I have 34 or so "Soundwaves" floppies that I believe came from Casio. Paul T Sent from my iPhone On Oct 7, 2013, at 12:29 PM, charlie midi gfa <charles.copp@...> wrote: > hey paul thanks but those are the same disks as > the user disks,,, 142 of them > > > im surprised nobody has uploadedwhat im looking for and shared these disks > called "fz sound disk" series > > > as they are great voices from a professional company (from casio > themselves!) > > > still looking > charlie > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Krull" <paul.krull@...> > To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 12:20 AM > Subject: Re: [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main > ICs?) > > > > > Here's a link to what looks like the whole set of FZ factory disks: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4797433/FZ10-M.zip > > > > > I apologize if it's actually some alien worm but I've downloaded it and > unzipped it and have a stack of FZ 20M formatted floppies standing by so > I'll be the first to go if it all goes wrong. > Cheers, > Paul T > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Paul Krull <paul.krull@...> > To: "CZsynth@yahoogroups.com" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:56 PM > Subject: Re: [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main > ICs?) > > > > > > > > > > > There are pages of public domain FZ sounds out there but of course I didn't > come across any searching just now. I think it would be great to have a file > section where floppy files can be uploaded and downloaded. It does a lot to > extend the lives of some of these synths to have ready access to to a bunch > of public domain sounds. I've been downloading floppy files for Kawai K5000 > series sounds and Yamaha SY 99 sounds and it's great. I have many of the > Casio factory disks for the FZ samplers which I got from a member of > Queensryche strangely enough. > Paul T > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: charlie midi gfa <charles.copp@...> > To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 5:48 PM > Subject: Re: [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main > ICs?) > > > > > > > pawn shop here in town had one for sale > > > > > > > > > for 6 years.. > > > > > > > > > i think it eventually fell off the shelf and then off to the bin..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > should have bought up all the tb303 i saw too at the time > $99 each!!!! > > > > > > > > > ohh the years gone bye > time time time > > > > > > > > > any body think i should start a submission request thread for fz and cz > users? > looking for the casio disks which came with the fz1/10 > > > > > > > > > series > "FZ Sound Disk C FL-C1" > including demonstration tune > optional software mode > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > charlie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "350ypvs@..." <350ypvs@...> > To: <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 8:37 PM > Subject: Re: [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main > ICs?) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I didn't know it had previously been up for sale. Looks like the winning > bidder did the rather too common thing of backing out of the winning bid. > Still, for 20 quid a midi keyboard with velocity and after-touch is > somewhat a bargain, even if it weights as much as the QE2! > > > > > > > > > > And here's another CT6000 up for sale, this time for our American friends: > > > > > > > > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-CASIO-CT-6000-Keyboard-Large-MIDI-Synthesizer-with-Unusual-Features-80s-/141063347935?pt=Keyboards_MIDI&hash=item20d807dedf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2 October 2013 23:45, <ianweb@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> ** > Strange because the same item was flagged as sold for £19.99 the other >> day.. >> >> >> >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/casio-ct6000-Vintage-Keyboard-/231057904553?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D17233%26meid%3D1707109365446012145%26pid%3D100019%26prg%3D8045%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D9%26sd%3D251343755942%26&nma=true&si=u6%252FO5F65v26xnh6WRsLEGtf1A3g%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc > > >> >> ---In czsynth@yahoogroups.com, <350ypvs@...> wrote: >> >> For those in the UK interested in owning one of these Casios, I've just >> found two that have come up on Ebay: >> >> CT6000: >> >> >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/casio-ct6000-Vintage-Keyboard-/231064724023?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item35cc87e237 >> >> And a > CT6500 has also turned up: >> >> >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Casio-CT-6500-keyboard-electric-piano-with-stand-/261296904510?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item3cd682593e >> >> >> I am not linked to either of these sales. Just thought it might be of >> interest for those in this groups interested in owning one of these retro >> Casios :-) > >> >> >> On 2 October 2013 03:25, Paul Krull <paul.krull@...> wrote: >> >> ** > >> I love the various early Casios and have a few myself: >> >> CT 202 C/V >> CT 1000P Pseudo Additive >> CZ 5000 PD >> CZ 1 PD >> CZ 101 PD >> SK-2100 >> SK 5 >> VL-1 >> VZ 10M x 2 >> FZ 10M >> FZ 20M >> RZ-1 >> MT 35 >> MT 40 >> MT 68 >> CT 7000 >> CT 701 >> CT 403 x 2 >> >> >> You can > still find a lot of these if you keep looking. There's a VZ 8m >> for sale locally sitting in a music store's rack where it's been for a >> couple years priced very cheap, I suppose I should be a completest and >> pick >> it up but I don't really want to. What a great company with so many cool >> instruments. >> Paul T >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* "ianweb@..." <ianweb@...> >> >> *To:* CZsynth@yahoogroups.com >> *Sent:* Monday, September 30, 2013 1:18 PM >> *Subject:* [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main >> ICs?) > >> >> >> >> The 1000P came to market after the Consonent/Vowel synths. I too have a >> huge number of Casio synths - as below: >> >> CT202 C/V >> CT1000P Pseudo > Additive >> CZ3000 PD >> Hohner HS2 (VZ1) PD/FM/RM >> VZ8m as above >> HT6000 SD >> MT400V C/V + Analog Filter >> GZ50M PCM (GM) >> Hohner HS1 (FZ1) Sampling plus Limited step Waveform drawing >> >> >> ---In czsynth@yahoogroups.com, <350ypvs@...> wrote: >> >> Casio did indeed have a sine wave based sound engine as used in the >> Casiotone 1000P, 701 and I think a few other models circa 1981 or so. I >> have a 1000P amongst my collection, and the CT6000 sounds nothing like it! >> The 1000P has a very warm sound with some surprisingly deep bass >> available. >> It is good for organ type sounds, but that's about it. Apparently, using >> just sine waves to generate sounds/ tones, these are very hard to use to >> make any real changes to the overall timbre of the sound. > Probably why >> Casio quickly gave up on this idea and moved to the Consonant Vowel engine >> as used in most of their lower end models from the early 80's until PCM >> engines took over. As mentioned above, the CT6000 was released in late >> 1984 >> immediately before Phase Distortion came in on the higher spec 'pro' CZ >> models in 1985. With the pitch bend wheel, midi and bell like 'digital >> sounds' (that FM and PD synthesis were famously good at generating) it >> sounds and behaves much more like a CZ than a 1000P. >> >> >> On 30 September 2013 13:16, D T <sneakyflute@...> wrote: >> >> ** >> >> Didn't Casio also have some sine-wave based engine on the 1000P and 701 >> (and probably others)? Could it have that technology instead? > D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/ > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
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Re: [CZsynth] RE: Casio CT-6000: has it phase distortion? (main ICs?)
2013-10-09 by Paul