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One of the bands I play in recently had to fire its bass player (3rd one in 2 years). I was given the bass chair, so to speak. We do a mix of classic rock, R&B, and country. I'm not totally unfamiliar with LHB, but had not done it for years. I remember reading some posts about the "drab bass sounds" of the PX. Anyway, got to programming - bass to its own output, ran it to a bass amp, did a little tweaking, added an EQ, and viola! Bass sounds to die for! Now I just need to learn how to play! After practicing with the drummer a solid week, we did a gig on the fourth-of-July and we came off great, even got extra $$$ to play an hour after the fireworks. Definitely need to practice more, but we will never have lame bass playing or bad bass tone again. A few things came up in programming that I want to comment on. First, it's a drag there no mono mode. Bass sounds could really benefit from this. But that's been talked about to death. It is what it is and not a big shortcoming by any means. I never play live in stereo, either onstage or FOH, but it still would be nice to have other outputs, because the stereo effects leak from side-to-side. You can get the delay to just one side, but not the verb or chorus. Maybe Casio could come up mono, or panable (word?), versions of system reverb & chorus? Lastly, it is a drag that hex layers only go in zones 1& 2. What if I have a nice (hex) Rhodes layered with a nice (hex) pad - where do I put my (hex) SuperBass tone, when I come up with it? Again, not a big deal, but a mild PITA. Overall, the PX5s came thru big time - ease of programming and quality sounds - couldn't ask for more.
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Hi all; I really want to get a Casio Privia Pro PX5s. I was wondering if anybody, who splits their keyboard and uses the left hand for bass and uses piano, electric piano or whatever for the right hand, make the Bass in the Left zone NOT sustain and of course, have the piano, etc.. in the Right Zone SUSTAIN? I ask this only because, there were two other Casio models, the WK7500 and the Privia PX575r, where the bass would sustain while holding down the pedal and I could NOT find anywhere in the manuals or from Casio's Tech support on how to take OFF the sustain on the Bass/Piano split. Very frustrating! Does the PX5s have this issue?, because it would be a deal breaker for me if it did. I appreciate anyone's help with this. Thanks Dan