Rod Tompkins

Andre, glad it's working for you now. That's one area of the keyboard I hadn't really poked around in there before, but I'll definitely be making use of it now. Some of those reverbs are pretty subtle, even with the depth set to 127, don't you think? BritishStadium is pretty intense, though!

Figured it out. Make sure you have the Sound Mode effect engaged (yellow light on) or you won't hear the change.

Never mind. I was thinking DSP settings and I realize now you mean the setting in the Sound Mode menu. I haven't explored that at all, but I will now to figure out how it works.

If you are using the S3000 in layer and/or split mode, make sure the piano is the Upper 1 voice as that is the only one the effects change is applied to.

You can use a Roland pedal for sustain with the PX-S3000, just not in the Damper jack. It will work in the Expression/Assignable jack if you're not already using it for something else. You'll need these 2 settings in the Function menu: Pedal/Wheel>EXPR/ASGN>Pedal Target>Damper Pedal/Wheel>EXPR/ASGN>Pedal Type>Exp. Type 2 Just tested this and it works! If your Roland pedal is like mine it has a TS plug, so you won't get half-damper capability, but you weren't going to get that with the Damper jack anyway.

Matzel, can you please share which software arranger you are using?

The PX-S3000 does transmit High-Resolution MIDI velocity over USB, if that's one of the things you're asking. I have confirmed this with the MIDI monitor in PianoTeq 6.

I am not having any of the issues discussed here and have been using the line out jacks successfully with a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 interface, with a Yamaha MG06X mixer into QSC k8's, and directly into the K8's without a mixer. The S3000 has performed beautifully in all scenarios. I just did a test with the same Yamaha mixer and a pair of FBT 8ba's. It sounds awesome and I could detect no audible effect on the line out sound when plugging in 2 different sets of headphones. I will say that the various Yamaha pianos I've owned put out a hotter signal than the S3000 (too hot for one keyboard amp), but my S3000 has been putting out plenty of clear full sound through the line out jacks. No complaints!

That is a great idea especially since you can move forward and back into the adjacent banks, not just within the same bank. You can use short and long presses to indicate the direction you want to go, so you only need one simple footswitch. Pretty cool feature! If you used just 4 or 5 banks on your gigs, it would be a pretty quick way to get around to all your registrations. I'm not able to use the sequential pedal recall method because I already use the Damper and Expression/Assignable jacks to control Rhythm Start/Stop and Fill via the SP-34 triple pedal unit and a cable adapter. If I had my wish, the SP-34 pedals would have been designed to be assignable in the OS. Then I would use the 2 pedal jacks for expression and registration step recall.

Understood. I think you misunderstood my reference to Registration Mode. I wasn't referring to a registration itself as a mode, but rather "Registration Mode" being the state the keyboard is switched to via the function button so you can select and save registrations, just as "Tone Mode" is where you select your tones. Along that line of thinking, tapping the function button steps through the Tone, Rhythm, Control and Registration "modes" (maybe you have a better term) that you need to move between to set up and save the 3000's many settings that comprise a registration and then save them as registrations for later recall. It is because the 3000 doesn't have dedicated buttons for these various states and the screen shows so little info in each view that you have to switch between these 4 different states. Of course, there's also the Function Mode (Casio's term) which is another adventure all its own. If you can think of a better term to describe those 4 states of the touchscreen buttons and screen, let me know. I'm calling them modes until then.

Haha! Yes, lately I've started to referring to mine as the 3K. Saves lots of time!

If you mean the PX-S3000, that's because Casio put that info in a separate document called Bluetooth, Audio Device, and Computer Connection Guide. Here's a link: https://support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/008/PXS3000_connectionguide_A_EN.pdf

There are 24 banks with 4 registrations in each. Like you mentioned, keeping related registrations you might want to use within the same song in the same bank is a good idea. You don't want to be trying to change banks and registrations on the fly if you can help it. If you want to go from one registration to another in a different bank it requires changing the bank first, then selecting the new registration. This can be a little tedious, especially since registrations can't be named, so you just have to remember the bank and number for what you need. So far, I haven't been using a lot of different sounds on my gigs, a couple different pianos, basses, organs and strings, so I don't have much trouble remembering which registration does what. I tend to use several registrations on a lot of different songs. I've also been noting registration info in my set lists and in songs in my lyrics app. I can always fall back on this as I start to get more registrations than I can keep track of easily. The app is great for editing the current state of the 3000, selecting Tones, Effects, Splits & Layers, Knob and Pedal assignments, and more. But, your changes have to be stored in a Registration slot on the S3000, or they will be lost as soon as you call up a different registration. You can't select registrations from the app, only from the front panel of the keyboard, so the app will be of no help for that on the gig. That would be an awesome function to have in the app, especially if you could name the registrations and easily move/copy them into groups.

Registration is indeed a "mode" or state on the PX-S3000 in the sense that when you are in it you can do nothing else but save or select registrations. You must leave this Registration mode via the function button to do anything else via the touch panel. Tone, Rhythm, Effects, etc require you to leave this mode or state to make change to the sounds or functions. Then you have to go back to the Registration mode to save your changes in a Registration. This is one key way the PX-S3000 is different from the other PX units, and why many find it more difficult to use on the gig with out the app.

In Registration Mode you can use the + and - buttons to move in either direction. Hitting + and - together takes you to bank 1.

These reasons and others are why the S3000 is not considered a viable gigging instrument for some players. I knew of all these issues before I bought one, but I have been very happy with it so far. I do solo gigs mostly, occasionally adding one or two sidemen, and I don't need a huge palette of different sounds for instant recall, so I can make it work for me. The great piano sounds (and others) and the great key action in such a compact and light chassis make it a win for me. It has some features the 560 doesn't have, and I have found workarounds for some of the issues that bug me, like the lack of triple pedal programmability.

Egor, you are correct. When editing registrations on the PX-S3000 you must turn off Layer and Split to select a new tone for Upper 1. In fact, you can't change the Upper 2 tone either, unless Split is off. Once you've selected a new tone for Layer 1 you can turn Layer and Split back on and they will recall the Upper 2 and Lower tones you had previously selected. This requires toggling often between Tone and Registration mode using the Function button, and turning Split and Later on and off frequently. If you want to audition multiple Layer/Split combinations this can get pretty tedious. The Chordana Play for Piano app makes life much easier as you can see your tones in a Split/Layer all at once and easily change them. The app seems to work well on iOS devices, but I've read of mixed results on Android devices depending on how USB-OTG is implemented. I don't have an iPad, but even on my relatively small iPhone 6 screen it's pretty easy to edit registrations and other settings on the PX-S3000. I've learned my way around the keyboard pretty well, so I often don't even use the app when making a few quick edits. I don't plan to even use the app on gigs as I have all my registrations set up ahead of time.

YES! I've been looking at the MixFace myself. I will probably pick one up soon.

Can't argue with that. I've been using a Yamaha P-90 as my studio controller for years, but I've now replaced it with the PX-S3000. The P-90 has a wonderful action, but it is very limited as a controller and doesn't even send the full ranges of note velocities. I used the awesome and free MidiPipe app to remap velocity curves and foot controllers when using it with GarageBand and PianoTeq. MidiPipe has some pretty extensive remapping and filtering capabilities. It will make the PX-S3000 a much more powerful controller than it was designed to be. I'm also looking forward to what Casio has in store for the sequels to the PX-560 and PX-5S. The PX-S3000 is keeping me pretty happy during the wait.

No, all registrations are stored in the PX-S3000. The app only shows you the current settings of the keyboard. Any changes you make in the app need to be saved to a registration on the keyboard or they will be lost. What you are asking for would be a great feature as would the ability to name registrations. The app is still a good way to easily see the settings on each registration, but you do have to call them up on the keyboard. Some users have created charts or spreadsheets to keep track of registrations including the settings, a brief description, or maybe just which song it's used for. I'm working on a spreadsheet for tunes in my gig setlist, and I'm adding the registration bank/number in the notes for each song in my lyrics/chord app, SongBook. When I pull the song up on the tablet I see the registration number right under the song title. I don't actually think I'll be needing more than about 30 or so registrations when all is said and done because I use lots of them on multiple songs. I group them in banks in the S3000 based on style or setup (single or split/layer) and I've already memorized where the first dozen are without even trying.

Headhunter, I just ran some tests with the MIDI monitor in Pianoteq 6 and can confirm that the PX-S3000 will do what you want. I have a Yamaha FC7 expression pedal hooked up to my PX-S3000 with Pedal Target set to Expression and it sends CC#11 to Pianoteq. Knob Set #7 (seen in the chart Brad shared above) causes Knob 2 to send CC#11. The majority of the Knob Sets on the PX-S3000 send CC messages from both knobs. These are preset only, but as you already mentioned, it won't matter which two CC# messages they send since you can map them to any parameter you want in your Keyscape app using MIDI Learn. Here's a list of what each Knob Set sends. You'll notice that some knobs send on different channels, multiple channels or not at all. Knob Set 8 does some weird stuff like sending inverse values on different channels since it is controlling multiple parameters in the PX-S3000 for the desired function. Sets 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 behave normally as MIDI controllers: The knob all the way down sends a value of 0, and the knob all the way up sends a value of 127. Hope all this is useful to anyone wondering if the PX-S3000 will work for you as a MIDI controller. PX-S3000 Knob Set MIDI Controllers Knob Set Knob 1 Knob 2 CC# Channel CC# Channel 1 74 1 71 1 2 - - 91 1 3 93 1 91 1 4 73 1 72 1 5 76 1 77 1 6 78 1 77 1 7 65, 5 1 1 1 8 7 1, 2, 5 - - 9 10 1 10 2 10 7 3 10 3 11 93 1, 2, 3 91 1, 2, 3 12 - - - - 13 - - - - 14 - - - -

Volume: Knob Set 8 allows control of Layer Balance (Upper 1 & 2) Knob Set 10 allows control of Lower Volume Unfortunately, there isn't a set which allows Layer Balance on one knob and Lower Volume on the other. That would be my wish. Tempo: There is no control of tempo via the knobs, but you can control tempo with an expression pedal.

Yes, it does! Just confirmed this using Pianoteq 6.

Interesting that the CDP-S350 can import rhythms, but the PX-S3000 cannot.