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"31" If you are pressing the CARD button to play back audio (.wav) files, you are pressing the wrong button ! Pressing the CARD button will only show, and enable you to play, any MIDI (.mid) files on the card. To play back converted audio (.wav) files, you need to press the AUDIO PLAY button at the lower left corner of the display screen. Turn the Data Wheel and you will scroll thru the five reserved slots for converted Song Sequencer generated audio files (CASIOWV 1 thru CASIOWV 5) and then any converted wave files that are on the card. Notice that the START/STOP button in the transport control area will be flashing. Press it when you have the audio file, that you want to play back, showing in the display screen, and it will load and play. See Page 126 of the manual for full details. Good luck and enjoy the WK-7600 ! Regards, Ted

The XW-P1 uses the "Class Compliant" (Windows) or "Core MIDI" (MAC-OS/ iOS) drivers that have been built-in to Windows since XP Service Pack 2 and the last several versions of MAC-OS and iOS, so you will not find downloadable versions on the Casio web site. They are not needed, as they are already built-in to those operating systems. They load automatically when you connect the XW-P1 to your device. You should also be aware that the XW-P1 sliders only send MIDI messages when the XW-P1 is in Drawbar Organ mode. Instrument Definition (INS) files, and their equivalents., act as "translators" between the hardware device and the DAW for the selection of "voices" (tones), not as controller set up templates. Devices that were designed as "stand alone" keyboards generally operate as a compromise, at best, when used for the level of control integration you are looking for, unless they were designed by the manufacturer in co-operation with the DAW designers for ultra-tight integration - such as Roland and Sonar or Yamaha and Cubase. Like you, I did various searches to see if I could find anything that tied Ableton to the XW-P1 as a controller, but also came up with nothing. I even searched the Ableton forum for "XW-P1" and just "XW", and still nothing, but keep monitoring this thread. There may be some other members here who might chime in with advice on what they have done. That would save you from having to re-invent the wheel. Other than that, you will need to grab the XW-P1 MIDI Implementation Chart to see what is possible and how to go about it, in order to write your own template.

OK ! Here you go. This is right off my hard drive, and is the one I have been using for several years. Good luck ! CCUSBX64_INST.zip If you can find your existing driver before you install the new one, rename it to something else to force the new driver to a new location on your hard drive, in case you have a bad sector. Otherwise, the new driver will just overwrite the old in exactly the same location on your hard drive.

"Q" You mentioned that the CCUSBX64 driver worked fine with the WK-3300 until "the malfunction". Did this "malfunction" seem to coincide with some other activity, such as the installation of some other new driver or piece of software ? Your original post seems to indicate that the installation of the XW-DJ1 driver was attempted as a "fix" for the CCUSBX64 failure, and not that it was the "cause" of the CCUSBX64 failure. I suspect that the WK-3300 is not compatible with the XW-DJ1 driver, but both of those devices should work simultaneously, each with its own driver. On my Win7-64 systems, my CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX units connect via the "Class Compliant" driver simultaneously with my WK-3800, which connects via the CCUSBX64 driver. You may be able to get the XW-DJ1 driver to install by disconnecting the WK-3300 while it is installing, then try to reinstall the CCUSBX64 driver. I suspect that you may have a problem with the CCUSBX64 driver, which may or may not be related to the XW-DJ1 driver, and may need to be addressed separately from the XW-DJ1 and its driver. If those two drivers are not compatible with each other, then we need to let Casio engineering know that, so that they can address the issue. Regards, Ted

Stefano The mp3 file you attached sounds like you are combining an audio signal from an external device with a locally generated MIDI-based Auto-accompaniment pattern from the keyboard. If that is the case, then you are most likely experiencing the lack of audio-midi sync. While computer based DAW's and keyboard workstations with "DAW" type sequencers have the capability of syncing audio tracks to MIDI tracks, the Casio CTK/WK workstations do not have this capability, as the audio signals are not handled as "tracks" within the Song Sequencer. The CTK/WK Song Sequencer has no audio capabilities. Audio signals are handled completely separate from MIDI-based signals - including the Auto-accompaniment Rhythms. If that is not how you made this recording, then we need more details about how you made it. Regards, Ted

Hi musikrx ! I am glad to see that that WK-7600 hasn't gotten the best of you yet ! I am afraid that you are correct. Velocity Sensitivity, the setting that controls the amount of note volume produced by a given downward force (speed/velocity) with which a key is struck, is not applied to the Auto-accompaniment section. The Auto-accompaniment sensitivity is fixed, and the volume is controlled by the AccompVol setting. Yes ! There are arrangers that apply Velocity Sensitivity to the Auto-accompaniment section as a performance option. I have two of them, but the CTK/WK's are not them. From your previous posts on other topics, I think we can safely assume, at this point, that there is nothing wrong with your WK-7600, but I am unable to produce the effect you describe on any of my CTK/WK's, unless I get really laid back in my playing style to the point that I begin to skip notes, particularly the ring and little fingers of my left hand (the bass notes) , and am wondering if you might occasionally not be pressing the keys down far enough to make contact. I say this in all due candor, knowing your past experience with other keyboards, but there is one thing I can think of that is different from what you may have experienced in the past. All arranger keyboards tend to get a bit critical of playing style when in FullRange fingering mode for the Auto-accompaniment. That is because the keyboard has so much more to monitor and respond to than in the other fingering modes. So, if you are using "FullRange" fingering mode, go back to "Fingered1" and see if that resolves your problem. If it does, go back to "FullRange" and play the passages where you have noticed the problem, and make every effort to press every left hand note fully to the bottom of its travel. I wish I had something more definite for you to go on, but this is the best I have for now. At least it is a place for you to start. Best of luck ! Regards, Ted

In modern day keyboards (ROMplers), most of the "tined" EP sounds {as opposed to FM (Yamaha DX-7) or LA (Roland D-50) synth sounds} emulate the Rhodes tones, but since the "Rhodes" trademark was returned to Harold Rhodes by Roland in 1997 and currently resides with the Rhodes heirs, you will not find it listed as such in a tone list or on a keyboard display. So, BradMZ has a point. Check the "tined" EP sounds on your PX-330.

The WK-7500 CAN save various items as custom power-on defaults, and Transpose IS one of those items. I suspect that at some time a "-Default- Save" was done on your WK-7500, either purposefully or by accident. See the section titled "Default (Default Settings)" in the left hand column on Page E-134 of the WK-7500 Owners Manual and perform a Clear operation. Then, if you like, set up the keyboard the way you would like it to power up, and perform a Save operation per those same instructions. Items that can be saved as power-up defaults are shown in Column 3 of the Parameter List on Page E-163. Any item with a circle in Column 3 can be saved as a power up Default. As an alternative to the above, you could power the keyboard on, set Transpose to zero, then just Save the rest of the current defaults as the "new" power up defaults per Page E-134, but since you seem to be unaware of any other unwanted defaults that might be "hiding" in the setup, I recommend the complete CLEAR as I describe above. If the above does not resolve your problem, then back up any User Data on the keyboard to an SD Card or computer, and perform an Initialize ALL as described on Page E-135. If you do need to perform an Initialize ALL, and need assistance with User data back up, please reply below. If you no longer have a printed copy of the manual, you can download a copy from here: http://support.casio.com/manualfile.php?rgn=1&cid=008011141 Good luck ! Regards, Ted

What tracks are you recording to ? (Be sure to include the A or B prefixes) What order are you recording them in ? Are you recording Auto-accompaniment ? Are you using the instructions for "Starting One-touch Recording (EASY REC)" on Page E-68 of the manual, or the instructions for "Recording Individual Tracks" on Page E-72, or both ? On all three of my CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX keyboards, pressing the sustain pedal during Song Sequencer playback affects only the currently selected track - no others. If you are getting all tracks sustained when pressing the pedal during playback, that is not correct. I would still recommend a factory reset (INITIALIZE ALL). _________________________________________________________________________ CTK-6000, CTK-7000 WK-225, WK-1200, WK-3800, WK-7500

Set up the keyboard the way you want it for a given song and save it as a REGISTRATION. You can have everything you mentioned above except the "name". To my knowledge, no arranger keyboards in this price range allow you to name individual registrations. The middle to high end Yamahas only allow the naming of "banks" of registrations, but still not individual registrations. You will need to keep a notebook that cross references Registration numbers to song names, or write the Registration number at the top of your sheet music.

As expected, the sustain pedal on my CTK-6000 behaves the same as on the CTK/WK-7XXX models. The CTK-6000 is the 61 key equivalent to the WK-6500, which is the immediate predecessor to your WK-6600. For all practical purposes, those models are identical except for some minor feature improvements in the newer models. I am using an inexpensive Casio pedal that came with my WK-3800 about 10 years ago. When you connect your pedal, is everything sustained until you step on the pedal ? You should only get sustain when the pedal is pressed. If that is not the case, then you have the wrong pedal, or if it has a "polarity" switch, the switch needs to be set to the opposite polarity. Casio's require switch polarities opposite to those of most other manufacturers. If pedal polarity is not the problem, then I would recommend backing up any user data you may have on the keyboard (User Tones, User Rhythms, Registrations, etc.) and performing the Initialize ALL function described on Page E-100 of the manual to see if that resolves the problem. To be absolutely certain, on the CTK-6000, I assigned the Stereo Grand Piano Tone to both Sequencer Tracks 1 and 2. I then recorded a sustained left hand part to Track-1 and a non-sustained right hand part to Track-2. When I played the recording back, the notes on Track-1 were sustained, while those on Track-2 were not - just as they should be. So, I think we can safely say that your WK-6600 should definitely not be behaving the way it is.

The sustain pedals on my CTK-7000 and WK-7500 act exactly as expected during recording. Sustain is recorded only to the current track, with no bleed-over to or from previoulsy recorded tracks. This applies to both the Easy Record and Track-at-a-Time methods. I can not believe that there would any difference between the 6XXX models and the 7XXX models in this respect, but to be certain, I will set up the CTK-6000 here in the studio later this evening and check it. By any chance, do you have your WK-6600 USB connected to PC based DAW software that might be echoing unexpected sustain signals back to the keyboard ?

Sorry ! I am afraid you are going to have to exchange it for one with a polarity switch or for one that is Casio compatible.

Melissa I think I may have just realized what part of your problem might be with the WK-7600. You are used to playing your own two handed keyboard styles with a live band, but now the WK-7600 expects you to forego your left hand style in order to make chords below the Accompaniment split point so that it can determine its chord structure, but it does not have to be this way. In case you have not discovered this feature yet, press AND HOLD the ACCOMP ON/OFF button until CHORDS: [[ 1 ]] Fingered1 appears in the upper portion of the display. Use the Data Wheel or press the YES ( + ) button four times to change this to [[ 5 ]] FullRange, and then press EXIT. In Full Range mode, instead of Accompaniment monitoring your left hand key presses below the split point to determine its chord structure, it will monitor key presses from both hands across the entire keyboard in order to determine its chord structure. So, now, you can go back to your two handed playing style as you play along with your new "band". It works, but not 100%. On some complicated chord structures, it can be fooled, but this can usually be overcome by simplifying the chord structure a bit at that point. Noticeable ? In a solo concert performance ? You bet ! But in the average "band" type venue with Accompaniment running full blast ? Probably not. My point is, I know a lot of gigging arranger keyboard players that swear by full range mode and will only play that way, so it can be done. It might be worth a try for you. If you decide to go that way, this is another item that you can set as a power-up feature. If you decide against it, don't forget to go back in and set it back to one of the non Full Range modes.

Melissa Sorry ! I don't know how I missed this. I just came across it this evening as I was reviewing other responses that I have made over the past week or so. I think I may have already answered most, or all of these, in our other discussions, but in case I haven't (and for the sake of those who may come across this thread at some point in the future) I will address each of your questions here: 1. What you refer to as "right hand comping" in the Auto-accompaniment is, in all actuality, "the rest of the band (or orchestra)". Those are the piano, organ, guitar, strings, brass, woodwind, etc parts. They are not really just comping, and are normally referred to as your "backing tracks". If you want just a drum part, you can select a rhythm and tempo, but DO NOT turn Accompaniment on. You will still have access to all of the rhythm sections (SYNC, INTRO, NORMAL, VARIATION, FILLS, ENDING), just as though the entire rhythm were running, but in this mode, you can play two handed parts across the entire keyboard. However, if you want to throw in a bass, you have to turn Accompaniment on, and that brings in the rest of the Accompaniment instruments. You can use the MIXER feature to turn off (or adjust the volume, pan, etc of) any of the Accompaniment parts (A09 - A16) you like, but since they are specific to the currently selected rhythm, they can not be saved as part of any global setting or Registration for later recall. They can only be saved as part of a User Rhythm. 2. I discussed how to save the Accompaniment Volume as a power-up default in http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/11225-flaw-in-saving-settings-for-wk-7600/#entry31042 and http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/11225-flaw-in-saving-settings-for-wk-7600/#entry31058 3. You can purchase drum and bass MIDI files (or converted audio files) that you can store on an SD Card, and your WK-7600 will play them back from there, but they will be specific to a particular song in a particular key. That is to say, everything about them is obviously pre-arranged. This does work, and it works well for many keyboard players, but it also defeats much of the flexibility of an Arranger Keyboard which allows you to add your own performance nuances in real time to fit the situation and audience at hand. Unless MIDI files are tailored to your specific keyboard, they will use the lower quality General MIDI sound set rather than the keyboard's higher quality native sound set.

Nitish Do a Bing or Google search on "usb midi problems with osx el capitan" and take your pick as to where you want to start reading - USB-Audio problems, USB-MIDI problems, internal (non-USB) audio problems, software programs that worked fine under Yosemite no longer working under El Capitan (primarily VSTi plug-ins). It looks like Apple didn't do their homework very well on this one. In your case, I would say your problem is more likely with your operating system than with your PX-160, so I agree with Scott. You would probably get a much quicker, and more thorough answer over on the Apple support forums. Here is a good thread to start with: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7253452?start=0&tstart=0 Most of the references are to USB-Audio DAC problems, but there are also several references to rechecking MIDI settings, so they are apparently having some USB-MIDI problems as well.

Melissa To determine why you were not able to save your volume change to Part A12, refer to the Parameter List on Page 162 of the manual. You are interested in Column 2 of this table, as those are the items that are saved in a Registration. Any item in this list that has a circle in Column 2 is saved in a Registration. No circle in Column 2 indicates that that item is not saved as part of a Registration. Now go to the very last section of the table on the right hand side of the page, the section with the title that starts with the words "Mixer Settings". The circles in Column 2 indicate the various mixer parameters that are saved as part of a Registration, but now let's go back and read the entire title for this section - "Mixer Settings for Part A01 through A04". This only applies to those parts. Part A01 is the main right hand melody part. Part A02 is the right hand Layer part. Part A03 plays below the keyboard Split Point along with the Rhythm tones, and Part A04 is the right hand harmony part, if Auto-harmonize is turned on. Now we need to go to the very last line, which has no circle in Column 2 for Parts A05 through A16 or Parts B01 through B16. That is to say that mixer settings for Rhythm Parts A09 through A16 are NOT saved as part of a Registration. Those items must be saved as part of a User Rhythm. Registrations primarily save the keyboard's global setup parameters, while User Rhythms and User Tones save the edited internal parameters of those items. So, this explains why you were not able to save the changes to Part A12 as a Registration, and should answer your questions 2 and 3. "Accomp" is just the Auto-accompaniment "feature" that plays the selected Rhythm. You can not "save" anything to it. The "flashing" when the Rhythm is playing is just a visual indication of the tempo. When "Accomp" is on in the display, but the Rhythm is not running (standby) you get a "drone" chord if you play a chord in the left hand section of the keyboard. You can not save anything in relation to this either. As for your comment about "intro" and "sync" - "SYNC" just determines how the Rhythm starts. If you leave "SYNC" turned off, you will have to press the START/STOP button to start the rhythm, and only the drum part will start immediately. The rest of the Rhythm parts will not sound until you make a chord with your left hand. If you turn "SYNC" on, all Rhythm parts start on beat one of bar one as soon as you make a chord with your left hand. So, if you select a rhythm, press "SYNC", then press "INTRO", the keyboard will wait for a chord press, and then all Rhythm parts will start with an intro and proceed into the main section of the song. This now leads us into your question 4. The Auto-accompaniment control buttons and corresponding "sections" of a Rhythm pretty much follow the structure of a typical song: Intro, Normal (verse), Variation (bridge/chorus), Normal drum fill, Variation drum fill, Ending. So a complete Rhythm consists of those six sections: INTRO - NORMAL - NORMAL FILL - VARIATION - VARIATION FILL - ENDING. If you want to edit a part and have the change apply to all sections of the Rhythm, then you must make that change individually in each section where you want it to appear. There is no "global" edit command that will make a change in all sections of a Rhythm with a single command. In other words, if you want a change throughout an entire Rhythm, you must make that edit six times - once in each of the sections. If you only want a change in the Intro, then you only need to edit that section, etc. To do this, you select the Rhythm you want to edit, bring up the PATTERN SEQUENCER, go into EASY EDIT mode, bring up the MIXER, and start making your edit(s) - using the Auto-accompaniment control buttons to switch between the various Rhythm sections as you go - that is, you press the INTRO button to edit the Intro section, and press the NORMAL button to edit the Normal section, etc. There is no set sequence to this. You can switch between the various sections at will. All changes will be stored in temporary memory as you proceed. When you are finished with your edits, you name your work and save it as a User Rhythm. Needless to say, editing Rhythms can become a very tedious undertaking - depending on how much editing you want to do. To answer your question about the MIXER more specifically - Yes ! Rhythm parameter edits such as Tone selection, Part On/Off, Volume, Pan, etc. are done with the MIXER in the Easy Edit mode of the Pattern Sequencer and saved to a User Rhythm. You can make these changes with the MIXER in real time, as you are playing, but the changes are very fleeting, and will be lost as soon as you change Rhythm sections - say from Normal to Variation, etc - or as soon as you change Rhythms. As for One Touch Presets - those are merely manufacturer designed/recommended global settings to go with each of the factory Preset Rhythms. They are not user editable and can not be associated with User Rhythms. A list of the items controlled/selected by One Touch Presets can be found in the right hand column on Page E-27 of the manual. I hope you are having fun with your WK-7600 and are not getting too frustrated with it. Good luck ! Regards, Ted

I am glad that worked for you. Most of the time, it is a case of the manual being too vague, and you just need someone to restate it for you in a little more specific terms. I am still not convinced that this is going to resolve your problem with not being able to hear the keyboard during a performance, but I guess that is another story for another day. Best of luck, all the same !

In connection with Brad's trouble shooting suggestion, you might find the following link useful. In this discussion, when they mention "controller", they are talking about a MIDI controller keyboard, but it applies to full featured keyboards just as well. The mention of other USB device drivers that can interfere with or disable USB-MIDI is what caught my attention. Their discussion only lists a couple of specific items, but I think there are any number of webcam, and wireless keyboard/mouse drivers that can cause problems with USB-MIDI, or at least, Class Compliant USB-MIDI. As you trouble shoot, avoid any advice that tells you to go into Device Manager and disable all of your USB devices, and then reboot your computer. If all of your input devices (keyboard, mouse, etc.) are USB connected, you will end up with a computer that you can not communicate with. http://www.numark.com/kb/article/1619#prescription_resources

musikrx: I wanted to keep this discussion separate from the instructions above, so that the instructions do not get lost. I have seen a couple of discussions among gigging keyboardists recently about your problem. In every case, the complaint was the same. The keyboardist could not hear the keyboard over the other instruments in the band, yet when they questioned friends in the audience about it, there was no problem or when they listened to live recordings of their performance, there was no problem. It seemed that only the keyboardist could not hear the keyboard during the live performance. You say you are using powered speakers, but if they are facing the audience, you may need a second set (close field monitors) facing you. If the ones you have are already facing you, then your problem is bigger than I thought. You could try headphones, but that may stifle the other instrument sounds too much, and at the sound levels you are talking about, that may not be a good idea for your hearing anyway. Other than a few guitar gigs when I was in high school, I have always been a "one-man-bander" since I "graduated" to keyboards, so I have never had to deal with this problem. Perhaps some of the "band" experienced members here will join in with some sage (stage ?) advice. Good luck ! Regards, Ted

When you press ENTER in Step 5, that is not where you are supposed to get the "Complete" message, so I suspect that you are missing something in Step 4, but let's just take it from the top. 1. Start with the keyboard powered OFF. (So we know we are both starting at the same point.) 2. Power the keyboard ON. 3. Press the FUNCTION button. 4. The top line of the display should show that you are on Page 1 of 2 ( 1 / 2 ) of the -Function- menu. 5. Press the RIGHT ARROW ( > ) button once to go to Page 2 of 2 ( 2 / 2 ) of the -Function- menu. 6. There should be a large blue dot to the left of the word Volume (indicating that that entry is currently selected). 7. Press the DOWN ARROW ( V ) button twice to move the large blue dot to the left of the word General. 8, Press the ENTER button. 9. The top line of the display should show that you are on Page 1 of 2 ( 1 / 2 ) of the -General- menu. 10. Press the RIGHT ARROW ( > ) button once to go to Page 2 of 2 ( 2 / 2 ) of the -General- menu. 11. There should be a large blue dot to the left of the word AutoResume with the word [[oFF]] in heavy brackets to the right. 12. In Step 11, above: If [[on]] is in the heavy brackets, use the Data Wheel to change it to [[oFF]]. 13. Press the DOWN ARROW button once to move the large blue dot to the left of the word Default. 14. Press the ENTER button.to go to the -Default- menu. 15. There should be a large blue dot to the left of the word Clear. 16. Press the DOWN ARROW ( V ) button once to move the large blue dot to the left of the word Store. 17, Press the ENTER button. 18. The display screen should now be asking you if you are Sure ? you want to do this ( yes or no). 19. Press the YES ( + ) button. You must press YES or NO here - not ENTER. 20. Now is when you should momentarily see the Complete ! message. 21. DO NOT PRESS THE FUNCTION BUTTON AS INSTRUCTED BY THE MANUAL. That does not work here. 22. Press the EXIT button 3 times to return to the normal playing screen. 23. Your power up defaults should now be set. Hope this helps ! Good luck ! Regards, Ted

I have Accompaniment Volume saved as a power up default on my CTK-6000 and 7000 and my WK-7500. I need to go out for a while. When I get back, I will see if I can figure out what might be going wrong for you.

You can save Accompaniment Volume as part of the WK-7600's default power up settings. See the section Default (Default Settings) beginning about half-way down the left hand column on Page E-134 of the manual. The keyboard will then power up with the setting you have chosen, and that setting will remain until you change it manually (even if you select different rhythms), or until you select a Registration that changes it. You can even include a Registration filter as part of the power up defaults that will keep Registrations from changing it, but that filter freezes ALL accompaniment settings, not just the volume. I don't think you would want that. Since Registrations will change Accompaniment Volume, then saving it as part of your registrations is the better way to go, if you use Registrations. Now, if you just want to adjust the volumes of certain accompaniment rhythm tracks (ie, drum, bass, etc), those parameters are saved as part of a User Rhythm. You just need to bring up the Rhythm you are interested in, edit the tracks in question with the mixer, and save it as a User Rhythm. I currently have 9 arranger keyboards, of all different price ranges, from 3 different manufacturers, here in the studio with me. All of them have their own version of a "mixer" function which allows me to adjust various track parameters (volume, pan, etc) of accompaniment rhythms, and allows me to save my changes to User Rhythms, but NONE of them allow me to set individual accompaniment track parameters "globally". Keyboards are just not designed that way. Those are more the design features of a simple drum machine, not an arranger keyboard. Yamaha offers two model lines that offer very, very, fine tuning on their registration "freeze" options, to make some settings seem more "global", but still not quite as fine as what you are looking for. The lower priced model of those is currently selling for around $2600, and the top of the line model is running around $6000. I find it interesting that you need to raise the volume of the accompaniment. I typically need to reduce it, particularly the drum and bass tracks, so that they do not over power the right hand melody parts.

When a registration is saved, all of the items listed in Column 2 of the table on Page E-163 of the manual are saved as a part of that registration. There is no option to save just specific items from that list.

Jenn I apologize for being so long in responding to your post. I am a CTK/WK keyboard owner, so I don't hang out over here in the digital piano sections much, but in browsing the forum this evening, I noticed that your post had been here for some time without a response. If you have not yet found a solution, I think what you are looking for is in the left hand column on Page E-8 of the manual. The part that most concerns you is the very last statement to hold down BOTH of the volume adjusting keys, simultaneously, to reset the volumes to their initial levels. I would also recommend a review of the Operation lock procedure on Page 25, which locks out the keyboard's control buttons against "inadvertent" presses. Regards, Ted