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dear friends........ got my PX-350 yesterday awesome piano.............

Ok guys..... initially I thought I would stick to PX-5S.....but the lack of half-damper...and I need to purchase a MIDI device like Behringer FCB1010 to achieve half damper ...so the additional costs keep adding.... Plz help me with this... Lets say ,1) I dont have FCB 1010 or any other MIDI foot controller....AND 2) I am not assigning sustain to any of the slider. Is it possible to emulate a near half-damper scenario on PX-5S by tweaking the values Damper Resonance,String Resonance,Lid Simulation etc..... If its possible to do so,, plz rate it out of 10.... how close can i get to half-damper emulation by such tweaking.... If its not at all possible or satisfactorily attainable, then i'll go with PX-350... Also plz suggest me...which DP is much Pianist Oriented...in terms of classical music playability..PX-350 or PX-5S? coz I am learning piano on my own with the help of online piano tutors and I am appearing for Trinity Guildhall Piano Exams..... So dear friends, plz guide me in the proper direction in the classical piano music perspective......(For Eg: If Chopin's Op.25 No.11 Winterwind Etude & Revolutionary Etudes were to be played.... which DP will be best suitable?? PX-350 out of the box or PX-5S with Maximum Tweaking ??...coz it seems at certain passages, it requires and many such piano etudes requires half-damping...so how efficiently and how close can I get to such a necessity on PX-5S?)

thank you Jokeyman123 and BradMZ for the info.... BradMZ,Its good to learn that half damping can be emulated with a continuous pedal.. like the Behringer FCB1010. Besides learning piano, live performance is also of equal importance for me.... PX-5S is definitely an advantage in live situation with zones,hex layers,real time controls,editing etc.. and now its clear for me that,with a continuous pedal, I can get what I need (half-damper) with a PX-5S... now my choice is pretty much clear... it will be PX-5S.... I am also curious about the compatiability of PX-5S with Android Tablets..... If someone can throw some light in this regard, it will be very helpful... since the PX-5S is not capable of emulating monophonic sounds, there are some synths which can be downloaded (you guys will be knowing better than me). Provided I have a soft synth downloaded into my tab, how to make use of it with PX-5S in live situation?? what type of connections will be required to make it happen??can somebody teach me the basics of this topic please...???

Hello Friends, Greetings from India. I am a composer and arranger with a YAMAHA MOX6. And I am also a keyboard player in a local band. So I am determined to upgrade to an 88 note keyboard and CASIO PRIVIA PRO PX-5S ticks all the boxes. I am very pleased with its capabilities from being a stage piano > Synth to master controller. I am a self learnt musician, but my technical knowledge with regard to cutting edge products like PX-5S is very limited. But I am a quick learner, so I am confident that I'll get it to my grips. Now the reason why I am asking you the following details is, In India we don't have showrooms like Guitar Center or Sweetwater or Kraft Music etc.,to go and try out to get hands on experience and decide what suits my needs. So my only hope to grasp an understanding about such fine products is people like you. Myself as a musician: 1) I am not a PIANO player and I have never played any acoustic grands. 2) The reason why I have decided to purchase a PX-5S or PX-350 is, now I am learning piano on my own. So I am also curious about the playability of classical piano etudes on PX-5S. Besides, PX-5S will be my main board in live performance with a YAMAHA MOX or a YAMAHA PSR 750 on top. Now the question is, 1) Though the PX-5S has no half-damper capabilites, can I simulate something closer to half -damper effect by editing the TIME / DURATION of the SUSTAIN/DAMPER RESONANCE?? For Eg: Etudes like, Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude" and "Winterwind" , many such classical compositions will require half-damper operation. If its possible to get close to such requirements, I'll be considering PX-5S. So I am requesting you to help me out on this issue to understand the technicalities involved here. Even with all the editing if it's not possible to get close, then I think I will have to go for PX-350. Even the Privia PX-350 is good. But I am a kind of a person who would love to tweak and create own sounds... and being a gigging musician the 256 note polyphony will be much helpful to create complex splits and layers. And going by youtube deoms, voices/ tones other than piano are also better in PX-5s... so im leaning towards PX-5S. 2) With the PX-5S, other than iPad, what will be the compatibility with a Samsung or other tabs which runs on Android? Will I be able to use a Soft Synth apps like 'Morphwiz' of Jordan Rudess and the like.? Can I connect any other hardware like a Tab other than iPad with PX-5S? If only with iPad, then please impart me with the advantages of integrating an iPad instead of other Andriod running devices with the PX-5S. If I have foreseen any other details or If u want to hint at any important details, plz feel free to educate me on that too.

Scott Hamlin, Can u suggest a similar workaround to simulate half-damper effect with the FCB1010. If it's possible to achieve half-damping, then i'm in for PX-5S.