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Hi everyone, the new sounds or patches for the VZ is finally here and wait till you hear them. They are only on sysex files and they are Cliffs set-1, Cliffs set-2 and cliffs set-3. The only way to access these files is you need to register to a group at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CZ-VZ-Files/ while your there, look for a folder called vz-sounds. Better yet to make things alot easyer after you register, click on the link below and it will take you directly to my files but although you need to sign in first. Please note that one of my files had been posted here some time ago but now they are all new and better. Hope you'll enjoy them this time. http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CZ-VZ-Files/files/VZ%20-%20Sounds/
Thanks Clifton, it's great to see people still creating sounds for these machines.
Thank you so much and your so kindly welcome. It was my great honest pleasure to be adding new and fresh patches for thease amazing vz machines. It was something I always love to do ever since I went nuts over my own vz lol.. Again I thank you so much.
Hi! I bought a VZ10-M a good while back. Didn't demo it. Unit powers up, screen is dim, but clear with front-lighting. Been reading the manuals and such. No problem with the different read-outs. My problem is, no sound. I've used an Oxygen 8 and a Roland PC-300 keystation. These both work on other synths. Tried the 1 & 2 outputs, and the Phones out. Nothing. Is there some midi-send/ receive thing I'm not getting? I've got a Yamaha and an Emax that I use. Can someone please help me get my training wheels attached?
Hi William.
Menu 3-03 sets the Midi send and Midi receive channels. Make sure your keyboard is sending on the same channel that the VZ-10M is receiving on. Note that in Multi mode and when using keyboard split configurations in Combi and Operation modes it is possible to assign different Midi channels to different voices, so just use Normal mode to avoid confusion when trying to make it work.
The display brightness is adjusted by holding down the "Display" key while moving the data slider. However, failure of the electro-luminescent green backlight is a common problem in old machines. It is possible to repair that and there are is a company in Germany that sells the bits to do it: http://www.midi-rakete.de/
Thanks Steve,
I hooked up to my Emax and presto, sound! Awash with confidence, I plugged away on each keystation til I had access through them, also. Now I'm ready for the world further frustrations, but at least I've got my year-old VZ working. Now I can plumb all these menus.
Many thanks!
I have a PG380 in excellent condition with ROM card. Am thinking of selling. What would be a fair price to ask?
Thanks, Tom
You'll probably have to sell it on Ebay in order to have a good chance of finding someone who really wants one.
I'm not that familiar with the PG380, but if it has its own internal sounds as well as being able to be used with the ROM card, then I would recommend selling them separately. ROM cards can fetch upto 50 pounds on their own, and there will be other PG380 users who might want it.
PG380's don't come up on Ebay very often, probably only one or two per year at most, and I think they normally fetch about 100 pounds. They have a well known and common fault in that the electrolytic capacitors dry out over time and cause it to fail. If yours has been refurbished to replace all of those (as many PG380's have) then you should say so in your listing because I reckon that having had such a repair actually increases its value, not decreases it.
HI I´M FROM MEXICO AND I HAVE A CASIO PG 310 ,THAT DOESNT WORK BECAUSE THE CAPACITORS PROBLEM , I DECIDED TO CHANGE THEM AND I SAW A NOTE IN THIS CHAT OF ,GRAHAM 24-05-2007(gmerdith1@yahoo.com.au)WHERE HE GIVES A LIST OF THE CAPACITORS HE CHANGED ON HIS PG 380 ,AND HE ALSO MENTIONS THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A SECOND COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE THINGS HE NEEDED TO REPAIR HIS PG380.I LOOKED FOR THAT SECOND LIST BUT I COULDNT FIND IT .I WILL BE VERY PLEASED IF GRAHAM IS STILL FRECUENTING THIS CHAT TO DO ME THE FAVOR OF GIVING THE COMPLETE LIST ,AND IF THAT LIST IS THE SAME FOR THE PG310 CHEERS ISMAEL
Someone in the US just sold a non-working PG380 for $432 (£280) so maybe they're worth a bit more than I thought!
Sorry, forgot the link:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CASIO-PG-380-GUITAR-SYNTH-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ310180896705QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item483838dfc1
can I chat with someone here?
As long as it's about Casio VZ machines or the Casio PG guitars, so right ahead....
hi, my name is william and i'm from el salvador.
i have a casio vz-1 sinthetizer.... and i want to learn hoy to use a rom or ram card...
can some one tell me the name of de card's for my vz-1?
does this card's work like a sequencer? what ia mean is if while i'm playing the piano sound, can i have a background sound like a sax sounding..?
thank's for you'r help....
please send me the answer to my e-mail lewiswrcm@gmail.com
hi there,
thanks for the resource... very useful
was wondering if you've come across the sysex manual for the vz-8m yet.... if not i have a copy and will get it scanned and posted.... will this help for you to add the vz-8m to the controller program you have built?
Hi Paul.
I think someone did send me a copy of the VZ8 sysex manual some years ago. To be honest, it's not likely that I will ever implement it as it really is a lot of work to do, and I really don't have the time anymore. Also, as I don't have a VZ8 myself there's no incentive. Sorry.
o.k, i fully understand!
but could i ask for a little help in how to decipher the sysex string so i can make a vz-8m map for my midi controller....
if you could post a couple a couple of strings for the vz-10/1 with a brief description it would give me a massive head start as those 8ies manuals can be 'just a little' confusing at times!
best regards
paul
Hi
Does anybody have a program to load / save patches / banks on VZ-1?
I have Midi Quest but no extra pacthes. In the past I used VZPATCH but it is not woring on Vista.
regards!
Flavio ViT
Hi Flavio ViT,
there is a freeware called sysEX Librarian that is highly available. I personally bought it with over 128 Syx. files for the VZ-10M from a third party site and supposedly it works pretty well, though I have not tried it because my VZ is currently being shipped to me...
I was wondering if anyone on here had any RAM/ROM cards for the PG guitar that they would be interested in selling.
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