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I've been trying to program filter sweeps (I think that's what you call it) for months as any modern songs have them (like many Bruno Mars ones). Closest I've gotten is using the reverse cymbal sound (which is part of the uptown funk patch I contributed). Unfortunately I found it very hard to edit that sound, especially for length. I would like to make it longer, make ones that go down instead of up, and really moderate that reverse cymbal sound. I've been searching through downloads, have found some semi-sweeps but they usually have too much of a tone to them, not the semi white noise, so I haven't found or been able to experiment to program anything suitable. Any ideas or knowledge about how to program sweeps? Thanks Doug

SilkySmooth2 View File A variation on a stock preset, the Silky Smooth2 press is a little darker, wider in the stereo field and has a phaser effect for some extra animation. This is a Hex Layer tone so a Hex Layer category tone must be selected in Upper1 before going to the Media menu to load this file. Submitter Mike Martin Submitted 06/02/2016 Category Privia PX-560

After 3.5 weeks away in the USA, I returned to the UK with a bump on Wednesday 16th. Thursday 17th, guess what was one of the first things I did? Yes, of course, fired up my XW's as I'd missed playing around with them whilst I was away from home! And I was surprised again at just what the XW's can do. I've owned my P1 for over 18 months, and my G1 for about 7 months, and STILL I keep finding new things that I can do with them. As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'd struggled to get to grips with the filter for anything other than the monosynth. In the end, I almost wrote it off for anything other than use with the monosynth, and was campaigning for Casio to update the XW's with a genuine analogue filter(s). One of the main reasons for this is that when I tried using the filter with other XW sections (non monosynth) the results were far from pleasant. However, I think I now know why. Firstly, when using the "filter all" function, one zone needs to set to a mono synth sound for the filter to work. The type of sound selected is important, as if it uses a really harsh/ screaming filter, it will affect the sound of any other section going through. I was looking for a nice, pleasant sounding sweep of a lush pad, so I chose a gentle mono synth sound in one zone, and a polysynth PCM sound in another. NOW I could get the sweeping, lush, poly sound that I was after - tweaking the cut off and resonance knobs now sounding great! You lose some of the stereo effect of the sound (I think it resorts to mono), but hey, a Jupiter 8 was mono too (other than the chorus effect I think), so if it's good enough for the Jupiter 8... Then I found further tricks you can do. With one zone set to a monosynth bass and the other zone set to the polysynth sound, I enabled the arpegiator for the bass and had a cool little bass riff running. I stuck in a simple drum pattern in the step sequencer, hit the 'hold' button and let the pattern loop whilst tweaking the cut off and resonance. Now I was getting some great sounds and that classic sweep. And then I was finding that as I lowered the cut off, I was getting a lovely 'choppy' rhythmic effect on the polysynth sound, in sync with the bass and drums. But there's more (!) By adjusting the DSP settings, it's possible to select which sections go through the filter. My first attempt had the filter sweeping EVERYTHING, drums, bass and polysynth. But by adjust various DSP settings to '+/-' (instead of 'On'), I was able to get the filter to only affect the bass and polysynth sound whilst leaving the step sequencer drums unaffected. My experimentation has been a bit hit of miss at the moment as I'm not 100% clear on what exactly I am doing, however, the findings are opening up yet more possibilities and capabilities of the XW's. More importantly, it is sounding GREAT! Last night's experiments were done on my G1, and I'm sure the same could be achieved on the P1 too. I also realised why I was struggling with my first attempts at using the 'filter all' function on my P1. The limitations are that (I believe this to be correct), you cannot 'filter all' the Hex Layers or Drawbar Organ sections. You need to have a monosynth sound selected, and you can only have one of the Monosynth, Hex or Drawbar sounds at anyone time, even with multiple zones. That does mean that all the PCM and samples can be routed through the filter, so there are still many opportunities for new sounds and effects to be created/ filtered! Luckily for me that I have both a P1 and a G1, so I can leave the P1 to give me the excellent Hex Layer sounds, and do all my filter tweaking with PCM/ Sample sounds on the G1. I guess as well you could take the sounds from the P1 and route it through the G1's filter if you really wanted to. For now though, I feel I've discovered yet another dimension to the XW's. Perhaps others will tell me that they knew of these filter effects all along and I've just been a bit dense in working my XW's (ahem!) For now though, I'm having great sonic fun, and that's what the XW's are all about!

HOW TO INCORPORATE A POLYPHONIC RESONANT FILTER WITH THE XW-P1 and G1 Many people like me seem to have struggled to understand how to use the XW's resonant filter outside of the Solo Synth section i.e. with polyphonic tones. With a bit of experimenting, I believe I now know how to achieve this. First of all, what confused some people (like me) with a P1, is that you CANNOT use the the Resonant Filter with Hex Layers or the Draw Bar organ. It ONLY works with PCM tones, samples or via sound input into the XW from external sources (i.e. the 6th oscillator). The reason for this is, from what I understand, is that with the P1 you can only have the Solo Synth OR the Hex Layers OR the Drawbar organ at any one time. To be able to use the filter with resonance, you HAVE to have a solo synth tone selected as well as a PCM or sample. This is less of an issue with the G1 as it does not have Hex Layers or Drawbar sections, therefore it can filter any of its sound sources. The instructions below show what I did on my G1, though the same principle applies to the P1. There may be better ways of achieving this, so I don't expect my little guide to be taken as total gospel. This is just how I figured it out. To get a nice filter sweep with a PCM polyphonic tone(s): 1. Select a solo synth tone with some nice sounding filter resonance. For this I chose solo synth tone P004 (MM raw lead). This tone needs to be edited, so you need to save (write) a copy of it to a user tone slot. I used the U023 slot and left the name as it was. Now, the next bit is important depending on whether you want to mix the solo synth tone with the polyphonic tone. If you don't, then you need to press 'Edit', scroll down to 'Volume' and change the level to '0'. Now 'Write' this tone back into the slot and exit back to the main screen/ front page of the XW. 2. Now you need to select the 'Performance' mode, and press 'Edit'. Select 'Zone Parameters', which should take you to Zone 1 (you can have up to four zones). In Zone 1, you need to select the solo synth tone that we edited above for the 'Tone' (select U023 if you saved it into this slot.) Now scroll down to 'Key Range', and select Keyrange Low as the bottom note and Keyrange High as the top note - you just press the corresponding Hi and Low 'C' on the keyboard to do this. 3. Next you need to select your second tone (the polyphonic PCM, or a sample). While still in the Zone 1 menu, just press the 'Part +' button (just below the master volume knob), which will take you nicely into 'Zone 2'. Make sure the first setting (Zone) is set to 'ON'. Select the PCM or sample tone you wish to use - I used P157 (syn-strings1). Now scroll down the menu to get to the 'Key Range' setting like you did above, and select Keyrange High and Low to cover the whole keyboard again. While still in the Zone 2 menu, scroll down until you get to 'DSP Line' and select 'On'. 4. Now hit the 'Exit' button, which will take you back the 'Performance' main menu. Scroll down and select 'Controllers', and for 'K1' select CC74 (Cut off), and for 'K2 select CC71 (Resonance). Exit back to the front screen of the XW 5. If you are happy with these selections, you need to write them into a 'Performance' slot. Hit 'write' and select one of the user slots (I used U-93). All the settings are now stored, and you can instantly recall all the above selections by selecting 'Performance U-93' (or whichever Performance User slot you saved them to). Now it's time for the fun part! Adjust the 'K2' knob to around '114' (don't go too high as the resonance can get a bit overwhelming at higher values), hold down a chord, then sweep the 'K1' knob and listen to the results. You should now have that classic polyphonic resonant filter sweep! On the G1 you can of course select the 'Total Filter' section and use the sliders for the same effect. Furthermore, you can even add a further two tones as there are four possible Zones in total available per 'Performance' . It is possible to have 1 x solo synth tone and 3 x PCM/ sample tones giving you in effect a 'Quad' layer! If you silence the solo synth sound you can have a triple layer, which is still impressive. Additionally, you can also set the filter up so that it does/ does not retrigger with each key press, and also add in the LFO to sweep the cut-off. Some very odd sounds can be achieved by doing this! Important things to remember: On the P1, you cannot use the Solo Synth resonant filter with the Hex Layers or Drawbar sections There is only one global (paraphonic) filter, not 6 or 8 like the higher end classic analogues such as the Jupiter 6/ 8, or Oberheim OBX. You can select the filter to re-trigger for each key press, or to cycle/ stay in its current state for all subsequent key presses. You don't get an individual filter per key. By adjusting settings in the 'Mixer' section, you can also get the filter applied to the step sequencer (and I assume Looper) as well. You can filter everything playing, or select which sections you want to go to the filter (this is a very flexible and powerful feature). You can set the zones up so that you have a solo synth bass sound at the bottom part of the keyboard, and polyphonic PCM tones on the upper. When you start adding the arpeggio function as well for the solo synth bass section, you get some great choppy synth sounds when you play a chord in the PCM section and sweep the cut off. Don't expect it to sound quite as smooth or as pleasant as an genuine analogue filter - this is a fully digital synth with a digital filter emulating an analogue filter. It's good, but it's no Jupiter! Be careful with the resonance at high levels - it can be somewhat harsh and can split your ears when you sweep the cut -off. Most importantly, HAVE FUN with your XW and get creating with these new sounds and total filter control.

A: Only one, the one in the solo synth. That's the standard answer according to the specs, but read on. Set up a Performance with a bright tone in zone 1, e.g., Saw Lead 3. While still editing the Performance, set knob 1 to cutoff (CC74), knob 2 to attack (CC73), knob 3 to release (CC72), and knob 4 to resonance (CC71). Then set the arpeggiator to the Up arepeggio, or use the one-step arpeggio that I recommend (http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/7617-whats-the-point-of-a-one-step-arpeggio/). Next, press a key and adjust attack and release until it's sounding a fairly constant tone. I usually set attack to maximum and increase release until the stutter reduces to a minimum. Now comes the interesting part. Sweep cutoff. You can hear the filter opening and closing as expected. Now sweep resonance. This also sounds like a filter sweep on my G1, but resonance is not supposed to be implemented on a PCM tone. Set resonance to minimum and sweep cutoff, set resonance to maximum and sweep cutoff. It's fairly subtle, but it could be a resonant filter sweep. Is it just the low byte of the internal cutoff paramater; or simulated, pseudo-resonance; or the real thing?

Hello fellow XW-G1 owners, I don't own an G1 yet, but already have lots of questions, that I can't find an answer to in the manual or the editor I already installed I get that you can combine 5 samples in one user wave tone, and that you can split them across the keyboard, with each sample having it's own loop points. 1. Now how do I go about to assign each split sample in the wave tone it's own root key? I can't find any information on that. e.g. I sample a flute at pitch F3, and do a second sample playing F4 on the flute... now I sample an analog saw wave1 at pitch F3 and saw wave2 at F4 and maybe a kick drum sound. I transfer my 16bit 42khz mono samples via the Editor (as the G1 can only sample @10bit) combined in one single user wave tone, each split sample having perfect loop points. I now want to play the saw wave1 from key C2 to B2 and saw wave2 from C3 to B3 the flute from C4 to B4 and C5 to B5. The kick should be mapped on C6. all in the same preset using just one user wave tone, all samples in correct pitch in respect to their root key (up to 50 different samples, right?) 2. Is it possible to play the split samples in a user wave tone polyphonic? or are all user waves tones solo synth only? I would need to play chords with the saw wave and play the flute on top. Also the saw wave should have a shorter release time than the flute sound (seperate envelopes), and the flute should have vibrato when triggered via an external midi keyboard with aftertouch (note I would not want to waste two user wave tones to do that, in order to max out the ridiculously low user sample and preset memory, a hundred user preset and wave tone slots would be more reasonable ... well, sometimes limitations encourage creativity ) 3. Is it possible to filter a user wave tone when played polyphonic using faders, knobs or key velocity? (e.g. via a DSP effect?) 4. Is it possible to filter a user wave tone in real time when played polyphonic but also play drum sounds at the same time that should not get filtered? thank you all so much for any input on this. Larry

I'm having a good bit of fun experimenting with the G1's solo synth mode and experimenting with all the settings to see how to change the sound. However, I can't seem to find out how to link the LFO(s) to the filter. A lot of older analogue synths had this function whereby you could link the LFO to the filter cut-off to get the classic filter sweep effect, or depending on the LFO waveform and speed, all sorts of strange effects using the filter. How do you link the LFO to the filter cut-off? Or link the LFO's to various parameters, especially the filter functions?

I'm sure this has been covered before, but I can't seem to find an exact answer. I've also tried to read the manual, though as we know it's not the most informative. My question is: Can the filter, with resonance (as per solo-synth mode) be used on HEX layers and PCM tones? Some of these tones allow 'cut-off', but I can't seem to find any way of increasing the resonance. I'd like to be able to get some classic sounding filter sweeps, with maybe some self oscillating 'tweeting', on the PCM/ Hex tones. Is this possible? Also, I found this from an article: "Here’s a gonzo feature I’ve not seen on any other keyboard lately: the ability to run everything through the same resonant lowpass filter and DSP effects at once. Yup—drums, arpeggiated or sequenced riffs, the sound you’re playing live, everything. In Performance mode, the mixer screen shows the option “mixer all.” Pick this, and the DSP effects applied will be those active on the current Solo Synth sound—plus that sound’s filter settings. This is great for DJ- or remixer-style mangling of the entire mix." http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/casio-xw-p1/148766 Now, either I'm having a blonde moment or something, but I've tried putting each of my XW's into 'performance mode', hit the 'Mixer' button, yet there is no sign of a 'mixer all' option. Any idea how I can find this? Lastly, if I can't use the XW's resonant filter with PCM/ HEX tones, my other option is to use my Korg Monotron, which allows auxiliary inputs to be fed through its MS20 style filter (it's pretty wild too, just like original MS20!) Only problem here is that the Korg is mono, whereas most of the PCM/ HEX tones are in stereo. Looking at the back of the XW there is a 'stereo in', so I wondered whether I could take the two 1/4" line-outs, connect them to the Monotron, then feed the output back into either the 'Mic In' or 'Inst In', have the stereo DSP's do their stuff and then take the audio from the 'headphone out' to the DAW/ PC. That way I might be able to still use some of the stereo DSPs, though I suspect I will cause a feedback loop in the process. Things could get rather extreme with the MS20 Filter coming into the equation...! Or maybe I should just resign myself to having the Korg filtered PCM/ HEX tones in mono, and adding stereo effects once the signal comes into the PC. Any suggestions from the experts on how best to get resonant filter effects on the PCM/ HEX tones?

Hello, I'm new in this forum and new in using the XW-G1 (although not new in making music with synthesizers). I've seen the good yooutube video about manipulating the sound of a sequence from the XW-G1 (!) step sequencer (see hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8mezJkEQT0). I now created a sequence by using a SoloSynth voice (changed part "Solo 1" from channel 14 to 1 to do this), but I cannot find a way to change e.g. the "cutoff" for the different steps or other filters as it is done in the video. The only two things I can change are the velocity and the pitch. Can anybody please explain how to manipulate the sound as it is done in the video? Thank you in advance. Regards. reuel P.S.: Yes, I've read the manual several times, but indeed it's not very helpfull.