mike71

If you are in PACA, when the pandemic ends, the solution is simple. Come in Italy and go either to Scavino in Turin or to Merula in Roreto di Cherasco. 🙂

With a an XW-G1, XW-P1, PX-560 o px-%S, getting a moog-like sound is quite easy having either hex-layers or a virtual analogue monosynth. Moog could make a lot of different sounds. And because is analogue and doesn't have presets it's difficult to get the same sound if one doesn't write down the settings. This song was published initially on a 45. Master tape were lost, so for the 33 the song was rerecorded but nobody remembered the Moog settings, so the two song sounds different.

It's a repair under warranty, and in EU the transport should be paid by the seller or the manufacturer. Because being a new keyboard it could be that some part of the rubber buttons under the key got dislodged during transport, so the keyboard has to be opened to put it back And yes, it' important to protect the keyboard. I use a Vinyl Coated PVC Tablecloth that I bought in an hardware store.

Have you installed JACK? I don't remember if in the default installation of ubuntu is installed. Anyway to use MISY under Debian The better solution I found is to use JACK audio.

I think that for experimenting on sounds the PX-5S and PX560M are more interesting because the hex layers that give you a deeper control on the sound, such flexibility come at the price of complexity. Normal PCM tones are a sort of preset with fewer parameters to tweak that is a limitation but makes easier to tweak it. These values are relative to the underlying preset. With hex layers you could start from scratch, but for tone so is better to start with a similar tone

Some manufacturers get keybeds from other makers, like Fatar/Studiologic or Viscount, so if you have a problem with a GEM keybed you could stlil get spares, but you normally can't swap say a TP100 with a TP40/Wood and use the same hinges.

A bit OT: this was the first 45 made by PFM featuring one of the first model D arrived in Italy. https://youtu.be/9zIKxwg3fQk?t=76 They decide to make a 33 (and cassette) but the master tapes they used for the 45 were mistakenly deleted. https://youtu.be/tpOybQsDzoM?t=84 So they got another studio session to rerecord the track, but they can't quite recreate the exact sound. Having the G1, is a Virtual analogue and compared to a real monophonic analogue synth has differences due for instance to aliasing, stability and the parameter simulation, oscillator type and so on. a quick LFO sweep made on a true analogue will sound different in anagoge or digital.

You could prepare some solution with some drops of hand or dish wash and spray it on a cloth or a piece of paper and use it to clean. Be aware on cleaning items that have perfume inside, or you'll end with a lavender scented fridge or in this case keyboard.

The fact doesn't turn on could be a lot of things, some quite easy to spot and to solve and some not. A leak on the circuit board is really a problem when a dirty switch or a loose connector are not.

Unfortunately all the world is going to USB-MIDI. Because on PC the MIDI-DIN is not supported anymore. MPU 401 interface and the old 15 pin port is not supported sunce windows 7. So only people that are using expanders need it. USB has a lot of problems but unfortunately the RTP-MIDI over Ethernet procool didn't catch. Ethernet (with UTP cables) is galvanically insulated so no ground loop, and if used with an hub (or repeater) has a latency determined by the speed of light. But the today's situation is different. End of rant. That MIDI adapter comes with the same shell and different IC inside, so some of them are working ok, other not. Going to a brand name like the Yamaha UX16 or the M-Audio Midisport 1x1 could be a better choice.

I am almost sure that is a 110/220 unit, because The one I have for the XW-G1 is a dual voltage unit, if the label saus 100-240V you need a simple BS to NEMA adapter

Basically with the PX-5S you could have any of the four layers doing different midi things, assign the slider and knobs freely use the MIDI tempo sync, and program an arrpeggiator to send both note and controller informations. PX-5S is more a synthesizer to use with a DAW while the PX-560 is more an arranger.

Another option is the https://ie.gewamusic.com/product/7611/gewa-equipment-stand-.html GEWA equipment stand, ou can adjust the leg and stabilize it on an uneven floor.

I agree with @Chandler Holloway. In my opinion it boils down on what you want to do. If you are thinking to go to a teacher or at a school music, it's mandatory to have an 88 key digital piano. In the Casio range PX-160 is a good entry level option, but at this point if you have looked at the MZ-X 500 you should look at the PX-560, that has the same user interface of the MZ-X but a weighted keyboard, or the PX-360.

The user manual says to use a cloth with water and soap to clean it. Water and soap is effective to destroy the virus. Don't use alchool (that to be efficient to sanitize has to be mixed with 30% water) and never use sodium hypoclorite solutions because they are corrosive, they stinks and to be effective they should be left fot 15 minutes.

I think remaking an IC with modern technology having the original schematics and still ownin the copyrights it could be done. For instance there's a Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next that is an hardware level emulation of the origininal Sinclair machines, down to the ability to load an save programs on tape and usin expansion boards designes to the original ZX Spectrum. Yes, it triggered my GAS 😉 https://www.specnext.com/ So, if casio is interestest it could make an emulation using an FPGA core. Or even ask NEC to redo a run of the original chips...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THct5GEgnlg Looks like a PX-350 to me...

Maybe itw as used in a Seiko or Texas Instruments sponsored show. 🙂

If one have to design a lightweight and compact digital piano, have to do some compromises. Small means a short key and light means a lower inertia, Personally I think that if Casio will make a stage piano with the same action of the Celviano Hybrid will have success on people with like a more piano like action, but not on people that will like a light keyboard. Yamahe makes similar pianos on e with wooden keys an d one with lightweight plastic keys for a reason.

And after the last Doctor Who episode I had to listen Children by Robert Miles 😀😀

My 2 cents. The PX-560 has an hammer action keyboard with triple sensor. Has a lot of features and tries to balance all the aspects. A specialized organ has more features geared to the organ sound. And actually organs that emulate a pneumatic organ and hammond orgas have different features and keyboard action. For instance Viscout makes two different lines of organs Cantorum Legend The key shape itself is different and al the controls are different. They also are selling an expander https://www.viscountinstruments.it/legend-263.html sounds nice, but unfortunately is a bit expensive.

There are specialized IC to manage BT audio and they can't be reprogrammed to support BT MIDI and the opposite is true. https://www.hackster.io/joebowbeer/usb-ble-wireless-midi-adapters-25dd31 Of course with an Arduino and some shields you coul build an USB-MIDI to a BT-MIDI adapter.

I've stumled on this weird video of an Italian ensemble making a weird version of a Mozart piano famous piece using a PX-5S. And some other instruments that don't belong on a classical music piece.

Thecnically it's a computer but the route could be using a MIDI - Arduino interface https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12898 In this case having on the 560 a drum track that plays 12 beats per quarter and has a 50% length will generate 12 note on and 12 note off events per quarter. Make the Arduino process it and transform in a sync data. There are libraries to manage MIDI data on Arduino, or one coul directly access the serial port.

I think it's more of a wishful thinking about what should be put in future models or a Mark II version. I agree that adding a softare feature means have to code it, test and debug it, and have maybe some memory and CPU cycle problems, not to mention having I/O like MIDI-DIN that means having more parts to put in the PCB. On the other hand having more features means that people are willing to buy that product. There are a lot of 61-key USB master keyboards, for instance that are used to control a DAW, having a Casiotone with great MIDI implementation will be a big nuisance to M-Audio and Novation.