Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

You could try using Midi Ox (www.midiox.com) to capture the data from a
manual Sysex Dump and then save the file as a Sysex. On the VZ8 which I have
you can transmit the Sysex for Individual Voices but most people save Banks.
Midi Quest, the Editor Librarian that I use, can save files in Sysex Format
and there may be a way to do this in Sound Diver, alternatively it's very
likely that the .lib is just Sysex with a few extra bytes appended so they
could be edited out. I also have a copy of a freeware VZ Editor somewhere
and it may be possible to use this as a common tool to share files amongst
interested parties.

It might be an idea to have an 'owner' who collects the sounds from various
individuals and creates a bank or banks that can then be distributed,
details of the creator could be distributed as a readme.

Regards

Graham

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Thanx, Graham for these tips!
I try to fix my sys-ex by that program...
I will reply..

MIKE

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Hey Mickey, most sequencers will import sysex data and save it as a syx
file. If you're using cakewalk or something like it this should be a pretty
simple procedure.

 

Jon 



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Hi Graham!
I just tried out that MIDI OX thing. And I think that would be the 
best to receive and transmit sys ex files but when I want to send syx 
files my VZ1 occures an "load error-check system" message!! I enabled 
sys ex and set memory protect off. But always the same problem! Can 
you help me out? Maybe there are preferences to change in MICIOX?

Regards
MIKE


--- In CZsynth@y..., "Any D Music" <graham@a...> wrote:
> You could try using Midi Ox (www.midiox.com) to capture the data 
from a
> manual Sysex Dump and then save the file as a Sysex. On the VZ8 
which I have
> you can transmit the Sysex for Individual Voices but most people 
save Banks.
> Midi Quest, the Editor Librarian that I use, can save files in 
Sysex Format
> and there may be a way to do this in Sound Diver, alternatively 
it's very
> likely that the .lib is just Sysex with a few extra bytes appended 
so they
> could be edited out. I also have a copy of a freeware VZ Editor 
somewhere
> and it may be possible to use this as a common tool to share files 
amongst
> interested parties.
> 
> It might be an idea to have an 'owner' who collects the sounds from 
various
> individuals and creates a bank or banks that can then be 
distributed,

> details of the creator could be distributed as a readme.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Graham
> 
> Graham@a...

Mike

I don't normally use MidiOX for Sysex but I just did some experimenting and
found that I needed to turn off the Midi In from the Options when sending to
the VZ-8. I checked in the manual for the VZ and there seems to be some
'hand shaking' and I think that when the Midi In is selected in MidiOX the
data is being passed to the Midi Out and 'merged' with the Sysex file
effectively corrupting it.

The VZ-1 and VZ-8 have the same Voice Data format so if you can't get it to
work, you could eMail the file to me and I will load it into my VZ to verify
it for you. This may be the quickest way of getting things moving.

Regards

Graham

Graham@...