CZ App for iPad

The CZ App for iPad is now available for $19.99 for iPad owners. The application is available in multiple languages: English, Japanese. It weighs in at only 26.2 MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.0.1 has been released on 2015-01-20. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPad.
Bottom Line: For more information about CZ App for iPad check developer CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.`s website : http://world.casio.com/emi/app/

I had a CZ 1000 back in the day Really liked the custom sounds that could be made with it but programming was rather tedious This app makes programming fun and adds some great internal effects Having a blast in nostalgia land recreating those great old noises Now for the quibbles I ve only been noodling around for a couple of hours so I m sure there s more to learn and explore however the latency with a MIDI controller is bugging me There does not seem to be a way to adjust it The app also seems to only have four notes of polyphony when utilizing both oscillators Mono mode is cool though CPU is easily maxed out with chords on sounds that utilize all of the internal effects which introduces audio drop out and ugly digital distortion Really wishing for MIDI learn so those awesome envelopes could be controlled easier with perhaps some more accuracy Still a great unique sounding synth that brings back fond memories Glad I got it on sale as it is still pricey for some of the limitations as synth apps go Updates seem to have slowed to few and far apart so it is likely my wishlist will go unfulfilled Two stars off as it is an average UI for a premium price Full price would have ticked me off with the short falls             Great emulation of an often overlooked classic synth Nitpick Pete

Good synth esp if you like the OG CZ but for me I d have been upset if I paid the full 19 99 it usually costs             Glad I got this one on sale BK Holiday

CZ synths are wonderful and this is a nice emulation from the actual company 8 stage envelopes rule Some things don t work right however Envelopes seem buggy Also it accepts midi program changes but doesn t reflect them in the program name The mod wheel input doesn t seem to scale properly and it steps a lot I also seem to get more stuck notes than expected Some of the limitations of the original are accurate I think but it would be nice to have a mode where you could go beyond them or where envelope changes didn t step for example And Casio you just need to fix the annoying bugs which make it close to unusable sometimes Also support is a joke it just sends you to the advertising page This app has a lot of potential but isn t there yet Don t let it die Casio A great app is waiting to be born     buggy could use updates zero support AvengerPod

I ve owned a CZ101 since 1986 I love this synth but was always irritated at the flawed hardware design where the internal memory always got buggy if you didn t turn the unit on every single day After getting my iPad and seeing this app I was very excited that I might be able to replace using my hardware CZ First of all 20 is way too much for this app when you can get Waldorf s Nave for the same price and Thor iProphet for even less That being said I partially disagree with the other review stating this is not a faithful reproduction of the original CZ I pulled out my old data sheets was able to create some of my old favorite patches pretty accurately However it was very tricky since you have to draw the waveforms instead of programming them This does make it more difficult to replicate One does need a great deal of patience to program this app so that s something to consider if you plan to purchase Additionally the other reviewer was correct in citing issues with crashing For me this seems to happen most during editing creating new patches Definitely something Casio needs to address If it weren t for the aforementioned criticisms I would have given 5 stars Despite this I m quite pleased with this app overall             Pretty decent but overpriced Krszytoff

Was very excited to see an official CZ emulation from Casio The demo video was not great but nonetheless I figured I would give it the benefit of the doubt The CZ 101 was my very first synthesizer and I still have a pristine CZ 1000 setup next to me safe to say I have more intimate knowledge of the CZ sound than any other instrument in my studio First the good stuff The interface is nice and grabbing the handles on the 8 stage envelopes is a nice idea Being able to stack 4 voices is a great addition and the factory presets though paltry in number are actually pretty nice production ready even and demonstrate what this synth is capable of sounding like That said it is NOT a good CZ emulation at all I have a few go to sounds that I tried programming from my old patch sheets and they sound NOTHING like the original versions I am not talking slightly off but rather completely wrong By way of comparison Plugin Boutique s Virtual CZ VST application is almost spot on compared to the hardware so something is definitely amiss with this app Though the methodology for editing the envelopes is good in its intention it is in practice quite fiddly You cannot hone in on exact values sometimes and the handles frequently lock and become undraggable until you lift your finger and grab it again The app also frequently crashes I experienced numerous crashes in the first hour of use when selecting an envelope to edit when trying to save a patch when trying to delete a patch and when trying to select any user patch after that delete operation failed Let me explain that last one better I programmed a patch called Harmonic Spectrum Upon realizing that it did not sound the way I expected I went into the menu to delete it from my user patches The app crashed When I opened it again Harmonic Spectrum was now named CASIO a long string of random numbers I tried selecting it Crash Restarted and tried selecting one of the other custom sounds I made Crash And the option to delete any of the user sounds was now gone I ended up deleting the app from my iPad entirely resulting in the loss of all my custom programmed patches in order to restore it to normal operation Very disappointed that I forked out 20 for this app Maybe a future update will fix some of the stability issues after which I might trust it more Fingers crossed that an engine update is in the cards as well because while this synth evokes Casio a bit it still doesn t sound quite like a CZ If it were 2 99 instead of 19 99 it might be OK but for now your money can go much further elsewhere     Not a faithful reproduction and buggy to boot TagPass

Just bought it because I I have a iPad Pro and Casio CZ 101 when will you support the iPad Pro Looks great                 iPad Pro EdGiPadPro

App was just updated but the developers had no clue about what Apple has been up to             IPad Pro support ovrdrvn

App crashes regularly when adjusting parameters         Unusable in current state Eeegah

Love the ideas behind this app and the Casio tone Have a CZ 101 and this is a great homage to that era in synthesis and the phase distortion sound It is fantastic to be able to edit the 8 step envelopes with fingers rather than having to painfully push in the values with the data buttons like on the original I also love that they made it 4 CZ s in one multi timbral Being able to play along with a song is cute as is being able to play with a friend The MIDI worked the second I plugged a keyboard in fantastic I like the faithfulness to the original didn t stop them from adding some basic effects At this point in the app s development it is very unstable on iPad Air iOS 8 3 however when editing and saving your own sounds particularly in the envelope section I made a basic square wave sound to save as a starting point for other sounds in the future and it either crashes most of the time when I try to load the sound or when I try to open an envelope window In addition some of the envelope controls don t act the way they should sometimes the envelope won t affect the sound the way it should like it gets stuck             Love the CZ sound but will be better when Casio can work out some bugs Chinchilla Wafers

It could use a little UI help Something doesn t feel quite right about the way this thing is organized I can t even put my finger on it which unfortunately means it isn t one thing but rather something about the way the overall UI scheme works at least judging from past experience and experiments More than that though I dearly wish they d taken the time to include a few more patches many more even There s something about the workflow of patch building that isn t working for me I feel like I might be able to get the hang of it with examples to work off of that demonstrate a yet wider range of what s possible with the sound engine However the list of included patches is actually alarmingly scant This will take some significant work to make a patch list out of             Nice random9q

It s good to see the old CZ in virtual form It s not a bad start but it is not a good emulation of the original The envelopes have bugs 1 the taper drops off to quickly The envelope step and end do not operate properly I hope there is more improvements in store for this app         Not bad but not quite Carlaughter

March 17 app update nothing substantially new Still 4 stars but at least it s being updated My original review from February seems to have vanished but after another month of using CZ App extensively I came back to update my review Still 4 stars because it is truly an awesome recreation in software of the CZ hardware very close to the CZ 3000 and the CZ 5000 with a bit of CZ 1 thrown into the mix But I want to see more Here s the thing I don t have any hope that Casio will ever go back to the future like Moog Korg Dave Smith etc and re release a physical PD based CZ synth but this app is a perfect opportunity to release the ultimate CZ the CZ 10000 one that has the portability of the CZ 101 the power of the CZ 1 a sequencer like the SZ 1 or the one built into the CZ 5000 and a drum machine like the RZ 1 Yamaha s Synth Arp Drum Pad and their Mobile Music Sequencer apps are outstanding in this regard and very useful for Casio hardware and Casio needs to meet and exceed them Further there s no reason that this app shouldn t add MIDI out to enhance all the CZ hardware synthesizers still out there This app ought to communicate with the hardware allow patch editing on the iPad and how about the iPhone and send those patches back to the synth With the right features and external hardware CZ App could act as a MIDI controller for a number of Casio keyboards and be a MIDI sequencer for all of them Owners have been using external patch editors for the CZ synths for decades on Ataris Amigas Mac and PC It s time for Casio to step to the plate with its software solution Easter Egg I hooked up my CZ 230S to the CZ App as a MIDI keyboard controller I changed the patch on the 230S and it changed the active patch on the CZ App Weird thing is is that the display of the parameters in CZ App don t change but the tone does I m going to have to do some more experimenting to see what s going on and bring the 101 and 5000 into the fun too But there s something there as a hack so it would be nice to see Casio polish the feature and roll it into an update And the CZ 230S with its hidden editable 4 patches is just another reason this feature should be added to CZ App These things are what would make CZ App worthy of 5 stars at 20 It s a 5 star app already but it really needs more features and about 70 more classic preset Casio tones to make it 5 stars at this price Until then 4 stars simply to encourage Casio to go further For now 4 stars Very Good                 True to CZ but needs more for a 20 price mechascorpio

CZ app is a recreation of the Casio CZ synth engine popular during the mid 80s The app sounds great it s very faithful to the original hardware though it is less ummmm muddy or noisy It s also much easier and faster to patch than the original hardware and has the benefit of basically unlimited save slots The app also has a rather nice feature of being 4 part polytimblre it can produce 4 different tones not just pitches on 4 different midi channels or using the built in virtual keyboards The interface also looks nice and is easy to get around As of the latest release Casio patched in background audio This is fast becoming my favorite iOS synth between the ease of patching the far out sounds and the polytimbrlety The price may seem a bit high but it s worth it for the quality of the product The only other things I could really hope for would be support for Scala tuning files the ability to work with microtonal scales and support for the hidden waveforms that could be accessed on hardware PD synths via sysex In a sense the hidden waveforms are already partially supported as it is possible to select two resonant waveforms for the same voice It s nice to see Casio doing good work for musicians again even if it is in the form of a recreation Believe it or not they were an extremely innovative in synth design until they closed their pro audio division                     One of the better iPad synths irSizone

Thank you Casio I ve spent the last few years periodically checking the App Store searching for a virtual CZ App and I was thrilled when I found this From a sonic standpoint the phase distortion quality is dead on The addition of DSP reverb and chorus is a nice touch The interface is well thought out and really does have the CZ look and feel I have two chief complaints though the app won t run in the background and polyphony is limited to 4 notes when using line 1 2 just like the CZ 101 In multi mode way more than 4 notes can be played at the same time using the screen keyboards I can t see any reason why the sound engine polyphony can t be increased for real time MIDI playing Even 8 notes would be a huge improvement 4 star app Would easily be 5 stars with increased polyphony and background process ability                     Good CZ Synth App could be great with a couple changes Baroquebob

Has anyone found a way to contact support I m enjoying it so far but getting random crashing when loading user presets I haven t found any link to support which is the downside of using apps created by the big companies With the smaller ones you re likely to be able to speak directly to the dev Otherwise it s great                 So far so good but support anickt