Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Lack of a cartridge diminishes the number of sounds capable if being stored on board. This is not a problem if you use midi sysx to backup files to a pc.

I use 

http://www.midiox.com/

To do this. As i recall the cz s have no ability to give up their 
memory contents on the unit and must be sent sysx codes to eject them.

Details of communicating with the cz are at

Http://templarseries.atspace.com/cz.html 

Along with pdf manuals and other sysx tips.

Lee

Sent from my iPhone

On 13 Oct 2014, at 22:42, "oliver.mentel@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Hi there, my name is Oliver. 
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> I was just lucky enough to stumble over a 1985 CZ-5000 at my local music shop the other day and couldn't resist myself from not getting my hands on it. 
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> I'm pretty certain, that this may have been on of my best buys for the last few years! 
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> I'm pretty new to this whole exciting world of synthesizers, especially to the CZ-5000, but I'd really like to learn more about it. 
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> Here's where I'd like some help or perhaps some further guidance from you my fellow friends. 
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> First of all, I'd like to hook the cz-5000 to my computer, but I'm not sure what kind of MIDI controller would do the job for me? (Again, I'm really new to all of this, so I'm already sorry for those whom I which am possibly boring the hell out of by now)
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> Secondly, I saw that there were a wide range of "patches" available for the CZ range, but I'm not sure how I can bring these on to my CZ-5000? 
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> And finally, as I bought the CZ-5000 without any RA-3 cartridge I was thinking if this would bring me any difficulties for what I'd like to use the synthesiser for? 
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> Thanks for reading so far
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> Have a good one
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> Cheers
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> Oli
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