
> 
> 
> > Great question, and it reminds me to work on my intended plan B,
which is 
> > to ensure I
> > have good samples with proper loop points and all that stored of
my CZ 
> > sounds.
> >
> > I don't do much design with Phase Distortion these days, but if I
were to 
> > and my CZ was gone, I'd look to some software I know is out there
that 
> > does this.  I wouldn't try to substitute PD with any other form,
it just 
> > isn't similar enough.