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. If you take a rhythm (what I actually think of as a STYLE but they seem to call rhythm) and just click MIXER, you can adjust volumes and change sounds, yes..but you can’t save them! Stupid design for an otherwize great machine for the price, agreed? I called Casio and they told me this was not possible. But you CAN! Just pick a pattern..style..rhythm..whatever you want to call it, go to PATTERN SEQUENCER, then press the variation that you want to edit...Normal, fillin, variation ...whatever, then hit the left right arrow in the R17 area (under exit, enter buttons) and then hit MIXER button. You can then adjust whatever. When done, hit FUNCTION and STORE at same time and it will be stored in a USER RHYTHM area. Then you can hit the STORE and BANK button and store it to a registration. Refer to page 106-107 in manual ...... Enjoy..

Hi Scott. Wow, that was a quick reply! Thanks! I do a little comedy (song parody related) act and want to have a total battery operated keyboard and amp that I can just plop in front of a crowd and play for an hour. I'm sure it would be fine for that, but don't want to damage the machine. I guess the safe is to just go with regular batteries…… Oh well, time to return these to Radio Shack (and they can't afford too many more returns!!!) Thanks!

So what's the deal with the WK 7600? I went to Radio Shack and bought 6 rechargeable D batteries, only to read in the manual afterwards that it specifically says NOT to use them! Is it because they actually don't put out 1.5 volts apiece? Can it cause damage to the instrument? Does anyone use rechargeables in theirs?

Hi- I just posted a similar problem - trying to save volume changes to parts. I could have SWORN that I have done this in the past, but maybe I am hallucinating. You mean you can't edit any of the parts' volumes at all? That just doesn't seem right to me.

Very bizarre. If I take any style and make a volume change to a part, I can't store it into a registration for some reason, and I know for a fact that I used to be able to do it. As soon as I store it, when I play, the volume jumps back to the original volume of the part. If I turn a part completely off, it will save THAT change, but not volume for some odd reason. I called Casio tech support and he was baffled by it as well. Any ideas?

Antonio- what I meant to say was I didn't understand your answer ( mostly because you sound WAY smarter than me). I wouldnt know how to edit the style in the way you suggested. And yes- I would LOVE to visit Russia. If I ever do, I'll bring my Casio! Ha ha..

Antonio- you lost me there..But very cool that I'm talking to someone from Moscow!!! Thanks for responding

I'm hardly a virtuoso, but when I play on my WK 7600 I don't just play root chords. I might play an Eb with a Bb bass instead of the root bass note, or a C with a G bass etc. I would assume some of you do too, but maybe not. Be that as it may, on my Roland arranger, I can do that and it will follow without using FULL keyboard mode. On this machine the only way you can do that is to use full keyboard, and that stinks, because whatever you play on the left hand doubles over what the arranger is playing on the left side. So if the arranger is playing the inverted chord bass and you play it at the same time using, say a piano tone, --well-- I don't want that! I don't want the bass notes of the piano masking the bass that the arranger plays.They don't give you that 4th fingering mode that will let you do that. 1,2 and 3 all assume that you are playing the root note as the bass. Does this all make sense? The only way around it for me is to create a split, put a bass or whatever on the left side and lower the volume to 0. Then it mostly works -unless you have a complicated style - then it seems to affect the 64 note polyphony a bit, but --I guess that can't be helped. Does this limitation bother some of you, and if so, what's YOUR workaround? Maybe this is a cheat that others can use if they are experiencing the same problem, but was wondering if this was even a concern of others..

Thanks for your reply, Ted. And of course right after I wrote that I found reference to it in the manual. Ive had this machine for a total of three days and I am astounded by all of the features it has -specially for a $400 keyboard. only one thing about it that I consider a glaring mistake. You seem to really know what you're talking about so I'd like to run it by you if you are interested, to see if you agree...

I know how to save registrations but I'm unsure on how to save global settings like EQ for the whole keyboard, audio volume etc? Any help? Much appreciated. The manual is pretty thick and pretty thorough but sometimes I get a little lost....you?

I know how to save registrations but I'm unsure on how to save global settings like EQ for the whole keyboard, audio volume etc? Any help? Much appreciated. The manual is pretty thick and pretty thorough but sometimes I get a little lost....you?