Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Again, I want to encourage people who own and use CZs to read the Casio Midi Guidebook (Nov. 1985). (See Files > CZ - Docs, "Casio CZ Sysex".) 

Page 7 of the pdf, corresponding with hard copy page 6, lays it out in a very accessible manner: The last 4 bits of the "note on" status command shows the midi channel going from 0000 to 1111, corresponding with channels 1 through 16 [aka 0x00 through 0x0F in hex]. 

Yes, I realize that binary, decimal, and hexidecimal >>can be<< confusing, but I think its only because people don't take the 10-15 minutes it would take to learn binary and hex. It really does not need to be confusing.

That is another reason I encourage CZ owners to read the Midi Guidebook.  It should not take longer than 30 minutes.

Steve


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "twobeelandscape" <bill@...> wrote:
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> Charlie/Daniel
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> You are both right!
> 
> In MIDI messages, the channel is encoded as 0-15 (00-0F hex) but is always described in manuals, on synth LCD readouts and in the MIDI spec, as Channels 1-16.  A source of great confusion!
> 
> Bill
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> --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Forró <dan.for@> wrote:
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> > Why sometimes? In binary and hex worlds always, counting starts from 0.
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> > Daniel Forro
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> > On 29 Jun, 2013, at 11:43 PM, charlie midi gfa wrote:
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> > > sometimes channel 1 is represented as 0   so 0-15 = 16 midi channels
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