Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Better yet, save to tape.  The loading times would be slower but you could
save a lot of patches to each cassette.

-Paul


On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:47 PM, charlie midi gfa <charles.copp@...
> wrote:

>
>
> has anybody ever just thought to back up the memory onto a single diskette?
>
> heck a single 1.44 floppy can hold about 400 tones for a cz
>
> then you never loose them
>
> enables user to build a library of "unique " or personal voices
> and
> saves the earth from useless old batteries going to the dump
>
> i have never had batteries in my cz
> and never lost the voices in the internal memory only
> after a month of un use that the machine dispurses of meory contents
> so if u can go a month then you can still have your patches
>
> save money , save batteries
> save time , save your nice custom voices
>
> get a patch editor ,save tones on disk
>
> charles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fulfil_objective" <robot@... <robot%40kasploosh.com>>
> To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 12:42 PM
> Subject: [CZsynth] Re: Internal Memory Backup Battery & EZ-CZ Cartridge
>
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > Feel free to not use rechargeable batteries. Everybody can do whatever
> they want. Personally, I don't like sending buckets of single-use batteries
> to the waste facility, and I do like running things off batteries
> sometimes.
> >
> > Your concerns also don't really relate to the OP's question. He just
> wants
> to make sure he doesn't lose his patches while at a gig. That could be
> easily accomplished by good rechargeable batteries, the 9V mod, or a couple
> of sets on single-use D batteries.
> >
> > As for your EZ/CZ cartridge, things like that take the barest trickle of
> energy to keep the RAM from losing its data. In that use scenario, an
> alkaline battery makes sense for the reasons you stated. An even better
> solution for you would be to store those sounds on your PC, and not on a
> cartridge. Then take those batteries out of that cartridge before storing
> it! If you haven't had gear ruined by being stored with the batteries in
> it,
> then you've dodged a bullet.
> >
> > The chemistry of rechargeables is getting better every year, it seems to
> me. One of the big downsides of rechargeables is their initial cost. Good
> ones can seem quite expensive. You have to think of rechargeables as an
> investment, and even then they still seem expensive.
> >
> > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Just a thought:
> > >
> > > I have not used rechargeable batteries (AA/AAA) in synth gear, however,
> I do have some experience with them in other things. If my experience is
> typical, I do not recommend rechargeable batteries for two reasosns: (1)
> they do not last as long as conventional batteries and (2) they discharge
> when not in use.
> > >
> > > I have had batteries in an unused EZ-CZ catridge that retained their
> charge for well over 10 years. In my experience, the energy in rechargeable
> batteries dissipates within weeks or months.
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "fulfil_objective" <robot@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Nate,
> > > >
> > > > People have mentioned the 9V mod, but my vote is for a set of
> rechargeable batteries. I do that with my CZ-101. It has the advantage of
> keeping you on, even if you get accidentally unplugged for a second. But
> for
> this option, you would have to have a battery charger.
> > > >
> > > > I believe the batteries should be D size, not C as someone else
> stated.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>, Rotundo
> Sealeg <rotundosealeg@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hey guys. I bet this question has been asked before... but whenever
> I unplug my CZ-1000 from the wall, I run the risk of all of the internal
> sounds I've programmed being erased, along with the pitch wheel resetting
> itself to super and sub-sonic range, and the instrument tuning going off.
> Is
> there a battery I can change somewhere in this synth?! Does anybody know
> where it is? My band is going into a series of punk rock Christmas shows
> this December, and I would love to not worry about showing up to the show
> with an empty memory bank.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also, I have a EZ-CZ memory cartridge and it will only access two
> of
> the memory banks now. It's like that top tiny little switch isn't doing its
> job. Has this happened to anybody? Any fixes?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance!
> > > > >
> > > > > Nate
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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