Trooplewis

I've had mine for almost two years and no problems with key noise, at least no difference from what they sounded like when new.

I've had my Px-S3000 for almost two years now and finally bought the SP-34 3-pedal unit for $99. I should have bought it when I got the PX, it is a great unit and you don't have to "chase" a single pedal around or wonder where the heck it is while you are trying to focus on music. Excellent companion for the Casio keyboard.

I've had mine about a year now, playing about an hour every day. So far no clicking...

I tried the Vox 50KB and was very disappointed with it, ended up selling it on Craigslist.

The line out sockets on the back of the PX are unbalanced. As long as you speaker has an "unbalanced" input, it should work fine.

If you don't need the saved registrations, just do a reset to all the original factory settings. You can also make the touch-buttons less sensitive (takes more pressure to trigger them) in the main settings menu.

I've tried a couple different sets (none over $300) and also a keyboard amp, and have not been happy with the muddled sound they have all produced especially in bass chords. If you want more volume, first try setting Keyboard Touch to -2 and you will be surprised how much more you get. The stock speakers actually sound pretty fantastic for 16 watts....and it just doesn't make sense to spend $500+ on a $750 keyboard, unless you need it for paid gigs.

Streaming the original over Bluetooth, recording it all together on the PX-S3000 The Enchanted Sea

It is an odd thing. I've gotten used to it, just press REC and then tap the function button 3 times. It's a nice feature that recording begins when you hit the first note. At first I though maybe I was just fat-fingering it and touching the FUNCTION button when I tapped REC, but after trying moving my finger to different spots well away from FUNCTION, that does not appear to be the cause.

When I have a USB drive installed, when I first record my playing everything goes fine. But when I stop recording, and want to do another recording, when I tap the REC light it also indexes the FUNCTION button next to it to Rhythm. So I have to tap the FUNCTION button 3 times to bring it back to where I want it. Anyone else experience this?

I've had it for about 6 months, it wasn't getting any better...

Thought I would post this for the benefit of anyone who gets annoyed at their single pedal. Mine is an "OnStage" brand, that was part of the package when I bought my Px-S3000 It is very stiff when pressing on it and made a fairly good noise when it is let-off and the metal pedal connects with the plastic casing. Disconnect the pedal's cable from your keyboard first! There were 4 screws on the bottom holding the assembly in, easy to remove with a Philips screwdriver. Notice how the wires are routed to avoid chafing with the pedal movement. You want to put them back in the same position when you're done. Once apart, pull the pedal thru the case, being careful not to put too much pressure to the soldered-on wires. You don't want to have to re-solder things. There is a spring under the pedal that can be removed with a pair of needle-nose pliers. Keep an eye on not pulling hard on the soldered wires! Once you remove the spring, use the pliers, or a wire-cutter, to cut the top two coils off, and re-install. If you want to really be safe, try removing one coil first and trying it out... Reassembly is just the reverse of what you already did. Then I put a small piece of stick-on velcro (the fuzzy side) on top of the pedal where it meets the plastic case. Whole thing took less than 10 minutes and was a huge improvement. Some noise is still noticeable, but probably 75% better than it was prior. Pressure to depress the pedal reduced substantially, but still a lot of "spring" to it. Disclaimer; your pedal may be different, so use your smarts and be careful.

How do I do that? If I go to MEDIA and press enter, I get the message above. Patrick, you may be correct. I have two identical, brand new SanDisk 16GB flash drives. It likes one but not the other, even though both work on my PC. I also tried an older 8GB cheepy flashdrive, and the PX got along with it just fine. Go figure.

So what am I doing wrong? I have formatted the flash drive on my PC, and it is blank. What is the PX trying to tell me?

Both the printed (very small!) manual and the online PDF's are weak. The online one, if you try to fit the left-right margins onto the screen, is even smaller then the printed manual. SO to navigate through it you have to constantly be mousing around and scrolling from left to right. Someone needs to re-invent the Casio manuals for the PX-X000 to make them a lot easier to read and also a lot more user friendly. For instance, the steps you need to take to layer Tones and then also to control (Pan?) that layer (with a knob or expression pedal) are in totally different locations making it hard to actually accomplish what you want to do without a lot of frustration.