Bobbo

Thanks for the explanation. If I am following you correctly, it is only the strings whose keys are depressed at a given time that exhibit string resonance.

I don't even understand what string resonance is, and I would appreciate it if someone could explain it. The description in the User's Guide says, "Playing on an acoustic piano causes the strings that are harmonics of the played strings to resonate." But doesn't the damper prevent non-played strings from vibrating, whether or not due to resonance?

It's been many months since the last time this happened, but today it happened again: the sound suddenly went out on the internal speakers while I was playing the instrument. Or rather, about 98 percent of the sound went out -- very faint tones were still being produced. This time, though, I was also using external amplification and speakers through the audio out jacks, and their sound was unaffected. Also, the S3000 volume control continued to regulate the external sound level as usual. I'm wondering if this additional information helps anyone get more insight into what the exact anomaly might be that is causing this intermittent problem.

Nice video. I will point out that the presenter says computers "used to" have a line input, which allows one to directly connect the keyboard to the computer for recording instead of having to use an interface. I admit I hang on to my computers longer than most, but I don't think I'm the only one who still has a line input -- in my case, an older MacBook Pro laptop, which has a stereo mini jack that can function as either an audio output or an audio input. (I understand that more recent versions may have a four-conductor jack to allow simultaneous output and input, which might complicate things.) So it's possible that Ammon might not need to get an interface. As for sound cards, don't computers typically come with analog to digital conversion built in?

I raised this question over two years ago on this forum, and my investigation strongly suggested that it is not possible to do this on a PX-S3000. No one else could come up with a solution at the time, either.

At 1.42 she changes the tone, which looks similar to trying to play a black key. But at about 1.48 I do notice what seems to be a skipped note.

OK, I speculated that maybe vibration from the speakers was affecting the knobs, but apparently that's not the case.

Does it happen when you play using earphones?

Vidoza, thanks for your inquiry. Although as you know I did receive several responses from people trying to help, I still don't know how to do anything useful with the versatile tone feature. That video you attached is pretty great. Too bad for me that such a performance requires not only the capabilities of the keyboard, but also exceptional talent and skill at playing.

I doubt overheating is the problem in my case. Lately the volume drops every time I play, within about 10 minutes of starting. After I restart, the problem doesn't recur that session.

Well I know my problem is not related to a home made pedal, since I don't have a home made pedal. What once happened maybe twice a year now happens every time I turn on the keyboard and play it for a few minutes, namely, it will suddenly lose volume (only from key presses, not from auto accompaniment or recording playback). After I power off and back on the volume returns. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have had several recent recurrences of my problem: i.e., while I am playing the keyboard, the sound level suddenly drops to a very low level, probably less than 10 percent of normal. But in exploring this anomaly I found that the playback of a recorded song continues to be at normal sound level, as do rhythm accompaniment and auto accompaniment with chords. So far I am able to restore normal operation by turning off the power and turning it back on again. Does anyone have an idea of what might be causing this problem? I speculate it might be a fault in how the system is reading key velocity.

I have had a PX-S3000 since February 2020 and haven't noticed any noisy keys. I'm not a hard user, though. I average about 20 minutes of playing a day, and I usually have the keyboard Touch Response set at Light 1.

Thanks, Shep. Whatever is causing my problem, it is highly intermittent. It hasn't happened again since the event I mentioned.

I'm not sure what you mean by "froze," but I'm sorry to report that tonight my PX-S3000, not quite a year old, suffered several sudden anomalies: first, the sound was momentarily interrupted, then it came back, then the volume dropped by about 80%, etc. I did a factory reset and it worked again, but not for long. The sound disappeared again. I turned the power off and back on, and the sound returned, but who knows for how long. The only thing different tonight from usual was that I was playing an organ tone when the anomalies first occurred, which I rarely do. But the loss of sound, etc., was general, not limited to a specific tone.