Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hi Rob,

I am currently using midi ox as a librarian among other things. I have used this to transfer sounds from the 101/1000 to the 230s. Not having had hold of the cz1 i cannot say whether it would help, but midiox is useful for other reasons,worth a look.

Phase distortion is a matter of altering the phase angle of a waveform. Basically casio came up with doing something other than fm,presumably because yamaha had the patent.
Whilst a similar technique the sound is warmer than the dx instruments and with 8 envelope stages casio invented a clever and versatile synth engine!

Have fun.

Lee

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On 6 Feb 2014, at 23:36, <rsrb1972@...> wrote:

> Just thought I'd send an initial greeting message to this group.
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> I recently purchased a CZ-1 and am delighted with it and looking forward to getting to grips with it as a synth. Am still trying to get my head round the MIDI implementation, but am loving the keyboard and its programmability (even if I don't totally understand what phase distortion is! The manual and most explanations seem to go a little vague at the key moment!). I purchased the synth because I'd always coveted a CZ synth once I heard the CZ-101 was used for the bassline in Fallout's The Morning After (a very influential early house track if you don't know it) and I desperately needed a MIDI controller. For not much more than a new controller, I could have a classic synth too so it was an easy decision!
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> Am using it with Logic on a PC. Would like to save individual patches to the DAW as I do/have done with other synths, but this doesn't seem possible in such an easy way to/from Logic and none of the librarian programs I've tried so far are stable, so will keep looking. Next will try SoundDiver on the PC, and/or a program or two on the Atari STeem emulator.
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> I also have pdf copies of two Casio CZ books, Gartman and Schlesinger so they will be my next bedtime reading after the manual. That's all for now!
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> Rob (in SE England)
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