Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Don't forget the RA ram cards for extra (double) storage space - sometimes crop up on ebay.



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 From: José Ángel Morente <msxjam@...>
To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Monday, 5 November 2012, 9:01
Subject: Re: [CZsynth] choice of a CZ synth
 

  
The VZ1 is a different machine. It cannot reproduce the original CZ sounds
although it's a more powerful synthesizer. I own both the CZ and VZ and I
love them.

In my opinion, the CZ1 is the best CZ synth; it has double polyphony, 64
memory location (the CZ101 is 16 only I think), velocity, aftertouch, it
has a nice analog chorus that is perfect for strings and pads, you can
split the keyboard, stack programs, etc. and it is still quite easy to
program.

The price for a nice condition CZ1 is usually equal or even less than a
CZ101 or CZ1000, because some people get the CZ101 because the '101' model
is more famous (and it is heavily related to Erasure ;-) ).

I got mine for 180€ only.

Cheers,

JaM

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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:56 AM, mm47 <marcoballins@...> wrote:

> **
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to this group!
>
> I intend to buy a CZ soon (probably on ebay) as I started to love their
> sound (heard on some youtube videos).
> I might also consider the VZ series, but only if it can exactly also
> reproduce the CZ-1000 sounds.
>
> - Are there differences in terms of sound between the CZ models?
> - How do they compare in terms of programming interface?
> - How do they compare in terms of MIDI, and which has the most complete
> implementation?
>
> MIDI implementation might be on key point in my choice as I heard they can
> cumbersome to program, and anyway was thinking that I could build a panel
> for CTRLR.org.
> So, I'd choose the one which can be completely programmed via MIDI, or the
> one which has most of the parameters programmable.
>
> I'm leaning towards the CZ-101 or the CZ-1000.
> Of the CZ-101 I like the portability and the fact that it could fit on my
> desk :)
> Of the CZ-1000 I like the 49 keyboard format, but not much (the feeling
> of) the membrane buttons (also, are they prone to break/malfunction?)
>
> However my choice will be also depending on the MIDI implementation, and
> if I can program them from the computer....
> so any information or advice is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> Best,
> Marco
>
> 
>

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