Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

On 21 Aug, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:

> The 31250bps MIDI rate is locked down by the interface, and can't go  
> anywhere.  It is possible that faster processors are sending so much  
> data that the interface is being overwhelmed, but a correctly- 
> written USB driver *should* buffer the data in a FIFO and send as  
> fast as the UART will take it.

Sometimes problem is in the MIDI buffer in the instrument, and the  
only help is to make longer time delay between SysEx datablocks  
(starting with F0 and header). Which is exactly what some software for  
sending MIDI SysEx data allow to set.
>
> The CZs need the handshaking messages and it's really only a happy  
> accident that slower computers give it enough time to get its daft  
> wee silicon head together between messages without bothering with  
> the handshaking.  I don't think there are currently any applications  
> out there that support CZ patch dumps correctly.  It's probably time  
> to break out the CZ programming manual...


I think our member Lee Borrell has some solution and offered links  
here...

Daniel Forro