Bramley Studio

Don't where you live but this appears to be available in UK https://www.musicroom.com/casio-sp33-pedal-board-for-px160-px360-px560-px150-px350-casisp33c5?glid=gb&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18872069916&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8NKtBhBtEiwAq5aX2HWAmbeddylV_7Qq7VMwp8mnDrNHc1H4HmsUDAXHi50IJqbnpwxpUBoCc-8QAvD_BwE

That's impressive - both for Casio service and for your detective work! 👏👏👏

Useful suggestions Back On Board 👍Thank you for sharing your observations.

Thank you very much Andrew for taking time to answer my query. The particular situation in which I need this setup is for a 'piano only' - so no concerns about stereo/layering effects from other sounds, as you correctly suggest. I seem to remember reading in the past that summing a Stereo Piano Sound can produce phasing issues and so maybe not as clean a sound as a Mono that has been specifically made for the keyboard. I love the PX-560 Grand Piano sounds. I think, as you say, making a few recordings is the way to assess this. Many thanks.👍

I’d be very grateful for any advice from the knowledgeable group on this forum on the following issue, of which I have little experience. I require a grand piano sound to be sent from the PX-560 to a Mono Keyboard Amp. I was wondering what players have found to be the best option. 1. Sum the two output channels at the piano and run one cable from the L/Mono Out to the Keyboard Amp. 2. Run two cables from the piano to the Keybaord Amp and let the amp do the ‘summing’ 3. Choose a ‘Mono Piano’ sound from the PX-560 bank and run that to the Keyboard Amp. I find it difficult to assess which is the better ‘sound wise’, because it takes time to change between different set-ups and therefore makes comparison tricky and I would welcome suggestions as to which option sounds best in your view. One other question. Do players find that having the PX-560’s own speakers OFF or ON make any difference to the sound coming from the Mono Keyboard Amp – as suggested in the User Manual p11? Many thanks in advance for any observations.

I've always found the SP-33 fits snugly against the legs of my Frameworks table style piano stand whether playing at home or out at gigs. So no need for any of the wooden stands. Can be more securely fixed with Velcro or similar if necessary and the Roland EV-5 expression pedal doesn't move either. 👍

Hi Charlie - congratulations on your purchase of PX-560 you certainly have great time with the excellent keyboard. A previous query regarding USB size is answered here: The tutorials are also extremely useful. Have fun!

Hi Rusty, You may find my answer to this previous post helpful. In addition to this post, I now use BANK 1/REGISTRATION 1 in each new Registration/Set List/Band list to act as a reminder as to what list I have loaded - so easy to forget! To do this I just edit a USER TONE (one far down the list that I won't need 😂) and call it "Set List 1" for example, then I call up that 'tone' and to Upper 1 and save that as the first registration - BANK 1/REGISTRATION 1. Now whenever I hit BANK 1, REGISTRATION 1, I have displayed the Set List group I have loaded. It can be so easy to forget which Set List you have loaded with no useful way of naming song lists. Having the ability to give meaningful names to each registration/set list etc. is probably my one wish for any firmware upgrade. Other than that the PX560 is a perfect keyboard for me too.

Sorry not to have the answer to your question Jokeyman - but have you seen this video: 😀

Agree with Doch88. Superb table. The SP -33 pedal board sits up against the rear two legs as well. Perfect. Only thing you might have to think about is that the lowest setting on the table was just a cm or two too high for me. I took off the screw in feet and fitted felt pads to the bottom of the legs to keep the height at a minimum - I've got short legs! 😂?

Have a look at this bag: Classenti CKB10 I purchased this bag to transport PX560 safely to and from venues and have found it to be a perfect fit: able to take the board and the SP-33 Pedal strip in the main compartment, extra foot-pedal in the smaller of the outside pockets, and the music stand + music fit perfectly in the second larger outside pocket. All the best!

Hi Mitchelljay, This may/may not help but this is what I’m doing: When I’m working on registration banks I continually keep saving the most recent changes to my USB: Menu; Media; Save All; Registration; edit the filename REGISTAL.ZRA to something that makes sense to you - e.g. “Reg70sSet”; Enter; Are you sure? - YES. Copying registrations from one place to the other or creating new banks, and then saving that ‘new’ bank of registrations to your USB stick under a new file name is the only way I have found to create new lists. So now I have songs saved in different orders/combinations that I can call up easily from the USB stick: Menu; Media; Load All; Registration; select the .ZRA file name you recognise (knowing what the different names mean!); Execute Getting the songs etc. in order is the fiddle but worth the time in the end I find. So that I can remember what exactly is in each Registration Set, I keep a records on a Google Drive Spreadsheet - which I amend as I go along. This takes a bit of discipline to keep things up to date, but then I have all the information on my tablet/phone and can call it up whenever I need it. If it is any help to you I will attempt to attach a blank/example of the spreadsheet below. I hope the link or attachment work! Good luck! Blank PX-560 Registration List.xlsx https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bal2vmRWMjPHCsJmjo69Kfnt5l-Xlu9bUMeNEPHkguk/edit?usp=sharing

Not necessarily a solution for you it seems, but an observation. I ordered right-angled jacks for the output connection as it ‘looked a bit smarter’ but because the jack connection is slightly recessed, the Stagg Jacks I purchased kept popping out because of the thicker part of the jack was pushed up so close to the keyboard. I returned these and purchased Planet Waves Jacks, of which the angled stem has a clear space between the side of the keyboard – and they work fine. Pictures below. However, I have to agree with Brad, that whatever jack I use the connectors are on the generous side and can feel loose. But they certainly shouldn’t pop out as shown in your video.

I too have been frustrated at being unable to find this simple function to Start/Stop an audio file. It would be so useful to have both hands free to play the keyboard when an audio file needs to start at the same time. 😠 If anyone knows a solution to this it would be much appreciated.

Thank you all for your responses - for the sugestions and also for directing me to the MusicPlayer forum, interesting threads. Both set-ups sound excellent choices, though maybe a little beyond my budget. Plenty to think about!