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Looking at the number pad it makes sense the CZ230S uses numbers 00 to 99. And that would translate to program change 00 to 99 on any midi controller or software that uses the traditional numbering scheme of 0-9 as the digits and NOT the 1-8 number scheme of old Roland or old Korg. or old Kawai. @IanBThankyou for letting me know. Oh I wish I had the CZ230s. I almost did recently in an ebay auction but more pressing things came up that I had to use the money on.. It went a little high anyways so no loss there. I too own the CZ5000 and 3000. They are just impossibly buried under boxes of other keyboards in my future studio room being used as a temp storage facility while I remodel the house.

Hi @IanBBeen a minute since we spoke wow lol! What is Bump mean in this context? Anyway, wow. The Brass Ens sound found on the various CZ syntsh(except CZ101/1000- no preset for that sound), is the Casio SK1 Brass Ens sound. Has that lowered octave on one of the layers, and a slight detune as well. Seriously it is 00 on the CZ230S as per the video and per my memory when I used to have that synth back when I was still in my 20s. I am almost 50 now and sadly I do not have the CZ230s to play with so I can not corroborate those values and answer your questions about that model beyond what I have state. The CT6500 midi in program change number for that Brass Ens sound I love is patch 25?? Lol! Casio Casio. what have you done? 😛 . Now while I can not do much about the CZ230s I can whip out the CT6500 as it is within reach and plug it in again and record with it and also try to find out the patch numbers via midi on my PC with the midi sport 1x1 interface and see whats what. Again I do not use windows 10 but Linux but that should not matter for my simple tests. I will get back on this soon! Great to hear from you again! Love these classic Casio chats. Cheers!

Thankyou @Brad Saucier! Yeah I could not find a proper reference for this model online. Google sucks in 2022. I see it is IS negative tip, so that is important for sure. So he needs to find AD-12MLA then? I think there are universal adapters with interchangeable tips and switchable polarity and selectable voltages that can fill the void too but the key with those is the amps so a 1A or higher amps DC output adapter is key. Funny, I never heard of old Casio keys using 12VDC like Yamaha but we learn something new everyday eh?! 🙂

Ok, that is a much newer model than I thought lol. Well you will need to search PSU for Casio CPS 7 online. Why? Because the newer Casio models do use 9vdc, 9.5Vdc and 12Vdc at both negative and positive center so it can be confusing. A purely classic Casio made in the 1980s that is made in the late or mid 80s will have 9VDC negative center, or 7.5Vdc negative center and the PT1 sized units are 6vdc negative center. Since your keyboard says 12VDC look carefully if you see a symbol for the polarity as that is very important. A The symbol looks something like this: -C+ for positive center and: +C- for negative center. IF, the port is -C+ it would be positive center 12VDC and you can easily find one of those even from a Yamaha keyboard which uses that 12vdc 1A positive center or ANY adapter with that rating and polarity. The next issue will be finding out the center PIN SIZE. That is the most irritating issue here. If you can, please take a picture up close of the port and post it here to help other users here identify the port and better help you find a power supply that most likely can be gotten cheaply. Amazon and Ebay is rife with these PSUs but alot of sellers purposely omit details on them so you can not cross reference for yourself and buy the one you need. You end up blindly buying a supply that may be the one or may be wrong. I hate that, so yeah, post a pic and see if we can better help.

CPS7 is a classic so it uses a NEGATIVE center tip 9VDC 1A power supply. From what I can remember it is a small center hole but standard outside diameter barrel. A Sony playstation 1 PSU works with it but that is 10VDC.. I forget but look up Casio 9vdc power supply and make sure it says CASIO not some off brand Chinese crap. The actual output will be 9VDC 850mA so almost 1A.

Hi ErnieS and welcome to the Casio Forum! Under the keys, there are 2(TWO) round rubber buttons that the key triggers in sequence to get the velocity of the note and depending how fast you press the one button and THEN the other, determines velocity volume of the note. The faster you trigger them the louder the slower you trigger one then the other, the softer the sound. You either have gunk, liquid or dust build up on one or both buttons under those keys, or corrosion around and on the circuit board under the keybed under those keys. I forget if the HT6000 uses a battery compartment for main power when not using a wall wart adapter but if it DOES, then check the battery compartment for any signs of battery acid corrosion or rusting.IF there IS? Ergh! You have a problem Houston! You WILL need to take the unit apart and examine further for any battery acid corrosion issues inside the keyboard and around the keybed where you are having those key sensing issues.. Baking soda and white vinegar are what I was told would neutralize the battery acid so you can then wipe the areas affected away, and see if there is also any damage to the delicate copper traces on the circuit boards , the black carbon traces under those rubber dome buttons under the keys or even the rubber domes themselves. The other thing it could be IS the rubber dome buttons maybe worn and the carbon under them needs re carbonated(there is a kit for that now).. Others here maybe able to guide you through if you still unsure. Hope this helps and sheds some light. Midi sound module mode working great means it is at least a MECHANICAL/LOCAL issue and not a electronic/software issue but does mean repairing it and does mean more RISK.

Very good! Congratulations! I hope you can fix it and get what you want for it.

I remember jazz++ back in 2000-01. I used it in Windows 2000 and SuSE Linux 7.2. I am sadly stuck with Windows for any usable apps for all things music and especially MIDI but I only use LINUX and have kept looking for a solution. Seems there are newer GUI apps called: MuSE, Qtractor and the latest versions of Ardour, that allow this conversion. It is very strange that SMF 0 midi converters are not more prevalent out there since MOST hardware players and recorders(midi data bulk recorders) only use SMF0 format as it compresses the data stream to a serialized non editable stream of multi channel, single track midi data. I do have AV Linux MX Edition with all the apps I need, but I wanted something quick for regular desktop Linux installs to convert or batch convert all these free midi files from online that non of them play in Casio keyboards.. Sadly yes, Windows only for such specialized small apps. Funny you mention Yamaha XG Works! That was the ONLY app that would work for midi bulk dumps to and from Yamaha instruments containing alot of sys ex info and for OS upgrades! Cakewalk failed and so did other apps I had at the time.. Protools and Logic are heavy and midi is only a afterthought. In FL Studio I can do it but can be dangerous.. Ask me why lol! I did download the Japanese sequencer app btw. I will have to setup and fire up an old Windows 7 system just for HARDWARE MIDI situations like OS and FIRMWARE updates, bulk dumps and software controllers of hardware synths.. Time to dust off my copy of Windows 7 64bit Ultimate

Hello Casio fans! Well , I am in the same boat of not being able to play any of the millions of free midi files found on the internet, on any of the modern Casio keyboards that have both an sd card slot and a smf player. A church member owns a Casio priva digital piano and wants to load and play free midi files of hymns found online but so far all of them a multitrack(what we want) midi files type 1(what we do not want) and no LINUX based software for me to batch convert or at least one to one convert these type 1 files to the much much much older type 0 format. Does anyone here have clues as to what LINUX software will allow converting? Rosegarden does NOT convert them in export. What else is there for Midi only files?

It is a standard 3 prong computer tower cord. Go to any computer shop and buy one. Heck you may get one for free if you ask around. I think those power cords are so plentiful that there may be a land fill just for those cords lol! It is called a IEC power cord.

Please take a good set of pics of the pedal in question and the broken circuit board. This way we can see what we are dealing with. I myself have several parts from different broken Casio Pianos I bought but there are parts for sale online from parts dealers like syntaur.com and keyboard kountry, etc. But your AP40 parts may be cross compatible with another model that may have parts available online even if the AP40 in specific does not have parts listed.

Hi @Kate H, Rwanda uses 220V AC. High Voltage DC type current is used for Cars,Boats,military and industrial and telecommunications equipment in industrial installations. I suspect your house is using the same European style power of 220V AC, 50Hz, 10A-16A. Eitherway, you need a power adaptor that takes in 220V AC input with the Casio 9VDC to 12VDC output(depending on if this model uses 9v or 12v). I think Rwanda uses Swiss type sockets? So a 3 Pin 10A 250V AC 50Hz in to what ever the Casio uses for its DC input voltage Out adaptor. I do think you guys have also the 2 pin European style plugs too so those power adaptors will work as well. Make sure the Casio DC jack voltage input is matched with your adaptor (9VDC or 12VDC or 9.5VDC?).

Funny, I thought the SK1 beats and sounds where on this unit. I am wondering what Casio keyboard I saw in a youtube video that has SK1 sounds? I think it may be one of the first Casiotone rereleases(CTS300)?Or the XW series?

@Brad SaucierOops sir! I think we all guilty!! Sorry bout that! We all talked about the prices 😛

Thankyou guys! Whatta bunch of scholars and gentlemen! That makes me a bit happier now cause as I heard @Chas video, I was concerned about that since the sound played was a nice synth lead but the portamento was too much. A very little porta with legato is wonderful though. Or non at all like the Casio VL1/PT1 sounds. I found out something strange btw, about the "monophonic" legato sound of the PT1, that has been unique to Casio for years.. The true polyphony is 2 notes! You can only play one at a time, but I found out, when you hold down only one note, you can still play another(monophonically but still plays). When I pressed a second key, no sounds, silent! I guess that is how the legato works? SO with portamento set to 1 or even 0 on these CT-S keyboards, it would be like that no? I can hardly wait to get mine lol! So many questions would be answered with my keyboard in front of me!

A word on the Realistic sounds and the portamento laden synth sounds: Since the CT670, I have known Casio can come up with some seriously beautiful realistic instrument tones, especially in the Strings and acoustic guitar areas. The Pianos have improved with decades of engine tech improvements. Now the Synth sounds.. so far what I hear from the early 90s to the NOW keyboards, including the XW series, seems to be a mixed bag. Some good, some meh! But one thing still bothers me over all: PORTAMENTO!! That effect is good if you want to apply it yourself in varying degrees of intensity but I have noticed that it is applied hardwired to some of the nicer synth lead sounds with no way to get rid of it or at least tone the glide down a bit. Why is this so Casio? On the XW series which was the first ever modern Casio synth I ever played, that portamento effect was annoying as I wanted to play legato mode (ala PT1/PT80) synth sounds, but the portamento was not so easy to turn OFF. Is this the case on the CT-S500/1000V? Can that effect be switched OFF for the lead sounds or is it hardwired into the preset? Otherwise, wow, Casio has some seriously nice synth lead sounds!! Think CTK1000 synth lead

I saw and enjoyed the video! Thankyou sir! Some preset sounds are better than others as with anything else. Would love to hear ALL of the classic Casio tone presets to hear what the Modern World has been able to duplicate of my beloved Casio keyboards of the 80s!

@Shad0wfaxTenes razon! You are correct! I did not really think of the S500 as too expensive in my comparison. Sadly I am still a virgin to MODERN Casio lol! The only real modern Casios I have so far are:CTK6200,CTK4200, and LK300TV. I have 2 cheaper units but since I have no PSU for them I have not played with them YET. I am all about the Classic 80s and early 90s Casio keyboards as I can afford many of them in fleamarkets only of course. But I digress. You have a point with the price of the S500 which would be high. The Yamaha? The jury is still out on that one. I have not played Modern Yamaha in decades!

I have several keyboards and tone modules/groove boxes with that floppy drive in them but I never bothered to replace the floppy with a USB floppy emu drive. Why? too much hassle. Now mind you, I have NEVER owned a CASIO product with a floppy disk drive in it other than the VZ1 which I sold almost the same week. As long as I can buy a replacement drive cheap and buy new floppies that are reliable, I am good. But I do understand the need for flash solid state more reliable storage media. The Floppy emulators require you to power down the instrument when changing virtual floppies sadly yes.. My friend bought a emulator for his Akai MPC200XL instead of buying the SD card IDE drive instead. The Casio keyboards mentioned in this thread, do they have just a floppy drive or is there an SD card slot too? I imagine all you can save to floppy is midi file and registration info(no audio), so the files would be rather small. I normally just save an entire machine state to floppy as that reduces write cycles on the floppy disks. Now if you can, try and find a SD card slot floppy emulator instead. as you can still find old small SD cards floating around the net for cheap and thus you can use them as direct floppy replacements(32mb card as a 1.44mb floppy but flash drive instead of magnetic). Granted it is a waste of the other 30MB but heck, at least the SD cards will be robust, and last a lifetime! Just tossing ideas into the fire. Now, I am of the thought that if the instrument does not have the ability to have a higher capacity storage device in it(just a floppy drive), then I will be content with a RELIABLE substitute of said storage device(floppy). Examples would be the Casio models mentioned in this thread, Yamaha PSR-SQ16,YAMAHA SY77,YAMAHA RM1x,etc. Now the story changes if the Casio keyboard or other brand instrument has BOTH a floppy AND a high capacity storage option at the same time(Yamaha A4000/5000 sampler rack,AKAI MPC2000XL.KORG TRITON STUDIO,etc), then you need to either find reliable long life storage MEDIA for those instruments instead of trying to swap out the storage drive/slot, OR if the instrument has it, buy and install, the higher capacity device the instrument was designed to handle either externally or internally, but find a more reliable tech version of that(SCSI or IDE HDD but SSD versions). Some times trying to shoe horn high capacity workarounds for instruments who's OS and electronics was not designed for it is just asking for trouble. Sometimes...

Wait until a custom colored version of these Keyboards comes out like they did in the 80s.. Baited breath here, baited breath lol. The price will be higher of course, but who doesn't want an all white or all black CT-S1000V? Hows about one with all black case and all black keys? Hows about a Steampunk version? Prices would be higher then for sure too, but I would BUY IT! Mind I understand the deal on the higher price point of the CT-S1000V versus the Yamaha but again, the Casio CT-S500 is $379 and the Voice synth version CT-S1000V is still only $71 more! No way Jose will you EVER find such a deal elsewhere.. If you do, please tell us cause I am ready to pull the trigger money in hand!

new video!! Yes! And as Brad said, YES.

@Doug108Thankyou! I own the IK Multimedia UNO SYNTH so I will buy the cable from them when I buy the Casio CT-S1000V

If you have the money GRAB IT and RUN!! LOL!

@SzoNo. The CPS201 has a slightly stronger attack and fuller sound. The CPS2000's other sounds are the same as the CPS201. Basically, the CPS201 has filters applied in its piano sounds that the CPS2000 does not, and also it is like @Chascomparison of the Casiotone 201 versus the M10. Both use consonant vowel sound but are synthesized a little differently. The CT6000 which is a flagship of BOTH the CPS201 and CPS2000 sounds slightly different from both units and it too is consonant vowel synth source! They came from the same era and range. How I know? I have both the CT6000 and CPS201. The sounds and beats sound the same but.. not exactly the same. The CPS201 sounds LOUDER!!! And PunCHIER! The CPS2000 sounds.. meellooow, and swwweeeeter.. The CT6000 is the one stuck in the middle of the 2 clowns lol! Now the CPS2000 does not have any accompaniment features and has instead, extra tones that are also found on the CT6000. Just listen. I tells ya though, there is a 76 note CT or CPS classic Casio of the same era that uses the same keys as the CPS201/CT6000 I saw in Argentina, that I do not know the model number that it too, sounds like these 3 keyboards.

It sounds a little like the MT240 210 tone bank piano BUT, if you really listen well you can tell it is not. It is synthetic but remember, I own 3 of these same CPS201 and one CT60000 so I do know the sounds intimately. The hollow sounding Camera mic makes it sorta sound realistic but no it is not. The unique feature is the touch response which adds a sharp percussive attack to the piano sounds. A good example of synthetic piano sound but with really good attack to make it sound almost realistic is the ROLAND HP800 and Yamaha PF80. BOTH are synthetic but use smart envalopes on the piano sounds to make them sound almost real. The KAWAI MP120 is a wooden key digital piano that also sounded almost realistic due to the attack and decay stages of the piano sounds, but if you listen to all these keyboards in person or with headphones, it is more obvious. In a mix, these keyboards will sound like pianos as our ears have become used to hearing pianos everywhere. But no.. As I described above, the models I specify as the TONE BANK PCM models are the ones that sound realistic. Now, some of the OTHER presets DO sound realistic but then again.. creative envalope stages make them sound real too. Also, again, you must listen in person cause the camera mic is NOT a good sound input source by which to judge tone fidelity with.