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Thanks for your help! It's a year later... had to sell my PX-5s due to bills, but picked it up again. Sad thing is... I thought for SURE that I backed up this Stage Setting that I made... but nope... no such luck. Gotta redo it entirely. Ah well.

Figured it out-- hold arp button down, and each zone can either be an arpeggiator, or a Phrase. Some midi manipulation here and there, and I got it to do what I want to do. Remember: drums - always Zone 1 hex sound - has to be Zone 2 or 1 bassline, any other sound - Zones 3 and/or 4

Amazing New Order and Eurythmics stuff, man. How exactly did you do these Stage Settings? And can you trigger the phrases from a key, such as the lowest C? This is what I'm trying to figure out... I made two phrases (drum beat, bassline) and I combined them into a "song" (4 bars), but I want it looped indefinitely, as long as I hold a key down... and I have no idea how to do this. Thanks!

Here's a good question that may or may not have been asked before--- How does one set up a split that say, has a bassline and chill beat in the bottom two octaves (the bassline changes root when playing a different key, but beat stays the same), and having like, a nice Rhodes or Wurly up top? Mainly want this for R&B, chill, easy funk and soul jamming along... and being able to change key or whatever, would help for chord comping and such. Another thing I was wondering about is--- can the PX-5s create the same thing, but possibly have different basslines for each key? Like maybe 8 different keys/8 different basslines (same beat, maybe a beat variation for the other 4 keys), in the same Stage Setting? Thanks guys!

Mmmmmm Rhodes. I love all Rhodes sounds. My favorites, I think... HerbiesRoads (but without the arpeggiator setting on, I don't like the auto-pan with it on)... DeepDynoRhds, Dave's Tines 1 (I think that's what it's called, can't remember as I'm away)... RoadsMarkAmp... They're all so damn useful. They come CLOSE to my Nord... but the key-off stuff the Nords have just nail it. We need more of that realism, on all of the Rhodes patches I mentioned. Ideally have them available in a slider. I am ADDICTED to Rhodes and Wurly sounds (I can't do that crazy elec piano improv yet, but I'm workin on it)... We need a good Wurly that has the bark/bite from Queen's "You're My Best Friend"... none of the Wurlys I've played in the PX-5s y(or downloaded) hit that sound. They're good, but... not there yet. The Yamaha Reface CP nails that Wurly, as does the standard Wurly sound in the Nord. Can we get there?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but PX560 can't load any PX5s Stage Settings or Tones, can it? Shame. The sounds are great in the PX5s... should be compatible. I was thinking of picking up a 560 for my bandmate, in addition to my PX5s, for her to practice on, as we both play in our group... currently all she has to practice on is an upright. This would be great for gigs... But yeah... I guess no go?

Hey gang, just picked up my PX-5s via Ebay. Had some stuck key/broken stuff... had to open her up, remove keybed, and click a couple "hammers" back into place. All good, now. I'm obsessed with electric pianos. I own a Nord Electro 5HP, and man, the Rhodes are where it's AT, in my opinion... the pianos are also quite lovely. But I wanted to get the PX-5s for the variety... the synths, the arpeggiator, 88 keys, all the extra stuff.... So mainly, I'm looking for the absolute MOST REALISTIC Rhodes and Wurlys.... mainly because, in my indie-pop duo, I would like my singer to have access to either my Nord, or the PX-5s, for live... as I will be playing live keys and guitar (and harmony vocals), and she will be doing live keys and vocals. We just want a nice mix of Grand / Rhodes... or like Rhodes / Wurly... or.. Grand / Wurly... whatever is needed to fill out the sound, live (in addition to my laptop playing backing tracks... bass, drumbeats, etc). I have downloaded a ton of patches made by Mike Martin and other members.. which I greatly appreciate. Look forward to adding these to my PX-5s. I also downloaded the "ALL" set, which organizes the stage settings more practically... bank0 - pianos, bank1 - electric pianos, bank2 - wurly... etc. Speaking of Wurlys.... I have checked out all the Wurlys built-in and none of them have the bark I want... not even close. I am looking for the "You're My Best Friend" bark. I really want THAT sound... I got that sound in my Nord just with a little tweaking and amp sim (and a Rhodes, layered under it... not the main Rhodes from the Nord Piano Library, but one from the Sample Library since you can't layer two EPs in the Nords).... anyway, I would love to get this Wurly sound in the PX-5s. Wondering if you guys could chime in and really help me find the BEST sounds.... also, if there's any way to get some nice Uprights added to the PX-5s... I'm not a grand piano fan, so much as an Upright fan. I just love that "fullness" and "room sound" that Uprights have. Thank you for ANY help... great to be here! -Chris