Brad Saucier

This is a hex layer Tenor Sax. It combines all of the PX5 Tenor Sax samples into one velocity switched tone. It goes from breathy with a very light touch to bright and punchy with a strong touch.

If you use this stage setting, please let me know if you like it and how you used it.  I learn music by ear.  This stage setting started as I was learning how to play the song.  I carefully listened to left and right channels of the original recording, trying to hear how it was played.  Once I learned it well enough to play it myself,  I recorded it into the sequencer on the MZ-2000, then converted that recording into phrases for the PX-5S.  The rest of the work involved editing PX-5S tones until they sounded like the sounds heard in the original record.  
 
 
I have recorded an Audio Demo of this. Click the download button to see it in the list of available downloads.
or click here for soundcloud...https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/eurythmics-sweet-dreams-ver-2
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This is a stage setting and sounds for playing the song Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics.
Sweet Dreams is the Stage Setting. Sweet Arp is the phrase that plays the synth sounds. Place this phrase in slot 120 Sweet Beat is the phrase for the drum pattern. Place this phrase in slot 121. Once loaded, make sure the Arpeggiator lamp is lit, then hit any key in the low end to start the pattern playing. The Synth Lead sound is in the upper range for playing the solo.

Audio demo of this is here: https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/updated-new-order-bizzare-love
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This is a stage setting that can be used to play a portion of the song Bizzare Love Triangle by New Order. Load up all the files and hit any key in the low end to start the beat. You may want to set the arpeggiator to hold. The sound here was done with 2 phrases running under the arpeggiator. They are playing a custom drum set on Z1 and a custom hexlayer on Z2. Zone 3 is a bell type sound for playing a melody in the middle section if you wish. Zone 4 is the signature synth arpeggio for fill ins and is in the upper most range of the keyboard.
Slider 1 - Bass on/off
Slider 2 - synth arpeggio on/off
Slider 3 - mute guitar arpeggio on/off
NEWORDER is the stage setting
BIZARRED is the drum phrase - place it into slot 137
BIZZAREP is the hex layer phrase - place it into slot 138

A piano sound that transports you to those early years of audio recording. Sounds just like an old upright and recording of it.

A PWM Lead type hex layer tone. MP3 Demo on the download page.

Band Grand - EQ'ed piano with shortened release time for a clean sound. This works well when bass guitar players are in the mix.
Improv Demo....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/band-grand-demo
Room Grand - EQ'ed piano with shortened release time. This one adds room ambience and brings some bass back in for playing piano solo.
Demo...https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/room-grand-demo
Room Grand 2 - Deeper room acoustics than version 1 and louder sustain. Notice the key off action noises at the end of the demo. This version uses the master compressor. To ensure you are getting that effect: (Before you load the stage setting) Press System setting>General>Stage setting filter>Master compressor>Check that is set to OFF.
Demo....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/room-grand-2

This is an 8 bit triangle wave used in NES systems. It would be great for recreating some video game music or anything else for that matter. Enjoy!
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A significantly different type of piano sound for the PX-5S. The end result reminded me of my old Brambach upright.  I like this piano played through speakers rather than headphones. Enjoy!

Demo...https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/muted-strum-guitar-demo-px-5s-stage-setting
This is similar to my Ukulele stage setting except this one is an acoustic guitar. I created a muted picked string sound that makes this possible.
The arpeggiator will be on for zone 1 and assigned to play a phrase. This plays the muted strum for you. You will need to load the included phrase separately for that. I highly recommend using it.
To play the pattern use a rhythmic back and forth between your sustain pedal and the muted strum in the left hand. Release the sustain pedal and play the muted sound almost simultaneously.
Zone 1 = Muted Acoustic Guitar in the lower octaves (strum emulation created by the arpeggiator running the STRUM phrase)
Zone 2 = Open Guitar in the upper octaves
Slider 1 = Expression level of the muted strum zone 1
Slider 2 = Expression level of the open guitar zone 2
Slider 6 = Reverb level
Knobs = Master EQ
Download the STRUM phrase separately and place in user slot 150.

These are dramatically different piano's for the PX-5s. These are upright pianos with tacks applied to the hammer felt. Great for playing ragtime or honky tonk style piano. This piano represents a piano where microphones are not ideally placed. You can hear a lot of hammer noise, both at key strike and key release and some room acoustics being picked up as well.
Note: The modulation wheel gives a very special effect on this stage setting. It simulates analog "Wow" similar to off center vinyl record on a poorly setup turntable. A little modulation goes a long way here. Don't apply too much.
Note 2: Zone 2 of these stage settings is part of the piano sound. Do not overwrite zone 2. If you sequence this piano, you will need to sequence 2 channels. Zone 1 and Zone 2 make up this piano sound.
The stage settings included here are two variations of the same piano.
Tack Piano 2 ...has a dull bass range that allows the higher register to shine bright.
Tack piano 1... has brighter bass range for when you need a cutting rhythm.

Audio Demo of this is here: https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/american-bluegrass
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American Bluegrass is a stage setting for playing a Bluegrass music rhythm. It contains a custom hexlayer tone on zone 2. Zone 2 covers Acoustic Bass, Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin. I created a phrase that plays all of the instruments in zone 2's hexlayer. Download the Phrase "Flat&Scruggs" and place it in user slot 141. Start the rhythm by pressing the A2 key. There is a range around A2 that will transpose the key of the recorded phrase. The range is small since the sound becomes unnatural outside of that range. Keep in mind that the PX-5S is not an Auto Accompaniment Keyboard. Auto-Accomp uses chord shifting and detection techniques that the PX-5S was never intended to need or use.
Download Scruggs2 Phrase in place of the Flatt&Scruggs Phrase to eliminate the major 3rd notes.
Sliders 1-4 turn on/off the different instruments in the rhythm.
Slider 6 adjust the overall volume of the rhythm.
Slider 5 turns on/off zone 1 for no good reason.

Audio Demo here: https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/toy-piano-demo-for-the-xw-g1
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Another example of the power of the G1 sampler. This is a real acoustic Toy Piano sampled, completely mapped and ready to play on the XW-G1.
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Here's some of my synth tones I've created. I collected them and categorized them. This is a set of 10 saw based tones. These were all inspired by one thing or another. The cryptic abbreviations of the tones hint at what I was going for although now I don't even remember some of them.

A stage setting I was working on. The sound is inspired by the opening of the 1987 song Carrie by Europe.
Demo here....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/carrie-stage-setting-demo

Inspired by Oxygene the album. This is a knob and slider tweaking playground. Tweak away and have fun.

Demo here: https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/ukulele-strumming-demo-casio-px-5s
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This is a bit different than anything else I have attempted. I worked with the hex layer waves to create both a Ukulele open picked and muted picked string sound. Initially there will be an arpeggio pattern active on zone 2 that will automatically strum for you. I also created a phrase that is active on zone 1 and plays the muted strum for you. You will need to load the included phrase separately for that. I recommend using it. The downside to the strum phrase is it's not velocity sensitive. Playing the muted strum manually will allow velocity sense. The arpeggio button is what turns on/off all of the automation. If you only want to turn off one zone of automation, press and hold the arpeggio button, select the zone, then go down to zone and change it to off.
To play the pattern use a rhythmic back and forth between your sustain pedal and the muted strum in the left hand. Release the sustain pedal and play the muted sound almost simultaneously.
Zone 1 = Muted Ukulele in the lower octaves (strum emulation created by the arpeggiator running the STRUM phrase)
Zone 2 = Open Ukulele in the upper octaves (strum pattern created by a modified factory arpeggio pattern)
Slider 1 = Expression level of the muted strum zone 1
Slider 2 = Expression level of the open ukulele zone 2
Slider 6 = Reverb level
Knobs = Master EQ (preset to this stage setting for the ukulele sound)
Download the STRUM phrase separately and place in user slot 150

MP3 Audio demo on the download page.
This was a shot in the dark programming attempt at this song. I couldn't find any good info about the sounds used in it. This is my best guess. This is 2 zones and two custom tones in a stage setting. The zones are split in the middle.

This is a 6 layer tone.
Tenor Sax, Mute Trumpet, Brass, Tuba, Trumpet, Trombone
The layers are panned for stereo and it has a custom Amp envelope applied.

I recorded an Audio sample of this stage setting. It's on the download page. Click the download button above. ^
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I did it as a test of both my and the PX-5s drum set editing abilities. All drum sounds used in this beat are edited in some way to approximate the sound of the original beat.
Included Phrases for this SS
RT Pop Beat - User Slot 124
RT Bass - User slot 125
RT E Piano - User slot 126

After everything is loaded, press your D2 key to get the beat going.

An Audio Demo of this is on the download page.
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I'm not sure what I created here. It's original and built from nothingness. Enjoy!
Sliders 1,2,3 and 4 control Zone Levels.

I created an Audio Example of this drum set using the XW-G1 step sequencer. Click the download button above.
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5 Drum Re-Samples common in most full size Casio keyboards from the late 80's. These are mapped to the original key locations.

Kick High - C1
Low Snare - F1
Gated Snare - G1
Closed Hi-Hat Low - C2
Low Cowbell - D4

Electric Piano layered with Acoustic Piano layered with warm synth strings and some nice effects to round it out.

A huge stack of saw waves with big reverb and delay.

This Stage Setting was started by Scott Hamlin. He asked me for some help in making it sound bigger. This is the end result. Scott created an Audio Demo of it here: https://soundcloud.com/casio-px-5s/orpheus
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Sustain Pedal 1 controls swell for the choir in the high end.
The Arpeggio is in the low end.
Enjoy!!

Here is all of the original user wave data factory installed on the XW-G1. This is here for anyone who lost the original data.