Joe Muscara

I'm not sure what language you wrote but I'm pretty sure the answer is No. The Bluetooth adapter will only work for models Casio has mentioned and nothing that has previously shipped before it was announced.

I'm sorry you've had this problem, especially on a gig! Has a company ever said, "this new model is guaranteed to never freeze nor crash"? Only if it's an acoustic piano. I must admit, I find it a little funny that you say that you're concerned about the new model being out after "only two years," when people often post saying "they haven't released anything new for two years!" I understand what you're getting at, but I'm sure Casio isn't trying to leave users of previous models out in the cold if there are bugs they can fix. Have you tried reproducing this freeze? I'd suggest trying to remember what you did at the gig including playing and see if you can make it happen again at home of course. If you can recreate it and come up with steps that lead to the freeze, then Casio should be able to reproduce it as well and then fix it, as long as the model can be updated. If for some reason it cannot be fixed, then the next best thing would be knowing the cause and avoiding it. If you know that step X, Y, then Z will do this, maybe skipping one of the steps or doing it differently will keep it from doing that.

My guess would be no, because it doesn't emulate the individual tonewheels of a Hammond, it just has samples of the overall tones. I'd love to see Casio put a bit more all-in-one-ed-ness in one of these kinds of keyboards by including a descendant of the organ tones that were in the MZ-X and include the sliders/drawbars. I'd also love to have waterfall keys (I really don't know why synth companies don't do those more on synths. Diving board keys aren't anything special IMO) but Casio has never done that. Let me rephrase that. There's always hope, but I wouldn't expect it.

If you look at the description, he mentioned that he did hit the tone change accidentally.

It looks like after doing those other videos with the MT, Larry Goldings got a CT-S1 and he loves it!!

Is it still playing its internal sounds from the keyboard properly? Have you tried MIDI in both directions, keyboard to computer and vice versa? Can you get another keyboard to try in its place?

Oooh, don't say that. I hate mattress stores for that reason, and I love Casio keyboards. Casio might do this in a few cases, but nowhere near the extent of mattress stores. You did say "a little like" so I don't think you're slamming Casio though. It's just a raw nerve for me (mattress stores, that is).

I'd take the PX-S1000 over the CDP-S100 any day. The CDP-S100 is a great starter keyboard, don't get me wrong, I recommend it for many people as an entry-level model over just about anyone else's, but the PX-S1000 is much more like playing a real piano. If you're budget-limited, the CDP-S100 is a great way to go, but if you can afford more, take the step up. That being said, if you primarily want to use it as a controller, then the sounds and features you get from the PX-S1000 might not matter to you. The actions on both are similar to each other and your "connectedness" to the instrument would depend on the software instrument you use and all that. But the PX-S1000 is a better standalone keyboard, which might be useful for those times you just want to sit and play. JMO.

That is odd. Good luck getting it fixed or whatever.

That video with the weights was crap. There's so much more to a piano action than static weight on the keys. It's a dynamic system. I know if you studied engineering they teach you statics and dynamics, right? No, I don't think even the PX-S3000 is a "fully featured arranger." So you're right that the PX-560 would probably be a better choice for you in that regard.

Again, it depends on what you want to do with the instrument, which I haven't seen you specify. I would not describe the PX-S models as "worse" in any way vs. the PX-560. Each has features the other doesn't. If you haven't tried the action on those, you can't say there are issues. Many many players are very happy with them.

Have you looked at the PX-S1000 or PX-S3000? Those are newer than the PX-560 and have some impressive improvements to the sounds, especially the pianos. They are also smaller while still being 88 weighted keys. It depends on what you want to do with the instrument, of course. While both of these models are Privia, they aren't marketed as "Pro" like the PX-560 or PX-5S though they have things like 1/4" outs.

That's not a negative, IMNSHO. They're either features you can grow into, or things you won't use because you use other aspects. I have lots of keyboards that have way more features than I'll ever use. And, I have more keyboards than I can play at one time! At the same time, for the features I do use, I want them to be really good. If that means the keyboard is overpowered for me in other areas, so be it.

1. Most of us here are big Casio fans so we would be a bit biased comparing a Casio to any other brand. b) "better" as far as what? It depends on what you are looking for. I think the CTX-5000 is an excellent keyboard, but Casio has models that have those sounds and weighted 88-note keyboards. OTOH, the new CT-S models have similar (better?) sounds and are smaller. But I don't do a lot of on-keyboard arranging and play along kinds of stuff so I can't compare those aspects, and I can't compare pricing because I don't know those numbers offhand.

I've never tried this running through a USB hub. See if you can get it to work without the hub, connecting the iOS devices to the PX-850 as directly as possible. On the device side, make sure you're using genuine Apple adapters, as third-party adapters are notoriously unreliable.

There have been some Casio models that auto-detect NO or NC on start up, but apparently the CDP-S series aren't one of them. 🤷‍♂️ I do not know if which models do and don't auto-detect NO/NC is documented anywhere. It might be like, "Privia models do, CDP models do not" but that's just a guess.

I'm not speaking for Casio, but like other reviewers, he seems to get early production units to review. Dave Bryce reviewed the CT-S1 last month, I think that video is posted somewhere here. Anderton's in England also has one they've made videos of and reviewed. What may actually be happening is that these models are being assembled now, have been for at least a few weeks, but the manufacturer says they're not shipping until a certain date when they know they will have quantities. Say they can build 100 per day, and that started on April 1. By April 30, that's only 3000. They would rather wait and get 5000 or 7500 before they say, "it's available" and people can start buying them. [I'm making these numbers up. I hope you get the idea. I'm probably off by an order of magnitude.] Meanwhile, they can pull a few units out for reviewers, demos, etc.

I didn't even know Audacity recognized MIDI! What you want are WAV files. Then Audacity will have everything, though mixed to stereo audio. Use the Audio Recorder. The steps to do so are on page 65 of the manual (at least for the one in English).

They won't tell us until they tell us. That said, since they didn't do it when they shipped, I doubt it. I'm not sure I figured out when Casio does and doesn't decide to do colors. The new Casiotone CT-S1 has three colors, red, white, and black. Some of the previous gen Privia models are blue. The PX-5S is white. But most just come in any color you want, as long as it's black (quoting Henry Ford). 🤷🏻‍♂️

MIDI data is MIDI data.

Have you tried MIDI-OX? That would confirm that the computer(s) aren't seeing MIDI data. OTOH, if they are, then the issue isn't the GP-400 after all. I think the USB connection shouldn't feel loose at all.

Does this help?

Then buy an iPad.

See? You proved their point. The issue is in Sibelius, not the Casio. Do you launch Sibelius first then connect the Casio, or is the keyboard already connected? I've seen notation apps that need to be restarted after you connect a new MIDI device to use with them.

Apparently some USB cables only charge and don't carry data. Also, the Apple Lightning to USB adapter is the only adapter guaranteed to work reliably. Some third-party adapters might work, but it's hit and miss.