David M Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Hi I'm new to Casio keyboards and bought a Privia 560m a few days ago. I find when I do arpeggio runs (using the main grand piano sound) the high notes are not sustained with the sustain pedal, although it is pressed fully. The firmware is 1.10. I've experimented with the reverbs and some parameters but they don't seem to effect it. Can anyone suggest a way of altering this? I notice someone else has the same problem with "fall off" but has not received any responses yet. Many thanks David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Listening to a real acoustic piano, you'll notice there is less sustain on higher notes. In fact, the upper notes on a piano do not have dampers at all since those notes do not sustain long enough to need a damper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Thanks for reply. When you compare the higher notes on an acoustic piano with the sustain pressed, even the very high notes without dampers, have a huge difference. The main tone just disappears. I can't understand why that has happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Can you make a recording so we can hear what is happening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Hi I've done two short recordings of Casio and piano for comparison. You can hear that some of the notes just disappear quickly on the Casio. With lots of longer arpeggio chords it becomes much more noticeable. IMG_0836.MOV IMG_0837.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfields Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Hm, I haven't compared your video to my 560 very carefully, but on a quick try I think mine is probably about the same, so maybe that's just the way it is. I believe digital pianos have had poor sustain in the past because it's expensive to store really long samples, and if you try to fake it by looping the end of the sample it sounds noticeably artificial. I'd hoped falling memory prices would have removed that limitation by now, but maybe not. The sustain seems longer than on my previous keyboard, a 20-year-old Roland RD-500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 I suspect "that's just the way it is". However, by experimenting with the amplitude envelope of the tone I have managed to marginally improve it. I do think the samples are quite long but the central tone seems to die off far too quick. Probably for most people it's not even noticeable but for me playing solo in hotels I feel it sound a bit unprofessional. I love the physical weight of the instrument and all the various functions but I can't see me putting up with it too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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