Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

The VZ has more you can control than the CZ. I have the VZ-8m. I think I have some sample patches [not op-mems] in the CZ-VZ Files overflow group.

I have the VZ-8m Sysex Manual and the VZ-8M Operation Manual. Are there some specific things you are wanting to do with the controller?

On the VZ-8m you can use aftertouch [aftertouch], mod wheel [CC4], def control [assignable as CC 12-31], foot vr [CC4], and foot switch [CC64 for sustain or sostenuto].

With all except foot switch, via on/off switches in the Effects section, you can route those to Vibrato Depth, Vibrato Rate, Pitch, Portamento Time, Tremelo Depth, Temolo Rate, and Amp Evnelop Bias. You can also set the Sensitivity for each type of control.

The VZ-8m lets me assign controllers in the pan module, but I am not sure if the other VZs have Pan.  

If your controller sends sysex commands you have a number of things you can do (other than sending and requesting voice data). On the VZ-8m these include:

Master Tune
F0 44 03 00 7N 40 00 aa bb F7
where aa = polarity (0 = +, 1 = -)
and bb = data (0x00 - 0x40)

Key Transpose
F0 44 03 00 7N 40 01 aa bb F7
where aa = polarity
and bb = data (0 -> 6 [up], 5 [down])

Mode Change-1 [Normal, Combi, Multi Ch, Ope-Mem Mode]
F0 44 03 00 7N 50 aa F7
where aa = mode 
(0 = normal, 1 = combi, 2 = op-men, 3 -> 5 = multi-channel) 

Mode Change-2 [Keyboard, Guitar, Wind Mode - 8m only]
F0 44 03 02 7N 50 aa F7
where aa = mode
(0 = keyboard, 1 = guitar, 2 = wind)

Shift Change (including Card Bank Change)
F0 44 03 00 7N 51 aa F7
where aa = shift change
(00 - 1F = card bank, 20 - 3F = PST bank,
40 - 5F = INT bank, 60 - 7F = no define)*
*This is from the sysex manual, however, my handwritten notes clarify:
20 = PST 1, 21 = PST2; 40 = INT

CZ Bend Range
F0 44 00 00 7N 40 aa F7
where aa is the bend range in semitones from 0x00 -> 0x30

In case itself helpful to understand what you can do with the controllers, here's the patch data bit structure for the controllers. (There are 4: aftertouch, def wheel 1, def wheel 2, foot vr.

bit 0 = vibrato depth (0:off, 1:on)
bit 1 = vibrato rate (0:off, 1:on)
bit 2 = pitch + (0:off, 1:on)
bit 3 = pitch - (0:off, 1:on)
bit 4 = portamento time (0:off, 1:on)
bit 5 = tremolo depth (0:off, 1:on)
bit 6 = tremolo rate (0:off, 1:on)
bit 7 = amp envelop bias (0:off, 1:on)
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bits 8 -> 14 = sensitivity (0x00 -> 0x63)
bit 15 = sensitivity (0:+, 1:-)

Hope this helps.

--Steve





--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "gmeredith1" <gmeredith1@...> wrote:
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> Hi, I have a Behringer BCR2000 controller and I want to control my VZ10M parameters live. Does anyone have a sysex command list for the VZ, or know where I can get this?
> 
> Cheers, Graham
>