Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008, synergeezer wrote:

> I don't think of PD as dead, with used instruments constantly available. 
> It's true that PD, in the CZ sense, is not being developed, anymore.
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is it being developed in any sense? even with a K5000 and FS1r, i can't 
bring myself to get rid of my CZ1... but i'd get rid of it in a hurry if i 
could replace it with a rackmount unit.


> But, fairly recently, Yamaha made the FS1R (16 operators, OK 8+8), which 
> I have not plunged into programming, yet, but the presets are worth 
> current cost.
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you seem to know your way around the DX/TX/CZ/VZ range of synthesizers, 
and you mentioned that you have a VZ and several CZs.

i had a VZ but it's gone, now :(

i'm thinking about replacing it, not so much because i miss it as such, 
but it crossed my mind that (despite the general consensus) it might 
actually be possible to emulate a CZ with it. lemme get your opinion on 
this... if a patch only uses one carrier (sine) and one modulator 
([co]sine or other waveform), can't it emulate a CZ? it's been a while 
since i programmed a VZ, but i remember a lot of limitations... like each 
carrier/modulator pair shares a lot of the same parameters. anyway, what's 
your opinion on that? the CZ1 is great, but it's just such a huge heavy 
fscking tank.


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