Rick Stirling

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Yes, Casio America is still promoting the X500 😉

The MZ-X500 is still being promoted as a current product on the manufacturer's web site. https://www.casio.com/products/electronic-musical-instruments/music-arrangers Whether your local distributors and/or retailers choose to sell it are their choice.

Just did a random sample and heard both new and old. Will need to do a structured approach later this week. (Really busy next 3 days)

Excellent. Thank you. Just downloaded to MX500 and am auditioning them now.

You might want to read this ... The answer is 'yes & no' ... The PADs do not send a midi control message, they will send the note on and note off messages for the programmed data they contain. If you could trigger a remote device by a note on-note off signal then you could use the PADs for remote trigger. Here's an example of what you get on MIDI Out when pressing a PAD ... TIMESTAMP IN PORT STATUS DATA1 DATA2 CHAN NOTE EVENT 0003F0C8 1 -- 91 42 5E 2 F# 4 Note On 0003F113 1 -- 80 42 71 2 F# 4 Note Off

I'd be looking at a PX 160 or PX S1000 given your requirements. Listen to the PX S1000 samples here...

Wish my retailers had them for 1/2 price! I'd pick up another one! 😉

Retailers will often say this when they have no stock or have decided not to carry a product. They don't want you leaving the store to purchase the product elsewhere. They want to sell you something they have in stock. Sales 101. 😉

Just as I thought. Thanks Mike.

Really important not to confuse local sales companies with the factory. 😉

Still available at many retailers in the USA. Perhaps your local retailers have stopped carrying it. Looks like Casio is still making them. https://www.casio.com/products/electronic-musical-instruments/music-arrangers

Mainly my custom pipe organ sounds and ballads or jazz rhythms.

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One of the issues was that the information was spread over several documents. There is a "combined manual" that I created available here. Combined PDF Manual

I very much doubt there will be new models of the MX series. We're talking about how to deal with what we have now. For my solution, I use a Kronos 2 as a controller. 😉

Just some silicone grease to prevent plastic on plastic clicking. Should work fine. I've heard or read on this forum that this is the "repair" done by others (including dealers?) to reduce mechanical key noises.

I know him too! 😉

Happy New Year from the Rocky Mountains!

One feature I still enjoy on my Korg PA is the ability to customize the factory rhythms without having to use up user memory.

I do, and if I remember correctly, a fully tricked out Fairlight would set you back more than $100,000 😉 Here's a fairly comprehensive list of artists who recorded with the Fairlight... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_CMI#Artists_who_have_used_the_Fairlight_CMI

As evidenced by this and many other threads here, I think many people here think of 'Casio' as a monolithic entity responsible for all that happens to Casio products (good or bad). I think the the truth is that it is much more complicated than that. I don't purport to know all the relationships between the myriad offices of 'Casio', but I think it is safe to say that Casio Japan is NOT responsible for all marketing and support of Casio keyboards around the world. There exist many 'sales companies' around the world that may or may not take direction from Casio Japan. Given that there are Casio sales companies who are independent of Casio Japan, is it any wonder that product marketing efforts can vary so greatly from country to country? Bottom line? We probably should not put all blame on Casio Japan for the lack of marketing and support by the independent sales companies.

I do not know. Perhaps it's just a Photoshop animation. ;-) Lee

It's been a LONG time since I played my WK-1800 😉 Re: Arrangers I was a Yamaha PSR owner then a Korg PA guy since 2012 until I got the X500. Guess I need to go back and read all the manuals from cover to cover again. 😉

My combined manuals PDF can help a bit. Combined Manuals Post