Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi James,

Back in the 80's, there were many pressing issues – the cold war and nuclear Armageddon, AIDS, and Casio's aftertouch implementation on the CZ-1!

Sadly, too many of the above are still with us.

I guess they had to set it at a point where it wasn't triggered by the hardest of note on velocities, but you still have to press really hard afterwards.

It would be quite easy to write a JS script in Reaper to multiply the aftertouch values, in effect amplifying small values (but reducing the overall pressure range). Check out http://www.reaper.fm and the JS Discussion area in the forums there.

Regards,
JPS

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, james meagher <w.james.meagher@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks JPS,
> 
> As I got further and further into investigating why I could get no After
> Touch modulation, once I'd found the After Touch settings and readjusted
> them to non-zero levels, it was ultimately the need to have the MODULATION
> button in the TOTAL CONTROL section *ON* that was eluding me.
> 
> What I found most interesting about your post though was your comment about
> the unnatural amount of pressure needed to trigger the After Touch on your
> board, because I have found the same thing now that I've actually got it
> working. Is this the way all the CZ-1 boards are, or is this the result of
> much use, breakdown and age, and perhaps something that could be serviced to
> have more of a natural responsiveness again?
> 
> Cheers,
> James
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 5:34 AM, jpshea <webform@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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> > >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
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