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  1. The free Casio ChordanaPlay App for Smart devices (phones/tablets) has its own on-screen fingering guide and learning system that is pretty much the equivalent of the "Step-Up Lesson" system of the LK keyboards. Since ChordanaPlay works with any of the LK keyboards, and since the LK-S250 and LK-265 are in the same price range. I would probably, personally, opt for the "best of both worlds" and go with the LK-265. That would give me a keyboard that has its own "Step-Up Lesson" system and on-screen fingering guide, but will still work very well with the ChordanaPlay App, when I want that type of lesson system. Actually, I would probably go a little more and go with the LK-280, the current top of the line LK keyboard. It has the advantage of being able to store downloaded MIDI files on an SD Memory Card and playing them back from there. It has all the features of the LK-265 and also works very well with the ChordanaPlay App. I currently have the ChordanaPlay App on a phone with a 4 inch diagonal screen, as well as on an 8 inch tablet and a 10 inch tablet. Believe me, with a phone that small, the larger screens of the tablets is a definite advantage for the ChordanaPlay App.
  2. But I thought that's why we all bought these kind of keyboards ! ! ! 😉
  3. When you play your inversions, do you want the lowest note of your chord to be used as the bass note? If so, then you need to select Fingered 3 as your chord fingering mode, otherwise the keyboard will most likely un-invert your inversions. This is more commonly refereed to as "Bass on Bottom" fingering. See "Selecting a Chord Fingering Mode" in the manual. If this does not work for you, you may want to try Full Range fingeriing mode. This mode parses notes played by both hands for determining the proper chord configuration. If you are going to use Fingered 1 or Fingered 2 Chord Fingering Modes, then see the Fingering Guide in the rear of the manual for recognized chord configurations.
  4. OK Steve! That lower panel in MIDI-OX is for selecting its MIDI Output Device, and has nothing to do with selecting a MIDI Input Device in the upper psnel. This screen shot shows that MIDI-OX is connected to your MIDI Adapter Cable (USB A) for both its MIDI Input and MIDI Output Devices. If you already have a MIDI Sequencer (DAW) program, go into its MIDI Device Selection menu and select your Adapter Cable as its MIDI Output Device Load one of your MIDI files into it and see if it will play to the WK-3200. If you do not already have a MIDI Sequencer (DAW) program, download Anvil Studio and use it. I choose it, because it is a free and safe download, and it has a fairly easy learning curve. You can get Anvil Studio from www.anvilstudio.com. Make sure you choose the correct version for your system from across the top of the home page.
  5. That is because the 560 is selecting the economy General MIDI (GM) sound set on the Tyros 5. The T5 GM sound set is the equivalent of the Microsoft Wavetable Synth on a Windows computer. You would need to program the 560 to send the correct Bank Select and Program Change codes that would select the high quality sounds on the T5. A professional grade controller would have this capability, but I am not certain that the controller capabilities of the 560 are sophisticated enough to do this. Trying to use a "regular" keyboard, that was not specifically designed with controller capabilities, as a controller is always a huge compromise, at best. Basically, it usually boils down to nothing more than trying to use a device for something other than that for which it was designed, then blaming that poor device when things don't work as well as expected. As a work-around, you could set-up the T5 to not accept Bank Select and Program Change messages at all, so the 560 can not change the T5's tones unexpectedly by mistake, then just select the T5 tones, you want, manually on the T5, instead of trying to do it from the 560. Using registrations, on the T5, to quickly make these selections, would make things a lot easier.
  6. You are correct in your assumptions/understandings about the LK-265 and LK-S250. The LK-S250 was designed to work with the ChordanaPlay App, while the LK-265, even though it will work with ChordanaPlay, was actually designed as a standalone "learning" series keyboard, so it offers features that the LK-S250 does not. What applies to the LK-265 also applies to the other standalone LK models, (LK-270, LK-280, etc) as well as the 76 key WK-2XX models and some of the digital pianos, but only the LK models have lighted keys.
  7. Steve Check the documentation that came with the new Adapter Cable to see if it is USB-MIDI Class Compliant. If it is not, you will need to obtain and install the driver for it. If it is Class Complaint, your computer should have told you it was installing the Class Compliant driver, when you first connected it. I am concerned about this, because while most Windows 10 systems work fine with USB-MIDI, some have no end of problems with it. So far, I have been assuming that yours is not one of the problem systems, as your original MIDI-OX screen shot showed that MIDI-OX had, in fact, connected to the original Adapter Cable as its MIDI Input Device as "USB A" . . . . . . . . . . but . . . . . now you have changed the Adapter Cable. Did you go back into the MIDI-OX MIDI Device selection menu and select this new Adapter Cable as its MIDI Input Device? These software programs will not detect your changes and make corrections on their own. You have to tell them exactly what you want them to do. If the new Adapter Cable is showing in the MIDI-OX MIDI Inputs panel, you need to left click on it to ensure that it is actually selected. As I said previously, the red flashing light on that MIDI-OX screen will only be on ONE of the 16 channels (probably Channel 1, 2, 3, or 4), as you press the keys on the keyboard, they will not be all over the screen and one key press gets you one flash. Also, if you have the Adapter Cable connected to a USB-3 port on your computer, change it to a USB-2 port. These newer Adapter Cables should be able to work with USB-3 ports, but a lot of them won't.
  8. Are these screen shots with the MIDI IN/OUT cables swapped? You were not getting that "Can't find MIDI device" pop-up before, and the MIDI Device panel no longer shows the "USB A" device that was there before". Did you test for red flashing lights before you swapped the IN/OUT leads or just after you swapped them? If just with them swapped, you need to test with them regular. Something seems to have changed for the worse.
  9. Steve When you were on the MIDI-OX screen where you should have seen the red flashing lights, did you press any keys on the keyboard? You only see the red flashing lights as you press keys. The 5 pin MIDI connectors on those adapters are supposed to be labeled such that the MIDI IN of the adapter connects to MIDI OUT of the keyboard and MIDI OUT of the adapter conects to MIDI IN of the keyboard - that is - an input connects to an output, but some manufacturers get the labels swapped around. If you are not getting any flashing red lights when you play the keys, try swapping the 5 pin connectors around. They are opto-isolated, so you will not hurt anything doing this. MIDI-OX is saying that it has connected with your adapter cable as its MIDI Input Device, so that side of the adapter appears to be working OK. MIDI-OX will tell you with a pop-up warning, when it loads, that there is no input device. Also, it would not show anything in the input device panel. So, maybe the problem is on the other side of the adapter - with those 5 pin connectors. Were you able to get the IDES-3 software installed?
  10. - T -

    CTK-651

    The time signature is a function of the chosen Rhythm. If you want a 4/4 beat, you need to select a 4/4 Rhythm file, and if you want a 3/4 beat, you need to select a 3/4 Rhythm file. You can not set the time signature separate (ad hoc) from what is specified by the Rhythm file. This info will be forwarded via a temporary email address, which will be deleted as soon as this is sent. Please do not respond.
  11. You can use your computer to copy them into the MUSICDAT folder on an SD Card, that has been formatted in the CTK-7300IN, then insert the Card into the CTK-7300IN's Card Slot and move them into the keyboard's User memory with the Card's LOAD command. The alternative is to load them directly into the CTK-7300IN's User memory from the computer with the Casio Data Manager 6.1 software and a USB "printer" type cable from one of the computer's USB ports to the CTK-7300IN's USB port. You can download the Data Manager 6.1 software from: https://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=008&pid=67 and the Data Manager User's Guide from: https://support.casio.com/download_files/008/DL/DATAMANAGERE1C.pdf
  12. In the CTK-7300IN Manual's "Contents" pages, see the items under "Using a Memory Card". Please note that the CTK-7300IN requires that the SD Card MUST be formatted in the keyboard - NOT in a computer. Formatting in the keyboard creates the MUSICDAT data folder and a special partition for audio files. While a computer could format the Card and create the MUSICDAT folder, it can not create the audio file partition. When the Card is inserted into the keyboard, it checks for that audio file partition, and if it does not detect it, it tells you the Card needs to be formatted, and will not allow you to proceed until you do so. All files to be loaded into the CTK-7300IN's internal memory must be located in the MUSICDAT folder on the SD Card, or they will not be recognized. The CTK-7300IN will accept the new AC7 Rhythms, as well as CKF and Z00 Rhythms from older models, but it will only accept TON tone files from CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models with the same sound engine.
  13. Those controller messages, noted by jokeyman123, are typically generated by the Cakewalk line of sequencers (Cakewalk, Sonar, Music Creator, Home Studio) as a setup, primarily for the effects processors, in Roland Sound Canvas type sound modules. When I loaded that file into Sonar, I received its usual pop-up warning message that those strings were there, and asking if I wanted it to send them to the target device. I could understand Chordana Play not knowing what to do with those.
  14. As you have already discovered, the CTK-3500's Song Bank only saves songs that you have transferred there from the App with the Store Mode. The CTK-3500 has no internal circuitry for recording (saving) your own performances, but you do have two options for doing this with a computer. By connecting the CTK-3500"s PHONES/OUTPUT jack to your computer's MIC/LINE-IN jack, with the proper cables, connectors, and adapters, you can make audio recordings of your performances with DAW software such as Audacity. Connecting to the CTK-3500's PHONES/OUTPUT jack cuts off its built-in speakers, so you would need to use your computer's sound system to monitor your performance as you record. The other option is to connect the CTK-3500's USB connector to an available USB port on your computer, with what has come to be known as a "standard USB printer cable", to make MIDI recordings of your performances with MIDI Sequencer software, such as Anvil Studio. You would then play those recordings back, from the computer, to the CTK-3500, using it as a MIDI sound module. The advantage of MIDI recordings is the ability to make note by note corrections to any errors for a "perfect" performance. Once the corrections are made, you can play the MIDI recording back to the CTK-3500 as you make an audio recording of its output for posterity. Both Audacity and Anvil Studio are available as free downloads, and both have a fairly easy learning curve. The USB-MIDI connection would also allow you to expand the CTK-3500's sound repertoire by enabling you to play computer based VSTi sound software from the keyboard. Basically, the above would turn your CTK-3500, your computer, and your Smart device into a complete recording studio. Good luck! - T -
  15. Steve I can tell from the error message that you are getting that you are trying to run the WK3-30-c.exe file, which was intended for old slow dial-up connections with limited bandwidth. It should work for you here, but obviously it is not finding the bin files that it needs to concatenate into the complete exe file. There is a much better way, so for now, just delete any IDES-3 stuff you have downloaded so far. We want to start with a clean slate. Go back to that Casio website that Brad gave you, and go back up a few lines from where you have been downloading. Download that 7.94 Mb Application + Windows Installer file under Batch Downloading the Application. That is everything you need, in a single file, but it is only an installer file. When you run it, it just installs the IDES-3 program, it does not run the IDES-3 program. You have to do that separately, yourself, just like any other installed program, but the installer does not give you a desktop icon, so you will need to go into: C:\Program Files (x86)\CASIO\WK-3700\Data Manager and right click on the Data Manager application and tell it to create a shortcut on the desktop. Then you can rename that and move it to wherever you want. Oh! After you download the IDES-3 application, go up another line or two and grab the manual as well. You will certainly need that too. I just did all of this on my new Win-10 laptop, and it all worked just fine. I also see that MIDI-OX is seeing your Adapter cable. With MIDI-OX running, in that bar of icons across the top, click on the 4th icon from the left, and when you strike a key on the WK-3200, you should see note-on/note-off messages, but you may also see continuously scrolling timing clock messages, Either one of these tells you that your adapter cable is connected and working fine. Just to be sure, click on the 6th icon from the left, the green one that looks like you are looking into the business end of a 5-pin-DIN MIDI connector. On that screen, you should see a red flashing indication on one of the 16 channels (probably channel 1) whenever you strike a key on the keyboard. Whenever you want to use ANY software program with that USB-MIDI Adapter, you will need to go into that program's MIDI setup and tell it to select the Adapter as its MIDI Input and/or Output. Good luck! - T -
  16. Sorry, Brad, and thanks for the correction. I am with Windows-10 like you are with the WK-3200. You do not have a WK-3200 to experiment with, and I am the same with Windows-10. My very first Windows-10 device is laying here beside me - still in the box. I just picked it up about an hour ago, so until now, I have had to take Casio at their word on their compatibility statements: https://support.casio.com/en/support/osdevicePage.php?cid=008001002 but . . . my bad . . . I should have known better . . . Casio has claimed for years that their non-Class Compliant driver for the WK-3800 will not work with Windows Vista 64 bit, and I have had it working fine over all those same years. I am certain that if IDES-3 is working that far in Windows-10, that It will work 100%. Now . . . back to the subject at hand: STEVE: You can check your cable, and stop all the second guessing, in a matter of minutes by doing what both Joe Muscara and I suggested in your other thread on this matter, that to my knowledge, you have yet to do: just download and install the MIDI-OX diagnostics program. Connect the WK-3200 to your computer via your adapter cable. In MIDI-OX, go into Options > MIDI Devices and select your adapter cable as the MIDI Input Device. Play some notes on the keyboard, and if you see Note-On/Note-Off messages coming into MIDI-OX from the WK-3200, then you know your cable is working fine. Any further problems will most likely be software setup problems not the Adapter cable nor the keyboard. MIDI-OX is a free download from: http://www.midiox.com/
  17. Steve Sorry to be so late getting in on this, but I have been away from my studio for a bit, and just returned last evening. Before you invest $30 to $40 (USD) in another USB-MIDI Adapter cable, there are several things you need to know about the road you are headed down. First, many of the early USB-MIDI devices, for some unexplained reason, identified themselves to the Windows Device Manager as some type of audio device, when in fact, they were not, and worked perfectly fine as the USB-MIDI devices they were supposed to be. This was particularly true of Yamaha devices. I had two Yamaha keyboards, which, when I connected their USB-MIDI "TO HOST" ports to any of my computers, identified themselves to Device Manager as "Yamaha audio" devices. The same with my early Yamaha USB-MIDI Adapter cable, similar to the one you currently have. It works fine, but will always identify itself to Device Manager as a "Yamaha audio" device. The point here is that there may be nothing wrong with the cable you already have, and we can always come back to this, and you can order a replacement, if necessary, but in the meantime, there are much more serious problems that you are going to run in to. The Casio file transfer software, you refer to, covers many years and many keyboard models. For older models there was/is the Internet Date Expansion System (IDES) software. There were four versions, but later versions were NOT "updates" to earlier versions, but rather, were written for specific later models, and would not work with the earlier models. Each "version" would only work with its own specific series of models. The same applies to the Data Manager 5 and Data Manager 6.1 software for current models. Data Manager 6.1 is NOT an "update" or "upgrade" to Data Manager 5. Each "version" is written for its own specific series of models, with no cross compatibility between the two, and certainly, neither will work with any of the older models that are covered by the IDES software. The WK-3200 requires IDES-3 software for data transfer between the keyboard and a Windows based computer (MAC-OS is not supported). This is very old software, and is NOT compatible with Windows-10. In your case, you have two options for transferring data to the WK-3200: obtain a computer with a Windows-7 or older operating system, or obtain a Smart Media Card (NOT an SD Card) and reader/writer, from any of several online sources, and transfer files by porting the Card between the computer and the WK-3200. In the meantime, you can "play" MIDI files from your computer to the WK-3200, with some type of MIDI player software, using the WK-3200 as a "sound module". I would recommend Anvil Studio, because it is a full featured DAW program (for future use) with a fairly easy learning curve, and is available as a free download. Once loaded, you would need to go into its MIDI set up and "select" your "USB Audio" cable as the MIDI device you want it to use. Then, if you are still having problems, you might want to consider ordering a replacement cable. Best of luck! - T -
  18. Steve that errsmf0 message is your answer. It is saying "error smf0" It is telling you it needs a Type 0 MIDI file. Apparently the one you have loaded is a Type 1, so it can not play it. At the moment, I am trying to find an SMF1 to SMF0 converter. The web used to abound with these things, but now they are rarer than hen's teeth. Probably because hackers loaded them up with viruses and malware, so most websites just deleted them.
  19. Steve The WK-3200 accepts only Type 0 MIDI files. See the first paragraph of Using the SMF Player on Page E-74 of the manual. MIDI files on the Smart Media Card must be in the CASIO_MD directory on that card in order for the WK-3200 to recognize them. The WK-3200 does not play MIDI files "directly" from the Smart Media Card, as newer keyboards "appear" to play them directly from SD Cards and USB flash drives. The WK-3200 requires that the MIDI file be manually "loaded" into its internal memory. Once it is loaded, it is "played" with the SMF Player function. All of that cursor button pressing on Page 89 of the manual is just for loading the MIDI file into internal memory. Until you successfully complete that, the SMF Player will not be able to find it and play it. The navigation through all of that is difficult enough, but when they throw the diskette drive instructions, for the WK-3700, into the same sentences with the instructions for the Smart Media Card, it is almost impossible. While you are working your way through all of that, you have to watch that you do not get distracted and head down a path for the diskette drive. So that I can consider an alternative, when you formatted the card, how did you put the MIDI file back on the card? Do you have a Smart Media Card reader for your computer, or do you have your computer connected to the WK-3200's MIDI-IN/OUT ports. If the former is the case, it might open up a much easier alternative, depending upon what computer operating system you are running (???). - T -
  20. Stan If that is the type of camera adapter that allows you to power the iPad as you are using it, then that is most likely your problem. You have a ground loop hum between the iPad's power supply and the keyboard's power supply. I had the same problem some years ago connecting my iPad to my WK-225. I had to run one or the other of them on battery to break that ground loop, but since the WK-225 was a batttery hog, it was more economical to run the iPad on its rechargeable battery. If the iPad was fully charged, I could get 6 to 8 hours use out of it.
  21. Tom Please read Brad's response above and then see my response immediately prior to Brad's. My response has everything in it that you need in order to resolve your problem. - T -
  22. What's new? I have a wk 7500 and would like to manufacture some tones (samples). TN7 but data manager 6.1 does not work the same as the 3.0 that made .ckf sounds. Someone can tell me which software to occupy to make the tones. TN7? Sorry, Armando The CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models do not sample. Neither do they load "Tone with wave" or "Drum with wave" files like the older models. What you can do is use the Tone Editor to work with the built-in wave samples and save them as User Tones, but this has to be done on the keyboard. There is no software for doing this externally. Lo siento, Armando Los modelos CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX no muestran. Tampoco cargan archivos "Tone with wave" o "Drum with wave" como los modelos más antiguos. Lo que puede hacer es utilizar el Editor de tonos para trabajar con las muestras de onda integradas y guardarlas como tonos de usuario, pero esto tiene que hacerse en el teclado. No hay software para hacer esto externamente.
  23. Tom To get to where you are at in your screen shot, you had to have done everything right up to this point. This is exactly where you should be EXCEPT the bottom line of the display should be showing the name of a MIDI file. The fact that it says "FORMAT" is telling you that the SD Card is not properly formatted for this keyboard. You need to reformat it - IN THE KEYBOARD - NOT THE COMPUTER. The computer can not properly format the Card for this keyboard. The card needs to have a special partition created on it for audio files. The computer can not do that, so when you insert a computer formatted card into the card slot, the keyboard does not see that audio file partition and you get the screen you are getting. The format process will also create the MUSICDAT folder for you. When you get to the screen shown in your screen shot, start with Step 3 at the bottom of the right hand column of Page E-137 of the manual, and continue with Steps 4 through 7 in the left hand column on Page E-138. Perform all listed steps. Do not skip anything, or the format will fail. Notice in Step 3 that you must press AND HOLD the FUNCTION button as you momentarily press the MENU button to get to the Card Utility menu. The PRESS AND HOLD is the step that most new owners miss. When it asks you how much space you want to allocate for audio files, go ahead and take the max of 20 files (for a 32Gb card) That only takes about 2.5Gb of space, and leaves you plenty for MIDI files, but also gives you ample space for audio files, should you ever need it. Once the format is complete, you can take your card to your computer and copy your MIDI files into the MUSICDAT folder, insert it back into the keyboard, press the CARD button, and you should see the name of your first MIDI file on the bottom line of the display. Press the PLAY/STOP button, and it should play for you. Good luck!
  24. This sounds something like the SMF "extraction" process of the CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models. In a couple of places in the CT-X manual there are mentions of MltREC and Mltr SMF, but only in the side notes and several tables, but nothing in the actual text discussion. Almost like Casio had started down a path, then decided to abandon it, but left some telltale footprints in the manual and maybe even in the CT-X OS (???) If this is anything like the CTK/WK SMF extraction process, when the System Track (the "A" Tracks) is extractrd, the extracted data is written to Tracks 1-16, overwriting any data that may have been on correspondingly numbered Tracks 1-16. With this risk of data loss, I thought perhaps this is why Casio abandoned the SMF extraction process for the new CT-X models.
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