Brad Saucier

My attempt at the sounds for playing the intro to the 1987 recording of Here I Go Again by Whitesnake. Mike Martin tackled this song early on by request. I decided to start from scratch with my own interpretation of the sound. Piano is in the lowest octave.
Demo of the sound here.
https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/here-i-go-again-stage-setting

A stage setting I made for playing the intro of the song I just Died in your Arms Tonight by Cutting Crew.
Demo of it here. https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/i-just-died-stage-setting-demo
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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

This is by no means complete but I figured I would post it since I probably won't finish it any time soon. It's for playing the signature arp pattern and piano on the song of the same name.
2 arpeggiators are synced in this setup. The arp is in the upper octaves and piano is lower.
Pressing and holding F6 will start the first arp pattern and sync the second one to the first. While continuing to hold F6, play D7 and E7 and so on (you'll have to learn the pattern) to sound the second arp and complete the pattern. The second arp is synced to the first so that it can fire it's notes in the offbeat of the first arp. This somewhat simulates the marimba repeat feature on the original Lowery organ. Unfortunately, the original organ seems to have many alternating zones. The PX5 doesn't have enough arps and zones to fully emulate the original organ so I rearranged the first arp pattern to make up for some of it.
This stage setting would need to be accompanied by more stage settings containing other variations of the arp pattern. It get's a bit complicated so I have come to a standstill on this.

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

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

NOTE: This works only on the XW-G1. Download the MP3 demo to get an idea of what it is supposed to sound like.
A quick attempt to get the famous sound heard in the song by The Cars Let's Go.

Experimental hex layer tone. MP3 Demo on the download page.

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

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.

This was something I originally did on the PX-5s. I have heard some people use the XW's for this song. I decided to give it a go myself.
This is a step sequence and performance file along with custom melody tones for playing this song.
Demo on my soundcloud page....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/casio-xw-g1-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this
SweetDreams.ZPF - The performance file that brings everything below together.
SweetDreams.zip - Uncompresses as the ZSS step sequnce file used in the performance file above. Place in U:1-6
SweetLead.ZTN - Tone used in the performance zones 1 and 2. Place in U:107.
SawSweet.ZTN - Tone used in the step sequence parts 10 and 11. Place in U:106
SquareSweet.ZTN - Tone used in the step sequence parts 12 and 13. Place in U:105
Bender wheel is disabled for the lead sounds. Pitch bend is tuning the tom drum hit in the step sequence by way of the sequencer control track.

Sound demo....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/samurai-strings-demo-px-5s-hex-tone

3 zone stage setting. 1 left...2 layered right.
Sound demo....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/plyrezsweep-px-5s-stage-setting-demo

This is designed for the 1980's song 7 Wonders.
Sound demo.....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/7-wonders-px-5s-stage-setting-demo
Initially, everything is turned on.
Slider 1 - Bass On/Off - Lower zone
Slider 2 - Portamento layer on/off - Upper Zone

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.

Can be used for playing Tom Sawyer.
Demo....https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/sawyer-time-px-5s

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

A polyphonic theremin hex layer inspired by the XW-G1 theremin solo synth tone.
Demo: https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/thereminoct-casio-px-5s

This loads as a user drum tone. It maps all 50 sample "splits" to the keys. They are organized from lowest to highest starting with user wave tone 200, split #1.

A new accordion tone using the power of hex layer synth.  This uses factory wave data in a clever way, no new wave data is loaded with this tone.  

One of the first edited tones I made on my CT-X5000. It's a strat guitar into a bass stack amp sim and mic sim using the revamped dsp system in the CTX series.  
 
https://soundcloud.com/bradmz/stakstrat
 
       
 

These are some personal tones I have edited .  The 3 guitars are variations of effects and amp cabs.  The other tones are mostly done with some significant DSP EQ applied.  Some of these play louder than others so watch your hearing....  
 
StPV - Stratocaster Peavey Amp
StratFG - Stratocaster Flanger
BrtStrt - Bright Stratocaster EQ'd
Brass 2 - EQ'd
BrasFal2 - Brass Fall 2 EQ'd
BrasFal3 - Brass Fall 3 EQ'd
Brass 3 - EQ'd
CjnAcdn - Cajun Accordion EQ'd
DeePipe - Pipe Organ Deep Bass EQ'd
ActBasF - Acoustic Bass EQ'd
TSax EQ - Tenor Sax EQ'd
 
 

I've created a totally new country shuffle rhythm on the Casio CT-X5000. This should also work well in a CT-X3000. This is a very simple rhythm with no frills, as any good keyboard country rhythm should be. It's extremely versatile, sounds authentic and can be used for tons of country rhythm tunes. The intro is a simple drum stick count-in.  In the demo linked below, I'm using a custom piano tone (Piano2- included) to play the intro, lead, and ending over the backing rhythm elements. The rhythm does not play these piano parts for you. What is included in the rhythm is the drum track, a rhythm guitar and a rhythm piano. There are 2 fill-in elements, an intro and ending. Variations 1/2 are repeated as variations 3/4 respectively, but are remixed with piano rhythm taking a slightly more prominent position in the mix. 1/2 have rhythm guitar slightly more prominent than piano in the mix.  Don't forget to comment, like and share any recordings you make with this rhythm.  I hope you enjoy it!  
 
Song Demo: Ray Price - City Lights
 
Note: I left some mistakes in my piano playing to prove I am human.  No, not really...   
 
 

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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