Silvano Silva

Casio MZ-X Preload is a tool created to partially correct the delay in reading ztn samples. If you have sampled Tones that are larger than 2.5 megabytes it is recommended that you add them to PRELOAD. Tones smaller than 2.5megbytes do not suffer from latency when loading unless you have many samples in use at the same time. A precious tip: DO NOT USE ALL THE MEMORY IN YOUR PRELOAD AS IT MAY OCCUR LOCKS IN THE FACTORY TONES.

The proof of the samples in MZX is: Install a tone and turn off the keyboard. When you turn it back on you can check if the tone is defective. If samples disappear, reinstall. Leave the AUTORESUME option turned on. And when you have tones larger than 2.5 megabytes turn on PRELOAD to avoid latency.

Hello Friend. All samples including On and Off noises are acoustic samples from Scandalli Super VI

In the demo on the last accordion I did it with Hexalayer totally with samples. On the second layer key noise and on the third key of Touch

Amazing. Its work. It would be even better if the program had the option to only play certain chords (Major, Minor, Seventh, Diminish, Off Drum Key. But it helped a lot to edit the factory rhythms. Congratulations!!!!

The keyboard is the same, and even the update is the same 1.61 as the new models. What has changed is the label and with the Rhythms Pack samples and I believe the official Casio BR pack in megabytes is the biggest it has. Around 55 megabytes. I think the Casio's competitive price helped with the provision of new units. In other countries like Europe, the USA does not have the high taxes that here, which facilitates the purchase of more expensive equipment. http://mundomzx.casioteclados.com.br/mundomzx/

The MZ-X market here is very heated as it has only recently been more represented and respected. Casio has even re-released it with a brand new label with NEW KIT BR and update 1.61. We hope that Casio doesn't abandon Mid Level users

The MZ-X is famous here because it's much cheaper price and features compared to the competition. The FanBase Yamaha here is big but the MZ-X has conquered its space. And here there is still new MZ-X available on the Sales Sites. Unfortunately we are out of options with Casio not signaling if it will produce any replacement at the mz-x500 level

Casio produced an excellent keyboard but dreamed small. Here in Brazil, Casio presented artists who use the MZX as a controller and not the product proposal that is SAMPLE ARRANGEMENT KEYBOARD. The keyboard did not end up in the hands of the keyboardists "arrangers" due to a marketing mistake. And also from the competition that invested in one man band artists. Today in Brazil the Casio MZ-X started to get fame among ONE MAN BAND musicians because it has a super competitive price despite the defects that we already know to solve. Casio rocked the Big KYR, just keep impressing the market as he did with the PIANOS STAGE. The CT-X line was an upgrade to SOUND ENGINE but a Software System Downgrade compared to MZ-X. It's much simpler to create a STYLE and edit a TONE in MZ-X than in CT-X

In fact you are correct. We have some here who think the MZX is just a synthesizer. MZX is beyond that. You are now sampling your samples and you are already noticing the problems in the sampler part. We Brazilians use a lot of samples because the Brazilian Culture is very big and we are always changing rhythms, sounds. But in fact there is a way to solve the sample problems and we already have some little tricks. Avoid using ZTN larger than 2.5mb Preload does not always help because it can give problems with samples and if you are going to use it, place only files above 4 megs in the preload. Always install samples separately beyond the ZAL file. Any new sample installed turn off your MZX and turn it on and check the sample And most importantly: Creating samples is an art and the smaller the sample the better it will load onto your Casio MZ-X.

Hi! Here is a demo of my Rhythms Brazil "MPB" I didn't use samples in your production. Everything is from MZX itself

The Pandemic delayed the distribution of these keyboards a lot. Maybe in 2022 return to normal

Watch the Video. Maybe one day the new MZ-X will come with these additional features

Hi Jockeyman I never had Medeli but I follow some of his releases and I also know that they manufacture for other brands. If you are interested in any model I suggest a model like the new AKX10 in which the MZ-X line resembles. As for the MZ-2000, excellent as it may be, we have the problem in terms of repair parts if there is a defect. New arrangements are expensive because many of them mix workstations in addition to being able to provide access to more practical and faster arrangements. In studio environments such as in Brazil, an arranger provides practicality for small jobs and immediate profits. Workstations can appear for longer and more expensive productions. The Casio MZ-X is an excellent keyboard but we only have a few missing details here in the Arranger item. An example is the lack of user-programmable O.T.S.

You still don't understand in parts. Some implementations that I mentioned have in other brands of the cheaper model. Example Roland E-50, the PSR models of the old line PSR 1100, Roland GW8 among others and the Casio MZ2000 itself has some features that the MZ-X line does not have. Another detail how is it that a model S670 does not need Preload and the MZ-X does? The truth is that Casio itself became real when, since the first update, it was not what everyone expected in the face of competition. In the beginning neither Samples ZTN features were possible. You could only add WAV PADS. As I said, the MZ-X is my primary keyboard and if I have a superior model that Casio launches I will definitely do my best to buy it. Only we have to always ask for at least these small implementations that clearly even the Medeli have. I came from a generation of keyboards such as Technics, olds PSR and others and are approaches that Casio can produce again like the MZ2000. We hope that Casio does not abandon the MZ-X Line because here in Brazil the MZ-X is a great option in face of the competition that is more expensive (Comparison with Sampling feature keyboards)

Now you are understanding. What we ask for is not absurd. These are features that competing brands have been using for decades and many features added to the MZ-X were thanks to the community that asked here at the Forum and on the internet. Even today, the Casio brand operates on GM1 while others already address GM2. It is good for practicality but bad for compatibility. I have also complained at the CT-X5000 Forum about its precarious connectivity with DAW where Bugs still happen. If Casio corrects these minimalisms, you can be sure that many will migrate to the Brand.

That's where I'm referring to, dear colleague. You use the MZ-X as a synthesizer and not as an arranger. The MZ-X Proposal here in Brazil is exclusively primarily as an arranger. The MZ-X is sold here exclusively as a competitor to the Yamaha S670 and clearly when we compare it here they are exactly like arrangers. I am not an engineer but because of the wide use I have on the arrangers and as a user I can give my opinion. The PX and MZX Line have different proposals. PX are PIANO STAGE with some arranger features but with Piano hammer dynamics. MZ-X Line are arrangers with some sample features. Your opinion is no longer valid for me and for many who use the keyboard as an arranger where you can, for example, make quick arrangements without needing to sequence in a DAW. For me, this is the proposal of the MZ-X. Synthesizers I already had and already sold because I need a keyboard for LIVE USE without needing a Band. The arranger keyboards that you mentioned in the Post are very expensive here. The MZ-X entered the market for a cost-effective Plausible Option. If you check the first posts about the MZ-X Line on this Site, you will see that most orders with the MZ-X are for corrections and improvements in the Core Arranger Machine. That's why MZ-X has had a lot of updates. it is thanks to the community. Hard Users as an arranger keyboard. I'm not really criticizing because I have a Roland E-50 and it is standing here. The MZ-X is my primary arranger keyboard

Here in Brazil, sales of the Casio MZ-X continue and there is a new MZ-X available

The MZ-X is a monster in synthesizer but for use as an arranger you need to improve some details. I have an old Roland E-50 and a lot of the features that I mentioned the E-50 has

And to complement. If Casio makes a superior and more expensive MZ-X you can be sure that I will be waiting to buy

Friend agree your opinion. But we do have to assist Casio. You yourself replied in the post that Rhythms don't matter to you because you see the MZ-X as a Synthesizer. I use the MZ-X for both functions and I am a hard user on arranger keyboards. I have worked with arranger keyboards for decades and I have worked with various brands and I have been able to notice their evolution. The points I put are for those who work in real time with STYLES and many have their way of life that they gain from this process. Brazil adopts this way of using arrangers a lot and we know in depth details that range from a Sync Start to the use of samples in the STYLES and real LOOPS. I believe that many details that I put in are simple implementations but that would make a big difference for those who use the MZX as an arranger

Hello friends. I come through this Post to inform my opinion of what was missing in this line of Casio MZ-X. I know that there are thousands of orders that have been placed for years and MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THANKS TO THE USER COMMUNITY that asked Casio for improvements and bug fixes in your Software. Many charges of which I am sure that most were constructive criticisms. It is information that I believe will be useful for Casio to implement in the new generations of keyboards and being out of the professional arranger market for so long It got its space. Here are some of my ideas: 1: Access to editing the chords even if using software such as MAJOR MINOR E 7 in the accompaniments as in competing brands. (There are STYLES in the MZX that have in their INTROS differences in the arrangements when pressed MAJOR OR chord MINOR) 2: Dedicated break button (It would be a variation like FILL1 FILL2 FILL3 FILL4 and BREAK) 3: Permission to accept Tempo CCs commands in Rhythms. (There are STYLES in other brands that accept changes in Tempo in VARIATIONS which would be useful in the development of more elaborate Rhythms such as A Ballad that turns into Rock) 4: Blocking chords in creating rhythms (Very well addressed resource where it would be possible to copy Guitar or Guitar bases in Wave to add in Rhythms is a simple resource that simply It would block chords that differ from the recorded Wav as only major seventh and minor chords. 5: Optimization in internal memory for using Samples in real time (With a good optimization of the MZX Hardware the PRELOAD tool would not need to exist) 6: Add more DSPs (The MZX could have more DSPs which would suffice a total of at least 4 DSPs with the option of distributing an effect to all instruments of execution. Seen as an effects machine and not as an insert effect) 7: Equalizer in the accompaniment. (A 3-band classic equalizer for each accompaniment instrument would be very useful) 8: SF2 converter (Many users have no experience creating their sampled sounds A converter linked to SAMPLE MANAGER would help a lot in converting thousands of free samples on the internet to MZX) 9: Problems when using Transpose in MZX (The MZX suffers from a problem when using rhythms with Tranpose turned on. A simple correction would be like in other brands when recording a double bass for the accompaniment o the keyboard would fix a region where if you were to use Tranpose the notes would not sound too low or too high. 10: Freeze on the MIXER (A big mistake is that the MIXER in real time does not have a functional Freeze when you change the volume of any instrument of the live accompaniment when press the variation button the keyboard returns to the state in which the rhythm was created, making corrections in real time impossible. 11: Pad Banks (Needless to create Banks A B C for the pads, it would be much more practical to have a single bank where you install the Wavs and from these Wavs you create the Pads USER BANKS 12: Hold Strings in the accompaniment (Interesting would be a resource to hold the notes of a String when using in the accompaniment this resource is already normal in other brands 13: Urgency at INTRO (When you use an accompaniment using MAIN INTRO and needing to go out to the variations, the keyboard only responds with two touches in the variation The immediate response would be of great use as there are situations in which it is necessary to leave INTRO immediately) 14: OTS (ONE TOUCH SETTING) feature The Casio MZX in its quality was lacking with this feature of OTS for each STYLE has brands that accept from 4 to 8 OTS created by the user for each STYLE The CASIO MZX Is one of the instruments that I enjoyed working with the most and I believe that Casio has to continue developing keyboards in this segment I will definitely be a user for the next releases. Forgive my English

It seems that someone was able to create a Software for converting Soundfonts to ZTN. Casio could acquire this wonder which would help a lot with the creation and editing of samples. Credits of information Popsel