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MartynM · Post by **MartynM** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:04 am

Yay! A Casio VZ1 was my first synth, I used to get some mental noises out of it by throwing too much midi at it from Cubase1's midi fx processor. It was a much under-rated synth, I think people of the day tended to think that anything with the word Casio on the front of it had to be a bit shit, but it was every bit as good as a DX7 imho.

Them were the days.

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BFunKu · Post by **BFunKu** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:12 am

Funk-Station CZ-400 VSTi
http://www.mediafire.com/?4tfrd52ue5l

beej · Post by **beej** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:40 am

Yeah, that looks like a highly accurate CZ clone, that one...

BFunKu · Post by **BFunKu** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:14 am

No not really

Never said it was accurate nor did I make it is just called the CZ-400 and it actually sounds rather good even if it doesn't actual model a real CZ.

afreshcupofjoe · Post by **afreshcupofjoe** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:33 am

PlastiCZ anyone?

beej · Post by **beej** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:05 am

PlastiCZ has some of the sound character from the CZ range but again, the lack of 8-stage envelopes means some of the nicer stuff can't be done. It's more of a soft PD synth in its own right - whereas I would like a "proper" sysex-compatible emulation...

Andywanders · Post by **Andywanders** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:02 am

Thing is, the CZ range of synths sounded different to the VZ synths (VZ 1, VZ10M and VZ8M). Although they were both based on Phase Distortion, the VZ range had a lot more tricks up it's sleeve than the CZs. It's a real shame that Casio stopped making those synths - I guess there's more money in cash registers [ha ha ha... geddit..?]

Cheers,

[Solstice] · Post by **[Solstice]** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:28 am

A good Casio CZ Inspired Dual Line Phase Distortion Synthesizer :
SONIC ASSAULT Kassiopeia!

Summa wrote:Do you have my VZ tutorial? It's in its early stage but explains how to convert FM Sounds to the VZ and how to fade between ringmod and AM, what hopefully makes understanding the system behind the synth a little easier...

When it comes to the stuck notes, make sure the end level is 0 for every END Stage of every Mx Envelope that isn't set to Phase.

Where can I find your VZ tutorial ?
Thank you very much !

a33e · Post by **a33e** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:11 pm

Andywanders wrote:Thing is, the CZ range of synths sounded different to the VZ synths (VZ 1, VZ10M and VZ8M). Although they were both based on Phase Distortion, the VZ range had a lot more tricks up it's sleeve than the CZs. It's a real shame that Casio stopped making those synths - I guess there's more money in cash registers [ha ha ha... geddit..?]

Cheers,

And imagine if they would have made version with knobs! Tweaking envelopes with sliders / buttons would be orgastic! Compared to clicking and pushing buttons..

Nobody prevents somebody to create dedicated hardware sysex controller for it if casio is not interested..

And for TX81Z, DX11 etc..

General MIDI controllers are OK but can't beat dedicated ones with text for every button / knob.

Shamanix · Post by **Shamanix** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:44 pm

+1 for Digital, it may not be an emulation but I think it can get pretty close.

I'd also love to see a proper emulation of at least one Casio PD synth, preferably with SysEx import and stuff, I mean how hard can it be?
The market is flooded with emulations of analog synths, but purely digital synth emulations are almost non-existent (excl. Yamaha FM stuff).
I'd love to see some Casio, Kawai, etc emulations!

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:55 pm

While we're at it, u-he is going to release a *modular* FM/PM/PD synth some time later this year. Or maybe next yera. Depends

This Is Serious Mum.

(IIRC iPD is basically a combination out of PD with Phase Modulation, Ringmodulation and Amplitude Modulation, so we can safely say that a modular PD/PM/FM synth does iPD)

GJK · Post by **GJK** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:00 pm

Urs wrote:While we're at it, u-he is going to release a *modular* FM/PM/PD synth some time later this year. Or maybe next yera. Depends

This Is Serious Mum.

(IIRC iPD is basically a combination out of PD with Phase Modulation, Ringmodulation and Amplitude Modulation, so we can safely say that a modular PD/PM/FM synth does iPD)

ummmm holy crap!!!!!!!!!!

LXNDR1 · Post by **LXNDR1** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:00 pm

BFunKu wrote:
Funk-Station CZ-400 VSTi
http://www.mediafire.com/?4tfrd52ue5l

now can be found at http://web.archive.org/web/200512010945 ... /synth.htm
and
http://www.gersic.com/plugins/index.php?daCat=23

Clifton · Post by **Clifton** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:37 pm

In case if were still waiting for a software version of the iPD synth to come out or if it will ever come, I want to inform you and everyone that a new set of casio VZ patches are now here and wait till you hear them. Replicated asian instruments and ethnic sounds that should be worth hearing. All on sysex and one of them is called cliffs4.5ethno right here at:
http://www.cosmosynth.userpage.de/

[Solstice] · Post by **[Solstice]** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:33 pm

Urs wrote:While we're at it, u-he is going to release a *modular* FM/PM/PD synth some time later this year. Or maybe next yera. Depends

This Is Serious Mum.

(IIRC iPD is basically a combination out of PD with Phase Modulation, Ringmodulation and Amplitude Modulation, so we can safely say that a modular PD/PM/FM synth does iPD)

Any news, please ?

Casio VZ-1 vsti