Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Both the Modulation Wheel and Keyboard Aftertouch are available as mod sources for the Vibrato LFO.

In the EFFECT section, see the "M.WHEEL / AFTER TOUCH" button. Set Aftertouch to max, then press down (hard) on the key.

The "MODU-LATION" button in the TOTAL CONTROL section needs to be on.

See p. 9 of the Operation Manual. After touch is discussed in detail on p. 18.

I found that on my keyboard, I had to press really hard, and this wasn't generally conducive to playing style.

A well programmed VIBRATO Delay was much better. In fact it is amazing that so many VSTI's don't implement this simple, but critical feature.

Don't forget that you still have plenty of envelope steps up your sleeve *after* the note off event (i.e. after the Sustain point), so you can still do things like echo type effects, swells or clicks with the DCA, DCF etc.

Regards,
JPS

ps: CZ-1 spotters may be interested in having a listen here:

http://music.thejesuscleaver.com

plenty of CZ-1 bells, bass, and strings in there!

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "wjamesmeagher" <w.james.meagher@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I've had my CZ1 (my first "real" synth) for a few weeks now and have
> managed (with the user manual and reading a lot of previous posts made
> here) to figure out its PD programming, and also how to transfer SysEx
> to and from my computer.
> I am however a bit stumped regarding the "aftertouch" feature. At first
> I assumed that the aftertouch on my CZ1 simply wasn't working as varying
> the pressure on the keys while holding them down sonically seems to have
> zero effect no matter what tone I'm using. Then I thought I'd actually
> record the MIDI info coming from the CZ into Logic while I played a few
> notes and varied the pressure - sure enough it seems to be sending a
> fairly steady stream of Channel Pressure messages which I assume are
> coming from the aftertouch function of the keyboard . . . but still no
> noticeable effect on the sound no matter what tone I'm applying it to.
> I can't find anything in the Operation Manual regarding any settings or
> functionality of the aftertouch so at this point I'm just scratching my
> head. I seem to remember reading somewhere some time ago that the
> aftertouch only affects Vibrato on the CZ1, but even when playing with
> the Vibrato settings on various tones I can't seem to hear anything
> happening as a result of the aftertouch pressure applied.
> Here's an image of MIDI info coming from the keyboard into Logic as I
> hold down one key and vary the pressure:
>   [CZ1 aftertouch MIDI info in Logic]
> Any ideas what I'm missing here? I'm sure it's probably something
> ridiculously obvious!
> Cheers,James
> 
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