Bigmark
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This seems to be a recurring problem on Casio pianos.
I`m glad you seem to have sorted it because even Casio couldn't sort mine out.
I had a PX-330 ( under warranty ) which developed a horrible rasping sounding middle D that stood out a mile from all the other notes , no matter what tone was selected, but was hideous when playing piano.
I even played it to a Casio engineer over the phone who agreed that it wasn't right .
Casio took the unit back for repair, but when I got it back it was still there loud and clear, to Casio`s credit they then shipped me a brand new PX-330 as a replacement with a full three year guarantee .
But I sold it as brand new and purchased a then new to the UK PX-350 ,Casio didn't have any in stock, their entire UK assignment had been snapped up ! I did manage to find one from a high street music retailer.
I have just sold that piano too, but in 2 years hadn't had any kind of problem so perhaps Casio have identified the problem ?
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Not sure on the PX850 but on a PX350 you power off the piano then while holding down both the GMtones and the function button power up the unit, it then resets the board to factory settings, you could try this ?
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No irony there.
Get a genuine Apple CCK .
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Then let's have a skilled programmer stick some of their programming up for downloading.
I put out a challenge a while ago to see if someone could recreate the synth organ intro on the who's Wont get Fooled Again.. Nothing including my own effort sounded like those recreated by other boards on You Tube or the orginal.
You have taken my post out of context too Scott, I also said it would be a massive selling point for the XW series if " a skilled programmer" put up recreations of the hits on You Tube, I've yet to see a single presentation featuring a XW synth doing his , and this surely would be a massive sales boost ?
So let's try a simple one OMD,s Enola Gay XW style and how you did it ?
Anyone ?
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I think Casio need to release a libary of patches even if you have to purchase them for the XW series.
Roland & Yamaha do some come on Casio ?
As a keyboard player in a covers band I can see where rockitman is coming from.
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Just got my new P1 and have it hooked up but this thing is NOT as easy as people have claimed it to be. I am new to synths and had hoped that this board would give me some sounds I need for the music we play in my band.
I will give an example, we like playing The Cars. The song "Let's Go" has a cool synth in the beginning and I can't find anything on this board that is close. I do not understand the difference between the Tone presets and the Performance presets, nor the difference between Solo Synth and Hex Layer.
I love the freaky sounds this thing makes but I am so frustrated with trying to learn this board, the manual just makes me go "Huh?"
And what the heck is Sequencing??
I don't like to say it, but this synth is NOT really for people like myself and like you who play in covers bands.
I too was hoping to recreate some great classic synth sounds from the hits, but this machine is very poor at doing that.
It's great for taking one of its PCM tones and tweaking here and there and adding layers effects and making lots of new weird and wonderful sounds...But as for recreating those classic hits ? forget it.
There is a video on You Tube of OMDs Andy McCluskey recreating the classic synth sound of Enola Gay ( a track we play in my band )
He is doing this using Logic by the looks of it, he says it's just a cheap organ, layered with piano and reverbs added, I can't get anywhere near it.
For me, I now mainly use my XW as a second instrument, ie utilising the organs and using a couple of acceptable PCM synth tones.
I have recreated a handful of " tones" that I can just about get away with but they are nowhere near some of the recreations that are made to look so simple on You Tube.
I've said it before, if the likes Of Mike Martin did a you tube demo on the XW recreating classic synth sounds from the hits, Casio wouldn't be able to keep up with demand.
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I've been digging into the phrase sequencer..Amazing feature and theres some really tasty and well known phrases in the pre sets..Ie Sweet Dreams/ Eurthymics .
We play some real eighties synth style stuff in my band and as we know a lot of that stuff is so multi tracked and layered, but the phrase sequencer has come in real handy for repetitive synth riffs, which as enabled me to play a layer over the top.
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Thanks for that Maarkr
It suddenly twigged what I was trying to achieve.
What I wanted was a layered zone in one part and single tone in zone 2.
I did this by assigning two tones and making the entire Key bed zone one and two.
Then I assigned zone 3 from middle F .
Getting to know this machine slowly but surely .
Thanks for your help it is much appreciated .
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How do you quickly add a layer or dual sound on a XW ?
Say for example you wanted to put a piano on top of a solo synth tone ?
Or piano with strings ( yes I know there is a tone for this it's just an example)
On my PX-350 it's just a matter of of holding the selected tone button down and Layer comes up on the screen and you then select a second tone to layer on top.
With the XW P-1 being a performance synth there must be a quick way of doing this on the fly ?
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No worries I Sussed it.
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I've created a two zone performance patch,with a synth on the left zone and a piano on the right.
I want the left zone to have an arpeggio and the right zone with no arpeggio .
I can't for the life of me get it to work , it's either or neither ?
What am I doing wrong ?
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Cheers Brett.
I had the same trouble playing your G1 patch on the P1 ?
Yep, I auditioned the presets and actually used a drawbar organ with wah , then took the wah rate back and increased the 8 beat arpeggio ( arp P 4-4) to 138 bpm if I remember correctly.
I watch a guy playing won't get fooled on you tube on a Farisa organ using a Behringer Ultra Tremelo pedal.
I borrowed a Danelectro Trem pedal off of one of the guys in my band and although it was pretty good It gave me the idea for my patch.
I have to say though the built in DSP Trem is pants !
We gigged " won't get fooled" last night and my patch actually sounded very good, the lads in the band loved it !
My next quest is the synth sound on Muses " Uprising" now there is a challenge !
Anyway great stuff from you many thanks for your time in trying to recreate the patch.
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often do it...88 keys and my PX -350
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I have to say that Casio's UK support is second to none.
I had a PX 330 that was under the second year of its warranty when middle D started to buzz , badly !
The dealer arranged for free collection of the piano to be sent back to casio.
In transit the corner got damaged ( only a hair line crack ) but they put a whole new case on it and installed a new mother board...However the middle D buzz remained.
No fuss no questions , Casio arranged again for collection of the faulty piano and sent me a brand new one !
In the meantime I had purchased a newly released PX -350 and sold the new 330 on Amazon.
As for up grading the firmware on my XW , no thanks ...It works just fine on version one but at least I know I will have superb support if I did pooch it !
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The upload button is tricky. Hover over the lower edge of the button. You'll see it change when it's correct and then click.
Thanks Brad
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How to I properly upload a patch I have created to this site ?
If I click on the red downloads button , it takes me to the download page, there is a black button there that says "upload File" but if I click on it nothing happens ?
Do I need to have permissions set by Admin to do this ?
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Well I too have uploaded my won't get fooled again effort in the downloads section, not sure on the protocol of uploading patches to this forum but had to zip the file because apparently I don't have permission for the Z?? File attachment ?
Anyway I ended up saving it has a XW-P1 performance.
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Wont Get Fooled Again.
Well here is my first attempt at uploading a patch.
Its saved as a performance patch for the XW-P1 in Zip format as for some reason I didn't have permission to upload a ZPF file ?
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Thanks Gary, I've looked at them but Wouldn't it be good if there where videos on youtube of XW owners re creating classic synth sounds from the hits ?Awwwwww... Don't give up. Here's a couple of credible attempts. First one's on a Yamaha Motif XS
And in this one there's a technical explanation to boot.
That would also be a massive selling point for this machine !
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Cheers Brett,Bigmark, I've just posted another attempt at this in the P1 download area. Do you think it will do the job?
I will download it and see, but I would really like to try and create it myself but like I said in my post it's seems an unduly complicated procedure on this synth ?
On a Juno Gi it can literally be created by turning a sweep button, In all probability I must doing something wrong on the XW-P1.
If someone could post a walk through for a dummy it may point to what I'm actually doing wrong?
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Well I've given up !
I guess the XW-P1 just isn't the beast to recreate this sound, it seems an unduly complicated procedure to recreate something that should be simple on a synth, I was also disappointed with the DSP effects ?
However all is not lost ! Playing my PX-350 rotary organ through a tremolo pedal gives a pretty darn good representation.
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In the meantime for ipad owners there is the Animoog app!
PX350 Problems with piano sustain noise
in Privia x50 x60 Series
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I had a PX-350 for two years and played it live in a five piece band with the PX going through a Peavey KB60 and then into the PA and never encountered this ?