Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hey Chas, check this one out, it works great: 
http://www.bome.com/bome/downloads/beta/SendSX130beta3.exe

I'd try to hunt down another cart, or open that one up and see if anything is broken or leaky inside.
Frank



--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "350ypvs@..." <350ypvs@...> wrote:
>
> I have already checked the pins on the 101 and they are all intact and
> straight. The weird thing is that the cartridge does exactly the same thing
> on my friend's 1000, so it's not isolated to just my CZ. Weirder still, it
> works fine when I tried it on my 3000, which uses a different method of
> accessing the patches. With the 101/ 1000, the cartridge acts as an extra
> bank of 16 sounds in addition to the 16 preset and 16 internal banks. On
> the 3000 (and 5000/ CZ-1) the data from the cartridge can be either loaded
> into its memory or the memory saved onto the cartridge. The cartridge
> doesn't actually give you extra patch memory for the big models, it only
> allows you to save existing patches and then load them back in. Perhaps the
> idea was to have lots of cartridges with different saved sounds that could
> be loaded in when necessary, then again the price of the cartridges when
> new was probably prohibitive to that idea...
> 
> I'm not concerned with expanding patch memory on my CZ-1 as it has 128
> patch locations! What I wanted to do was use my 101 to mess around with and
> create sounds, store these on the cartridge and then transfer them over to
> the CZ-1. Doesn't look like that will happen until I can get the damn RA3
> to work with the 101...
> 
> And no, I don't want to type in those parameters in over and over -
> tedious! I have though written down some my good patches so at least I can
> program them in if necessary. Better safe than sorry!
> 
> I'd love a decent CZ sysex library program that I could used to load and
> save sounds. I recently bought the 'CZ Rescue Kit' off Ebay and haven't had
> a chance to fully investigate the programs supplied (it's supposed to have
> a CZ librarian that will work with a PC/ XP) Can you recommend a good
> program (Windows XP compatible) that I can use to load and save patches
> with my CZ's?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Chas
> 
> On 24 March 2012 13:47, the_wizard_o_cheese <fmmusic@...> wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > To the person getting the drone sound with the cart, did you look in the
> > door to inspect the pins? Perhaps one is bent, or broken off. It's a really
> > good idea to use some software to store the sounds on your PC. Unless you
> > love typing in all of those parameters over & over!
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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