/cz101

Resources on and for the Casio CZ-101

Casio CZ synthesizers

User documentation

Technical documentation

  • Michael Rickards's CZ pages, including an outline of models, a random patch generator (CZWIGOUT), a system-exclusive editor (CZSYSEXY), sampled base waveforms, a tutorial on sysex transfer, a detailed discussion of the CZ envelope system, and a long piece on additional 'hidden' (sysex only) waveforms - archive

  • Tomas Mulcahy has some in-depth information on his madtheory website

  • youngmonkey's explanation of the Casio CZ MIDI implementation - archive

  • The CZ-101 uses a uPD7810 microcontrooller, also used in the Game Master handheld console and the Amstrad DMP200 dot matrix printer

  • There is a currently non-working CZ-101 emulator code in MAME

Spare part services

  • Syntaur have a limited number of spare parts.

Emulators

  • CZ V by Arturia.

  • Virtual CZ VST-based emulator (Windows / Mac ). Also works as a patch librarian for CZ hardware - archive

Patch editors / librarians

  • 2021: Patch Base slick-looking editor and librarian for iPad / MacOS. Closed-source, $30 per device in-app purchase.

  • 2000: Alfonso Hermida's CZSysexEditor for Windows, written in Visual Basic 6, freeware but no source code available archive

  • 1996: Karl Schmidt's CZ-1 patch for DOS.

  • 1988: Gary P. Richardi's CZEDIT can be found on Music Machines - Windows

  • 1987: CZ Patch, CZ-Android for Atari ST - review

  • Also Dr. T. CZ-Rider for Atari, although only a dead link on reddit

Patches

Lost in time

  • Steve Downer's Temple of CZ (2001) fan site. The front page is archived on the wayback machine, but none of the links.

  • G Tiemens' CZseries (1997) Yahoo! Club. The front page is archived on the wayback machine, but none of the links.