Casio Cosmo CZ-1 User manual

Congratulations upon your selection of aCasio CZ-1.
The CZ-1 is astate-of-the-art musical instrument which
incorporates the latest electronics technology to make its
operation as easy as possible. Exceptional sound quality
backed up by ahost ofsophisticatedfeatures andfunc-
tions makes the CZ-1 atruly unique musical instrument.
In order to enjoy the features andfunctions of the CZ-1
to theirfullest, be sure to carefully read this manual and
follow the instructions contained herein.

CONTENTS
CZ-1 MODES 3
GENERAL GUIDE —FRONT PANEL 4
GENERAL GUIDE —REAR PANEL 11
PART 1NORMAL MODE 13
1-1 RECALLING INTERNAL TONES 13
1-2 RECALLING PRESET TONES 14
1-3 RECALLING CARTRIDGE TONES 15
1-4 EFFECT/OVERALL CONTROL 15
1-5 PD (PHASE DISTORTION) SOUND SOURCE 20
1-6 8-STEP ENVELOPES 22
1-7 BLOCK CONFIGURATION 23
1-8 DCO (DIGITAL CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR) 24
1-9 DCW (DIGITAL CONTROLLED WAVE) 26
1-10 DCA (DIGITAL CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER) 28
1-11 VELOCITY 29
1-12 VIBRATO/OCTAVE 31
1-13 DETUNE/LINE SELECT 32
1-14 RING/NOISE MODULATION 33
1-15 NAME 33
1-16 PARAMETER COPY 34
1-17 INITIALIZE 35
1-18 COMPARE/RECALL 36
1-19 TONE DATA WRITE/SAVE/LOAD 36
1-20 EXCHANGE 39
PART 2TONE MIX MODE 40
2-1 TONE MIX SETTINGS 40
2-2 EFFECT/OVERALL CONTROL 41
2-3 TONE MIX MODE SOUND CREATION 42
PART 3KEY SPLIT MODE 43
3-1 KEY SPLIT SETTINGS 43
3-2 EFFECT/OVERALL CONTROL 45
3-3 KEY SPLIT MODE SOUND CREATION 45
PART 4OPERATION MEMORY MODE 46
4-1 OPERATION MEMORY OVERVIEW 46
4-2 OPERATION RECALL 46
4-3 OPERATION DATA WRITE 48
4-4 OPERATION DATA MODIFICATION 49
4-5 OPERATION DATA SAVE/LOAD 50
4-6 EXCHANGE 50
PART 5MIDI 52
5-1 COMMUNICATION DATA 52
5-2 COMMUNICATION SETTINGS 54
5-3 TONE, OPERATION DATA COMMUNICATION 56
SYSTEM INITIALIZE 64
CARE OF YOUR UNIT 65
SPECIFICATIONS 66
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CZ-1 MODES
The CZ-1 is afully digital synthesizer under control of an LSI (large-scale integrated circuit). CASIO's oriainal PD
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MODES
The operation of the CZ-1 can be divided into four major modes, the details of which are explained below.
NORMAL MODE
®Recall and play of tones stored in memory
(D Modification of recalled tone data to form new tones
(3) Creation of totally new tones
®Application of various effects to tones
(D Storage of tones to internal memory or to RAM car-
tridges (optional)
KEY SPLIT MODE
®Recall of two tones for assignment to UPPER key-
board and LOWER keyboard
(2) Modification of recalled tones into new tones
(3) Setting of keyboard split point
®Independent setting of level and effect for each tone
®Writing of split to operation memory
TONE MIX MODE
®Recall of two tones for mixing
@Modification of recalled tones into new tones
@Setting of level balance and detune for two mixed
tones
®Writing of mixed tones to operation memory
OPERATION MEMORY MODE
®Storage of panel settings (operation) made in
NORMAL, TONE MIX and KEY SPLIT modes
@Recall of operation memory contents
@Writing of all stored operation memory data to RAM
cartridges
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GENERALGUIDE-FRONTMNEL
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©OVERALL CONTROL SECTION
©MODE SELECT SECTION
©SOLO KEY
©MIDI KEY
©PROGRAMMER SECTION
©LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)
©DATA ENTRY SECTION
©CARTRIDGE/MIDI KEY
©EFFECT SECTION
©PARAMETER SECTION
©MODULATION WHEEL
©PITCH BEND WHEEL
©KEYBOARD
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©OVERALL CONTROL SECTION
Indicator
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GLIDE ON/OFF key
PORTAMENTO ON/OFF key
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•MIDI ON/OFF key
Switches between MIDI ON and MIDI OFF modes. MIDI
ON is in effect and the indicator is lit when the power
of the keyboard is switched ON. In the MIDI OFF mode,
the indicator is not lit, and MIDI message communica-
tions are impossible.
•MASTER TUNE key
Adjusts the pitch of the keyboard within arange of
±100 cents (one semitone). The standard pitch is set
at A4 =442Hz.
•KEY TRANSPOSE key
Transposes the key of the keyboard at semitone steps
within the range of G-F#.
•MODULATION ON/OFF key
Switches modulation ON and OFF. When ON, the in-
dicator lights, and modulation is applied in accordance
with the position of the MODULATION WHEEL® and
the keyboard after touch setting.
•PORTAMENTO ON/OFF key
Switches portamento ON and OFF. When ON, the in-
dicator lights, and portamento is applied in accordance
with the portamento time which is set using the
PORTAMENTO key in the EFFECT SECTION (9).
•GLIDE ON/OFF key
Switches glide ON and OFF. When ON, the indicator
lights, and glide is applied in accordance with the NOTE
and TIME values which are set using the GLIDE key
in the EFFECT SECTION (9).
•VOLUME (master volume)
Adjusts the output level through line out and the head-
phone volume.
•STEREO CHORUS (chorus control)
Adjusts the strength of the chorus effect. The chrous
effect becomes stronger as the setting moves towards
MAX, and weaker as MIN is approached.
2) MODE SELECT SECTION
Indicator-
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KEY SPLIT key
TONE MIX key
NORMAL key
OPERATION MEMORY key
•NORMAL key
Sets the NORMAL mode.
•TONE MIX key
Sets the TONE MIX mode.
•KEY SPLIT key
Sets the KEY SPLIT mode.
•OPERATION MEMORY key
Sets the OPERATION MEMORY mode.
*The mode indicators light to indicate the current
mode setting. One of the mode indicators lights to
indicate the current mode setting. The NORMAL,
TONE MIX, and KEY SPLIT indicators can only be
lit while the OPERATION MEMORY mode is in effect.
(D SOLO key
Switches the solo function ON and OFF. When ON, the indicator lights and monophonic play only is possible on
the keyboard. When OFF, the keyboard is capable of up to 16-note polyphonic.

@MIDI key
Switches the MIDI send/receive mode ON and OFF. When ON, the indicator lights and data send/receive operations
with the MIDI musical instrument or computer connected to the MIDI terminals on the rear panel become possible
(see page 52).
5) PROGRAMMER SECTION
CARTRIDGE key MEMORY BANK keys
COMPARE/RECALL key
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EXCHANGE key MEMORY NO. keys WRITE key
•MEMORY BANK keys
Used to select one of eight memory banks (A through
H). The indicator above the bank which is selected
lights when its key is pressed.
•MEMORY NO. keys
Used to select one of eight memory numbers (1 through
8). The indicator above the bank which is selected lights
when its key is pressed.
•CARTRIDGE key
Switches ON and OFF when aROM cartridge or RAM
cartridge (both optional) are loaded. When ON, select-
ed tone data can be recalled directly from the loaded
cartridge.
•EXCHANGE key
Swaps the memory banks and memory numbers of two
tones selected from among the 128 internal and car-
tridge tones.
•COMPARE/RECALL key
Compares original tone data with tone data created by
altering the original tone data. The newly created data
is temporarily stored in the COMPARE/RECALL area
automatically, and the indicator above this key lights
when tone data is altered. Pressing this key so the in-
dicator is OFF recalls the original tone, while pressing
again so the indicator is ON recalls the newly created
tone.
The CZ-1 is equipped with aCOMPARE/RECALL area
capable of storing atotal of up to five tones: 1in the
NORMAL mode, 2in the TONE MIX mode, 2in the KEY
SPLIT mode.
•WRITE key
Writes tone data newly created using the PARAMETER
SECTION (10) at aselected location on an internal
memory or aRAM cartridge, and operation data set on
the panel to aselected operation memory.
®LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)
The 32-character liquid crystal display shows the current status of the C2-1. including such data as tone number,
tone name, parameter name, and data. All settings should be performed while monitoring the values on this display.
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(7) DATA ENTRY SECTION
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•VALUE keys
Used to change the data (values) that appear on the
LCD ®. Each press of the Hkey decreases avalue
by 1,while each press of the key increases avalue
by 1.Holding either key down causes high speed con-
tinous decrease/increase of avalue. These keys are
also used for cartridge data SAVE and LOAD oper-
ations.
*ln the case of KEY TRANSPOSE, these keys are used
to change the key name (represented by alphabetic
characters) rather than numeric values. For MASTER
TUNE, these keys change the pitch of the keyboard,
but the LCD does not show any numeric value.
•ENV POINT keys
Used to specify the SUSTAIN POINT and END POINT
for each of the six envelopes in the dual-line DCO,
DCW. DCA envelopes of the PARAMETER SECTION
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-CURSOR keys
-ENVELOPE POINT keys
•PAGE keys
Scrolls the data shown on the LCD (6) to display the
various parameters shown in the table below. The UP
key scrolls the display up, while the DOWN key scrolls
the display down.
•CURSOR keys
Used to move the cursor (" _"below data) on the LCD
®. The akey moves the cursor to the left, while the
Emoves the cursor to the right, when multiple
parameters are being displayed.
*These keys are also used as YES (Q) and NO (0)
keys in data SAVE/LOAD operations, and when ini-
tializing the keyboard memory contents.
PAGE (UP/DOWN)
>^ECTION MODE DATA SAVE/LOAD EFFECT PARAMETER
page\key NORMAL TONE MIX KEY SPLIT MIDI CARTRIDGE/MIDI M.WHEEL/AFTER TOUCH ENV
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acartndge. so internal tone data is no affected. In the case of the CARTRIDGE/MIDI key. however all 64 tones
on the cartndge are written to the keyboard's internal memory by the LOAD operation.
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DEFFECT SECTION
PORTAMENTO/
SWEEP TIME key GLIDE/
NOTE TIME key
BEND RANGE key
•PORTAMENTO key
Used to set the portamento time. Portamento is applied
in accordance with the value set when the
PORTAMENTO ON/OFF key in the OVERALL
CONTROL SECTION ®is ON.
•GLIDE key
Used to set the glide pitch difference and time. Glide
is applied in accordance with the values set when the
GLIDE ON/OFF key in the OVERALL CONTROL
SECTION ®is ON.
MODULATION WHEEL/
AFTER TOUCH key
•BEND RANGE key
Used to set the range for the PITCH BEND WHEEL @.
•MODULATION WHEEL/
AFTER TOUCH key
Used to set the range for the MODULATION WHEEL
®,the modulation range for the keyboard after touch,
and the volume range for the keyboard after touch.
These parameters are displayed using the PAGE
UP/DOWN keys. The modulation effect is applied when
the MODULATION ON/OFF key in the OVERALL
CONTROL SECTION ®is ON.
10) PARAMETER SECTION
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©WAVEFORM key
Pressed to select the LINE 1waveform (basic
waveform).
©DCO ENV key
Pressed to set the LINE 1pitch envelope.
©DCW KEY FOLLOW key
Pressed to cause the waveform for the LINE 1DCW
to approach asine wave (cosine wave) at the higher
range of the keyboard.
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©DCW ENV key
Pressed to set the LINE 1wave envelope.
©DCA KEY FOLLOW key
Pressed to cause the envelope for the LINE 1DCW to
shorten (timewise) at the higher range of the keyboard.
©DCA ENV key
Pressed to set the LINE 1amp envelope.
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