sliverdave04

So, finally after almost a week I was able to test this solution. I set "bank/program" in "system settings" > "midi", but unfortunately nothing changed and still I wasn't able to change my PX5 sounds from Mainstage Any furthers ideas?

Thank you very much Brad Unfortunately at the moment I'm far from my PX5s, so I can't test your solution. Anyway, as soon as I can I'll give a try and let you (and the community, of course;) know if it works!

Hello everybody, I would like to be able to switch my PX5s patches and stage settings from Mainstage. In order to do this, I connect my Macbook to my PX5s with a usb cable, then I create a new channel strip in Mainstage and select "external instruments". I select "CASIO USB MIDI" as midi output device, channel "1-16", and click "create". Having done that, if I try to change the "program change" value, nothing happens on my Casio. PX5s is supposed to be a strong midi controller, so I guess I'm doing something wrong. Can anybody hel me? Thanks a lot in advice.

Good morning everybody I would like to use my PX5s in live situation both as a stage piano and a master keyboard. At the moment I am using it only as a master keyboard controlling MainStage because I don't know: 1) how to to change stage settings on my Px5s from Maintsage (though I know I can send program change, MSB and LSB messages from it). 2) if possible, how to mute and activate the local sound generator from MainStage via midi message. In fact when I want to play Mainstage's plugin and VSTs the sound generator should be, of course, off. But when I want to play my PX5s sounds I should change stage setting (as requested in point 1) and at the same time, of course, activate the local sound generator. Could you suggest me a way to do this? PS I have also a Korg R3 and an iPad running through my PX5s line in connections...I am wondering what happen to their signal if I turn on and off the local sound generator...will I be able to listen to them?

Good afternoon BradMZ, thank you very much for your very precise and exhaustive answer. I'll give a try with in way you suggested

Good morning everybody I am a truly satisfied owner of a Casio px5s. For the first time since I've bought it, now I would like to use its phrase recorder. My aim is to record a simple phrase with a pad sound, so that I can use it as a loop and starting an improvisation with another instrument (from another keyboard). Well, I saw one of the providential Mike Martin's clinic where Mike explained how to do that, in fact I think I understood the theory. My problem is, if I do the same with a wonderful pad (such as, let's say, "Rainy dayz"- a Stage setting with two zone active -the first is a pad, the second a simple base with arpeggio) the phrase recorder will rec only zone 1 (the pad part) leaving me without the arpeggio part, and I found no way to record zone 2. Is it possible to rec it concurrently with zone 1? If not, how can I overdubt it in a second moment? In a sentence, my problem is that I am able to use phrase recorder only with zone 1. Many thanks tho everyone who'll help me and sorry for my english if I did some mistakes.