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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-04 by Summa

Hi, At 08:16 04.06.01 -0400, you wrote: That was a steal I think that I paid $200 for my VZ-8m in the early 90s. With a cards and manuals too. Some people

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-04 by Furman, Jon W.

That was a steal I think that I paid $200 for my VZ-8m in the early 90s. With a cards and manuals too. Some people have said that those manuals are hard to

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-03 by Summa

Hi, they re both using Phase Distortion ... better known as Phase Modulation what Yamaha calls FM... Other then that, the CZ is PM in a subtractive box, so

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-03 by Jeremy Pinkham

Nate wrote: i have never seen a casio vz. are they similar to the cz series? The VZ series was Casio s failed follow-up to the successful CZ series.

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-03 by john w.

this is going to make me seem stupid, seeing as i am on this list and all, but i have never seen a casio vz. are they similar to the cz series? nate

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Re: [CZsynth] Re: What is This???

2001-06-03 by shockwavejim@kerb.co.uk

i don t think it is made up- i can remember casio doing all sorts of crazy shit when i was growing up- they were obssesed with combining LCD

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Re: What is This???

2001-06-03 by Herr Professor Peter Lewis Swimm

Sorry I have my atari on my brain the last few days. The casio and atari play heavily in an upcoming music project. Im just confused if the hk-101 part is made

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RE: [CZsynth] What is This???

2001-06-02 by Jeremy Pinkham

Herr Professor wrote: Is that an actual atari? You mean Casio? Heh, heh. I ve seen things like this before. Don t know if it s Casio or not... If it is a

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What is This???

2001-06-02 by Herr Professor Peter Lewis Swimm

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1435250522 Is that an actual atari?

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-02 by Jeremy Pinkham

I got myself so worked up chatting about it here, I bought a VZ-8M shortly after this discussion earlier today for $100 with docs, as well as one RAM and one

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-01 by Furman, Jon W.

Thanks for filling in some of the details Jeremy, I have both an 8 and a10 and what you ve said is all correct and dead on target. I personally think that the

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-01 by Jeremy Pinkham

Your questions were already answered by Jon Furman, but here are some other facts I picked up about the VZ-8M over on the EZ-VZ site, in case they are of

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RE: [CZsynth] VZ-8M

2001-06-01 by Furman, Jon W.

100% compatibility with VZ-10/1, 0 compatibility with the CZ series. Practically speaking the VZs and the CZs are really very different animals. ... From:

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VZ-8M

2001-06-01 by veygoth@buckeye-express.com

Thanks to the recommendations of the group a while back I picked up a VZ-8M for $99 on Ebay. Not a bad deal from what I ve seen. What is the patch

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Cosmo T-shirt

2001-05-27 by Terry

Here is a pic of the Cosmo Synthesizer shirt. I got this off a guy who sells them on E-bay. Usually Moog, Leslie, Arp. Paid $15.00 total shipped to my door.

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New file uploaded to CZsynth

2001-05-23 by CZsynth@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CZsynth group. File : /CZ -

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New file uploaded to CZsynth

2001-05-23 by CZsynth@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CZsynth group. File : /CZ -

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Re: patches loaded via C64

2001-05-15 by neil whitelaw

This may be helpful. Cheers. http://www.cyweb.com/~karl/midi/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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New file uploaded to CZsynth

2001-05-13 by CZsynth@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CZsynth group. File : /CZ -

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RE: Re: patches loaded via C64

2001-05-11 by Kenji

I thought I heard somewhere that their MIDI implementation is different because the CZ101 was one of the first MIDI instruments made and the standard was not

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Re: patches loaded via C64

2001-05-11 by turnthatdamnthingoff@yahoo.com

... apps.... ... Hi Jon.... No not at all. Your information is greatly appreciated and has answered my question. Thanks :) Jon

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Re: [CZsynth] orchestra hit

2001-05-11 by Summa

I did one... at least tried to... it s of course not as good a sample... but it s the best Orchestra Hit I was able to get out of my CZ ... You should find

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RE: [CZsynth] Re: patches loaded via C64

2001-05-11 by Furman, Jon W.

I know why that is unfortunately, it s because Casio implemented Sysx back then a little differently than the rest of the world. Basically they expected for

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orchestra hit

2001-05-11 by john w.

Does anybody have a patch written out for that excellent sound known to many as orchestra hit ?? (at least, that s what it s called on my friend s yamaha.)

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Re: introducing & questioning

2001-05-11 by turnthatdamnthingoff@yahoo.com

... audio Hi Sascha, Welcome aboard. I m in New York. I just got here on this list myself actually. ;) Jon

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Re: patches loaded via C64

2001-05-11 by turnthatdamnthingoff@yahoo.com

... computers... ... a ... both have ... turning the ... Hi Summa, Well all this stuff has been collecting and collecting and one of the best feelings in the

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Re: [CZsynth] patches loaded via C64

2001-05-10 by Summa

Hi, I still have a working C64 (haven t turned it on for 2 years but it should work) at home but I guess that won t help you much. I m not a specialist on

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introducing & questioning

2001-05-10 by Sascha Eversmeier

Hello list members, I am new on this list, so I ll introduce myself first: My name is Sascha, 29, from Berlin, Germany. I do some spare time audio programming

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broken cz keys

2001-05-10 by r.p.b.

My CZ-5000 has 2 broken keys, and my FZ-1 has one ... can anyone point me in the right direction of a distributor, please? thx much, Ryan

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patches loaded via C64

2001-05-09 by turnthatdamnthingoff@yahoo.com

Hmmm...well I actaully have 2 C64 s, one drive and cheap b+w monitor. The last time I tried these things were several years back and as I recall I was able to

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Re: [CZsynth] Digest Number 28

2001-05-07 by Summa

Hi, I know the VZ synths are beasts to programm especially compared to the CZ Synths... When you re ready with archiving the sounds and want to share them,

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Re: [CZsynth] Digest Number 28

2001-05-07 by banger mane

... Cool. Thanks for the idea, Summa. I just dragged my C64 from the closet into my workplace and am going to try and see if I can get that old CZ editor to

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Re:Detuning (was Casio gear I have)

2001-05-06 by psychotropicsounds@hotmail.com

Summa: detune them just a bit to create phasing --For me, detuning oscillators is one of the most valuable features on the CZs. It really livens the sound up

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Re: [CZsynth] Re:Re: Casio gear I have

2001-05-06 by Summa

Hi Jon, this is strange since I found the output of my VZ-1 being better then the one of my CZ-1. Of course it sounds a bit colder and harder then the CZ, but

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Re:Re: Casio gear I have

2001-05-05 by banger mane

Hello fellow Casio-nauts I started with a CZ101 way back at the dawn of midi circa 1985. Went to a 1000 then a 3000 and finally a VZ10M. I always though the CZ

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Re: Digest Number 25

2001-05-05 by psychotropicsounds@hotmail.com

Hi Thanks Kenji- Found out what it was after a bit of scouting around: an SK-2100. Apparently this is the same as the SK-200, but in a full keyboard size

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Re: [CZsynth] Digest Number 25

2001-05-04 by Kenji

The ones I know of: SK-1: The classic. Records one sample. SK-5: Like the SK-1 but records up to 4 samples. Oh wait - here is a web page:

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SK samplers

2001-05-04 by psychotropicsounds@hotmail.com

Does anyone knw about the bigger SKs ut there? I m sure I saw an SK1000 or 2000 in a junk shop. Adam

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sysex

2001-05-03 by Atom 'Smasher'

has any one tried any of this stuff out? http://smasher.suspicious.org/casio-cz/sysex/ i m curious what machines it does/dosen t work with. ...

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casios i have

2001-05-03 by Kenji

I ve got a CZ-101 and also an SK-5. The SK-5 is such a fun piece of gear. I used the CZ-101 along with several toy keyboards in a band I used to be in,

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RE: [CZsynth] Re: Casio gear I have

2001-05-03 by jim

The VZs are closer in sound to the original FM synths that they share a great deal of technology with, Yamaha s DX family etc. The VZs for example have 8

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RE: [CZsynth] Re: Casio gear I have

2001-05-03 by Furman, Jon W.

I think what you re looking for is the VZ-8m, it s like the VZ-10m but has a special guitar mode (assigns a monophonic voice to each of 6 consecutive MIDI

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Re: Casio gear I have

2001-05-03 by Jason Champion

Don t yet have any Casio gear whatsoever. I m debating whether to get the VZ-10M or the CZ-5000. I m a guitar controller player (*NOT* a guitarist) that uses

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RE: [CZsynth] Casio gear I have

2001-05-03 by Furman, Jon W.

LOL..too true! ... From: Maxim Potekhin [SMTP:maxim.potekhin@msdw.com] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 10:20 AM To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [CZsynth]

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Re: [CZsynth] Casio gear I have

2001-05-03 by Maxim Potekhin

... Be careful here. Silver synths may sound better only when they are digital. In the analog world, the only way to get the right sound is to have a pitch

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