Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Thanks Charlie. Regards, Karl May

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From: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CZsynth@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of charlie midi gfa
Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 2:10 PM
To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Internal Memory Backup Battery & EZ-CZ
Cartridge


  

sorry carl i wrote one myaelf for my atari

and would u believe i have never even used a pc sequencer??? 

all atari and cz ,,,
d110 ,
tx816,
u20 ,
fz10m .....

just like those who came before intended 
before Windows cleaned house

charles

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl H. May" <kmay@...
<mailto:kmay%40brayecragg.com.au> >
To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com> >
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 5:09 PM
Subject: RE: [CZsynth] Re: Internal Memory Backup Battery & EZ-CZ
Cartridge

> Charlie,
> 
> Have you got a cz101 editor/librarian that works on a Win PC and does
> bulk loads and dumps? I haven't come across anything yet that I can
make
> work. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Karl 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com> ] On
Behalf
> Of charlie midi gfa
> Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2010 9:48 AM
> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com> 
> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Internal Memory Backup Battery & EZ-CZ
> Cartridge
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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@...
<mailto:robot%40kasploosh.com> 
> <mailto:robot%40kasploosh.com> >
> To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto: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 <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto: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 <mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>
<mailto: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
<mailto:CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>  <mailto: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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> >
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