Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Congrats on your NEW VZ. (I have the VZ-8M.) You may want to check 
out the files section here and in the companion/overflow group for 
VZ files. Several users have posted some patches. As I recall, one 
user (Clifford, I think) posted two banks of original patches that 
really push the VZ synth engine. Others have posted some excellent, 
original patches as well. Even if you will be creating your own 
sounds, you may find them inspiring. 
--Steve

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CZ-VZ-Files/


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "zoinky420" <zoinky420@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all, I just joined this group to get the VZ programming pdf 
in 
> the files section, but I just thought I'd share my VZ joy with you 
> all.  I just bought one, brand new unopened in the box for $100.  
Now, 
> I've been using midi gear for over 15 years, and aside from my 
first 
> two synthesizers, purchased with an insurance settlement, I've 
been 
> relegated to picking up whatever I can find very cheaply on the 
used 
> market.  So my rig is not pretty, much of the equipment is beat up 
or 
> had to be repaired before I could use it.  So what a joy it was to 
open 
> up a brand new VZ, with all the little accessories that most 
people 
> have probably lost by now.  The pouch for the ROM card, and the 
plastic 
> cheat-sheet cards, for example.  And did you know the VZ-10m 
originally 
> came with a free MIDI cable, a 1/4" to RCA cable and the chunkiest 
1/4" 
> to RCA adaptor I've ever seen?  OH well, I had considered keeping 
it 
> sealed in the box as a 'collectors item' since it survived so long 
> there already, but I wanted to use it and unpacking it was so much 
fun!
> 
> Anyway, does anyone know for sure whether the XLR output is 
balanced?  
> I suspect it isn't but I've been using it anyway since my 1/4" 
cables 
> are in shorter supply than my XLR cables...
>