Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

All I had to do was
> find the one or two patches I liked in the banks, press "Test" and
> send it to the CZ1000 memory or cartridge 1 - 16 possibilities.  I
> find that I can't do that with the CZ5000. When I send a test patch 
to
> the CZ5000 I press and hold down "Write", then press "A" of memory,
> then "1" it says "Write OK" but it lies--the patch is NOT stored. 
> What am I doing wrong?  The 3 AA's are good, too. Was I using 
Soundlib
> incorrectly from the start? 
 

 The CZ series have some strange little differences in how they
handle MIDI patch dumps. On the CZ500/3000, if you dump a single 
patch, it should be written to the edit buffer. However when you go
to 
save this it writes the unedited patch of the current preset. To
write 
the patch you just sent to the CZ5000/3000's edit buffer you must
make 
some change to one of the preset parameters. For example go to DCO 1 
and change the waveform once then back to the starting setting. Now 
the "compare/recall" light should be lit. The patch is now in the
edit 
buffer and can be saved to a preset slot. A pain but it works. 
 I had a patch editor doing random patches and had the same trouble 
saving the sent patch. And discovered if I edited the patch, I could 
then save it.
 Some day I'll have to write a FAQ on the different behavior of the 
various CZ models.

Terry (The Casio Kid)