XW-Addict

15 hours ago, Brad Saucier said:

🤨 Who said that?  I did not see anyone say that. 

I'm guessing both PX-S6000 and PX-S7000 have same engine with something more or less. 

Two layers ,  Wide variety of chained DSP (which impresses me) But how many sounds can have

dsp at once 2  or 4. a single arpeggio is this programmable. Are the pedals programmable. 

How many of your own sound set can be stored and recalled if you go on stage with it.

If this can be answered there might be some of a successor hidden in these board.

Can't wait to see as of why the PX-s7000 could be seen as px-5s replacement  as been stated 😈

I got interested in the system effects of the PX-S series since that seem to differ much from the 

PX-360 / 560 /5S and named differently as "Sound mode effect" 

The PX-5S which I got has system and master effects which add flanger , chorus , delay , Eq and distortion 

PX-5S as well 360 / 560  add saturation to the sound  on end I just MSFX , I've read in the manual the PX-S

series have only sound mode for hall sim , reverb and surround. So if its correct only PX with system and master

have these saturation capabilities at the end scope of the total sound. 

I presume the PX-S5000/6000/7000 have thus sound mode effect only as well so far I know "manuals not available 

at the moment" . But they do have chained DSP for tones and surround. Meaning each sound can be individual 

be saturated from the chain. That different at scope end and not matter much for the purpose of 2 layered  sound.

That about the difference in MFX in my perspective for zoned PX and the PX - S  series. for programming a full round

sound. I'm posting about this cause I've learned and somewhat misused system and master effect for that saturated 

full sound as an end mix, It works pretty well I say. 

Introduced with the latest Cts and Px there is also Casio music space.

Casio music space  app is worth to look at , I've downloaded it a time ago for ios and android. 

There a lot in there I have not given it much time but recently I've took a look at it and can say 

its really practicing focused , It support  all latest keyboards/piano. Since I've got my piano lessons

years ago I can vouch that the app is fit for practicing the setup for that is recognizable from a beginner

point of view. There a nice part where you have this scroll down bars to each key's and a view with the

notes on top which is super handy to do side reading with notes. I knew there was more to Casio's focus to a

piano centric approach anything to great for lessons , great feeling key's , accurate feed of speaker sound , high 

quality piano sounds. great for stage and now the harmony experience. 

I hope for the near future the synth and arranger people get this dedication as well , as it is already there with CTS

and the MZ and PX360/560.

Yet again I'm getting jealous about something another piano has I mean  "Best Hit" Category. 

I'm crying here.  First the cts - s1000v now this.  Raaah i'm being teared apart.

2 hours ago, Brad Saucier said:

Mid-century modern design is trendy right now.  I can see this being very popular in homes.  I have some friends remodeling their home right now in that style.  I can see these being very popular.  I think Casio hit the nail on the head with this design.

 

The new hybrid wood/resin action.... quite premium!  That's probably the most intriguing part for me.  That, and the fact these include the 3 sampled pianos from the grand hybrid models.  I'm excited to see more!   Mike and Rich are doing a live video next week on YouTube.  Can't wait!  

 

 

Great to look at for that I'm  sure off it  Until I saw how much their priced. Someone make me believe these piano's are real. 

Really not just design and good sound for that price the possibility to model a piano into a vintage one sure must be there. 

On 9/2/2022 at 6:39 AM, budisantoz said:

new privia with wooden keys?

or privia with camera 😁

Except the camera you weren't far off 😄  

The colors are certainly nice I love the wood engrained in the model looks cozy. 

I rather would see the wood with the casiotone but it makes  the high end keyboard 

look stylish better. 

Somehow when I saw PX-S7000 I thought this is it but surely if it would be synth I guess

it would have been something like PX-7S the difference of the -S- before the number and 

after. 

I like the mustard and wood color though. As well the seats and stands always wanted wood 

type like so it breaths natural vibe and harmony taking the music to places. 

A better file management system that stores what you put in a stage and recalls it exactly as is. A Phrase should be part of a stage even after its changed.  

I wonder if the way this new Privia is presented is part of the mystery for this theme "Harmony" and "Life style" 

I can't figure it out.  When I think about piano and life style I think about LaLa land or Casablanca play it again sam

any sound a piano can make that belongs to a style of music from a place. Its sounds weird how I'm saying it but 

I'm quiet the romantic person if its about piano music and atmosphere I'm burning to learn Erroll Garner "Penthouse serenade". 

One day i'm gonna make a piano piece that says "Yes this is me". 

22 minutes ago, Jokeyman123 said:

Hello sailor!🤣

Considering what they have already, hmmm.......will be watching. Maybe a Privia MZPXCTXS3200! Can't imagine what this might end up being-and 3, very nice. Thanks XW for noticing this, hoo-haa!

Indeed 3 new ones  I mean , How much more piano can it get , has it something to do with the recent App changes as well for the functionality 

in the latest and new models. Plus knobs and other controls are very much reduced. 

Curious the latest Privia models aren't that old , Website shows there are three privia's starting tomorrow

with the first one. What could it be. My enthusiasm has tempered to know but still I want to know ;-). 

 https://www.casio.com/intl/electronic-musical-instruments/privia/harmony/

PX5S FM tones are samples but they are not ordinary samples , As most of you PX5S owners know the samples on the keyboard are quiet extraordinary

And it has to be similar for the PX560 and probably for the MZ X500 as well. PX Air samples are different because some have an extra addition of resonance and 

other filter like behavior.  Each tone catagory has a specific depth to its tone,  Which can be synthesize or modulate for piano , clav , bass or E.P's

I'll focus on the FM tones only because of the FM-ish synthesis kind of type it can do.  Basically the keyboard built for making sought for clav or E.P sounds. 

But with an incredible synth engine and DSP such like Ring modulator which gives sound also an FM-ish kind of sound. 

We have a keyboard with samples having filter etc on them and a ring modulator tone and hexlayer as well to me that a basic FM-ish setup to work with

love to go in depth but I'm not so proficient at it for now :--) , I experiment away and discover. Still it is interesting because from a synthesis kind of view 

the keyboard can mangle the samples in an FM-ish way cause the sample got some kind of spectrum in them. Hexlayer synthesis got quiet a depth to 

it to make the FM samples tones nearly sound as it would with operators but its done with filters. Maybe this doesn't sound correct than again viewing it

from this perspective those tone have filter spectrum on them which can be modulated which creates a faux versatile FM-ish engine at hand. 

The EP on the PX sound more than nice right. There are several tones in the EP and Hexlayer category that apply to the idea you can do FM-ish  synthesis

I will make a list which one and that is the beautiful part we got two categories on the keyboard providing them.

It takes a bit of experimentation using tone , hexlayer and ring modulator and system effects as well to make clang swirling FM-ish sounds. 

Some of the stuff I've been experimenting on I've learned watching Matt Johnson from Jamiroquai he's been on Youtube quiet some time 

sharing his knowledge its really awesome, One of the reason I've been looking if the PX5S can have those sounds and it can I'll demo some 

sounds soon cause some of the techniques apply to other tone samples as well. I'll keep this thread up to date. 

11 minutes ago, drnorm1 said:

I pushed Audio Recorder again and it recorded. After I stopped it, it asked for Take 001. How do I access the recording?

Buttons -10 and +10 are for scrolling through recorded wav files . The PX5S records from each Take 01 to 99. 

If you recorded an audio file and the Audio recorder led is lit. Pressing the start/stop next to the phrase button 

can be pressed to play the file. Use -10 and +10 to play other take files.  

5 hours ago, drnorm1 said:

Is there a mechanism to play, in the background, an Afro Cuban rhythm while playing the keyboard? Are there presets available or do you have to prepare the process in some manner?

There are four ways to do it. 

1 : Play a rhythm from a wav file 

2 : Play a Afro Cuban  from midi file 

3:  Create a song with song mode. (importing midi patterns with the app  or manually record them)

4:  Use zone one for a drum only Afro Cuban rhythm either directly from a stage or a pattern by using phrase sequencer .

4 hours ago, Brad Saucier said:

PX-5S?? 

Forgot to mention that  yup PX5S only. 

People posting good sounding music I couldn't stay silent nor behind 

So here some of the full PX5S stages no overdub recording  these 

are how the stages fully sound no edits, I learned I could stack drum with phrase 

recorder on some and also create a "Performance" with phrase recorder and 

song mode , I kind of went crazy trying to keep the rhythm and sound smooth and thigh.

Some sounds at my skills still in infancy mode compared to some of the sound 

in the download section which are master pieces. Enjoy my little stage snippet collage. 

P.S I had many more stages to add but these shorts already took 18MB it would be twice 

as big if these for now are bearable I'll upload part 2 lol , part 2 is coming. 

Went to the music store to try out the CT-S1000 and S500, My oh my. 

To phrase Greta "How dare you" really I'm confused by this the sounds 

where really phenomenal out of the box, And all inspiring I got a little bit 

sad it was to good as well I'm not going to buy it.  This is it I'm telling you guys if this 

not the sounds for the next workstation performance synth  I'm going to

say goodbye to Casio you'll see me return when I'm 65 or so. 

9 hours ago, Jokeyman123 said:

XW-I think your current go-to 88 key is the PX5S? And i think you also have a XW-P1? Hmmm....hard to top without doubling or even tripling the price and i know of nothing inside Casio beyond the PX-560 for a possible 2nd  choice next to the PX5S. The touchscreen, hex layers, and many PX5S sounds ported over from the PX5S, as well as editing, 17-track recorder-the 560 has many very handy user programmable features, I am a fan and have studied over many of the Fantoms/DS88, Korg Kromes/Kross etc. the newest Kurzweil PC-4, Yamaha ModX, Montages. Not sure the extra thousand or 2 for the 88 key versions of a few of these are decidedly better Pianoman Chuck has an excellent Youtube review comparing for example the Korg Kross 88 to the PX560 or PX5S i forget which, might have both. Might be worth a look. I had considered the new Kurzweil PC-4, but when I suspected the 88 key assembly is a rather flimsy looking Medeli inside-still not sure but if it is, based on some pics I've found, looks cheap and not very durable-I decided against it. I also this past year acquired an older 88-key Fusion 8HD needing some repair, a truly remarkable workstation but weighs 58 pounds-has 4 different synth machines in it and is a full-blown sampler and 8-track digital recorder, pretty nice. Excellent user group too, equal to this Casio group for support/knowledge. This is a Casio group so I'll say no more. PM me if you care to. But for gigging/carrying, I'd still be taking my 560/ XW-P1 combo, covers alot of ground.

Want to ad a second 88 keys to my arsenal , Was ponder the CDP S360 cause of the touch of it or the PX560. 

Haven't wrote the PX5S off I've put it straight against the wall once and looked at it its a beautiful stage piano still. 

And I love to play on it but it gets heavy on the fingers at time , I do heavy lifting and bending with my hands.

Its like bench pressing I'm use to it but they cramp once a while make it hard to play. 

Got enough light keys like XW-G1 and CT-S1 , A roland controller keyboard but one 88 key I return to allot so that why 

my search for a second one. 

So I love my instruments 61 key's up to 88, But an upgrade is due for the 88 key's 

Lots of sounds and gentle for play 88 key's would suffice enough but it still have to 

be inspiring to go to, My playing style has changed considerably so are my fingers XD.

I've peen pondering and look for a second 88 key's I can switch to but it has to be ordinary 

like my current 88 key's something I can play with creating an atmosphere.  

Piqued my interest with an 88 keybed (newer), But than on a MZX-500 full hexlayer per zone  with PX5S full dsp capacity for each of them. 

Wear and tear on buttons happens with my PX5S as well I've used it extensively. I didn't know about the control to cut portamento off while 

playing.    

On 2/11/2022 at 4:40 PM, timbr said:

XW-Addict, can you confirm that it's working reliably now?

This seems to be essentially the same configuration I was asking about here for the CT-S300/400 (although I was after doing something like that with 2 cables). Would be interesting to hear since the CT-S1 and CT-S400 seem to be closely related.

 

I had some issue with recording session the audio from ipad wasn't coming out the speakers during a time. When I disconnect the cable from the ipad it sounded fine through its own speaker but couldn't hear it anymore from the keyboard speakers when I reconnected. Didn't bother about it till now. This sunday gonna use the go:mixer instead but before that I'll try see what the cause was. I'll post something till then.   

31 minutes ago, Brad Saucier said:

I would use Bluetooth for MIDI and a stereo mini cable to the CT-S1 audio input.  

Thanks man , I thought I missed that with bluetooth can do my weekend jam recordings now 😎👍

Connected the keyboard with ipad but I want the audio from ipad to come out of the ct-s1 speakers from bluetooh I'm using garageband , cubasis.

Or must I use a cabel to plug the ipad into the CT-S1 kinda forgot the solution to this.   

22 hours ago, Jokeyman123 said:

Had a hunch all those new patents were there for a reason....interesting concept-what physical modeling by Yamaha was trying to do for acoustic musical instruments but never caught on too well. This is in a more easily accessible package. Definitely a different approach than anything else I've come across. I'm hesitant-waiting to see if something even more advanced-more of a pro board might come out of this designed more like the PX560 with weighted keys, and a large color graphic screen. AIX and voice modeling combined with hex layers, huge multi-track recording ability, a real professional workstation utilizing this new concept of sound production.

Yipper  it was a long time ago hihihi I almost forgot

Yep a long time ago. Now where I put  my pipe and Tabaco.