Quick question about knobs and sliders

[Hermes]

I'm going to purchase a Casio Px5 and I want to be sure of a couple of things.

1) I understand that I can use knobs and sliders to change some midifile parameters as: pan, expresion, volume, and then récord those changes in my sequencer, am I wrong?

2) I'm pianist, and I've received very good opinions regarding the hammer feel of the keys. Can anybody tell me if as pianist I'm going to Feel very good playing this piano? I don't have the chance to check any privia where I Live, so I'll be very grateful to receive more opinions.

Thanks in advance!

[goergtn]

1- No, you're not wrong. I assume your sequencer is some sort of DAW, and they all record MIDI cc's, sysex, etc. The PX5s' knobs/sliders/wheels/pedals can send cc#00 - 99, as well as many other commands.

2 - Too much personal preference involved to give a yes or no answer. I love the PX5s' feel - both action and physical texture. My favorite keyboard since the yamaha S-80 for expressive playing, piano or anything else.

[Hermes]

Oops!

Thank you so much for your speedy response.

I'd like to have more info regarding the keyboard...

I've got a dear friend, living more than 1.000 thousand kilometers from me, that had the oportunity to play a PX-A100 today in the city where he lives.

Do both keyboards share the same kind of keyboard?

I mean, in the specifications of both pianos the info says: "88 Scaled Hammer Action II Keys (Tri-Sensor) synthetic ebony/ivory Key´s".

Does this mean that both keyboards are the same?
Are the keyboard of PX-5S a little superior?
Let me know!

My friend told me he was happy with the feel of the keys of that PX-A100, so if both keyboards are the same, I'll be buying on monday.

Thanks!

[goergtn]

Sorry, I have no experience with the PX-A100. Perhaps a Casio person can answer that for you.

Some things available on the PX5s, that may or may not be on the A100:

Global setting for touch response (soft/normal/hard)

Hammer response (reproduces the delay an AP has from key strike to hammer strike-can be turned off, too)

Velocity sensitivity to the filter and amp (separate settings)

These things help make the PX5s feel and respond like an AP.

Hope this helps.

[Brad Saucier]

To expand on what goergtn said....

 

All of the current generation Privia's including the PX-100A and PX-5s use the same key action.  However, keep in mind that the PX-5s piano sound engine is more in line with the flagship PX-850.  PX-5s has 256 note polyphony vs. 32 note poly on the PX-100A.   PX-5s has damper and string resonance effects.  The PX-5s has note off velocity.   PX-100A does not.