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Hi @Just AlexI think that what @Mike Martinwants to point out is that since you’ve converted quite a bunch of styles by now, it would be more practical for forum members if you posted these styles again in the “Files” section of the Forum, classed by category. In this way, it would be much easier and convenient for people to find them. Thanks. Vinciane

DreamDance is pretty cool, yes. It was my favourite rhythm (or style) on the PSR E433 together with JazzClub, which I loved. Too bad these Yamaha styles only have two variations... mind you, I’ll check whether these rhythms are on the new DGX670, which has 4-variation styles...

Neat idea thanks 🙂

@IanB Thanks 🙏

Hi guys, here’s an update on my situation. Today, I got an answer per email from the repair facility and I can ship them the keyboard free of charge for repairing, this is already a good point. I hope that they will either be able to really repair the keyboard (because th first time in 2019 they didn’t solve the problem of clacky keys at all) or that I will get a replacement. I personally think that a keyboard with a non-functional C key and some clacky keys is not fully usable. By the way, could someone please tell me how the keys of a 61-keys keyboard are properly labelled so that I can precisely point out to them the faulty C key and the other clacky keys? Thanks for helping, Vinciane

It is best to try out the various effects on a patch you know well. I have personally found out that the Church preset is great for acoustic instruments such as strings, flutes, saxophones etc. You might want to try Plate and Delay effects on synth sounds. In the choruses, I have found that Chorus 2 fattens the sound without exaggeration and will make strings, organ and synth sounds deeper and richer. You might get some weird sounds when the Flanger effect is applied. Just experiment, after a while you’ll get familiar with what each effect does to the sound. Also, don’t forget that some of the sounds already have some effects applied to them - they are tagged with “DSP” in the voice list. The reverb and chorus you choose might thus interact with these preset effects. I’d advise you to tweak your sounds with a decent pair of headphones, it’ll enable you to hear properly the sometimes subtle differences between various effect settings. Vinciane

Hi @Just Alex if you are still willing to convert some old PSR E413 styles, here are a few that I enjoyed playing on my PSRE433 some years ago and that I’d really like to play on my CT-X: In the Dance category: No 38 CHILLOUT No 41 DREAMDNC No 44 TRANCEPOP In the Jazz category: No 70 ACIDJAZZ No 71 JAZZCLUB I am particularly missing no 41 DreamDnc and no 71 JazzClub. I’d be very happy if you would consider converting these styles, I think they’d just shine on the CT-X with the sounds of the AiX chip. I enclose the link to a SoundCloud track I recorded 5 years ago on the PSR E433 using the JazzClub style, I’d like very much to play this tune again and expand it on the CT-X. Thank you for all the work you’re putting into these style conversions. Vinciane

Well the sound - notably the piano sounds - is strongly distorted. Since this is only one C note I guess that it has something to do with touch sensitivity being damaged, if something were wrong with the chip all notes would be distorted. I sent the repairing service an email and I strongly hope that they’ll answer positively to my request, we’ll see...

OK, so I sent them an email explaining the problem and included the original invoice as well as a request for repair. There is still more than on the hour before midnight here, so if my email was sent before midnight with am I still covered by the two year warranty? Also, who is supposed to pay the keyboard shipping in this case? Thanks, Vinciane Facture Casio CT-X800 Baudoux.pdf NikkenTechnoFrance-enregistrement2102170011.pdf

Thanks @Mike Martin I found the site in the meantime. I have one question: I thought the last day for the warranty was the 21st but it is today the 17th of February. If I send my request before midnight Paris hour, will it be taken into consideration?

Thanks @Mike Martin. I’ll try to do that tomorrow and I hope they’ll consider the problem seriously because the first time they didn’t help much. Is there a list with all Casio repair centres in Europe? I am located in France. How do you guys think that I should explain them the problem in such a way that they take it into consideration? Also I am afraid that until I got an answer to my request, my warranty will expire. If I send a request while the warranty is still valid, am I entitled to assistance even if help comes after the warranty deadline? Thanks for helping, Vinciane

Yes it has very nice rhythms. The problem is that it has so many localised rhythms (Indian, Chinese etc.) that this lefts room for only only about 135 or so “traditional” pop-rock dance jazz ballad etc. rhythms. The CT-X3000/5000 has more rhythms, with 4 variations 8antead of 2, and you can even edit your own rhythms. In the same price range as the CT-X700, you might try out the new Yamaha PSR E373. I’d suggest you try out both instruments in a music shop. Regards, Vinciane

Hi now I have another issue which I am reporting in another separate post: on top of having several clacky keys with an abnormal touch sensitivity, one of the C keys now produces a completely abnormal, altered sound, to the point where it is not nice to play the keyboard. See this post here:

Hello everybody, When I bought my CT-X almost two years ago I had an issue with clacky keys. I was not happy since this happened just a few days after the trial period during which I could have sent the keyboard back for a refund. It was just too late to do this so, after having sent them a short video to show off the problem, I shipped the keyboard to Casio’s repairing service here in France. A week later, I got the keyboard shipped back to my home, supposedly repaired, but in fact the problem remained as such, which didn’t quite surprised me because the repairing unit kept the keyboard an hour at the most so they couldn’t have done much to solve the problem. I didn’t insist because a few days later I had to go to Belgium with my husband for one month. When we were back in France, unfortunately, a few days later, my husband had a stroke and we had a very difficult time until he finally passed away last Augustus. In the meantime, as you know, we had the pandemic so everything was really difficult. All this to say that I could scarcely play the keyboard until very recently. Yesterday I noticed that on top of clacky keys, one of these keys has another, ore significant issue: the sound of that note (the C above middle C I guess) is altered to the point where it becomes unpleasant to play. Unfortunately my warranty is valid only until the 21st of February could you please advise me what I should do? I want the keyboard either to be really repaired and fully functional again, or to be replaced. Thanks for helping, Vinciane

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Hi @Zaid it is probably best to compare the CT-X700 with the PSR E373 which is in the same price range and is also geared towards beginners. Indeed, the quality of styles/rhythms is a very subjective matter. I’d say that the CT-X3000/5000 have beyond doubt better rhythms that the PSR E463 because of the AiX chip and because the CT-X3000/5000 have 4-variations rhythms. As for the CT-X700 vs. Yamaha PSR E373, I am not so sure. The DSP module on the E373 is more flexible whereas on the CT-X700 the DSPs are patch-dependant and cannot be tweaked. Be aware that because of its new SArt Lite! voices and DSPs, the E373, which is cheaper and has less features, has actually better styles than the E463, which is from an older generation of keyboards. I’d say that generally the rhythms of the CT-X700 are fresher, but if you put aside the world category, you’ve got more usable rhythms on the E373, and you also have access on the Internet to a huge library of free styles which are compatible with the Yamaha. As I always say, watch as many YouTube videos as you can and go to a music shop to try both keyboards side by side. This video by Jeremy See, a piano and keyboard teacher in Singapore, draws a comparison between the rhythm quality of both keyboards and could help you make your choice:

Thanks 🙂 I also found this song: But I still cannot figure out why the rhythm is called Shouka2 on the keyboard (and by the way, Shouka1 is in 4/4, so the word Shouka must relate to something else than the rhythm itself).

Hi, Has anyone a clue about what rhythm no 153 Shouka 2 in the Japanese category really is? To me it sounds very occidental, no Japanese at all, it is more of a waltz really. Is it coming from a particular song? Thanks, Vinciane

Hi maybe Casio is working at the successors of the CT-X range right now... who knows?

Hi @ConfusedRedditor16 I am curious, which key precisely got some problems? In my case I noticed that the C keys were more problematic, I guess this is where the keybed of the CT-X809 is divided into octaves.

Hi @Brad Saucierof course, other users might have quite a different experience but as far as I am concerned, I have had a number of Yamaha entry-level keyboards over the years and I never had any problem of clacky or noisy keys and these instruments were always very reliable. What I have noticed, though, is that over the years, the touch quality of their entry-level keyboards, the PSR E series, is unfortunately not what it used to be. The keys are not noisy and the keybeds are still very reliable over time, but the feel of the keybed is not as precise and nice as it used to be. I had the CT-X3000 for a couple of weeks and I loved the touch of the keys (on par with that of the at the time much more expensive Yamaha MOTIF pro keyboard), but unfortunately the keybed of the CT-X range deteriorates too quickly, at least this is my personal experience. I have got the general feeling that as time goes by, entry-level keyboards of all brands have more and more nice sounds and lush functionalities but that, unfortunately, the build quality is not what it used to be, because keyboards have become consumer goods, where they should simply be music instruments meant to resist the passing of time. In the 1990’s keyboards where built to last for decades. Now if you can keep an entry-level keyboard for 5 years, you can consider yourself as lucky. This is a pity because if you buy a keyboard, even an entrey-level one ( I am not speaking about toys, but about real music instruments such as the CT-X range or Yamaha PSR E series), you will want to keep it because you’ll get used to its sounds and rhythms, which you are not sure to find back even in a newer, more powerful instrument. Just my 2 cents, Vinciane

@Craterusso to answer your main question if ithe keyboard is brand new, by all means send it back for repair and it is probably best to have a phone talk with the repairing service to have information about what exactly they are doing to the keyboard to be sure that they actually do something. Better yet, if you still have the possibility, send the unit back for a refund and by a replacement unit afterwoods. Regards, Vinciane

Hi could you maybe post a video of yourself playing the defective notes? Maybe a video where you play all C notes on the keyboard, or scales from bottom to top. This would make things more obvious. Regards, Vinciane

@Craterusso to answer your main question if ithe keyboard is brand new, by all means send it back for repair and it is probably best to have a phone talk with the repairing service to have information about what exactly they are doing to the keyboard to be sure that they actually do something. Better yet, if you still have the possibility, send the unit back for a refund and by a replacement unit afterwoods. Regards, Vinciane