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    I HAD THE ORIGINAL of this book when I owned a functioning Casio CZ 1 The book was very helpful. I had no knowledge of Synth programming. This helped me navigate the waters to be able to create sounds on my late lamented CZ1. I'm going to find another when possible. That is STILL a great synth.

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    I HAD THE ORIGINAL of this book when I owned a functioning Casio CZ 1 The book was very helpful. I had no knowledge of Synth programming. This helped me navigate the waters to be able to create sounds on my late lamented CZ1. I'm going to find another when possible. That is STILL a great synth.

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    An Insider's Guide To Casio CZ Synthesizers

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    Wendell Brooks
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    ES ecl ae CASIO. GZ SYNTHESIZER See eet) SOUT aR OT a Seales he Executive Editor: Sendy Feldstein Managing Editor: Patrick Wilson | Art Direction: Ted Engelbert LayoutDesign: Susan Hartman Cover Design: Thom Dower Casi lago courtesy Casi ine. ‘esyran | MONLY Aled Pbchng Co. In ‘seN #osezessare for Lesiie and Adam BIOGRAPHY ‘Andtow Schlesinger is a synnsictcomposer who has worked ‘extensively in the field of synthesizer programering forthe last 12 yoar. Ho stucod synthesizer basis a the Boston Schoo! of Electonic Music In ‘he ite 70s, and in 1985 founded Synthetic Productions, an independent programming company dedieatos othe producion ofa high-qualy ioe brary forthe Casio CZ line of synthesizers He is now recognized a8 one of he foremost authoritos on C2 programming, nd Mis CZ Super Casio Program voice cartridges are onsdered fo contain come ef he best patches avaiable for these synthesizers. He curtoty resides in Now York with his wile and son, and iS creating a voce ibrar ‘or Casio's new V2 series of synthesizers €2 SUPER CASIO PROGRAMS ‘The GZ Super Casio Programs area soris of thee diferent 64-voice RAM cartridges, ech containing a wide variety of stuci-qualty patches thatean be Used In allot the CZ syihesizers. For more information, please contact Symtate Productions 545 West End Avenue Now York, NY. 10024 = | CONTENTS ] Preface . ‘Acknowiedgemenis Introduction } CHAPTERS | 1. SOUND MADE SIMPLE ENVELOPE AMPLITUDE FREQUENCY TIMBRE 2. THE CONCEPTS OF CONTROL & MODULES | MoouLes ‘Generators Moaitors Contos | 3. PHASE DISTORTION EXPLAINED ... | 4. INSIDE THE ENVELOPES 8 a 3 ° 3 ENVELOPE SHAPES ‘tack ‘Decay Sustan | eonse | envevope Stess 7 “Accessing an Envcope and Programing tie Sap 7 To“Atr he Vavos of RATE or ever 8 T, Oycie tough th Ditorent ENV STEPS ‘9 ENVELOPE POINT? 19 SUSTAIN PONT 20 To Progra aid Sa th Susi Ping 8 | END POINT? a -Prograrining the End Point a INSIDER'S TIPS ON Ee 2 5, ANATOMY OF THE Cz . 24 | THEEFFECT secrion 24 | ‘iors Ovor Pi | ch Bond Rage 2 | Ponamento 26 |THE PROGRAMMER SECTION 2% “Prosets 38 intemal z Cant 2 wv An Insider's Guida to the Casio OZ 6, CZ-1 EXTRAS! \GomparerRecall ‘Solo “one ie “ip Sata ane ibe ‘Keyboard Spit ‘To Seta Keyboard Spit. Key Transpose. ‘Weta Witing to inarnai~ Bingo Paich C2-0171000) Wating to Cartndge — Single Patch (C2-101/1006) ‘Saving 16 intemal Patches to Canoe z:101/1000), Loading 16 Cartage Voices ito Inara Momma (6Z.101 10171000), Wing to inemnal — Sing Paich (22° 3000'5000) Woting t Cartnage (Cz 000'5000) ‘Saving itornal Barks A & Bo Carrio ‘Saving Inoral Barks © & D to Carrie ‘Loading a Set of 16:Cartidge Patches itd Internal Banks A © Loading a Second Set ot 16 Garrige Paiches into janks C4 D ‘THE DATA ENTRY SECTION Value UCD window ‘THE PARAMETER SECTION ‘rato Sota The ine: The 62 Sound Chain Line Select Line 1 Only Line 2On)) Line 1+ Une ‘Programming Possbitastor ib Lines tine re cine aavetorn Faronic Coen (WAVEFORMS 18) ‘The 060 ‘The BOW ‘The BOA Detune “Th fing odistor “The Nol Modator ‘nal Mastor Tun iol & THE CZ ‘The C2-101/1000 ‘ecossing ho MD) Paratars ‘Using the Ml. Tinbral Mode "The €2-9000/5000 ‘Using the MIDI More ode ‘Soting Ditorent Pathos tor Each hii Ghani Contents 28 2 a a 3 2 2 3 m4 o a5 35 38 Sessesesseese ese 36 58 = SSS Transfering a Cartridge Voice to intemal Using the i | EXCHANGE Button a | Patch Mom 6a ‘Normal Keyboaid ode 84 “Tone Ms Koyboara Modo 6 To Detune the Second Patch Using TONE Mix” Bs | | ‘To Ea the Parameters ofthe Two Patches 65 Key Spit Keyboard Mode 6 ‘Opesaton Memory Made 8 Tp Access the 6¢ Dileren! Operation Memories 85 | Foca an Operation Memory so s | Gide Onof| . 7 |THE EFFECT SECTION : “Gide a Oa i “Modulation Whistifor Touch ea ‘THE DATA ENTRY SECTION ‘THE DATA'SAVE LOAD SECTION “To Buk Save Intemal Vooos o Caro cd | To Bulk Load Cartage Vowces into Internal ‘Location « | To Transit Syston Exclusive Patch inormaion 20 To Reco Load) Satan cue Pach era 70 THE PARAMETER SECTION i ‘Nome 8 Torn Na ia Pach i | ‘arate “Coping Para iis Oe Lia i ir | oer ver Mota tHe O24 co ” Inpenen i i 8 Seting Una wine Mt vce aang Satya Pach sen Chock Ore 3 7. TRICKS & TIPS: 20 INSIDER'S PATCHES PATCH 1:"5th Stairway” PATCH 2: Oriental #5* PATCH 3: “Ghorus-Lead™ PATCH &: "Spey PATCH 5: "Hollow Soi | PATCH 6:-Combo Organ PATCH 7: Genene Digtal” PATCH 8:-Atncan #1" PATCH 9:"Giook NT Brass” | PATCH 10: *Fiutey” PATCH 11: "Elctne Brum | PATCH i2:"Dual Echo" PATCH 13:" | PATCH 14:-Siow-Stingor” PATCH 15:-Video Game PATCH 16; "Analog Full” 83 PATCH 17: "Crescendo Brass* 83 | PATCH 18: "Heavy Syncswoep" 9 | PATCH 19: *Conbelr es PATCH 20: "Frog Piano 5 PATCH FORM... % vi ‘An Insider's Guide fo the Casio C2 PREFACE | Why another book onthe CZ? Wel the main eason is that, athough thore are quite afew books and manuals that provde an aburdares of | Seimaligenednomaian nit oz eresouns nbs cine lack of practical howto, hands-on inermation on programing igh-qualty sounds using the Casio Phase Distortion matnod of synthesis. Infact, another tile for ths Book might ba "How to Program the Casio OZ Syrinesizors by Yoursal “This book was writen to provide you win beter understaning of how your C2 synthesizer generates sounds and wih the necessary Information for tanslaing tho sounds your oad into musicaly saistying patches fr your C2 syntiesize. The programming eancents ). MODIFIERS, ‘A meciioris @ modulo that performs some typeof modlcaion o either | the timbre or ampltude ofthe audio signal. The main modifi in te CZ inciade the CCW (Digitally Contalles Waveshaper), which modites the hatmonie content ofthe aus signal produced by two DCO. and the OCA (Digtally Convoled Ampiiien, whicn modiies the amplitude oft aucio ‘ignal, The Ring Modulators aso a typ of imbre modifier but will be ‘soussod in frtner tala, ‘CONTROLLERS Control modules in tha eynthaclzor ar tho theoretical “rectors” nthe ‘sound chain, They prodsee contol signal, which aro rosponsble fr ‘recing, regulating, and conoling te functions of th generators and ‘modifiers. Infact, the gonerator and modifier modulos are realy kindof sat in and of tmealves, They need the controls to "el" them how to perform thar respec uncon. Again the keyboa teling the DCOs ‘what pches to play i a good example of a contol functon. Control signals ao the second ype of signal found inthe synthesizer; these produce no aucble requencies (sound). The contol signals follow Se The Concepts of Contra! & Modules a the contro path trough the synthesize, which i totaly separate om the ‘auco pat. Convo signals ara represantod by broken arrows (----») In te block ciagrams used in ns book, ‘Tho main controler in he CZ include: tho Keyboara the Envelope Generators + the Low Fraquency Oseilator (LFO) the Poh Bend Whee! ‘As you approach your CZ, iis very helptl to take some time and examine ‘he various sections to dotarmine the types ang numbers othe tho ) in the Data Entry section to position te cursor (he Mashing bar) under the RATE or LEVEL parameter you wish to change. 18 ‘An Insigor's Guide fo the Casio CZ 2. By pressing the VALUE buttons (v or 4), you can decreas or inroaso the Selected parameter’ value. Prossing the VALUE button once wil increase the value one stop ata tne; holding the Button down wil cau the valu to scroll ata quick rata, allowing you to make large changes ina parametors valve rlatvaly quick. (One tp regarding the changing of envelope values: noiing down any notes on the keyboard while you are attempting to scroll through the values ofa parameter wil slow down the speed ofthe scroling process. It Is boet to fst altar your values and then play the keyboard to hear what ffect he cnange has had on ho sound, Atthls point it shoul be mentioned that you can onl view and program fone envelope step ata time. To program the values none ofthe other ‘ops, you must frst call up tht stepon the LCD window using the ENV 'STEP button. You can uso thoso Button to yl trough the varus p8 ofthe envelope, one by ane. To cyclo through the Different ENV STEPS: 1 By pressing the buttons marked v (DOWN) and * (UP) under the ENV ‘STEP heacing 1 tho rght af the LCD window, itis possible to cyte {trough the difarent stops of tho envelapo in asoonding o descenaing ‘order. The envelope steps wil automatically "wrap around to he fest sep fonee you reach the lat stan in the envelope, 2. As you oyle tough the various steps ofthe envelope, the RATE and LEVEL settings foreach step wil appear inthe LCD window, alongwith tho stop numbor flat you know whien ENV STEP you ae vowing. Once you roach the step that you wish te program or edt stop pressing the ENV STEP buttons, and the parameter for hat step will immediately become civ. At is point it's possbie o program a new valu forthe RATE and LEVEL, ort lor an existing value. 3. To move to another sep ofthe envelope use the ENV STEP buttons to {yo tothe dostod stop rambo. Eivelcre ONT Ityou took at igure 16 on te next page. you will notice that here are actualy six segments tothe envelope, even tough ony five steas were Used, In action te being the "second decay” section of he envelop. STEP also tunctone asthe sustain point a ToT aor EO TER fae ® tak ~ ® 50 ey ® vo datas @ deny TAO pan er Figure 16 step envelope SUSTAIN POINT What sustain point (ig. 16) refors tis ths: once a kay is coprossed, the envelope wil ravel though STEP 1, STEP 2, STEP 3, and STEP 4, and Upon reaching the LEVEL value programmed into STEP 4 (a valve of 60). the envelopo wil sustain, or remain a the programmed LEVEL (60), er a8 long asthe key is held down (STEP 4). Thus, STEP 4 has been programmed as the sustain point. follows then, that he lve! setting that ‘has been programmed for whataver stop is chosen as tha sustain pont automaticaly becomes the sustain eve To Program and Set the Sustain Point: 4. Using the ENV STEP butons, oycle trough the envelope othe step number you wish to pregram asthe sustain point. —EE—EEE—————— 2, Prees the button labeled SUSTAIN under the Envelope Pont heading ‘This wil automatally set the ste that is currently selecod asthe sustain pint; he word SUS will paar inthe LCD window to confi tis. 2. To turn the sustain point ot, simply press the SUSTAIN button a second tine, Facts: “The sustain point can beset to any step except he lat stop of an envelope, “Thore can ony bo one sustain point within an envelope. Its also possible tohave no sustain point in an envelope, ‘Tho sustain points "volatio” and wil change anytime you press the ‘SUSTAIN button ducing the programing ofan envelop. For example, i you program an envelopes sustain point tobe set o STEP 3 and then {yee trough the envelope to STEP 1 and hit the SUSTAIN button, STEP "wil now ba set and remembered as he susiain pont, not STEP 3 END POINT: ‘The last programmable function or parameter ofthe EG is known as the lend point. Setting tho end point wil determine which stop wit be the last ‘one of th envelope. It you dont wh 0 use alight envelope stops, you wil need to shorten the envelope by seting the end pont io a lowor numbered step. Programming the End Point: 4. To solact any ofthe elt possible stops as the ond point. pross tho ‘button marked END under the Env Point heading to the lf of ha LCD. ‘window This automaticaly eats Pe current displayed sep a8 ho ond point. ‘2 The stap number that has been selected as the end pont wl determine the total numberof steps within the envelop, you eet STEP 5 asthe ‘and point, for example, only STEPS 1 through wil appear on tho LCD as you Bylo through he various envelope stops. 3. Prossing the END buton a second time wile the curent lower numbered end point (below STEP ) is being deplayedin tho LOD window wil automaticaly resot the end pont back to STEP 8. Prossing the END bution while any other step is boing displayed wil automaticaly sot that stop as tho ond point 4:The end points level parameter wil automaticaly beset to a valve of 0 ven the end point i elected. No ther value can be programmed for Insise the Envelopes a this step. The end point functions asthe Release section of he envelope, and the RATE value ofthis stop wil determine te envelopes release rate. INSIDER'S TIPS ON EG's There area numberof quis tothe 07's EGs that should be mentioned ‘These are not evdent al face value, ard can be very uselu to Know while programming an envelope: 1. The RATE and LEVEL values fora eight stops ofthe envelope are ‘remembered as part of the patch, even ifyeu set te end point toa lower-numbered stop and stor tho patch with tis lower numbered orc | ain fren shpat cn ‘Sopa se noeonormaree, Sect ao Seine Soetienetier. | ROS ch creme sete an menace nego im see Riyseudor2Stsmmsrere roams as Soe Seepage ee mcm sata aaron nee le ra ‘Tne only problem you might encounter dung this process is when you shorton an already shortened envelope. The endpoint is always reset to ‘STEP 8 when itis moved trom alowor-numbered end point. Aways make a mental note of where the previous end pont was set you are editing ‘an envelope with les than eight stops. 2. You can tum any ofthe envelopes of by moving the en point to STEPS, ‘Since the LEVEL value forthe endpoint is automaticaly sa 1000, seting the ond point to STEP 1 willcancal the envelope’ effect. you 60s the DCA envelope, wil sut of the sound ofthe ine completo. you fate not geting any sound from one ofthe ines, check to soi the DCA {envelope's end points sotto STEP 1 {9 Tharo must bo at eas #one-ncrementditerence between the LEVEL ‘Stings of successive envelope stops forth EG to Yecognze" Mat the ‘Second sep exsis. It the LEVEL of STEP 1 is 38, andthe LEVEL of STEP 2 6 33, and the | LEVEL ot STEP 3is:34, na computer wilignore and bypass STEP 2 and ‘move dioaty to STEP 3,sinoe Weannet elect any LEVEL enange Detwoen STEP 1 and STEP 2. Alays shorion yt to include only the stops that have a change in the value ofthe LEVEL paramotar 2 ‘An Insider's Guide tothe Casio CZ ‘envelope much clearer and quicker. “That about covers he base programming ps rogaréng the C2's EGS, By ‘ow you should have some idea of how the envelopes are programmed land undorstand what the aifernt sections and functions ofthe envelope ate. Figure 17 dplays several possible onelepes one could program, however the possties are ences, {tom the previous stop. This will make viewing the various steps witin an ‘The envelope gonorators are really the heat of the CZ. Ganaraly, tho largest amount of programming time is spent seting up and refining the ‘On/OFt, and Portamento Timo Also foundin ths areas tho Pion Bond ‘Wheel, which provdee realtime contol over tho “bending” ofp. VIBRATO ONOFF ‘The VIBRATO button allows you totum the vibrato effect on and off a any tine. Thora aro a fw facts speci to each CZ model that govern tho use ‘ofthis buton, Facts: | (ez 1011000) ‘Tne GZ 101/1000 do not provide any realsime contol over the depth of te vibrato; vibrato depths programed in the Parameter sector of the synth ‘Any patch that has boon programmed to include any amount o vibrato ‘opin wil always appoar wit the vibrato on whenever tis seloctd. Pressing the VIBRATO bution once wil turn the vibrato of; ressing ta _aacond ma wil turn the vbeto Back on. Remember, hie bution Mas MO ‘elect onthe dept ofthe vibrato, only turns the elect on and oft. Its possbte 1 conral the Vrate OniOt uretion rom an external MIDI 24 ‘An Insider's Guide to the Casio CZ controler. The Mod Whee! (Modulation Wha) of most larger synthesizers (CZ-1, DX7, etc) wil tun the vibeato on a you raise the Mod Wheel and turn it of as you lower tho Med Whodl. Various synthesizers equi diferent amounts of Mod Wheel “rave” to turn the ‘rato on and ll. Again, Es wil only Tum the vibrato on and ot and wll have no affect on its depth (c2-3000/8000 & 62-1) ‘These C2 models provide a Mod Wha, which does allow roab-imo ‘contol over the ph of the vorato afc Theta ar afew atforances in tha funetoning of his button on these models, ‘The ONOFF switch locted above this wheel abows you to choose whathervieate depth willbe contoleg by the Med Wheel (vato on) or by the seting programmed inthe Pavametor section (vate of as onthe 2 10171000). When the Mod Wheels being used to control the depth ofthe vrato, the programmable Vato Delay in he Parameter section is dsabled. (The Function of the Vibrato Delay is covered ater in bis chapter) \When the vibrato ison ts depth canbe controle by an extemal MIDI contol as wall as by tne Med Wheel PITCH BENO RANGE Pressing the BEND RANGE buton allows you o set the maximum range of pitch shit hat will occur when the CZ's Pich Bend Wheels moved 1 its maximum seting. Tis setingatects both the postive and nogative travel of the Pich Whool~04, I tho rango is sot a7, tho pitch wil rise a ‘5th when the whe! moved upto is fl extension and will dp 2 5h ‘when the wheels moved down tots ul extension. Facts: BEND RANGE is sti half-stop increments using the VALUE buttons in the Data Entry section Pitch Bond alvay alocts both DCOs. Pitch Bond canbe contolied by an extemal MIDI contol. ‘The BEND RANGE soting governs the maximum pitch shit ats “receivable” rom an external contol. BEND RANGE is a “global soting, Le, iaffects aol the CZs patchos tho ‘same and cannot be indvicually programmed for each pach ‘Anatomy ofthe OZ 8 __________ eee ae ‘Tuming the Pertamnto on causes the pitch ofa note to “aide othe next 38 yOU play the Keyboard instead of there being an instantaneous charge {rom one note to the nex. This “string” effects mest noticable between long note ditances, | Facts: PORTAMENTO ONOFF turns the eftcton and of. This function can be remotely controled via MID! Prossing the PORTAMENTO GLIDE button allows you to program the "glide time” between notes. The higher the value, te longer tne gioe ‘he; the lower the value, te shortor the glide te, | PORTAMENTO TIME isa global sting | Inte Sot Mode, the portamento eect wl ony be heart you play legato (0 if your arowiation ofthe nots is smoot and continous). you lay staat (Le, short ane “choppy"), you wil ot hear any portamento |Wen the CZs played polyptoncaly, the portamento will not aways ‘zavol rm the last note you play toa now note. ean be difcul os predct winere the pitch wil actualy gd trom when you are paying Polyphonic. THEPROGRAMMERSEGTION ‘Tho Programmer secton contains al atthe paten storage and recall functions. This secon enablas you o select patches from either the reso. nternal or carvidge a1eas, and to eelactvely swap and sto (satel 80 ‘An Insider's Guide to tho Casio CZ PATCH 4: ‘SPIKEY" INTENT: Accentuating the «attack transient by adding 4 pitch spike ‘This patch conte along wth the idea o using the DCO ENV to create ite siting effects. Whore this patch fre sin tho amount of pt shit and in he numberof pte shils. The DCO ENV is used to create four very sight "ripples" or waves" nthe pic of LINE 2. m STEP t ol he envelope, the Love value is ais0d 1 OF, in STEP 2 th Levels setback 1000, n STEP 3 tho Lovel goes back upto OF, and in STEP 4 the Level {908s back 1009. The Rates for each of hese sips are sat to low values, 130 that the Level ofthe DCO envelope, and thertore th pth, wil change relatively slowly rom one stop to the nex. This eauses a detuning ‘efecto take place betweon the pches of LINE (whieh has no pith change) and LINE 2(whese pitch is constanty gong up and down tausing ito be ateratey in tune and outa tune wis LINE 1), “Thare are wo othor Wings that are important to notice inthis patch. The {irstis thatthe actual Dotune uncon ls usod to lower the overall pitch of LINE 2so thatthe sound wi star fat, then como upto pth, then go fat, {and then come back upto ptch. This s more etfacive than having the tengo sharp hen come back down optch, then go sharp agai, et. ‘Tho second thing to noice is thatthe Ate Envelope ofthe sound lends approximataly arounc the same time thatthe pitch siting process stops. So the sound decays asthe chorusng ocou's ands prety mush inauefole when the chorusng stops, This makes ie feta Ite less ‘obvious, since the sound has prety much ded away by the me tha DCO ‘envelope nas complete its wavel through ts step, ‘Ticks & Tips:20 Isler Patches at “Tiss tho last of the patches that feature the DCO ENV as the main ‘subject of interest and probably he least complex of he four. n this patch wo aro using the DCO ENV o adda sharp "ransiont” to the beginning o! ‘the sound by programming a var fast io and alin te plich. AS you can ‘586, only two steps of the OCO ENV are used to create this etlect. In STEP 4, the Love ses to avalue of 88 ata Rata of 9 to STEP 2, where the Level crops back cown to 00 at a Rata of 97. This causes the pitch to rise | and fal over roughly a tree-octave range nan extamely short pelos of tie. You don't actualy hear the pic's travel, but you do percalve avery stn "spk" or ‘pop atthe beginning ofeach noe, This s vary weet In accentuating the atlacks of short. percussive sounds and forging | bass sounds more punch. Tis technique can also be employed wit the ‘OCW and OCA envelope, altough you might find I more Uset io st the Love of STEP 2 somewat higher so the bre or amplitude won't, Immodiatoly dio away. You can then program a second or “supplementary” decay between STEP 2 and STEP 9 tat does not have sucha fast decay rate, PATCHS: "HOLLOW SOFT” INTENT: Using Detune to {atton 2 sound In» | uate mode ‘This patch is a good example of two concep that were touched on inthe "Anatomy of the G2" chapter. The fests the usefulness ofthe dual-ine ‘modo LINE 1 « LINE 1, and the second i using the Detune function to fatten a sound. The Detun in this patch causes the pich ofthe second LINE 1 tobe slighty fater han the pic ofthe frst LINE 1. When these two lines are added together (as they automaticaly are inthis mode), a SSS 32 “An Insider's Guide tothe Casio GZ PATCH 6: “COMBO ORGAN" INTENT: Using the Detune to create organ sounde in valine mode beating ofect i created between thom. Tho aural eet o this similar to that of chorusing and is very usetlin thickening a sound. Only te Fine Control seting is utized, as we only want o sigh dotune he pich of the second Line, Tho most useful value range forthe Fine Cont! between 03 and 10. Values below 03 wil cause more ofa slow, “churning” effect inthe pitch than a chorusing eect. (Homever values below 03 can be very usoul or bass sounds, giving them that oid analog ‘sound. Fine setings above a value of 10 wil genaraly cause too much chorusing and wil make the sound appear tobe out of tune. (Valuos above 10 can somtimes be usetl recreating the cut-oF-tune efcts of “honky-tonk” plane or acooedan,) The other thing to considor in his sound is hat snco we want o detune the sound of LINE 1 agaist ise, ts easiest to uso th Dual Line Select ‘Mode of LINE 1 + LINE . Il would be a waste of time to goto tha aula ot reprogramming ai ofthe values of LINE 1 ito LINE 2 when we can essortaly have the same result using this Lne Seleet Mode, Using the DDetune inthis manner makes te "wo-oscilato sound" much more apparent. f you uso tho duane modes without any detuning, the eouns wil many times appear Ifless or ta asin boring). Ading Detune to a atch wil general adie to he overall character of the sound Ticks & Tips: 20 insiders Patches 3 “This patch uses the Dotuno funtion ina atferent way than the previous patches. Instead of using the Fine paramator to sighty datune tho socond Tino, both the OCT (Octave) and the NOTE parameters aro use to raise the pitch of LINE 2 up an octave and a Sth. Mixing the ouput of LINE 1 (which gonoratos tho oot pic) with ho output of LINE 2 (whichis an ‘octave and a fith above the root itch erates a composte sound that is ‘Characteristic ofa multple-octave organ sound. You wil alsa notice that the amplitude of LINE 2's somewhat lower than tha of LINE 1. Ths Koaps ‘the upper-octave portion ofthe sound Fam masking the lower octave Portion and resis ina better overal balance. Using the dual-line made SOILINE 1 + LINE 2 allows this typeof soparate contro, In this cas0 over both the detuned section of he sound (LINE 2) and the normal section of the sound (LINE 1), whoreas using LINE 1 = LINE 1 would not. You wil | also generally find that detunings that are thorn octaves or octaves lu Sth wil werk bee inthe ereaton of gan type sounds PATCH 7: “GENERIC DIGITAL” INTENT: Crostng high harmonies using the Ring Modulator and the Dotune functions “This sound is representative of one o the etfects that can be created by sing tha Ring Modiiator ard tho Detune functions, generating lgiva-ype sound by creating a series af igh harmonics. This patch uses ‘eth lines to provide elements ofthe composite sound. LINE 26 detuned Lp an octave and a sich plus somewhere in between another hall step. ‘This produces, sty speaking, a nonharmoni relatonship in that he Interval creates by Detune is realy nota whole-number mulpe of the fundamental. Evan so, the harmonios tal are generated by the addon of 34 ‘An Insider’ Guide tothe Casio GZ SS the Ring Modulator are mosty harmonic, and more important, sound (900d. I you tum the ing Modulator of, yu wl ind that is rather out of | tune, Tha composite sound that is erealed by the accion of te Ring ‘Modulator tas avery "éigia”qualty. Changing tie Detune parameters wal chango the charactor of to overone series and thus erato variations ofthis “eigtar-

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