Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi,

80s digital synths tend to create a bit aliasing and quantizing 
noise, in case of the bell type cleaner sounds it's probably a 
byproduct of the ringmodulation. 

...Summa



On 25 Sep 2009 at 23:43, owltrucker wrote:

> Hello everyone, this is my first post.
> 
> I recently bought a very nice and full functioning CZ-3000 through
> Craigslist and so far I'm having a blast with it.  I've always had
> Casiotones around but have been until recently unaware that Casio
> made "real" synthesizers.  
> 
> Anyway, I've noticed that on the clean-sounding presets (Elec Piano,
> Vibraphone, Fairy Tale, etc.) there is a low level distortion, or
> background fuzz, as if the signal is clipping or overdriving.  This
> happens at lower volumes as well.  It's not that loud but it
> definitely is noticeable.  At first I wondered if it was just my
> machine then it occurred to me that the distortion may be a product
> of Casio's phase distortion synthesis.
> 
> Over at Synthmania, the same distortion can be heard on the
> aforementioned presets:
> 
> http://www.synthmania.com/cz-1000.htm
> 
> This leads me to believe that maybe the synth just has a bit of
> noise on cleaner, clearer patches, an inevitable byproduct of PD. 
> Or maybe the CZ-1000 at Synthmania also suffers a common issue.
> 
> Any information would be much appreciated!  
> 
> Thanks,
> Parker
> 
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