amaverick

I tried mine today and found out it did save my hex layers correctly. I made the mistake of playing two Hex layers I that I had made where, I used similar effects on both.I thought it was carrying knob positions over . My mistake. The sliders I like to start out with them halfway. I usually do all the steps above before I even power on my XW. It's like I always have the same starting point to begin with this way. Kinda like a pre-flight check for airplanes

Here is a tip for all you guys when you download new sounds for your XW-P1. I'm sure it would work the same for the G1 also. Before you play the sounds... 1. Make sure the modulation wheel is all the way down. 2. Start your octave out on zero. You can always adjust it later to taste. 3. Set the k1 thru k4 knobs to zero. This should ensure a dry mix to start out with.You can always adjust it to your taste afterwards. 4. Put the 1 thru 6 sliders left to right at the halfway point.This just adjusts the volume for the six layers to the same amount.The 7th slider controls the total volume for the whole patch. Set the last two sliders from the right all the way down. This temporarily turns off the master effect for the whole patch( if they are used.)You can adjust them slowly up get desired sound.These last two will do nothing if no total master effect is set. I've created several hex layer patches on my XW. I've noticed switching between patches if I have the knobs adjusted for one patch....it affects the next hex patch I switch to. I only notice this on hex sounds so far.Could be because of the insane amount of tweaking you can do to these sounds. This should get you closer to what the creator of a Hex patch wanted you to hear.

File Name: Letting go File Submitter: File Submitted: 28 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 This is a Strings/Piano Hex Layer patch. I wanted something for playing the song from The movie SUPER 8. It's titled "Letting Go"...so you see where i got the patch name. Layer 1 and 6 are stereo strings. Layer 2 and 5 are pianos. Layer 3 is a warm pad (Just to give me a little sustain). Layer 4 is a Harp. Seems to soften the pianos a bit. I left the reverb kinda dry,so add with knob 4 to your liking. I like the octave at 0 or +1 I'm really happy with this one Click here to download this file

Do you mean Mikes new I-pad app can do random Phrase generations? Man I may have to check it out some more. I've had my Xw almost a year now,and it still surprises me. I'm still figuring out new stuff it can do. Trust me... these synths are no toys!

I wonder if there is any chance Casio could get Stephen Kay to write the K.A.R.M.A. Software for their Keyboards? The Privia PX5S ,Xw,or G1 would be great for this.

File Name: Fantasia XW File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 27 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 This is a hex layer "loosely" based off the famous d-50 patch Fantasia. Sliders 1 and 2 are the synth and pad part. They only trigger from keys b4 and down. Sliders 3, 4,5, and 6 are bell type ,E.P. sounds. They only playfrom keys c5 and up. Add reverb to taste. Click here to download this file

File Name: Violinist File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 23 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 A modified violin tone. I tried to emulate finger vibrato on the strings. This works well for slow music. Click here to download this file

File Name: Sweep Piano File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 22 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 A piano and sweep pad hex layer. Slider 1 is sweep pad. Slider 2&3 are pianos. Slider 7 controls the total volume. All other sliders are unused. Click here to download this file

File Name: Screamer Gt File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 22 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 Screaming distortion guitar with added compression/reflect. Octave down mellows it out a little. You can get a little funky with the mod wheel on this one. Click here to download this file

File Name: Crunch Guitar File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 21 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 A modified tone of the crunch guitar with some delay Click here to download this file

File Name: Epic Organ File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 20 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 Organ sound with some choir and strings. Would work good for Whiter Shade Of Pale or House of the Rising Sun. Click here to download this file

File Name: Homecoming File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 19 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 Kinda hard to describe...except I like it Click here to download this file

File Name: Hope PD&STR xp File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 17 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 Put together a strings and pad performance Click here to download this file

The roland D-50 had two great patches I would love to have. Staccato Heaven and Fantasia. Almost all keyboards since the D -50 have a version of these patches. Does the XW-P1 have anything similar ? If not, I would appreciate any suggestions on starting sounds to create hex layers to recreate these. Fantasia was a twinkly bell and synth pad type sound. Not to sure about staccatto heaven. I'm going to try to create a hex layer to create a Fantasia style sound.I'm going to have to brush off my owners manual first.

File Name: String It Xw File Submitter: amaverick File Submitted: 14 Oct 2013 File Category: XW-P1 Wanted a good string sound. Works great for songs like -May It Be from the L.O.T.Rings Click here to download this file

Whoops, I just found the xw p1 specific bar to the left.