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PX 850: Missing line in, how to route audio into the PX850 from a laptop?


Tariq

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So I'm planning on purchasing the Casio Privia PX 850.

 

One thing I can't find in the specs though is line in connectivity.

 

I go to youtube a lot for backing tracks and I also use Audacity which helps with slowing down tunes, looping chord progressions, etc. All this is super easy if I simply hook up the line out from a laptop into the DP's line in. 

 

Is there a way to do this with the PX850 too?

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

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FWIW --

 

The only work-around I can see:

 

. . . Put the backing track on a WAV file on a USB drive (thumb drive)

. . . and play it back through the PX-850.

 

I _think_ that you can "play along" using the keyboard.

 

.              Charles

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I was hoping that maybe because the px850 connects through usb that one can listen to external audio anyway. Instead I'm gonna purchase a separate audio mixer.

 

It would be better though if Casio could include the "line in" in their flag ship model.

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I think you'll be happy with a mixer.  It will handle several audio sources, and almost all mixers have microphone preamps.

 

I have found my Behringer Xenyx 802 to be very handy.

 

.         Charles

 

PS -- the PX-850 may be the "flagship" model, but it is missing _many_ features that are present on the PX-350.   But the PX-850 has the best "Piano" sound generator of the whole line, I think.  

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   But the PX-850 has the best "Piano" sound generator of the whole line, I think.  

 

They are both really the flagships of the Privia line: one for stage and one for home!  :) 

 

I want to say the PX-5S has the same sound genny for piano, but has a much more robust and tweakable DSP.

But the PX-850 has the awesome cabinet and speaker system. 

This is me thinking out loud:

I am wondering if the 850 lacks the input because the speakers are optimized placement wise for the internal sounds. Maybe running a fully mixed song would sound funny through those speakers. Of course you could always use headphones.. IDK. Maybe they figured people would more be using it as a "traditional" piano. It sure looks, feels and sounds like one.  :)

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Perhaps the PX-780 might be a better fit for you? Offers all the features of the PX350 but in the nice cabinet with the powerful speaker system (same as PX850) - and a line input.

You do however lose the lift up lid, and the "design your own piano" features (adjustable hammer response, adjustable resonance and lid simulator) but you do gain the line input, plus a whole load more tones and rhythm patterns.

It's a question of which features are most important to you.

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