Brad Saucier

Yes,  Yamaha pedals are reverse from Casio pedals.  It's normal.  If you use the Yamaha pedal on the Casio, "no sustain" would be achieved by depressing the pedal and "sustain" by letting go. 

The PX-5S auto detects the polarity of the pedal when you power on the unit.  If you have a Yamaha pedal plugged in while you power on and then change out to a Casio pedal without rebooting it the operation will be reverse.  I don't think the WK-7500 does this.

Great idea Scott.  

This gives me an idea for another solution.   Drum loops could also be a midi file that you play back from the thumb drive.  Just make sure your midi file doesn't use channels 1-4 because it would affect zones 1-4.  

I was so busy explaining that only one insert DSP effect for a channel is possible that I neglected to mention that each of the 4 zones can have its' own insert.    Sorry Alen.  Bad me.

Hi guys,

I did some research. The PX-320 is much older than the WK-7500 and was made before Casio changed to the class compliant system.  It requires a driver and unfortunately no Casio driver supports Apple products.  

The PX-320 was originally bundled with a CD that contained a driver.  That driver only supported these OS:  Windows® 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 Professional / XP Home Edition / XP Professional.  For more info check this page..  http://www.casio-intl.com/asia-mea/en/emi/past/privia/px320.html

What OS is running on your Lenovo?  There are newer drivers available for newer versions of Windows here. http://support.casio.com/download.php?cid=008&pid=340&rgn=1

Guys, I'm just guessing about the firmware update.  I only know what I read in the forums.   I would not get my hopes up for any kind of firmware update.  My guess is that they might,  but that's just my guess.  

As far as the timing issue.  It does not happen all of the time.  The factory demo song plays great.   I've recorded phrases myself that stay synced for as long as I've listened to them.  And then others don't.  ???  

Would I like to see a firmware update?  Do I want to see some user suggestions make it into the update?  Of course.  We all do.  But don't hold your breath.  At some point Casio will draw the line and end all development on this product.  Any updates would only be for correcting faults.  

Just a heads up for you Luis... If you do use the song sequencer.   There's something weird with the phrase timing in the PX-5S.  The phrases will get out of sync after some time.  From what I know, Casio is investigating the issue.  My guess is it's just a firmware issue and will be corrected with an update. 

  Sorry friend.   Keep us informed.  

LOL.   Give it a try yourself.  If you fail, then I did it for you. But you should try it for a learning experience. 

http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/files/file/68-metronome-piano/

It's not simple.  You have to create a stage setting with the piano you like on zone 2 and drums on zone 1.  Create the phrase you want and save it.  Set the arpeggiator to target the phrase you want.  Turn on the  arp for zone 1 and off for zone 2.  Set "org note" to "fix".  Set the arp to "hold" and begin playing.    You may have to adjust the zone levels to balance the sound.  Save all of that as a new stage setting. 

Your right,  this cannot fully emulate a volume pedal.   But for many instances it can be useful.

Configuring the pedal is easy in the data editor.   Select the Stage Setting Common tab.  Scroll down to pedal 2 and select the target as volume.  Set your volume min and max as well as the on off rate as desired and then choose momentary  at the bottom.  After that go to the Stage Setting Zone tab and scroll down to the controller section and make sure pedal 2 is enabled for the zone you want it to affect.  If you don't want it to effect any other zones then disable those.

Yep, Thanks Mike. 

I did have a DC power jack break loose from its solder joint to the PCB in my MZ-2000 just from normal use.  Although when it did there was a noticeable wobble in the jack.  So if your jack feels normal then it's probably not a physical issue.  I'm guessing it's something real simple in a menu somewhere.  It's just finding that.    The initialize function should have cured any issues on the keyboard end of it.  Are you running Windows on your ASUS netbook?   Does the mouse pointer change when you unplug and re-plug the USB cable from the CASIO?  For me, on the PX5, if I unplug the USB cable the mouse pointer shows the busy circle for an instant.  This could be a clue for you.

Have you initialized all data in the WK-7500 yet? 

Hi Ralf.  Casio has invented something new for the PX-5S.  Check it out starting at 3:30.  Mike's example is for a filter envelope but it can be changed to volume and the timing of the ramp up/down can be custom preset.

I can only compare the MZ Distortion effect to the PX-5S.  I have not heard the XW Distortion.   I can say that the Distortion effects on the MZ-2000 have always been a favorite of mine.   

Thanks for the link.

Here's an outline to help.  The effects list for the MZ-2000 is a "preset list" of DSP "stacks".  The PX-5S cannot stack DSP effects so comparing the 2 is difficult.  Also the language is different.  In PX-5S speak the MZ-2000 has 29 DSP effects.  The PX-5S has 20 but those 20 cover a lot more ground than the MZ's 29.  The biggest advantage to the old system was the DSP stacking.  But at most, you had 2 tweakable parameters available.  The new system allows access to all of the DSP parameters.  The true effects in the MZ are listed in the midi implementation manual (google for it.  It's on pdf page 30).    

Anytime.    

Momentary is what you'll want.

A volume envelope can be assigned to pedal 2.  

I thought this would be a nice spot for users to post their reviews of the PX-5S.

There is a saw up saw down in the LFO section, but I'm unsure about the saw wav samples.  Good question.  Break out the oscilloscope.  

The number of effects in the MZ-2000 is a little misleading by today's system.  The DSP architecture has been changed.  I have the PX-5S and MZ-2000 together with me now.  I can tell you that it has most of the effects the MZ-2000 has.  The big difference is, the MZ-2000 can use more effects at one time. 

AlenK,  You should get your hands on an MZ-2000 and see what Casio did back in the day....  I'm still waiting for them to top this one.  It's going to take your list to do that.  

There is no forum for the SA series so I posted here.

This is a just 2 of many videos by this user that displays what is possible with even the smallest Casio.  You should check out this users' youtube channel.  I enjoyed all of them.