Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

This is also a reply to your previous reply.

I took a quick look at the syx files, and they look like they should work. I will have to get my CZ hooked up and give your banks a try.  It sounds like your usb midi cable handles sysex sucessfully, so that does not seem to be the problem.

If you have midi sequencer that can send sysex in banks, you might be able to use that. When I get my cz set up, I will give that a try. I know with cakewalk do do CZ dump request macros that required handshaking, I used to add a whole bunch of acknowledgements in the dump request macro.  I haven't done much with Midi-Ox, though I have had it for years. I don't know if midi-ox will let you send bytes without the F0 F7 wrapper.

I have had no problems using midi-ox on XP, other than my unfamiliarity with it. Fortunately a couple of weekends ago I was at an electronic music conference and someone helped step me though some of the midi-ox procedures I had never used before.

If you can''t find a midi-gameport adapter, you could build your own. I have seen schematics/instructions. I have seen commercial ones on e-bay, but some people charge way too much for them. I have some that I picked up a few years ago, but I am planning to use them to build an arduino midi controller. I'd offer to loan you one, but the cost of round trip shipping would be more than you could buy one for.

We have a thunderstom now, but I will see if I can set up a CZ to test your patches over the next few days.

Have you ever set up your PC to play a midi file to the CZ?  If so, I could try putting your patches into a standard midi file to "play" to your CZ.

Steve


  

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Phillip White <hectorcrawfish@...> wrote:
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> I'll keep plugging at it. Might even put win 98 on an old laptop. Wish I 
> could find an old game port MIDI cable. now they were rock solid
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> If you ever try those patches out one of them sounds superb when 
> operating the bend wheel.
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