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Thanks for your reply. Do you know where to obtain a general-midi patch name script? I searched Google for these words: general midi patch script But I did not find any useful results. Actually, it seems patch name scripts are quite easy to make -- if you have the necessary patch names and bank numbers etc. Casio must have those, and could probably make a patch name script for the PX-350 / 780 in just a few minutes. It sure would be useful for Casio keyboard owners. How about it, Casio? Apparently, Casio's marketing manager, Mike Martin, made a patch name script for the Casio Privia PX-5S. Does anyone know how to reach Mike, to ask him if he could make a patch name script for the PX-350 and PX-780? Thanks.

There is a Casio-made patch script for the PX-5S here: http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/files/file/246-privia-px-5s-cubase-patch-script/ I've pasted some of it below, just to show the format. I wonder how much of that would apply to the PX-350 or PX-780. Unfortunately, the task of creating a patch script for the PX-350 or PX-780 has been made more difficult because Casio has made it impossible to drag and copy from the tone list in the pdf manual. ( In the PX-780 manual tutorial, it's on page A-1 here: http://support.casio.com/pt/manual/008/PX5S_en_PT.pdf ) So you can't just copy and paste it into Excel. Actually, you can't copy text from anywhere in the pdf manual. What's the point of that? They should have saved the pdf in a format that would allow copying. Anyway, here's how the PX-5S patch list starts: [cubase parse file][parser version 0001][comment] www.casiomusicgear.com [creators first name] Mike[creators last name] Martin[device manufacturer] Casio[device name] Casio Privia PX-5S[script name] PX-5S[script version] Version .5 [define patchnames][g1] Piano[p2, 0, 64, -1] GrPnoConcert[p2, 1, 64, -1] Rock Piano[p2, 2, 64, -1] GrPno Studio[p2, 3, 64, -1] GrPno Modern[p2, 4, 64, -1] LA Piano[p2, 5, 64, -1] Dance Piano[p2, 6, 64, -1] GrPno Bright[p2, 7, 64, -1] GrPno Mellow[p2, 8, 64, -1] Mono Piano 1[p2, 9, 64, -1] Mono Piano 2

I'd like to control the PX-780 from Cubase (which is a computer DAW sequencer similar to Sonar or Cakewalk). That would be much easier if I could find a patchname script file (.txt) or an instrument definitions file (.ins file) for the PX-780. Does anyone know where I can find such a file for the PX-780? (I assume the file for a PX-350 would be similar.) If a patch script file is available, I would be much more likely to buy a PX-780, instead of a Roland, Yamaha, or Korg keyboard. Thanks. For reference, here are some relevant links: http://cubase.rivetedstudios.com/cat_view/34-cubase-files/35-patch-scripts.html http://www.heikoplate.de/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=87&Itemid=74 ftp://ftp.steinberg.net/Download/PC_Stuff/Patchname_Script_Maker/English/ReadMe.txt http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/4862-privia-px-5s-cubase-patch-script/