AndrewL

So do you mean they load but "corrupted"? Could it be related to registrations using custom tones which are not loaded in the same position?

Last year when I was deciding which keyboard to buy, I checked the previous model, DGX660. It's a nice keyboard, but compared with the PX-560M you notice it's much less professional. The line out thing speaks for itself. I wasn't aware of this DGX670, and after watching a few videos it seems a bit more complete, especially regarding the styles/rhythms. Although still seems less professional, just take a look at the back panel. Apparently you can only combine two sounds, and seems to have much less tone editing capabilities, if any (just quickly checked the specs).

I never experienced this. Is this with any Hex Layer or one in particular? Did you wait for a long time to see if it wasn't just "slow" instead of frozen? For example, when changing some reverbs the screen is frozen for a second. It looks to me like when it finished doing whatever it was doing, it responded to your key presses/screen touches.

A possible starting point is to download a good MIDI file of that song and see how it sounds on the keyboard... It will of course use GM tones, but you can change that. This one sounds reasonably good: https://www.midiworld.com/download/3446

You cannot move between standard categories and Hex Layer, they are separate types of sounds. But if you loaded a sound in the wrong category (like a piano in guitar), I think you need to delete it and re-load it in the proper category. You need to previously select Hex Layers to load an Hex Layer. Check out this tutorial: And of course, you will probably appreciate all other tutorials as well: And finally, remember that on the Internet, uppercase means shouting and is usually discouraged.

You have already created a topic about this here, I recommend keeping all your questions in one place. That ZLT file is the tone, so you just need to copy it to a pen drive.

And the issue is....? Did you put that file in a pen drive?

For example here, you need to click on the red "Download this file" button on the top right: Lyle's Lead And just to clarify: keep in mind they are not new samples, just edited tones (which could still sound quite different though).

Maybe that reflects a string change? 😅 I'll check that out later.

For the record, this is in the manual on page EN-60: Recording and Playback / To rewrite MIDI data header information.

Thank you very much for the trick!! I will try it out! I guess you meant "if you insert the new measures", right?

Jokeyman123 + 7zip = Brad

That sounds strange (no pun intended). In line with what Brad said, does it happen with the internal speakers or headphones, using the default piano without any kind of effects? Does it happen at any volume? Is this distortion like a waveform clipping?

While looking for some PX-360M videos, I came across this... 😱 😱 😱

I think you can also try editing the bass tone, and reducing the Chorus Send value.

I opened it with Paint.NET (great free tool BTW), and it fortunately was able to read it. Yeah, .webp files are kind of tricky to handle, they are still not so widely supported. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebP

In case you cannot see that picture, here it is.

Well, today it’s been 6 months since I received my great PX-560M and I think it's a good time to post my findings and thoughts so far. I actually thought of doing this 3 months ago, but I didn't find the time. Let me start with my overall appreciation of the keyboard: when you think about digital pianos, stage pianos, synthesizers or arrangers, this model is of course not the best of any of those. BUT, and this is a huge but, it's incredibly capable in all of those categories and for a very competitive price. And the big color touch screen is the icing on the cake. I don’t think you can get this much for this price with any other brand. So I'm really happy with my purchase decision, and proud of it. Now, to the details. Issues: When using some cheap low impedance earphones (Philips SHE8000, 16 Ω), there’s a hissing sound, even with the volume set to zero. This does not occur with my a-little-less-cheap Sennheiser HD 201 (24 Ω), where -by the way- the keyboard sounds great. When a MIDI recording ends with a different tempo (like a rallentando), often the tempo after stopping the file is the slow one instead of the starting one. There are random bugs related to this, like when doing a Punch In A-B it occurs at the slow tempo, even though it’s before the rallentando. Or if you do a A-B Repeat, after stopping, the tempo is set to the ending one. You can see a video of this here. The recording is 120 bpm all along except at the end when it slows down to 82 bpm. The volume is low but it doesn't add much. (Probably limitation by design) When exporting to SMF (.mid), at least in my tests, the system track is ignored, so the first MIDI track is left empty, even if it’s a very simple tone. (Probably limitation by design) If you want manually played drums in the MIDI, you have to use track #10 (you might already know from editing MIDIs, but it would be nice if the keyboard did it already for you). Occasional bugs: Once, when doing a Punch In A-B to fix a part of a recording, it shifted the whole rest of the song by a sixteenth note. I was really worried that I would have to redo everything after that part. Fortunately, I re-recorded with another Punch In A-B that part and somehow that fixed it. Things to improve: The tap feature just considers the time between the last two pressings, making it to too sensitive to the human lack of precision. I think it would be great if it averaged the last 4 (or so), like other keyboards do. As only one tone can have DSP, you cannot easily know if your secondary tone is going to work as expected. If Upper 1 is a simple sound and Upper 2 has a DSP effect, then we are good. But when you change Upper 1 to something with DSP effect, Upper 2 loses it. And if you change Upper 1 back to the previous tone, Upper 2 does not recover its intended sound, you need to re-select it. The most noticeable way to reproduce this is with the Ring Modulator effect. It would be nice if you could set the playback start of a recording when you start playing, in case you want to play live over a MIDI recording and need both hands on the keys. It would also be great to be able to lock or protect either a track or a whole recording. You can very easily start recording and therefore delete your hard work in one second. Miscellaneous comments: All piano sounds are actually from the same samples, just changing the equalization or effects. Is that correct? That’s what my ears tell me, plus what I see in the wave list from the appendix. Is it from a Bechstein? Most pianos use the 4 samples, each one for different velocity, separated by L/R (8 in total). This means that with a hex layer you could not fully reproduce the Grand Piano, as you could just use 6 samples (3 velocities per side). Is this also correct? This makes hex layers almost be unable to be used with pianos (you need to either go mono or use just at most 2 samples). BTW, I just found out this reply confirming this: I found it weird that there is no slap bass in the Bass section, only in GM. It's also strange that no bass makes a slap sound when pressed at high velocity, like even some cheaper keyboards do. I had to create a hex layer to get this behavior. The available actions for the controllers change when changing the tone, so if you assign one to, let’s say, speed, when you change the tone, that control may be assigned to something else, like delay time. I like the pad that sounds in Piano Pad, but is it there somewhere on its own? I tried those with “pad” in their name but none of them seem to be that exact one. Extra (unexpected) behaviors: I didn’t know among the chord fingering modes there are two where you can define the bass. That’s so cool! I was considering another model because of this feature. Even after watching dozens (hundreds?) of PX-560M videos I never saw that feature showcased anywhere, so it was a great surprise when I discovered that. I know it’s in the manual, but I didn’t read all through beforehand. When using rhythms, you can use Intro and Ending as fill-ins. In the middle of the song press Intro or Ending and then again Normal/Variation twice to return to normal. This may of course not sound too well with all rhythms. Those whose intro start with no drums are great to insert a silent measure, without having to stop the rhythm, which of course breaks the perfect synchronization. I also wasn’t aware that the multi-track editor had so many functionalities. It’s awesome that you can precisely select what to edit, insert/delete measures, quantize, etc. Finally, I found this page where apparently you can send Casio ideas for products, and I have a few for the next model (yeah, let me dream). But there doesn't seem to be a contact form for that purpose. Maybe just the Tech Support form? Has anyone ever tried that? Thank you for reading!

I certainly cannot assure it, but as the rhythms and tones look almost identical, I think any CT-655/656/670/680 video would work for you. The first two have 56/110 rhythms/tones, while the last two 110/220 (previous ones included), so you could say you almost have one's tones and the other's rhythms.

And if I'm not mistaken, that can only happen in System Track.

I guess you could open it and look for any obvious problem, like exploded condenser or damaged cable. Otherwise, I'd say any experienced electronic technician should be able to diagnose it. Here is the circuitry for the CT-670 which I assume should be similar: https://elektrotanya.com/casio_ct_670.pdf/download.html (After the captcha it takes around 1 minute, but the download works)

By looking at the buttons, rhythms and instruments, it looks like it has the features of the CT-670 (almost) but the nearly number of rhythms and instruments of the CT-655. So the manual for either model will work just fine for you, Phytochrome89. The differences with the CT-670 are that this model has a touch response button, lacks the tone editor and pitch bend wheel, in the rhythm you can disable the bass instead of the orchestration, lacks the echo line button, and the Select button for the banks is shared on the display. This means you need to press Tone Bank 4, Select, Tone Bank 3 to get the trumpet, for example. For example: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/358003/Casio-Tonebank-Ct-670.html Regarding the no sound issue, any news?

Wow, I wonder at 1:20 what was actually missing or broken or misplaced. How are the other metal pieces joined to the plastic? Maybe glue? Isn't the noise from that A# caused by the clip you added moving when the key goes up?

I think the first thing to determine is whether it's a physical issue with the button or something software related (I'd say the former). You could try placing the keyboard upside down to see if it's a physical issue. BTW, I guess this could be moved to the PX560 section. 😇

It seems you pretty much have a clear panorama picture of the differences, so I don't think there's much else we could say. You should determine how you will use it. I'd recommend you watch several videos of people showcasing the interface, how things are set up, how it sounds, and then picture yourself using it... For example, check what this guy explains at 4:41: But if you won't do that often, then it may not affect you. From what I've seen, the vast majority of PX560 owners are very happy with it, that helped me be more convinced of my decision and I don't regret it. But again, it depends on what type of use the keyboard will have.