Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Hello all, I just joined this group to get the VZ programming pdf in 
the files section, but I just thought I'd share my VZ joy with you 
all.  I just bought one, brand new unopened in the box for $100.  Now, 
I've been using midi gear for over 15 years, and aside from my first 
two synthesizers, purchased with an insurance settlement, I've been 
relegated to picking up whatever I can find very cheaply on the used 
market.  So my rig is not pretty, much of the equipment is beat up or 
had to be repaired before I could use it.  So what a joy it was to open 
up a brand new VZ, with all the little accessories that most people 
have probably lost by now.  The pouch for the ROM card, and the plastic 
cheat-sheet cards, for example.  And did you know the VZ-10m originally 
came with a free MIDI cable, a 1/4" to RCA cable and the chunkiest 1/4" 
to RCA adaptor I've ever seen?  OH well, I had considered keeping it 
sealed in the box as a 'collectors item' since it survived so long 
there already, but I wanted to use it and unpacking it was so much fun!

Anyway, does anyone know for sure whether the XLR output is balanced?  
I suspect it isn't but I've been using it anyway since my 1/4" cables 
are in shorter supply than my XLR cables...

I think it's not balanced, but anyway you'd probably want to use the 1/4" outputs as there are two of them- for stereo patches or multi-mode this is very useful.

To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com

From: zoinky420@...
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:43:27 +0000
Subject: [CZsynth] The joys of a brand new VZ-10m



















    
            Hello all, I just joined this group to get the VZ programming pdf in 

the files section, but I just thought I'd share my VZ joy with you 

all.  I just bought one, brand new unopened in the box for $100.  Now, 

I've been using midi gear for over 15 years, and aside from my first 

two synthesizers, purchased with an insurance settlement, I've been 

relegated to picking up whatever I can find very cheaply on the used 

market.  So my rig is not pretty, much of the equipment is beat up or 

had to be repaired before I could use it.  So what a joy it was to open 

up a brand new VZ, with all the little accessories that most people 

have probably lost by now.  The pouch for the ROM card, and the plastic 

cheat-sheet cards, for example.  And did you know the VZ-10m originally 

came with a free MIDI cable, a 1/4" to RCA cable and the chunkiest 1/4" 

to RCA adaptor I've ever seen?  OH well, I had considered keeping it 

sealed in the box as a 'collectors item' since it survived so long 

there already, but I wanted to use it and unpacking it was so much fun!



Anyway, does anyone know for sure whether the XLR output is balanced?  

I suspect it isn't but I've been using it anyway since my 1/4" cables 

are in shorter supply than my XLR cables...




      

    
    
	
	
	
	


	


	
	
	
	
	


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Congrats on your NEW VZ. (I have the VZ-8M.) You may want to check 
out the files section here and in the companion/overflow group for 
VZ files. Several users have posted some patches. As I recall, one 
user (Clifford, I think) posted two banks of original patches that 
really push the VZ synth engine. Others have posted some excellent, 
original patches as well. Even if you will be creating your own 
sounds, you may find them inspiring. 
--Steve

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CZ-VZ-Files/


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "zoinky420" <zoinky420@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all, I just joined this group to get the VZ programming pdf 
in 
> the files section, but I just thought I'd share my VZ joy with you 
> all.  I just bought one, brand new unopened in the box for $100.  
Now, 
> I've been using midi gear for over 15 years, and aside from my 
first 
> two synthesizers, purchased with an insurance settlement, I've 
been 
> relegated to picking up whatever I can find very cheaply on the 
used 
> market.  So my rig is not pretty, much of the equipment is beat up 
or 
> had to be repaired before I could use it.  So what a joy it was to 
open 
> up a brand new VZ, with all the little accessories that most 
people 
> have probably lost by now.  The pouch for the ROM card, and the 
plastic 
> cheat-sheet cards, for example.  And did you know the VZ-10m 
originally 
> came with a free MIDI cable, a 1/4" to RCA cable and the chunkiest 
1/4" 
> to RCA adaptor I've ever seen?  OH well, I had considered keeping 
it 
> sealed in the box as a 'collectors item' since it survived so long 
> there already, but I wanted to use it and unpacking it was so much 
fun!
> 
> Anyway, does anyone know for sure whether the XLR output is 
balanced?  
> I suspect it isn't but I've been using it anyway since my 1/4" 
cables 
> are in shorter supply than my XLR cables...
>

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> 
wrote:
>
> Congrats on your NEW VZ. (I have the VZ-8M.) You may want to check 
> out the files section here and in the companion/overflow group for 
> VZ files. Several users have posted some patches. As I recall, one 
> user (Clifford, I think) posted two banks of original patches that 
> really push the VZ synth engine. Others have posted some excellent, 
> original patches as well. Even if you will be creating your own 
> sounds, you may find them inspiring. 
> --Steve
> 
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CZ-VZ-Files/
> 
> 

Hey thanks I didn't know there was another 'overflow' group to this 
one.  I definitely plan on collecting all the patches I can find, and 
I hope that I can get my head around programming some patches 
myself.  I also hope I can program up a template for the Peavey PC-
1600x fader box to access some of the VZ's parameters more easily, 
but I just got the PC-1600x and haven't got very proficient with it 
yet.  I was hoping I'd find a VZ template to download for it 
somewhere but so far I haven't found one.  I did read somewhere that 
the VZ transmits all its patch data at once rather than having the 
ability to edit individual parameters remotely, so that might hinder 
the usability of an external fader box for editing the VZ but I guess 
I won't find out until I roll up my sleeves and give it a try.

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Scott Nordlund <gsn10@...> wrote:
>
> 
> I think it's not balanced, but anyway you'd probably want to use the 
1/4" outputs as there are two of them- for stereo patches or multi-mode 
this is very useful.
>

Yeah I don't think it's balanced either, but I was under the impression 
the outputs are '1' and '2' like with the TX81Z, rather than 'left' 
and 'right'.  So are there actual stereo patches?

There aren't stereo patches, but there are stereo combinations of layered patches, with one (or 2) sound(s) assigned to each output.  These can be detuned copies of the same patch, giving a nice stereo effect.

In multi-mode the first 4 channels (8 voices) are assigned to output 1, and the rest to output 2.

I'm not familiar with the TX81z so I don't know how it  compares to that.

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From: zoinky420@...
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:13:33 +0000
Subject: [CZsynth] Re: The joys of a brand new VZ-10m



















    
            --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, Scott Nordlund <gsn10@...> wrote:

>

> 

> I think it's not balanced, but anyway you'd probably want to use the 

1/4" outputs as there are two of them- for stereo patches or multi-mode 

this is very useful.

>



Yeah I don't think it's balanced either, but I was under the impression 

the outputs are '1' and '2' like with the TX81Z, rather than 'left' 

and 'right'.  So are there actual stereo patches?




      

    
    
	
	
	
	


	


	
	
	
	
	


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