Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I was thinking the same thing. Someone needs to go ahead and buy one. $499.99 at sweetwater.com:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/XWP1/

Free shipping.


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, charlie 'chop' copp <charles.copp@...> wrote:
>
> one of us are going o have to buy this and give the rest of the group "first
> hand" word of mouth about it
> 
> i dislike this bouncing of second hand  knowledge
> 
> so whos up for it?
> 
> charles
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Forró" <dan.for@...>
> To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 7:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio XW-P1 virtual analog...
> 
> 
> I'd suppose 16 bit user samples can be imported from SD card. If the
> only way would be to record samples through 10 bit ADC, how we could
> get announced 16 bit resolution?
> 
> Daniel Forro
> 
> On Jan 24, 2012, at 12:09 PM, jammie wrote:
> 
> > when asked about samples and adding your own
> >
> > the synth guy said the only way to get samples of user samples was
> > through the external input which is 10bits so your user samples
> > will be only 10bits and only 10 locations
> >
> > the internal samples are 16bit but you cant add to those so they
> > are rom samples
> >
> > user ones are 10bits as thats the only way to get them into the
> > machine
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Daniel Forró
> >   To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:04 AM
> >   Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio XW-P1 virtual analog...
> >
> >
> >
> >   Exactly, 10 bit resolution is for external audio input. Sampler uses
> >   16 bit, and non standard 42 kHz SR.
> >
> >   Daniel Forro
> >
> >   On Jan 24, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Wilson Zorn wrote:
> >
> >> Referring to http://www.casio-intl.com/file/news/pdf/XWseries/
> >> 20120119_XW_Specifications.pdf
> >> , I THINK that it indicates that the "quantization" is 16 bits
> >> which I
> >> take as the stored wave bits. The 10 bits refers to the A/D
> >> converter, the way I read this.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:13 PM, jammie
> >> <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
> >>> plenty of storage but if you want todo big multisamples then 10
> >>> slots is rubbish
> >>>
> >>> there is plenty of external storage so i think this would be
> >>> better with 1 shot samples like the fz1 but it depends on the
> >>> playback engine
> >>>
> >>> also i noticed on the specs it only sample in at 10bits thats crazy
> >>>
> >>> comming from the first manufacturer to bring 16bit samplers to the
> >>> market
> >>>
> >>> im all for low bit sampling but 10bits is a wierd format and no
> >>> editor that i know of has the ability to do 10bit samples
> >>>
> >>> they should of done it 8bits at least you would be able todo that
> >>> in an editor
> >>>
> >>> its good price tho and it sounded good it has plenty of pallete
> >>> but if it had biggewr sample internal memory
> >>>
> >>> would of been better plus have the cz101 and vz1 synthesis built
> >>> in in software as the vsti does but with sysex implimentation of
> >>> the old synths and they would of took the synth community by storm
> >>>
> >>> pd synthesis with pcm like the sy99 and sy77 at that price bracket
> >>> would of been amazing and that would sell like hot cakes
> >>>
> >>> my sy99 i can use all the dz7 library and put samples in 60 of
> >>> them into memory and they are in flash memory so are there when
> >>> you switch on and you can fm the carrier with the pcm
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Wilson Zorn
> >>> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> >>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:52 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio XW-P1 virtual analog...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I agree it doesn't look likely, but will still hope! :) I'm hoping
> >>> more there's some technical wizardry that can be done to
> >>> interpret the
> >>> SysEx into the format that the new synth line is using effectively
> >>> (given they had to do something similar to get the old sounds
> >>> into the
> >>> new boxes).
> >>>
> >>> Re the sampler, yeah, it's limited. I would imagine the memory
> >>> can be
> >>> expanded, though. What bugs me is they didn't put the hex technology
> >>> and drawbars into the sampler and just make the sampler a
> >>> bigger/better version of the performance one, as it would be
> >>> handy to
> >>> have both in one. I already know I'll go for the performance box (if
> >>> it lives up to my expectations on trying it out, that is).
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:20 PM, jammie
> >>> <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
> >>>> i dont think so and the sample storage is rubbish 10 user
> >>> samples mad
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: Wilson Zorn
> >>>> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> >>>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:05 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio XW-P1 virtual analog...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> What I'm hoping is some way to port old CZ sounds. I have a
> >>> number of
> >>>> custom CZ sounds I've made - like I'm sure most if not
> >>> virtually all
> >>>> on this list have - and would love to be able to load onto one of
> >>>> these synths. I realize the sample unit would do it in terms
> >>> of an
> >>>> actual sample, naturally, but I'd hope for something that
> >>> could take
> >>>> the SysEx and (at least reasonably) faithfully rebuild/
> >>> recreate on the
> >>>> unit.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Jan Hudak
> >>> <jahumaster@...> wrote:
> >>>>> NAMM2012 update ;-D
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/new-year-new-era-new-
> >>> professional-synths-from-casio/147370
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ________________________________
> >>>>> From: José Ángel Morente <msxjam@...>
> >>>>> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:20 PM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Re: Casio XW-P1 virtual analog...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.casio-intl.com/file/news/pdf/XWseries/
> >>> 20120119_XW_Specifications.pdf
> >>>>>
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