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From: djg@well.UUCP (David Julian Gray)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: TX-7 Casio CZ 3000
Message-ID: <638@well.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 21:17:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 21:17:28 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 12-Feb-86 20:56:43 EST
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Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Keywords: casio, Yamaha, multi-timbral
Summary: TX-7 *not* multi-timbral


In comparing the Casio CZ synths and the Yamaha TX-7
expander module, the concepts of polyphonic and multi-timbral
seem to be getting confused.
The TX-7 is the equivalent of having *one* more DX-7;
that is sixteen note polyphonic capability with one 
instumental sound (patch).  The TX-7 will not provide the
sonic capability of sixteen DX-7's, only one DX-7.
Yamaha has a nice product called the TX-8/16 which will
give you the equivalent of eight (8) DX-7's, but that
will cost you the equivalent of ten (10) CZ-3000's!!
Ten CZ-3000's, by the way, will be able to produce
an electronic consort of EIGHTY (80 !!) single voice
instruments, and pretty nice sounding ones at that.
The CZ series are all *multi-timbral*, meaning
many (different) timbres -sounds- -instruments- simultaneously.
The CZ-3000/5000 has the digital equivalent of 
sixteen oscillators.  Some single oscillator sounds
are quite nice (flute, whistle, etc) and you can have
sixteen note single-timbre polyphony played manually.
Most voices require two "oscillators" (the maximum you 
can asign) and that way you can have eight note
single-timbre polyphony (either played manually or
via MIDI) or eight monophonic instruments (timbres) 
played via MIDI (mono-mode).

I hope this quick and dirty explication is more enlightening
than obfuscatory (I have used varied terms somewhat
interchangeably).
I think a DX-7 and CZ-3000 is one of the most cost effective
MIDI combinations going.
One last note, the DX-7 is a versatile controller sending
many MIDI parameters; the CZ will not send or receive
velocity or after-touch.  Another consideration.

David Julian Gray

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