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Hey there and welcome to the Casio forums. Your English is great -- I understand 100% what you're asking. In the US, many stores and online retailers have sales: some are on select items (doorbusters) and some will do a percentage off. How much depends on a lot of things, so you just need to be vigilant and keep hunting until you find a deal you like. As for your second question: PX-350 vs. PX-160. Which is better? That depends....The PX-350 has many, many more tones and more functions than the 160, like built-in drums, accompaniment and recording. But if you don't need all that, the PX-160's simplicity, improved speaker, and new string sounds may be better. If it was me, I'd probably go for the PX-350, especially if it was discounted. Good luck in your search! We're always here to help.

https://priviapro.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/changing-a-pedal-assignment/ Also this from a @BradMZ post: " (Leslie) Rotary is one of the many DSP effects that can be applied to any of the tones. You can add it to a tone by editing the tone. You'll also want control of rotary, so you will also be editing or creating a new stage setting because controller setup is done in stage settings. Before doing anything you'll need to select the stage setting you wish to use and then use the zone buttons to select the zone you want your organ to be in and then select the desired organ tone from the tone buttons. Now you can edit the tone. To edit a tone and add any DSP to a tone press... .....Edit, Down, Enter, >, Enter, Enter .....Choose your effect by scrolling through the list using knob 2 or the yes no buttons (look for rotary or drive rotary in your case) and exit out to the main screen. Now you'll want to control the brake of rotary speaker. A pedal can be assigned to act as a brake controller. This is done under stage setting > common edit. This sequence of buttons gets you to pedal 1 or 2 in stage setting common editing. .....Edit, Enter, >, Enter, >, >, >, Down until you see pedal 1 or 2 (choose the one you want) then press Enter and then enter once more for pedal 1 target screen. Use Knob 2 or the yes no buttons to scroll through the list of targets and choose BRAKE or SPEED depending on what you want to control. .....Now press exit to return to pedal 1 screen and go down to Mode and select Toggle or Momentary depending on how you want your brake to work. Now you will need to enable the pedal for the zone that all of this is on. This is done under stage setting editing. Press edit and go to stage setting edit. Enter Zone edit and go down to controller and enter. Choose your pedal from the list and turn it on. Use the Zone buttons to switch to the other zones while you are there and turn the pedal off for those other zones. You've just created a new stage setting that isn't saved yet. Be sure to save your new stage setting before changing to a new one or all will be lost. Now your tone with rotary is saved inside of the stage setting. If you want your tone to exist outside of this stage setting then you will need to also save the tone individually. "

Hey there and welcome to the Casio forums. You picked a great synth to add your line up. The workflow takes a little getting used to, but once you get it working things out is very easy.

I've had my PX-5S for over 4 years and not one issue. Over 3,500 people in the PX-5S FB group. Several with the "no media" issue, solved by doing what Brad suggested. If you still have an issue, you will need to have it serviced. That's all. No big deal.

Hey Lou. Well if both buttons work OK, then I'm guessing it's a silly thing we're missing here-- I do not think your keyboard is defective.. I'm going to reach out to some people and see if we can get this squared away for you. Thanks for your patience.

Hi Frank. It's been a while, but I'm pretty certain you set the loop point in the editor before uploading. You can then assign it to the keyboard and have it "hold". This is all done without using the Sample Loope.r

Brad implied, you inferred.

Hi Lou and welcome to the Casio forums. Does the rhythm editor button work on its own?

Hey there and welcome to the forums. The PX-5S is a great stage piano. :-) Anyway, some questions: What's your budget? How large is your typical venue? Do they need to act as monitors as well? The more you tell us about your gigs, music and sounds you use the better we can help!

Hi Dan and welcome to the forums. PX-5S is awesome, yes? So I'm Not a Mac user so I can't help you with a test, but I can tell you that version of MAC OSX is supported. Thinking back, I seem to recall there was some issues with Macs and the data editor, but I think it had to do with the unzipping (unpacking?).. Maybe some others can chime in and help jog my memory on this issues. Sit tight -- help is on the way!

There are gnomes that steal these adapters and all of a sudden it will turn up missing. So do yourself a favor and grab a few more when you get a chance. I keep a dozen in my toolbox. :-) BTW: If your playing is bad, get the gold plated ones.. they instantly make you sound better!

Looks like that is what you need to (didgeri)doo).

I was perusing Casio's annual report for 2016 and found this very interesting statement from the Casio CEO: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ "In the electronic musical instruments business, we will endeavor to develop new markets by marketing instruments at high price points, especially our full-featured pianos and high-quality keyboards. Specifically, we will market instruments to specialty musical instrument stores and music schools, and we will expand sales of keyboards in North America and Europe." Kazuo Kashio Casio Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is great news! More high-end digital pianos and keyboards for pros and "prosumers".. next gen versions of the current line up or all new instruments??? . By the way, this is also good for the casual user; the tech from the flagship models usually end up in mid-range instruments eventually, often in a more limited form. We're already seeing this with the Celviano AP-700: it has the three piano samples from the Grand Hybrid series. Go Go Casio!

Casio doesn't leak any info on new boards. We've even tried bribing Mike with new camera gear, but his lips are sealed. :-) That being said, and I have no specific (or any other type of) knowledge on this, but I would be very surprised if there isn't another flagship stage piano in the works - just as every company keeps developing their next product, be it a keyboard, a car, an iPhone. You get it. Casio reps read this page as well as all the other forums and Facebook Groups and take users feedback and suggestions very seriously. The PX-560 is testament to this fact: They included many things people wanted in the PX-5S (exp. pedal input, touchscreen, transpose buttons, speakers). While not quite the next gen PX-5S, it's a big step toward what we may see if they indeed make another Privia Pro. So that's the "if" part -- as for the when... Who knows? Could be this winter, could be 2 or 3 years... But the longer it's in the lab the better it is for us. :-) Oh yeah, it won't be the PX-7S -- they already have a PX-7. So let's see - but don't hold your breath! These things take time!

Some great posts here. I've been wanting to delve deeper into the MZ-X500 but it's been a crazy summer! I hope to have some simple how to videos coming soon - more music ed stuff but all done with the MZ. To recap for new people: I got my MZ-X500 last fall specifically for a musical at my son's school. It ticked every box: Light, compact and could sample for sound effects. The speakers meant I didn't need to take up room with a monitor in the already tight orchestra pit. Setting up the sounds in order took literally seconds and you can use a foot switch to toggle through the selections in order. Superb gigging keyboard as well as a studio arranger! Hope to have some more on this when things settle down this Fall. Unless I do another musical LOL.

What about binary? I bet you speak that. So why don't you go 10100011101011100010101.

Hi Janet. Grand Piano is a tone (or sound) and Hall is an effect added on to the tone (in this case reverb, like a cathedral) You should always go with what sounds best to you in your listening environment. The Hall effect is good in small rooms, but may get muddy if the room has an echo.

Hi there. You can not load user samples into the PX-560. If you want different piano tones you will need to use a VST or app. Sorry!

The users help each other out and we call in Mike or Rich when we're stumped. :-) As for issues, not sure what you're referring to. If it's the expression pedal thing: Like Alen said, the MZ-X has it as does the PX-560: This was a HUGE thing for them. I don't think they had an expression pedal input on a keyboard since the 80s!

As stated above, some pedals are not compatible with Casio keyboards. This doesn't sound like a case where switching the polarity will help. Your best bet is to get a Casio pedal. They make a simple square sustain pedal and a very nice piano style pedal: They're at http://ShopCasio.com

Hi there Chris and welcome to the Casio forums. I'm pretty sure you can only import rhythm data from other models into the CTK-6200 Maybe that's what you want, because the *basic* sounds should be pretty much the same across the models you mentioned.

The XW's have really nice samples Arp and Moog synths. Makes for an easy start point!

After 3+ years it's still my favorite keyboard. It's the master control keyboard of just about everything in my studio.

I have found the MZ-X500 to be *IDEAL* for use in live theatre. It has any instrument sound you can think of (and quite a few you'd NEVER thing of LOL). Very easy to set up sounds in the order you need them and use a foot switch to toggle through them. You can sample sound effects and assign them to a pad in a matter of seconds. The built in speakers mean you don't need a personal monitor - a big plus in tight orchestra pits. I've used it for a number of productions, both musical and non-musical plays - love it.

Hey there Casiofun. I haven't seen, heard, or been made aware of an extended warranty for the MZ-X series. I can tell you certain retailers will offer there own free extended warranty (Sweetwater comes to mind... they offer a free extra year)), and some will offer 1-3 years (or more) of protection for a fee. Some of these plans are better than others so look before you leap!