CZPL (Discontinued)

This product has been discontinued. The CZ/PL 88 mini is available and offers most of the features of the CZPL.

The essential companion for the Casio CZ series. Presets, patch and bank storage, and an arpeggiator.

What is it?

The CZ Patch Library (CZPL) is an essential companion for the Casio CZ series of synthesizers. It contains:

  • 2,186 presets. Brasses, basses, pads, leads, percussion, drums, it’s all in there.
  • 10,000 memory slots to store the patches you create on the CZ! No longer are you limited to saving only 16 or 32 patches.
  • 1,000 memory slots to store entire banks of patches. Save and recall the entire memory of your synthesizer at once! Perfect for live performance or building your own custom soundsets.
  • An arpeggiator with features from the Roland Jupiter-4 and Korg microKORG arpeggiators. The Casio CZ series comes to life when you add an arpeggiator. Latch, keysplit, external and internal trigger.
  • Now also contains all features of the PL88 – support for all synthesizers that support SysEx!

How do I connect it?

Connect the CZPL to your Casio CZ-101, CZ-1000, CZ-3000, CZ-5000, CZ-1 or CZ-230S synthesizer with 2 MIDI cables and power the CZPL via USB (cable included) or a 9V power adapter (center positive).

You can then connect external gear to the CZPL and all MIDI messages will be passed through to the Casio. This lets you use sequencers and external controllers without having to unplug and plug cables.

How do I use it?

Owner’s Manual

Quick Start Guide

What presets are included?

This is a demonstration of an earlier version, with 1000 patches. The current model contains 1186 more than are shown here!

  • Basses
  • Brasses
  • Drums
  • FX
  • Pianos/EPianos
  • Organs
  • Strings
  • Synths/Leads/Pads
  • Tuned Percussion
  • Voices
  • Winds

VIEW THE FULL LIST HERE

How much is it?

  • Price is $129 USD.
  • Shipping is $10 to the US.
  • Shipping is $35 outside the US, as long as USPS Priority Mail delivers to your location. I must declare the full price of the item on the customs form, please do not ask me to mark it as “gift”, etc.

What’s in the box?

  • The CZPL Patch Library
  • USB Power Cable which can be plugged into any USB charger
  • Quick Start Guide

How can I get one?

Please read all of the following before ordering:

  • The CZPL box is 3D printed. 3D printed parts have a textured appearance, please see photos above so you know what you are getting.
  • Returns offered within 7 days of receipt, with evidence that the CZPL is defective electronically or physically. Return shipping is the responsibility of the buyer.

CURRENT STATUS: All products are out of stock for the foreseeable future due to parts not being available. We regret the inconvenience.

Support

Please contact me: iestyn.lewis@gmail.com

The latest firmware version is 4.05. To determine your device’s firmware version, unplug your CZPL and plug it back in again. Immediately after the CZPL “splash” appears, your firmware version will be displayed. If you do not see a firmware version displayed, you have version 2.0 firmware. If you would like to upgrade your firmware, please contact me for directions.

Firmware Version History

  • 4.05
    • Arp Gate Length Setting
    • Arp Step Repeat Setting
    • Arp Velocity Setting
    • Fixes to Local Mode Messaging
    • Fixes to Keyboard Split
New Keyboard Split MIDI Out Mode in 4.03
  • 4.03
    • New setting, MIDI Out Mode allows you to split the keyboard of the connected synth such that only some notes are sent via MIDI out and the others are played on the connected synth.
    • Incoming MIDI Clock/Start/Stop messages are echoed through the MIDI Out port
    • (Casio CZ Only) Stored patches can be loaded to the Synth no matter what MIDI channel is selected.  (CZPL MIDI Channel should be set to the same channel as your Casio).
    • Improvements to the arpeggio Hold (Latch) function.
  • 4.01 – Added support for all synthesizers that support SysEx (PL88).
  • 3.03 – Additional arpeggiator latch mode which matches behavior of other synthesizers’ arpeggiator hold function.
  • 3.02 – Expanded arp sequence to 64 steps, added Operational Memory bank save/load for CZ-1, added MIDI Bank/Program Change.
  • 3.01 – Major version release with CZ-1 support, bank storage and arpeggiator. (v3.01 manual)
  • 2.03 – Minor fix (random patch display was not updated).
  • 2.02 – Added CZ-230S mode. Fixed MIDI IN latency problem.
  • 2.01 – Added manual random patch selection.
  • 2.00 – Initial version.