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  1. Thanks Brad. That solved the problem! I didn't even need to turn off the high-res MIDI. I just needed to use a stage setting with only 1 active zone. Good to know!
  2. I've been trying to use the PX-5S in Logic Pro as a controller keyboard. When using the string software instruments such as "Cinema Strings" the PX-5S does not handle changes in articulations correctly. When I try to change the articulation in Logic to "Pizz" the PX-5S plays back both "pizz" and "legato" articulations. This does not happen with my standard Oxygen midi controller. Somehow the px-5s is triggering multiple articulations at the same time. How do I turn fix this? I have discussed with Apple Tech Support and confirmed that it is an issue with my controller and not Logic. I would very much like to use the Casio for my only studio controller rather than having multiple keyboards set-up in my office. Thanks for any advice!
  3. I have been thinking about a CZ reissue a lot. I got into the CZ recently because I listen to a lot of Eastern European/Turkish/Arabic keyboard players. The CZ is still THE keyboard over there. Those guys still go nuts on the CZ. (check out Amza Tairov, for example) They even sell sample sets of CZ sounds for other keyboards and the sample sets costs more than a CZ on ebay! There are several reasons they like the CZ and I think these reasons are enough to justify reissuing the CZ in a modern form. For one, the sounds the CZ gets are really great for mimicing the nasally folk instruments of those regions. The way that solo lines clip/break-up in solo mode sound great on the CZ and I haven't found other keyboards that can easily get that effect. It's also relatively easy to program, especially with an iPad editor. But the hardware is also key to the keyboard's popularity. It's a good build, unlike most modern boards. But, more importantly, the placement of portamento, solo, and other controls, right on the left of the keyboard, next to the pitch wheel, make it easy for a soloist to quickly adjust sounds. These dudes only play the keyboard with their Right Hand. The Left hand is always on the pitchwheel which they are constantly using for vibrato and to get micro-tonal notes out of the keyboard. The touch of the pitchwheel on the CZ is great for achieving these expressions. I've tried the same moves on other keyboards' wheels and I have to say that the CZ is the best of the ones I've tried. Now none of these features are terribly difficult to implement, yet for some reason Casio hasn't seen it in their financial interest to reissue the keyboard. I find this odd and I wonder what their thinking is. After all, the CZ is so popular over in that part of the world, despite all of the fancy and complicated Korg Oriental Arranger keyboards, etc. The problem is that the old stock of CZ's are deteriorating. Just search on ebay and you see that half of the CZ's up for sale at any given time have defects. These boards are not going to last forever... and then what are we going to do? I bet that Casio could do a CZ reissue that a. preserved all of the great features of the old boards, like the sounds, the way the 'solo' lines clip/break-up, and the placement of the left-hand controls b. added simple new features that would appeal to the modern 'oriental'/balkan player, like on-board effects, the ability to stack more layers of sounds, the ability to cue up and play over drones/pads, micro-tonal scale tuning. If they really wanted to stretch they could include some physical modelling synthesis like the Korg Prophecy, the other sought-after keyboard of those regions. c. included new features that would appeal to the modern EDM crowd, which Casio sees as their primary target market for keyboards. They already have a lot of these features in the XW series, so that would be easy for them, presumably. d. had a better UI for editing than the old board, since modern buyers have no attention span. What would suck is if they reissued the CZ and filled it with a bunch of home-hobbyist crap features or tried to muck it all up with the features of an arranger keyboard.
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