XW-Addict

@Jokeyman123 I can't believe I've read a post from Jokeyman aligned and well with spaces for once 😂. Its to bad my XW is down for the moment I've probably found the problem and can fix it as it seems being a well known one, Back to the subject we've talked about so much and yes still true to this day is the XW, (G1) hybrid processing sound system, PCM, Sample and Solo synth, (P1 - Organ , Hexlayers). I wouldn't mind same (although with slightly improved)system with different form factor though and the true identity of the secret sauce of sound waves from a well known company. It would be fabulous and exquisite if it had the keybed of the latest. I almost forgot what I wanted to go about, XW was the latest synth back then with "Feed Back" loop, I didn't payed much attention to it because of it roughness. Not many synths have similar feedback functions , Understand me correctly feedback and not modulation one osc to another nor sync or drift. Love the XW solo sounds cause they're like deep editable similar to PX5S hexlayers . The XW Ipad app is still the best de facto editor to program solo sounds.

Mike programmed a nice example contained in the second PX5S All file if its any help, its a guitar hexlayer with the muted strings and I believe a pop but not string with the fret hand. Interesting that you mentioned this right now cause I was examining phrase slap bass 1 on the PX5S today , listening to it at tempo 20. Keyboard players such as me at my level can't play bass creatively I pondered how to put the pops and mute's as well nice bender value's to get going.

Sunday Jam with custom Stages which I hope to deliver soon enjoy the awesomeness sound from XW-Addict PX5S stages rocking them. Intro PX5S.mp3 ILUSION.mp3

I'm so lazy I create like tons of tones and stages which good enough to put up on the download of the forum. But they're everywhere in equal amounts of all files. I mean it will take me a full day to sort that out. What finished I'll copy to the first bank and second and the rest garbage but once you're in that creative fit. Its everywhere and because most stage have custom phrases that wont get saved along well you can guess. There has to be a faster way my lazy bum didn't think off I'm open for ideas or plan a day to manage the files give me a few pointers please.

Unbalanced nice and short no distortion nor interference.

No actually 🤔 , Two hexlayers could be enough I've never felt to be on the point of needing one more there is only something in the way , like the fixed drum its in the way , its only there for movement of a groove but if Its needed in the zone there a choice to be made with sounds in the stage not to be chosen. Mostly the drum gets the priority over the sound. I dunno. If hexlayer could have part that can be arpeggiated or phrased and another part not would be cool but that would be to much technically way complicated. Zone 1 is actually a domination between hex , drums , phrase recording and stage piano. Either one more zones could have helped or having one free arpeggio/phrase sequencer assigned to an channel not in the way of the zones. And select that channel for whatever midi sound, drum groove hexlayer to another zone or outside the zoning than just 1 or 2. Or have song mode with two function the other be drum channel that sync play with stage mode this could be fully assigned in the mixer if it could have worked like that. Ive noticed this with the XW as well you can create sounds and their enough arpeggio's and phrases to create movement or an groove and free channels to use something external. the tools are there but they stand themselves in the way being not freely assignable its same here with PX5S basically it has nine phrase sequencer but they're limited. no key ranges. its all there but limited or each other in the way.

I was wondering if it would be possible to integrate song mode and stage mode together or parts of it I know some workings are fixed inside of the PX5S but maybe something could be routed. The reason for this are the arpeggio's and phrase to have a way to let them sync at key press not with pedal. Its a trip to built a song in song mode with hexlayers limits are quick noticeable when both hexlayer occupy the same zone if you want hexlayer sounds on the same zone as well in stage mode isn't possible when its occupies song mode channel 1/2. Another Idea would be the phrase sequencer that can be set which can be found in the common menu of a stage if its possible to be assignable to any channel as well set fixed and sync start from that channel say 10 or 16 that phrase channel seems to be an additional nint'h phrase available within the PX5S eight other phrases sequencers. This phrase makes it possible to have two phrases to be played on zone 1 but it needs to be triggered before hand If it was possible to split range both of them to hexlayer for instance layer 1/3 gets the one and layer 4/6 gets the other would be narly to hear dual phrases played simultaneously. (BTW) I actually tried all phrases on zone 1 with the song sequencer ,the main stage phrases get priority which the phrase on the console doesn't , it gets suppressed or chopped it wont be the case if both phrases are recorded intermitted but that is tricky as well. Song mode phrases do play nicely along , I've tried it with one hexlayer on zone 1 in song mode , stage mode and console phrase, Console phrase plays chopped above all.

Gorgeous , I would like to add and its an opinioned discussion I wanted to place for a while now. This not the post for it my apologies, The flavor of sound mostly the first stock sound grand piano I've been picking for long that isn't the right sound for a song , Because its to wide and or to bright sometimes you want grand but stuffy, dark and woody like an aged piano that been living in an auditorium. It took me long getting that piano sound into the right mood of a song cause how does one select or set a piano sound like mono stereo less EQ , reverberation type to the right amount of vibe feeling fitting to that particular song. I've seen lots of video pass of popular songs where that piano sounds is fitted at the same atmosphere , Like the "Pyramid song" or "Lady Madonna" . Gawd I've tried so many times for the first one its a challenge.

It would be fun if the step-sequencer also capable of random stuff but there a limit to even hardware dedication to arpeggio it would be a total different machine as well instead of an instrument. But (here i go again) That can also be said of the Chain function setting up different patterns from the step and have the chain dice them all. Its the versatility of the XW functions that let me think of possible things like if.

Aaah I remember that still as also the website 🤭 that is hardly used anymore. (I'm missing the XW 😔) https://xwsynth.wordpress.com/2014/12/17/pumping-bass-sounds-on-the-xw-synths/

Access to control track and or random velocity also a way to make it travel 2 octave or from octave to octave from one starting position. If the steps can be edited that way it could have sweeping patterns, random velocity can sound wicked with Hexlayer cause of the the wave-sequencing. I love to play with note length sometimes with release or sustain with single tones using arpeggio its easy. Having it done with random release would be more surprising to each step while remaining to have random notes. Currently thanks to the PX5S four arps I'm trying to do separate timing something like a wait to each zone to make it seems like they all play in unison. Trying this out with one sound with different lengths using the LFO within a tone and hexlayer , believe me its sounds pretty narly :)). I need to fix the XW-G1 to discover that again though still haven't fixed it whatever made it not turn on again 🤔

Cool thanks 😎👍

Nice groove those tones are funky wish I could program those as well , Specially love the drums they are warm I want it.

I've jumped into the CT-S1 this is just my experience for now , When it's turned on bam instant play, less than second piano improv possible. After five minutes I've figured out how tone variation is used to select sound . Some other things I learned reading the forum (thank everyone) like the manual how to change reverb , Eq. Add layer sound with button key combination however you need notes aside to remember how to select them. Every tone has something to add like surround (speakers) EQ, reverb for that particular sound That one mono tone surprised me the only thing about it I was quick to automatically reach for the bender which wasn't there haha. The one thing less easy to use was the recorder , Its simple to record but playing back a recording again was a hassle , I kept press - holding until the point getting worry the button gets wrecked. I got surprised by while recording in the midi recorder the tone recorded with will remain and be played when a tone is selected to play over it so you can record a bass part and play piano over that. Didn't expect such functionality. 64 sound polyphony is nearly enough for 3 tones at once the third tone being from the midi recorder This keyboard has some seamless sound switching this keyboard can play 3 tones at once a tone a layer and the midi recording. Once a tone is played it can sustain while another tone can be selected to play. Needles to say the demo demonstrated this :). The feel of the key's is phenomenal light and responsive , In my opinion my morning improvisations sessions are a breeze on the CT-S1 before I go on the PX. The key's are great for organ and synth stuff as well I'll probably hook it up to the PX one way or another. Hooking it up to Chordana wasn't a success for me yet with cable to the Ipad i'm probably not doing something correctly. Wanted the carry bag and dongle for it but umm the price tag on those made me hold out for while :0. I've chose the white CT-S1 cause the looks and the color have to me a feel of some classic keyboards.

The parts I've ordered have arrived , I've got fresh new key-rubber, key's and a bending wheel, The only thing that could not be delivered are the knobs. I'm happy to have spare key's now. But another problem arises its one thing after the other ... The XW doesn't startup no more. I'm aching to sample stuff and do some solo synth stuff on it and now that happens aaargh.

This morning I was up early, Too early than I liked. Did my thing this came out of it. Honestly it came together cause I finally understand a few principles to stitch things up and make it sounds whole, Plus last of couple weeks I've been making so many improvisation shorts for melody's with the piano recording them all as phrases its what made this tune sound like it is. I love the PX5S.

Getting better and better after all these years lots of us are improving gradually nicely done.

That a nice synopsis , I've dabbled with virtual instruments but its not to my comfort neither I do make my re-entry with that though a little. I remember Synth1 original made for Macintosh during the day's the influence of it make me wonder why it didn't come to the pc earlier. I'm quite envious about people owning an alesis make me wish I've did my re-entry in keyboards back in 2001. The Alesis keyboards have quiet and reputation, Its probably forgotten it rivaled the Korg Z1 or Phrophecy. The only thing that stills rings in my mind is that Synth1 was the standard learning synthesis in software form cause of the things it could do with modulating you couldn't in a hardware synth.

Either nobody told or nobody knows it yet. but The famous Synth1 from Daichi that was on Mac in the eighties has returned and updated. The history about this synth alone can tell story's about how synths from today are now.

I'm way to excited its new its < addictive > 😎, played an hour straight after work until I had to stop myself. I've ordered the bag for it as well , dang I got my practice piano with sounds I love.

Got my CT-S1 today took a while but its here. Thinking about to write a review about it here. I can tell now I love the size the sound, I'ts the white version but it seems more the color of the commodore 64 XD. So you might call it a classic color. Anyway if I'm used to it ill write about it.

Casio PX5S weekend jam - Rev Crecendo - Meaning getting louder, This is one stage , had to do add some treble later on.

I've lately turned into an arpeggiator / phrase aficionado "always wanted to say that" But there something that could uplift all Casio keyboards having them , I love all small incremental upgrade Casio did to all keyboards. The arpeggio are very deep and versatile the control tracks are a stroke of genius I loved it in the XW keyboards and even more in the PX5S. Arpeggio have evolved so much through the years they can do so much more now , Asking for that would be to much implementing. One such option I would like to have certain as an aspect of music is an random option for arpeggiator or something similar in a simple work around way maybe random velocity if that kind of engineering is easy with existing arpeggio's. Of all possibilities for what an arpeggiator adds, Random would be more viable it's use fits well in musical genre like classic and edm/house. Notice () I forgot to mention that the PX5S has an random arpeggiator my apology for that ,Its not fully configurable for step edit or any other control option, Its in there but as fixed arpeggio.

Bass and delay with layered piano preset on top for this weekend at home jam I present Altachroma . I've pre-recorded the bass line as wav and the whole set directly in audacity.

Wow that a cool design I've never seen nor heard of it. Lately I'm taking notes of some of Casio's designs. A few day's ago I wanted to make a post about that topic. As I've seen much of their PCB have changed allot as well as I've seen with CT-S1 PCB. Compared with the XW that huge.