Hi,
I think all the CZ synths are compatible on some level, although maybe in some cases, only by sending entire banks - not sure if single voices can be sent directly over MIDI. But someone with more experience than me can confirm. The CZ-1 manual describes the exact things that can be exchanged with 'lower' CZs, so I thought the -5000 manual would too, but I found a copy and it seems not to. I would _suspect_ it can exchange single and bank voices 'down' to the -3000 and -1000, but I can't be certain.
In any case, I presume clever programmers have released tools that can cleverly convert between any 2 different types of CZ!I think all the CZ synths are compatible on some level, although maybe in some cases, only by sending entire banks - not sure if single voices can be sent directly over MIDI. But someone with more experience than me can confirm. The CZ-1 manual describes the exact things that can be exchanged with 'lower' CZs, so I thought the -5000 manual would too, but I found a copy and it seems not to. I would _suspect_ it can exchange single and bank voices 'down' to the -3000 and -1000, but I can't be certain.
My new CZ-1 is waiting in storage to be unwrapped. :-) Enjoy your second -1000!