Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

> I will have to check out your MP3.  Or, is there any way you can put it up in
> real audio format?

    MP3 is more of a standard than Real Audio (Quicktime and Windows Media
player are easier to install and aren't as fiddly as real audio). More
programs create MP3s than Real audio format, and the file size is small also
so I don't see how Real Audio has any advantage (correct me if I'm wrong
about this). Besides Peak- What program does encode Real Audio ???

Please post some feed back after you've heard the track (does it sound like
a VZ to you ?).

> Stating that the VZ is worth $100 gives the impression
> that you don't like yours.  Is this the case?  I have made some amazing sounds
> for the VZ - it's hard to put ANY value on it for me.  To me, it's worth a
> hell of a lot more than the $250 I paid for it years ago but it took a while
> for me to realize its potential.

    Not the case- The VZ8m goes for around that amount of $$ (last time I
checked). I do like my VZ, although recent VSTi's or a TX81z/TX802 are tough
competition for a VZ (IMHO of course).

> Bass sounds can be good but the sounds are
> much too deep to waste on mainly bass sounds.

Well- I have a weakness for bass- but I certainly don't disagree with you on
that (I just have other stuff that I prefer for pads and such).
    I'd love to see someone post even a few deep, rich VZ sounds.

My other sounds are licensed by a company and I can't post them- What I did
have was lots of electronic bass sounds I hadn't sold ....so I posted them
for free to contribute to the VZ community.

    I'll add that I found ALL the Casio libraries (Tokyo, Power, etc...) to
be pretty weak (I don't like Peter Cetera era 80's DX pianos)- and anything
in Casio's collection with the name "guitar" in it was a real stretch.
 
>> I decided to post an MP3 demo of VZ sounds (done on a VZ8m with no effects)
>> to
>> give some vague idea of what sounds a VZ can produce (after wasting text
>> space
>> trying to describe to people).-there¹s a bank of sounds for download as well.
> 
> http://users.ev1.net/~xpander/smccfiles.html
>> 
>>     To me- it sounds like it¹s still worth $100 used (although there are many
>> VST instruments that will blow it away for less ...).
>> 
> 
> Todd S.
> Sierra Madre Cinema Council
> http://users.ev1.net/~xpander/SMCChome.html