Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

-I hope the member who plays in the band at the World Trade Center is 
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-- In CZsynth@y..., psychotropicsounds@h... wrote:
> --- In CZsynth@y..., acolling@h... wrote:
> > hi, i'm new to the casio cz, as i only got one a couple of days 
ago. 
> > one of the things that attracted me to it is that it has 8 part 
> multi-
> > timbrality. my only problem is that i dont know how to set a 
> > different channel for each voice. when i go into the midi 
settings 
> > for a voice and set it to m.mode and then change the channel i do 
> > this for another voice and all the voices are set on the same 
> > channel. if someone could let me know how to set this up i would 
be 
> > very grateful.
> > thanks in advance
> > ali
> 
> Hi Ali
> 
> I have a CZ 3000 and the no manual problem as well.
> Using multi on the CZ is perhaps a little weird at first, but 
actually 
> quite easy. There are two things to bear in mind: the CZ will give 
you 
> 8 part multi, but only from incoming midi signals, not the key 
> board. Also: have you checked out split and layer modes which give 
you 
> 2 part multi-timbre (with selectable voices) from the keyboard?
>  
> Here is a guide for Getting 8 part multi from the CZ:  
> 1) Go into the midi settings.
> 2) Change mode to m.mode
> 3) Underneath you will see midi channel. Set this to the starting 
midi 
> channel you want the CZ to respond to. Ie: if you want voice 1 on 
> channel 1 leave it set to one. If you want voice 1 on channel 2 set 
it  
> to two. (and so on...)
> 4) next to channel in brackets is another number. It can be set 
> between 1 and 8. These are the possible number of voices you can 
use. 
> If you want 8 voices, set the number in brackets to 8. 
> So: if you are in m.mode with midi channel set to 1 and the number 
of 
> voices set to 8, your CZ will respond to incoming midi channels 1 
to 
> 8, giving you 8 voices. 
> 5) How do you set the patches (or voices if you prefer)to be played 
on 
> each channel???? This must be done from your sequencer: Create your 
8 
> sequence parts and make sure that each part sends a different patch 
> number out to the CZ. You will then hear your 8 
> timbres/patches/voices...
> 
> Hope that helps. 
> 
> Adam