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Average rating:
4.6 out of 5
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i have a casio pg310,a mg-510,and a vz10-m.these guitars were far ahead of there time.casios tech team should be paying attention ,there products wre new on the market at that time,and most people just freaked out or shot them down.they felt that they wernt a instrument.hey these things did not play for you,and you had to know what your doing.if anyone knows how to buy blank or pre ready sound cards,let me know
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As similiar to the VZ1 and the Hohner series,the VZ10-m is one of the most underrated synths. This is a real and pure synth,no gimmicks like FX or Sequencer to sweeten your ears. The VZ will give you,what you did with it.
The synthesis itself is still not explored at all. There are waiting millions of sounds to come out. By the way,this is also valid for FM,eventhough it seems,that FM has a bigger library as the library of London. The iPD synthesis is great for openminded and busy soundfreaks.Many amazing sounds can only produced with this mashine. But if you are only looking for imitations of "natural" or wellknown instruments and sounds,then the VZ is nothing for you.And such sounds are nothing for the VZ. You want Samples ? Buy a sampler or a Rompler. You want individual and new sounds ? Then the VZ is something for you. But each sound is created in long sessions with blood,sweat and tears(For the pessimistic ones). For me it is pure fun to shape in long "gaming" special sounds out of it. This machine never gets boring,caused by its high flexibility of its routing.
I love this synth.....
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I just read the VZ10m page here on SoncState and it says that it makes a nice ElPiano module??? What? That is like saying a Ferrari makes a nice family car. This is one incredibly under rated synth. Think of the classic CZ series on steroids. I have to say though, you need something like SoundDiver to get at the magic. But once you do, it can be as amazing (almost) as Absynth, without the disadvantages of software. I have created some of the most insane bpm based patches on this thing that sound like nothing else out there, and I feel like I have only scratched the surface of it. And I bought it for 80.00. But SHHHH don't tell anyone. I like having this as a secret weapon, the last thing i would want is for everyone and their dog to be after the VZ sound.... Major 5/5 for bang-for-the-buck quality.
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I really enjoy my VZ-10M, and I am looking for that book on it ("PowerPlay VZ") published about 1990. I've achieved some wonderful contrasts in textures with my VZ-10M, and the organs were there years before the competition did it. This synth records really well, and is nice & quiet! Also, I"m looking for some of those sound cards...anyone know where to find em?
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Bought one several years ago and liked it so much I bought another. Big tip - two of these at the same time can make major magic! It was mentioned that you get 8 oscillators, but you can stack these 8 oscillator patches 4 deep and save as combos with separate levels on each "normal" patch! polyphony goes down to 4, but still - pretty amazing results... SoundDiver works with it, but you have to set the VZ to receive... a three menu process. Once you get through that hoop everything is on the screen - most cool. The manual is a big help, though it's mostly just a description of the different commands - but there are a lot of commands... There's a book on the VZ's out there somewhere, but they are real scarce... The interface is the biggest drawback - expect to punch a lot of buttons unless you use a computer editor... But, all that said and done - it's got no competition - sounds totally unique... Definitely needs outboard processing to sound good... If you hate programming - this is not the synth for you. If you are willing to dig in it can be amazingly rewarding. One other thing - the number of waveforms is deceptive - these are "interactive phase distortion" synths, so the original waveforms change depending on how you program the envelopes and whether you ring mod or phase them or just let them sing. These monsters are REAL powerful. But, expect to spend some time with it. Not an out of the box wonder... Enjoy!
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