Of course it is not the answer to everything... it is merely a suggestion to get the sort of timbres that the Casio synths have and I only made the suggestion since there is no VZ emulation so the only choices are to buy old hardware or use existing softsynths to come as close as possible... and the CZ and VZ may be very different, but they have some similar character... the VZ has some different sound, but also some similar sound...fmr wrote:I didn't listen to the examples, but if they come from the factory sounds, they are not good examples. The majority of the sounds are merely average, IMO, and you can get better if you dig deeper in the synthesis engine (which is only possible with a software editor, IMO). The same happened woith the CZ - the factory sounds are almost useless, and one would only start to like the synth after starting programming it.pdxindy wrote:
I listened to the audio examples posted of the VZ, and I guess you could come close enough to many of them with Zebra that plenty of people would be happy with the result... VZ or CZ, there is a common basic sound. And you can get that with Zebra... Like I said it is not at all an emulation, but some people do not necessarily care about an exact emulation, and mostly would like to get the particular sonic quality. I like that airy/fizzy sound and it has its own character.
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And I insist - you can't compare CZ and VZ - they are NOT the same thing. The only thing they have in common, as a matter of fact, is the Z in the name, and fact that both use eight stage envelopes. If you come from a CZ and start working with a VZ, you will feel completely lost (been there, done that).
Zebra is a fantastic synth, and I like it a lot, but iit can't be the answer to everything.
Also, another suggestion is Bazille... It can have many similar tones to the Casio synths as well cause it has PD/RM/AM and all osc's can modulate each other...
