funkycornwall Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 When you are using line in L and R connectors for playing a backing track I am presuming that the overall volume control will affect both the sounds coming in and also the internal piano sound and adjusting the volume will adjust both at the same time. Is it possible to assign one of the K knobs to control/adjust the volume of the line in separately to the internal piano sounds? I remember you could do this with the PC-5S. I would be be most grateful if a PX-560 owner could check this out for me. This particular keyboard seems to have fallen under the radar somewhat and looks quite an exciting product. I am surprised not to see any magazine reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimoneCarini Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 You can set any volume as you like, as you can see in the Balance screen shot attached, it can be saved in a Registration You can also control the Line IN volume by any of the real time controllers: Knob 1, Knob 2, Knob 3, Modulation, Expression Pedal Choose a Controller, set the Target, as you can see in the screen shots attached 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swistak Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 This information is available in the manual on page EN-76 in a somewhat abbreviated form. Also take a look at the Appendix, page 14. I like the idea of this table quite a bit. I tells you which settings are stored in registrations, which are restored after restart, when you press the "Grand Piano" button etc. It helps to figure out how to set things up. As far as Line in volume is concerned, it isn't tied to a registration. It's sort of global and it can be restored after restart if you enable the "Auto resume" option. Note that the Line in in PX-560 accepts a pretty low signal. Manual specifies 200 mV (page EN-92), which is -11.7 dBu or -14 dBV. I found that it can take a bit more maybe 300-400 mV. If the signal is hotter, it clips, which can be heard as distortion of the high-volume content. Adjusting Line in volume does not help with that, since the clipping seems to appear before the volume is applied. You need to adjust the volume of the source appropriately. You may also want to take a look at the diagram on page A-6. It shows how the input from Line in flows, also in comparison with the simpler Audio in. I can add that Line in has an adjustable noise gate (3 levels), while Audio in doesn't. Also, Line in is recorded by the internal audio recorder, while Audio in isn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkycornwall Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Thanks everyone for a very detailed response. Need to actually test out a PX560 for myself now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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