Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

This technique has some limitations:

- can be used only in non legato music, where notes are not  
overlapping. Chords are possible.

- PC must be send slightly before note. Ideally during pause.

- Some synthesizers need some time to change the program so there can  
be some delay after PC message.

- PC will abruptly stop sounding previous note on most synthesizers.  
Release part of envelope will probably not sound until the end.

- on synthesizers with effect processors PC will mute the effect and  
needs more time to be done.

Daniel Forro

On Dec 6, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Phillip White wrote:

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> there is no such thing as a specific program change on every note
> function. prog changes are included in the MIDI spec so are not a
> function per se of the synth unless it is incapable of accepting prog
> change commands. The thingy is a sequencer like cubase which sends  
> out a
> prog change command to change a patch. say you have a piano sound on a
> patch and at some stage in the song on the same track you wish to now
> play a brass sound on the same instrument but a different patch. You
> simply send out a prog change. What I was doing to amuse myself was  
> for
> every note in a sequence I would send a prog change. The CZ has 16
> assignable patches (I didnt have a cartridge) and I would send out 16
> prog changes in rapid succession. As an interesting side effect I also
> had a LED lightshow on the CZ.
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> Another example
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> http://web.aanet.com.au/cupcake/cz/jihad.mp3
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> On 5/12/2011 4:40 AM, Peter Sedin wrote:
>> cool! does cz has a "programn change on every note" thingy??
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>> 2011/12/4 hector<hectorcrawfish@...>
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