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On the CTK/WK models, System Track recording is an "erase as it records" process, so any attempt to add or rerecord anything on the System Track erases the entire System Track as it records the new data. So make sure you have a backup before you try. I have a feeling that the recording process did not change all that much from CTK to CT-X. - T -

If you DO want to record MIDI from your keyboard, or "play" MIDI files to it from your laptop, then I recommend Anvil Studio. It is sort of the opposite of Audacity. Where Audacity has some simple MIDI features, it is primarily an audio recording program, while Anvil Studio has some audio recording features, but it is primarily a MIDI sequencer program. Both are free downloads and have a fairly easy learning curve, For newcomers to this technology, I recommend having both available as part of your music creation/production repertoire. - T -

We do have several members who have used this driver to successfully connect their CTK-810IN keyboards to their Windows 10 computers. Just last week, I used it to connect my old 2006 WK-3800 to my new Windows 10 laptop: https://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=008&pid=72 If this is the driver you installed, then there are most likely reasons other than this driver for the CTK-810IN not connecting. If this is not the driver you installed, then you need to un-install it and install this one. If your laptop has both USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports, try connecting to a USB 2.0 port. USB 3.0 is supposedly backward compatible, but the USB ports on these older keyboards are USB 1.1, not USB 2.0, and USB 3.0 does seem to have a problem being compatible that far back. Certainly, do not use a USB 3.0 cable. The connectors on USB 3.0 cables are definitely not compatible with the USB 1.1 and 2.0 connectors on these older keyboards. I was fortunate with my WK-3800. All three USB ports on my new laptop are 3.0, but it still connected without a problem, but those who do have this problem have had some success connecting a USB 2.0 HUB between the keyboard and the computer, using the HUB as a sort of "2.0 to 3.0 interface". By far, the biggest cause of USB-MIDI problems is with cables that are too old, or too warn, or just bad. Old USB 1.1 cables do not do well at all, but so do old USB 2.0 cables with well worn connectors. They may work fine as printer cables, but not as USB-MIDI cables. So try a different cable. Cables should not be over 3 meters long, but the standard "6 footers" are best, if you can live with that. If your connection is successful, it will show up in the "sound devices' section of the Windows 10 Device Manager. Once it is there, you need to go into the MIDI settings of each one of your software programs, that you want to connect to it, and select it as that program's MIDI-Input and/or MIDI-Output Devices. You MUST do this MANUALLY. Your software programs will not do it automatically. Your keyboard may show up as something as generic as simply "USB DEVICE". Good luck ! - T -

Ahhh! But I have only stated what the 4th voice is. I have not said anything about what track it is on. Start by turning to Page E-61 in the WK-3000 manual, and see the illustration midway down the left hand column. This illustration indicates that the WK-3000's song recorder is a 6 track MIDI "sequencer". These are 6 real hardware tracks. So, real as opposed to what? When you select any of the Tracks 2 through 6 for recording, whatever you play on the keyboard is recorded to that selected track. That is why they are shown as being for the recording of simple keyboard play, but now look at Track 1. It looks like there are multiple things going on there and there are. When you record a complete performance with the Song Memory Mode, your right hand play, Auto Harmonize (if used), and all insturments (sounds) of the Auto Accompaniment are all recorded to Track 1 (known in the newer models as the "System Track") in a single pass. Now see the table in the left hand column of Page E-47. These are the Mixer Channel assignments. Per my previous statement, during a Song Memory Mode recording, all of the data (with two major exceptions) on Channels 1 through 10 get recorded to Track 1 in a single pass. Essentiallly, real Track 1 is subdivided into 10 virtual tracks for the recording of that data. The two major exceptions? Sadly, the WK-3000 is not capable of recording the layer and split voices. When Song Memory Mode is turned on, those two voices are turned off. An important caveat in all of this is that if you have made a Song Memory Mode performance recording, and now want to play along and add a couple of tracks, you MUST do those recordings on real Tracks 2 through 6. Any attempt to add a virtual track directly to real Track 1 will result in all previously recorded data on real Track 1 being erased. Of course, if you want to "lay down"" your own tracks, from the outset, and not start with a Song Memory performance recording, see the right hand column on Page E-67. Hope this helps! - T -

That fourth voice is the Auto Harmonize voice. The layer voice is normally in unison with the main voice, but the Auto Harmonize notes generate a harmony (up to 10 different types available) with the main voice in accordance with the chord you are playing with your left hand, when the Auto-accompaniment feature is turned on. The Auto Harmonize voice defaults to the same voice as the main voice, but you can use the Mixer to select a different voice for the Auto Harmonize notes. See the right hand column of Page E-45 and the left hand column of Page E-46 of the manual for full details. Enjoy ! - T -

If you are saying that, somehow, you were using your laptop's keyboard as a MIDI (music) keyboard, then yes, it could have to be disabled (as a MIDI [music] keyboard) when you connect the CTK-3400SK. For many (most ?) music software programs, you can only have one MID-IN device and one MIDI-OUT device defined (declared/selected) at a time. If you are using your laptop's keyboard as a MIDI (music) keyboard at the same time you have the CTK-3400SK connected, that would be two MIDI-IN devices connected at the same time.

You just need the standard OTG cable for Android devices. One end connects to your Android device, and the other end connects to the standard "printer type" USB cable that goes to the USB port on the back of the CT-X700. OTG cables do not contain any active components that would add to latency. Latency originates within the Android device itself. OTG cables are readily available from various sources. Just do a Google or Bing search on "OTG cable".

You would need to purchase a set of the proper batteries from a local supplier. Your other option would be to purchase a replacement power supply, but if the problem is within the keyboard itself, that would be a waste of time, effort, and money. The quickest, and least expensive option, is to replace the questionable power supply with a set of batteries.

Data Manager 6.1 can be downloaded from: https://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=008&pid=67 Data Manager 6.1 User's Guide can be downloaded from: https://support.casio.com/download_files/008/DM61-E-1A.pdf These are the same sites from which these have always been available, since they were released. Both Google and Bing were able to find them in a matter of seconds. When a Rhythm Intro finishes, the Rhythm should pick up on the very first beat of one of the two "Variations" on the very next beat, with no "fading", unless the Intro was designed to do just that. Is this "fading" occurring on the Intros of every Rhythm, or just one particular Rhythm? You say your "software" can "see" this fading. Can you hear this fading if you record and play back the same passage with the keyboard's internal recorder - the Song Sequencer - in stand alone mode and not connected to an external device and sortware. If not, then it is most likely your "software" that is somehow causing this unexpected anomaly. The CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models do not use upgradeable or updateable firmware.

Try a different audio source connected to the PX-S3000's Audio In jack from an MP3 player or CD player or phone, etc. If you still get the crackling sound, you may have a defective Audio In jack on the PX-S3000. Also, connect your headphones to the iPad's phones out jack. If you get the crackling sound there, that may indicate a problem with the iPad's phones jack.

It's in the Volume settings section of the Function Menu.

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On your 5-pin-DIN Adapter Cable - the 5-pin connectors "should" be labeled for what they are - not for what they connect to on the keyboard. That is: the connector labeled MIDI-IN IS the MIDI input to the adapter. It should connect to the MIDI OUT of the keyboard. Likewise, the connector labeled MIDI-OUT IS the MIDI output of the adapter, and should connect to MIDI-IN of the keyboard, but many of the lower priced models of these adapters get the labeling backwards. Try reversing your MIDI IN/OUT connections to the keyboard. The 5-pin jacks on the keyboard are voltage opto-isolated from external devices, so this will not hurt anything. Your software and MIDI-OX can not "see" the actual keyboard, itself. They can only "see" the USB (computer) side of the adapter, which they both say is working fine, and that tells me that a cable swap at the keyboard is most likely the problem. Also, you need to check the CTK-530 manual to determine what MIDI channel the keys transmit on when they are pressed, and ensure that your software is receiving on that same channel. On some CTK keyboards, this "default" channel is NOT Channel 01.

There is no count in for the audio recorder, but you could include a count in as part of the original MIDI recording with the song sequencer. Then when you are finished with the vocal recording, convert your audio file to a standard WAV file, load it into an audio editor, such as Audacity, and trim off the count in.

You need to go into your program's MIDI device settings and select the CTK-530 as its MIDI input and MIDI output device. You will need to do that with every program that you want to exchange MIDI data with the CTK-530. If you should ever have multiple keyboards attached to your PC, this scheme allows you to direct MIDI data to/from a particular program to/from the desired keyboard.

From this and your other questions and comments, it appears that you prefer the sounds of computer based VST instruments to those of your keyboard. That being the case, I must ask, why are you even bothering with the keyboard's Song Sequencer at all? Just turn down the keyboard's volume knob, connect its USB port to the computer, and using the keyboard simply as a "MIDI controller", record your performance with your selected VST sound with the computer's DAW sequencer. One stop shopping. All done in one place. No difficult revoicings required. This avoids the problem of trying to fit a square peg (the keyboard's selected sound) into a round hole (the desired VST sound). Plus your DAW's sequencer gives you much greater (and larger screen) editing capabilities than your keyboard can. As to your question of are you missing something, Yes! You are missing the basics I mentioned in my previous reply. You definitely need those, if you want to master this.

Once a Song Sequencer CMS Song File is converted to an SMF on any of the CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX keyboards, it no longer has anything, what-so-ever, to do with the Song Sequencer. It can not be loaded into and played or edited by the Song Sequencer. It resides on the SD Card and can only be played, from there, by the keyboard's "SMF Player" circuit, which is totally separate from the Song Sequencer. During the CMS-to-SMF conversion, all of the keyboard's high quality "panel" or "native" voices are replaced with the lower quality, polyphony saving, voices of the General MIDI (GM1) voice set. This is the equivalent of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth voice set found on Windows computers, and explains why the CMS-to-SMF converted Song file can be ported to any Windows computer and sound "correct", albeit it with a much tinnier timbre than the original CMS Song file played on the keyboard. The CMS-to-SMF conversion also removes all DSP effects. I cover all of this to make the point that there is nothing that can be done with the converted SMF file on the keyboard for using it with computer based VST instruments. It must be ported to a computer based DAW/sequencer program and extensively revoiced in order to match the voice map of the chosen VST program, as well as having any necessary/desired DSP effects re-applied. Now, all of that said, considering muting the keyboard's own voice set (MIDI Local Off) and revoicing the original CMS Song to match the mapping of a computer based VST voice set, then controlling that VST voice set from the Song Sequencer, as the original CMS Song is played back, will only work for the notes played in real-time on the keybed, during the recording process. It will not work for any Auto-accompaniment sounds. Casio CTK/WK keyboards do not record, or transmit to external devices, the individual notes of the Auto-acconpaniment. Rather, they only record the notes played by the left hand that "control" the Auto-accompaniment, so that on playback, those recorded notes again control the Auto-accompaniment, in real-time. This is Casio's way of preventing interlopers from easily stealing and marketing their proprietary rhythms. As for the specifics of the process of "voicing" or "re-voicinng" instruments and/or MIDI files, that is a subject that is far beyond the scope of this forum. I would strongly recommend doing Google, or Bing, or YouTube searches on MIDI basics, particularly those areas involving voice/tone maps, and the use of MSB/LSB codes for the selection of "Banks" of voices/tones/instruments/sounds (whatever you prefer to call them), and Program Change (PC) codes for the selection of specific voices/tones from within those "Banks", so that the keyboard or sound module makes the desired sound at the correct time. There is a plethora of fine materials out there. that do a much better, and more complete, job of explaining these areas, than we could ever hope to do with the time and space that we have here.

The symptoms you describe are typical of the lower priced, inadequately designed, models. Several years ago, when these things first hit the market, you needed to spend at least $15 (USD) to be assured of receiving an appropriately designed device, but that price has gone up considerably, of late. Now, you need to consider investing at least $30 to $40 (USD) in a name brand model (M-Audio, Roland, Yamaha, etc.) to be assured of receiving something that performs properly, but even the lower priced M-Audio units can be a bit testy, especially with Windows 8 and 10.

Welcome to the forum David. I think these will help you: https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/18386-help-mac-user-attempting-to-import-midi-file-to-lk-280/&do=findComment&comment=59930 https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/17640-changing-channels-for-lk-280/&do=findComment&comment=55992 https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/17078-midi-trouble-on-lk-200s/&do=findComment&comment=53593 https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/16799-how-to-get-midi-files-on-an-lk280/&do=findComment&comment=52471 https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/15323-casio-lk-280-almost-impossible-using-the-light-up-keys/&do=findComment&comment=46766 I'm not sure if this is specifically covered in any of these links, but to modify MIDI files to work with the LK keyboards, if you do not already have MIDI sequencer software, I strongly recommend Anvil Studio for the Windows environment. It is a safe, free download, and is a full featured DAW, which leans heavily to MIDI editing capabilities, rather than to audio, and has a fairly easy learning curve. For MAC-OS, there is Aria Maestosa. One drawback. It numbers its MIDI Tracks/Channels 00 through 15, rather than 01 through 16. So, when you load a Casio modified MIDI file into it, with the Navigate Channels on 3 an 4, in Aria, they show up as Channels 2 and 3. So you have to keep that offset in mind as you move data around with it. Good luck, and enjoy!

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Yes! In the Tone List portion of the table, Column 4 is the Program Change and Column 5 is the Bank Select MSB for each of the liisted Tones. These are the numbers you will plug into each of the tracks in your DAW to select those Tones (instruments). Most of the Casio boards do not use an LSB for Bank Select. I currently do not have a system that will run the BandLab version of Cakewalk. At the moment, I am down to this 32 bit Windows 7 laptop, that I upgraded from XP some years ago, and my big Vista desktop, that I use for my studio work. BandLab Cakewlk will not run on either of those. BandLab Cakewalk is based on the original Cakewalk's last offering - "Sonar". The screen layouts in Sonar changed drastically from previous versions, so even if I sent a screenshot from my older version, it would be totally meaningless to you. It would not look like anything you would see in BandLab Cakewalk. I suggest you familiarize yourself with the BandLab Cakewalk user guide - look for topics like "assign Bank Select and Program Change to tracks" or "insert Bank Select and Program Change". Both the new and old Cakewalk forums, and YouTube, may be of some help. Good luck! - T -

Unlike MIDI and audio recordings, done with a computer-based DAW, where the DAW is common to both recording processes, the WK-7600 records MIDI to internal memory, and audio files to the SD Card. These are two entirely unrelated processes, as are the circuits that perform them. Consequently, there is no synchronization between the two. To do what you are trying to do, you need to first make your MIDI recording with the Song Sequencer, then connect your microphone and set up to do an audio recording. As you playback your MIDI recording, sing along with it, and record the combined performance to an audio file on the SD Card.

If you have a patch script (Instrument Definition) file, then the DAW will fill-in those settings for each track, when you select the instrument (tone) for that track. If you do not have a patch script, then you look up those settings in the keyboard's Tone List (in the CTX-5000's Appendix publication), and manually enter them into the appropriate data fields for each track in the DAW's Track or Mixer view.

You are trying to use those outputs as though they were dual mono outputs, but they are not. When there is a plug in the LEFT/MONO jack ONLY , then it outputs a combined L/R signal, but when there are plugs in both jacks, then each output is one side of a stereo pair. The LEFT/MONO jack outputs only the LEFT Channel of a stereo pair and the RIGHT jack outputs only the RIGHT Channel of a stereo pair. In that case, each of those jacks has very little of the opposite channel's signal. The way you are using them, you are only going to have one-half the expected total signal power (L + R) for either side, and if you pan something the wrong (or opposite) way, you have next to nothing for that signal. You can not use those outputs as signal splitters. They were not designed for that.