Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Agreed. It seems like the CZ101 is pretty standard in the Balkans and has been for a long time. I believe its popularity is a result of both price and size but also I've read musicians commenting that the portamento is particularly good for the style as well as the ability to program a lot of appealing sounds.


I have found some sysex libraries here: CASIO -
|   |
|   |  |   |   |   |   |   |
| CASIO -» Free Download » CASIO Download -..::VIP-Account ABONIREN::..       Dear visitor, welcome to . If this is your first visit here, please read the Help. It explains... |
|  |
| View on balkan-set.eu | Preview by Yahoo |
|  |
|   |


  


The ones I've listened to so far are pretty decent. I know Bisari studios sells patches as well for the CZ101 and I've seen the gentleman from Bisari talking up the CZ101 on many chat rooms.
In regards to the comment about tuning.. I believe that the microtonal tuning that one hears in these youtube videos is all done with the portamento wheel. It's impressive and looks a little daunting to dive into but I feel like if I want to play this style I should do it the way they do it and not just use an algorithym on a fancier keyboard.


That being said it appears like players like Amza Tairov typically have a two-keyboard set-up with the CZ on top and a Korg workstation below. Often you see Amza using the Korg as a trigger to play the CZ. Left-hand on the CZ portamento Right hand on the Korg keys.


But I'm definitely no expert.


     On Thursday, June 11, 2015 6:34 PM, "Daniel Forró danforcz@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:



     I don't think so. Try videos of Amza Tairov, for example... He does pretty well.
Sounds are offered for example here, not for free:
http://www.basaristudios.com/sounds.html
You can listen demos.
Daniel Forro


On Jun 11, 2015, at 3:18 AM, soundprogramer@yahoo.es [CZsynth] wrote:






CZ-101 is not the kind of Synthesizer you need for those type of sounds. 
You will save time and headaches.. 
101  synthesis system  haven´t microtunings options, no  keyboard sensitivity, only fixed waveforms and limited detunig options. 


Go for a Yamaha DX-7 II.