Brad Saucier

That sounds reasonable. I never thought to check the voltage rating on AA rechargeable batts. I assumed they were the same as alkaline. I guess I should pay more attention to details like that.

This is true passion. I know what it takes to make videos like this. Its not quick or easy. I want to say, it is noticed and appreciated. Thumbs up.

Here's the excerpt from the manual: You can use eight AA-size batteries for power. · Use alkaline batteries.​ Never use oxyride or any other nickel based batteries. I've read some discussion about this elsewhere. It seems that the manual is ruling out the use of rechargeable batteries.

The dealer's shipment from Casio is expected on June 19th and then it will ship out to me the day they get it. But, the date has been pushed back twice already so I have little confidence in any date.

Will the PX-5S respond to aftertouch over midi? If so, I'll have CASIO aftertouch for the PX-5S from the MZ-2000. The MZ-2000 and the PX-5S connected through midi will be like a superhero team. Bring on the Korg's and Roland's and Yamaha's and Nord's and Kurzweil's (opps, sorry Mike) and anything else. I'm not scared with my tag team of Casio's with me. I just can't sample. I'll have to add a XW-G1 for that or go retro with a SK model.

Yes the Nord samples are great from what I've heard.

I checked the PX-350 manual and yes this is the recommended method. The manual also points out that the 350 automatically optimizes the sound for internal speakers when headphones are not connected and this affects the line out jacks.

The KRONOS is amazing and I would love to have one. Back in the day I wanted the original KORG Triton very very much, and somewhat still do, but I could not afford it. I'm not a gigging piano pro. I just do it for fun at home and with friends. The last keyboard I bought was the Casio MZ-2000. I've waited a long time for an exciting new Casio to come along. The PX-5S is it for me.

In my absence from the forum, PianoManChuck has arrived here! Welcome Chuck! I knew you would make it here eventually and with a PX-5S under arm. I'm still waiting for my PX-5S to arrive. So, I'll live vicariously through your videos for now.

A full month later. I'm still waiting for my PX-5S. Just thought I'd update this.

AndreiR, Have you figured out your chopped note problem yet?

I've tinkered with it in my MZ-2000 ever since I bought it back in 2000. But the MZ is limited compared to some of the great synths out there. Most of my learning has been in the past couple of years. Soft synths really helped me hear what is possible when your programming is good and showed me what settings to tweak to get what I want. My method was to go through the soft synth presets and find one that's close to what I want and then look at the settings and listen to that preset and then try to emulate it with my Casio. Today I usually just start with a waveform and build from there. My ear has become somewhat tuned to hearing what makes up a particular synth sound. I don't scratch my head as much these days. Although I get stumped many times still. A challenge is fun anyway. I'm getting a PX-5S in the near future so I'm hoping to take my skills to the next level with it. Along with some genuine old fashioned piano.

I loved you description for HereIGoAgain. Show em how it's done Mike! I just realized we should be able to comment on downloads under them. Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing > y/n

tvl919, You will begin to understand it more and more. I too read the tutorial's looking for some kind of insight into synth programming. It's a good resource to start you on your way. You will soon leave that behind. You will begin to see a clearer picture of what it all means. You will begin to get a feel for the controls and know exactly what setting to tweak to get what your after. Although I'm still confused many times . And many things stump me. But know this: You'll never stop learning. Good luck!

This sounds like an awsome experience. I hope you share what you can when you return. Tell Mr. Kashio I said "Hello".

Hi AndreiR, Can the XW record your keyplay into the step sequencer? Is that how you recorded the loop? Never mind. I saw you mentioned earlier that you step edited this. Also, you mentioned that now, with 60bpm instead of 120bpm, the whole loop fits on one line. We're getting into some music theory here. The timing of the sequencer was halved giving us twice the amount of time to play the same beat (from our point of view). From the sequencers' point of view the note lengths have changed (become shorter). My suggestion for the bpm change was based on a theory of mine. But after thinking some more I realized that this won't help at all. I'm sorry for the wild goose chase. I listened to your samples several times trying to pay close attention to what the sequencer was doing with your note lengths. It seems like it should be possible to get what your after. But I'm unsure how without having a XW synth to try it on. The way I recorded my sample was live keyplay recording into the pattern sequencer. I quantized the notes after recording them. But for the XW, it looks like quantize is only available in the phrase sequencer and not the step sequencer. Also about the "tie" setting. I'll mention this in case you're not familiar with music theory. A "tie" is used when you want more than one recorded note to be played as a "single" note. Only the first note is played. The length of that "single" note will be equal to the value of all of the notes that are "tied". For example you can tie a half note to quarter note. The result will be a single note that is 3 quarters long. This might help you with step editing your loop.

O.k. This doesn't prove much I guess. But here is the same thing at 60bpm. I don't have step record so I quantized to 16th notes. I hope I did your song justice. My organ notes might be a hair short too. But for me, it's my playing at fault. Oh and this is all playback from the pattern sequencer. MZ-2000 60bpm.mp3

Try setting the tempo to 60bmp and rerecord your loop from scratch. In other words the tempo may be too fast for the beat your recording. The beat I heard in the Mp3 sounds more like 60bpm. I'll try it myself with the MZ.

Wow. Those notes really are short in the playback. I have an idea. Whats your tempo setting?

I'd like to hear the mp3. I'm interested to hear AndreiR's work.

I was thinking about this some more. In my original post I was looking for a way to extract individual user tones from an ALL file. That idea is too complicated. I think I now have a simpler aproach that may even be a possible easy add-on in a future firmware update (if one is expected) or future generations. Instead of a redesigned file system, an additional command could be added that controls or "automates" the existing "individual save" function. The command would simply run the existing SAVE function sequentially until all of the onboard tones (or any other user data category) are saved to disk. This would achieve the goal of saving all of the user tones individually in one shot. I realize that the data editor is really the way to go when your near a computer. But it may be just as simple to do it onboard the keyboard. That being said, I'm not sure it really is that simple or even doable since I'm not a software programmer. But if it is, it's worth a shot. I just thought I'd mention this in case it's a good idea. Sometimes my ideas are _____.

I understand your problem. The 24db refers to rolloff (db's per octave). I don't think any Casio's have a rolloff setting, at least not the XW-P1. As far as identifying a Hz value for cutoff. I haven't seen this in any Casio either. I have always worked with the 0-127 setting. 0 being the lowest, 60 somewhere in the middle and 127 being the highest. I've had to guess at this when reading synth tutorials. I'm curious myself if there is a good answer for this.

Here's something to tinker with. Not neccessarily needed for a gig. But fun to try. The 1980-85 version of the british "Dr. Who" theme. Some good stuff in there. (What can I say? I like all sorts of stuff, I even play banjo - Earl Scruggs style) or1984's Ghostbusters(single) - particularly the signature synth fills Harold Faltermeyer's Axel F theme.- Lead synth - fills

Hi tvl919, I'm curious, What do you have in mind if you knew the Hz value?

is it worthy of a sticky? I vote yes. This clears up a lot of things for me. I never would've guessed that the PX-5s was able to save the altered tones in the Stage Setting (ie. registration). I've had many frustrated moments when a registration is trying to recall a user tone tone that no longer exist or is mislocated. This is genius! and time saving! and comforting to know that your hard work will stay intact even if you lose the user tone outside of the stage setting.