Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I'm quite sure Gordon loves old stuff as we all do, I feel some light  
humor and irony in his remark about "terrible" :-)

But seriously - I don't think so bad about newer synthesizers, there  
were some innovative machines, not only romplers with GM set... What  
about Yamaha FM/AFM machines, Advanced Vector Synthesis, or VL/VP,  
FS1r, EX5, then Roland LA synthesis, JD/JV, Korg Wavestation,  
Prophecy, Oasys, Z1, Kronos, Kawai K5000 series, Kurzweil VAST  
synthesis, Waldorf Microwave, EMU Z-plane synthesis, Technics WSA1  
Acoustic Modeling, Hartman Neuron...
And there are some virtual synthesizers and software with interesting  
approaches to sound synthesis (like Absynth, Metasynth, Zebra... and  
many others).

Also samplers can be used creatively...

Even with those GM sounds can be done a lot, creative user can go  
behind the limits (sometimes it's enough just to use sounds outside  
their usual range, or combine them, or do vector mix with them...).

Daniel Forro


On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:32 AM, Lee Borrell templarser@...  
[CZsynth] wrote:

> Terrible?! With the exception of analogue modelling,if you want  
> anything other than GM largely retro is the best option!
>
> Do remember that some of this stuff is multiple decades old and  
> still working!
>
> From: "gordon@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com>
> To: "bill bigrig billbigrig@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com 
> >
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 15:26
> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] CZ-101 powers up on batteries, but not with  
> AC adaptor
>
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 02:00:30PM +0000, bill bigrig billbigrig@... 
>  [CZsynth] wrote:
> > Sounds to me you have a thermal problem with a rectification  
> circuit. I don't remember if there are regulators in there, but the  
> symptoms you describe are what a bad regulator does. What about the  
> diodes that make the DC? The filter cap?
> > Rig
>
> Think he nailed it with the underpowered power supply thing. You  
> *always* want about 1A or more for these terrible old 80s synths.
>
> -- 
> Gordonjcp MM0YEQ
>
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