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Exactly, and not only acoustic pianos..if the keys on every keyboard are functioning properly as thy should nobody should worry. My initial worries were only till I realised that has nothingto do with the keys functionality. 🙂

And because many people are reading this forum ( and many of them are potential buyers) , reading stuff here to make a decision I d like to be honest with them, not scare them, and also I d like to be honest with Casio as well. I am 100 % happy with my new CT-X 5000 and not only I have not regret it but I fall in love day by day. This, low intensity insignificant, noise on 1 key is not a criterion. The overall feeling of the keyboard is very satisfying (my opinion) . @RCCASGAR said that Korg EK-50 have not issues with noisy keys. Maybe that was the case for him, maybe. But generally that's not accurate at all and as @Brad Saucier stated above anyone can find this out by doing the proper search on google. All brands have issues with some keys . As for my old Yamaha PSR-2500 ( which was a replacement for my Casiotone 610 back in 1990 ) it started to have many noisy keys in the first year. Unfortunately, I don't have the proper equipment this moment to upload a video comparison of the old Casiotone 610 keyboard (which has zero noisy keys after thousands of hrs ) and the Yamaha psr-2500 ( which has almost all the keys making sounds. Anyway ct-x 5000 is an amazing instrument for its price range and provides so many functions along with great sounds

Hello again Vinciane, and really thanks for your opinion. I finally contacted the reseller and he told me that it's a matter of grease. He told me that he could arrange everything etc but reassured me that its nothing important to make me worry about. I decided to keep my Casio, cause I already loved it and to be honest this noise is reeeaally nothing important for me and the keyboard generally has a very good feeling when I play. So..we will see

Indeed, that s exactly as you said, once you notice you can't unhear it. The only think that makes me worry about that sound in my case is if its not just a matter of proper lubrication, or a minor bug, but something thay may affect the keys response and functionality in the long term..

Hello there, I have this keyboard since 1985 and it s still playing as a new on 2021 after thousands of hrs playing on it. My father used to play with it also on gigs those days 🙂 Believe it or not its a very strong, durable product. Its keys feel more firmly placed than my brand new Ct-x 5000..haha..but as someone else noted, no it is not equiped with weighted keys, not even touch responsive. But if your aim to start learning its ok. I did my fisrt 4 years of piano on this one and I ve been ok with it.. But if you can save some money go get a new model man..

Hello again Alex. I finally just received my brand new ct-x 5000 today and I m very happy, BUT I also have a clunky-noisy E key..Do you think I should send it back or try and open it? I watched the video above and it looks easy, but its on a ctk 7600 and the guy is not showing how he initially removed the grey cover. Athough I should feel comfortable opening it ,as I am a mechanical engineer 🤪, I feel very wary as always something may go wrong and break even something small , not important. Have you ever found anywhere a detailed video bout how to open the case and grease the

Hello vbdx66, as I stated somewhere in this post I just received my brand new ct-x 5000 and it has one clunky E, would send it back for just this? Did the repair team reported you back what they did? Was it just a grease? Thanks

Hello Crhis, What did you finally choose to do? Is your proble solved? Cause today I just received my, otherwise almost perfect, brand new CT-X 5000 and it has a clunky-noisy E on upper right part. It makes a kind of crackling sound when pressed suddenly, with speed but even without force. It sounds like some grease is missing and the plastic parts are hitting on each other. I think i just need to open it up and grease it instead of returning the whole unit back to the reseller, as its very possible that the replacement unit will have the same problem. I 've watched a very detailed video on YouTube but it was on a CTK-7XXX model and I don't feel comfortable trying to open my brand new baby without a detailed video first. Suggestions?

@Chandler Holloway You said "It's just an added convenience for the DAW crowd, but it's cool to see these things officially supported by Casio" and I say "Yes! Indeed, cannot agree more" . Casio has started to gain more respect in my country lately, and I think peoples' interest will grow more soon. This forum helps a lot on this. For me ti was a reason to finally go ahead and make the order of my ct-x 5000. Other wise I would have been very hesitant about buying it , having read that it has a difficult interface. But after spending some hrs here I see that It's not that difficult to find answers if you search and ask. Some users like you Brad, Martin and others provide very detailed answers , passing on your hard-earned knowledge to us. And that 's very encouraging for new comers (and customers ) like me..Thanks!!

Hello @Artlor, I was happy to read somewhere over the net that you finally managed to make this work with FL (EX Fruity loops) and you just had to know that while "Ableton Live" software counts from number 1 for both Program change and Bank , the FL software starts counting for banks from number 0. And that was the reason you could not have the keyboard play with the desired tone on the ct-x keyboard. That's very good news 'cause I was a bit puzzled pretty much before, having read all this. So, if you could take a min and post here some more details about the way you made the configurations on FL for messages to be send correctly I guess we would be grateful !! Basically any piece of info is very welcome..Thanks!

Really thanks @Chandler Hollowayfor this clarifying post ..the way you answered on that made clear to me many things that would be difficult to understand later on my own...Also thanks to @Just Alex for asking bringing all this to the fore , even if he initially reported his observations as "a glitch"

Again, thanks a looootttt for this one too

Wow!! That's a lot of work I guess..I still don't have my ctx5000 home and I guess it won't be soon at home due to covid-19 impacts on transportations in my country. I can't wait to start exploring how all this work is actually done on the keyboard..I hope you 'll be here for some basic advices..

Wow! Great work man. Really, really thank you for this !!🙂

Hello man, my first time here. Still waiting for my ct-x5000 and I have already started to explore its features and capabilities so to be "ready" when it arrives 🙂 I 'd like to congratulate you for your efforts. Really thanks for investing time to help the community. It's very important for all of us. I started to follow this thread 'cause I want to be part of it and why not try to share my own creations here too , later. Also , I d like to let you know that in case you are comfortable creating styles when you have samples from the requested style, I am willing to pay as well . And..Happy new year !!!! 😉