Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hello there !
Is there anybody working with a Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E-Sampler ?
What do you use it for ?
I think the handling is quite complicated but the Sound is great.
Bye
Cornleius

Hi Cornleius
Just scored a Fz-10 this week. Having quite a bit of fun with it just
loading up and doodling with the 142 "shareware" libraries that I have
downloaded. Jeez, for being the first 16 bit sampler, this thing
sounds great. 
I heard its nickname was the Fuzzee-one and was expecting something
that sounded very lo-fi. So far its very full and clear sounding.
We'll see how it goes once I start loading my own samples.
Sadly the disk drive is kaput, thank god it still loads on sysex midi.

I also lucked onto a FZ-1 keyboard on ebay over the weekend. Cooool
Ive been looking for one of these for over a year. All my Cristmasses
at once!!

The 4 synth modes look interesting. 

Glad I found out about these gems

Jeremy

Hi Jeremy !

I think so too, this machine really sounds great.
Compared for example to a software sampler it has got much more 
presence.
I have never loaded files via midi as sysex files.
Is it easy to do ?
If you want it to sound lofi, try sampling a sound at 9 khz.
The filter (DCF) sounds great too.
The synth modes are good too. It needs some time to edit. but the 
results are fine.

greetings
Cornelius









Am 25.09.2007 um 14:55 schrieb jboltnz:

> Hi Cornleius
>  Just scored a Fz-10 this week. Having quite a bit of fun with it just
>  loading up and doodling with the 142 "shareware" libraries that I have
>  downloaded. Jeez, for being the first 16 bit sampler, this thing
>  sounds great.
>  I heard its nickname was the Fuzzee-one and was expecting something
>  that sounded very lo-fi. So far its very full and clear sounding.
>  We'll see how it goes once I start loading my own samples.
>  Sadly the disk drive is kaput, thank god it still loads on sysex midi.
>
>  I also lucked onto a FZ-1 keyboard on ebay over the weekend. Cooool
>  Ive been looking for one of these for over a year. All my Cristmasses
>  at once!!
>
>  The 4 synth modes look interesting.
>
>  Glad I found out about these gems
>
>  Jeremy
>
>  
>     

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Howdy,

 i remember when the FZ-1 first came out, my freind bought one and 
brought it over. We sampled 1 note out of my cheesy little Yamaha CS-
01, and played polyphonically, was the fattest analog synth sound I 
had heard up to and a while after. BIG, REALLY BIG!
Rig

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Cornelius Schöler <studio@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jeremy !
> 
> I think so too, this machine really sounds great.
> Compared for example to a software sampler it has got much more 
> presence.
> I have never loaded files via midi as sysex files.
> Is it easy to do ?
> If you want it to sound lofi, try sampling a sound at 9 khz.
> The filter (DCF) sounds great too.
> The synth modes are good too. It needs some time to edit. but the 
> results are fine.
> 
> greetings
> Cornelius
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 25.09.2007 um 14:55 schrieb jboltnz:
> 
> > Hi Cornleius
> >  Just scored a Fz-10 this week. Having quite a bit of fun with it 
just
> >  loading up and doodling with the 142 "shareware" libraries that 
I have
> >  downloaded. Jeez, for being the first 16 bit sampler, this thing
> >  sounds great.
> >  I heard its nickname was the Fuzzee-one and was expecting 
something
> >  that sounded very lo-fi. So far its very full and clear sounding.
> >  We'll see how it goes once I start loading my own samples.
> >  Sadly the disk drive is kaput, thank god it still loads on sysex 
midi.
> >
> >  I also lucked onto a FZ-1 keyboard on ebay over the weekend. 
Cooool
> >  Ive been looking for one of these for over a year. All my 
Cristmasses

> >  at once!!
> >
> >  The 4 synth modes look interesting.
> >
> >  Glad I found out about these gems
> >
> >  Jeremy
> >
> >  
> >     
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "jboltnz" <jboltnz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Cornleius
> Just scored a Fz-10 this week. Having quite a bit of fun with it 
just
> loading up and doodling with the 142 "shareware" libraries that I 
have
> downloaded. Jeez, for being the first 16 bit sampler, this thing
> sounds great. 
> I heard its nickname was the Fuzzee-one and was expecting something
> that sounded very lo-fi. So far its very full and clear sounding.
> We'll see how it goes once I start loading my own samples.
> Sadly the disk drive is kaput, thank god it still loads on sysex 
midi.
> 
> I also lucked onto a FZ-1 keyboard on ebay over the weekend. Cooool
> Ive been looking for one of these for over a year. All my 
Cristmasses

> at once!!
> 
> The 4 synth modes look interesting. 
> 
> Glad I found out about these gems
> 
> Jeremy
>

Hi Jeremy

Regarding the dead floppy disk, this is a common problem with all the 
FZ's. The problem is caused by the fact that the floppy drive never 
switches off - even after the sample has been loaded and the light 
goes off. The disk just continues to spin, wearing itself and the 
disk out eventually. To stop your good FZ's floppy dying, always 
eject the disk when the sample has finished loading. T

There are ways to replace the FZ drive with a modified PC floppy 
drive here:

http://www.buchty.net/casio/fz1-diskdrive.html

Cheers, Graham



--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "jboltnz" <jboltnz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Cornleius
> Just scored a Fz-10 this week. Having quite a bit of fun with it 
just
> loading up and doodling with the 142 "shareware" libraries that I 
have
> downloaded. Jeez, for being the first 16 bit sampler, this thing
> sounds great. 
> I heard its nickname was the Fuzzee-one and was expecting something
> that sounded very lo-fi. So far its very full and clear sounding.
> We'll see how it goes once I start loading my own samples.
> Sadly the disk drive is kaput, thank god it still loads on sysex 
midi.
> 
> I also lucked onto a FZ-1 keyboard on ebay over the weekend. Cooool
> Ive been looking for one of these for over a year. All my 
Cristmasses

> at once!!
> 
> The 4 synth modes look interesting. 
> 
> Glad I found out about these gems
> 
> Jeremy
>

Hi Graham
Thanks for the info. Yes Rainer@Bucty seems to have gone deep into 
areas 
that few mortal synth freaks dare tread. Thank God!
I printed all of the info on Bucty net and gave it to my Synth Tech 
(Paul Robertson- Sound Check, Adelaide -Genius) to see if he can sort 
out a PC drive replacement. If its just a matter of changing the 
speed of the drive, hell crack it. He fixed every other peice of 
vintage synth/landfill Ive thrown at him so far.

I have nothing but admiration for people like Rainer. Their sharing 
of knowedge is so generous.

Ill report back the progress.

Jeremy

Hi Cornelius

Re

> I have never loaded files via midi as sysex files.
> Is it easy to do ?

I downloaded two programs FZU_FTU and FzTransfer, from here I think. 
Both seem to work. I found FZU-FTU very straight foward. It has 
Several pages with a fairly clear interface that has nnice hints at 
the critical points.
FzTransfer looks quite nice too, it also has what I think are wave 
file import options, that would be brilliant, but I havent worked 
them out.
Im not sure how long it takes to load a full bank from a floppy, but 
it must be faster than the 10-12 minutes it takes to send one by 
midi. Plenty of time to make a cuppa or keep noodling with the VZ or 
CZ of course. 
The 142 pc "Shareware" collection is very cool. Ive been quite 
surprised how nice these ancient sample libraries from the dawn of 
sampling sound. People must have put in serious time crafting them.
In its day the FZ must have been a very cool peice of kit.
Those synth modes Preset,Additive,Cut Sampled,Hand drawn. Where do 
you find a synth or VSTi with that baggage?  Kurzweil K2000?, 
Chameleon? Z3Ta? Virsyn? 
Anyway as soon as I get it serviced Im going to give it a long deep 
look. Maybe its time add shareware disk #143 to the archive "20 and 
still kickin"". 
We'll see.
Jeremy

Hi Jeremy !

Okay I see !
Unfortunately I have a Mac, so these Programms won't work for me.
As far as I know there is no Programm for the Mac to transfer the 
FZ-file fomat via sysex.
Or is there anybody who knows one ?

Greetings
Cornelius







Am 30.09.2007 um 15:57 schrieb jboltnz:

> Hi Cornelius
>
>  Re
>
>  > I have never loaded files via midi as sysex files.
>  > Is it easy to do ?
>
>  I downloaded two programs FZU_FTU and FzTransfer, from here I think.
>  Both seem to work. I found FZU-FTU very straight foward. It has
>  Several pages with a fairly clear interface that has nnice hints at
>  the critical points.
>  FzTransfer looks quite nice too, it also has what I think are wave
>  file import options, that would be brilliant, but I havent worked
>  them out.
>  Im not sure how long it takes to load a full bank from a floppy, but
>  it must be faster than the 10-12 minutes it takes to send one by
>  midi. Plenty of time to make a cuppa or keep noodling with the VZ or
>  CZ of course.
>  The 142 pc "Shareware" collection is very cool. Ive been quite
>  surprised how nice these ancient sample libraries from the dawn of
>  sampling sound. People must have put in serious time crafting them.
>  In its day the FZ must have been a very cool peice of kit.
>  Those synth modes Preset,Additive,Cut Sampled,Hand drawn. Where do
>  you find a synth or VSTi with that baggage? Kurzweil K2000?,
>  Chameleon? Z3Ta? Virsyn?
>  Anyway as soon as I get it serviced Im going to give it a long deep
>  look. Maybe its time add shareware disk #143 to the archive "20 and
>  still kickin"".
>  We'll see.
>  Jeremy
>
>  
>     

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--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "jboltnz" <jboltnz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Graham
> Thanks for the info. Yes Rainer@Bucty seems to have gone deep into 
> areas 
> that few mortal synth freaks dare tread. Thank God!
> I printed all of the info on Bucty net and gave it to my Synth Tech 
> (Paul Robertson- Sound Check, Adelaide -Genius) to see if he can sort 
> out a PC drive replacement. If its just a matter of changing the 
> speed of the drive, hell crack it. He fixed every other peice of 
> vintage synth/landfill Ive thrown at him so far.
> 
> I have nothing but admiration for people like Rainer. Their sharing 
> of knowedge is so generous.
> 
> Ill report back the progress.
> 
> Jeremy
>

Who is Rainer and what is his cool site URL?

Try

http://www.buchty.net/casio/

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kingvidiot83 
  To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:28 PM
  Subject: [CZsynth] Re: Casio FZ / Hohner HS-1/E


  --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "jboltnz" <jboltnz@...> wrote:
  >
  > Hi Graham
  > Thanks for the info. Yes Rainer@Bucty seems to have gone deep into 
  > areas 
  > that few mortal synth freaks dare tread. Thank God!
  > I printed all of the info on Bucty net and gave it to my Synth Tech 
  > (Paul Robertson- Sound Check, Adelaide -Genius) to see if he can sort 
  > out a PC drive replacement. If its just a matter of changing the 
  > speed of the drive, hell crack it. He fixed every other peice of 
  > vintage synth/landfill Ive thrown at him so far.
  > 
  > I have nothing but admiration for people like Rainer. Their sharing 
  > of knowedge is so generous.
  > 
  > Ill report back the progress.
  > 
  > Jeremy
  >

  Who is Rainer and what is his cool site URL?



   

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