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Here is the original Resurrection in case it is easier to match. But I would be happy to match the tone from the Casio demo. It sounds as good if not better, and it's a Casio.

Hello! Enjoy this video and help me figure out a couple of things. 1. The first piece is Sounds Like a Melody intro. It sounds particularly good to me, worthy of learning. What can I do on CT-X700 to get this sound? I have picked 319 Digital Synth-Strings1 layered with 364 SpacePad, but his sounds so much richer. Is it something that 3000 has that 700 does not, or can I get there with Reverb + Chorus + better tones? 2. At 5:25 he plays Resurrection by PPK. What tone(s) and settings on CT-X700 would you pick for it? I think Reverb set to Delay 2 will help, but what is the voice? Thank you!

Don't laugh, I understood about 60% of your words. I am still to learn "MIDI controller", "GM patches", "sequencer", etc. Don't worry about educating me in this thread, I will find some learning materials. Just please dumb it down for me when possible. I am new to piano, newer to synthesizers.

You are absolutely right. As you had suggested, I was examining the Reverb and Chorus settings on a clean voice, I think Pop Piano. That way I could clearly hear the effects of both Reverb and Chorus. Chorus set to Tone I equated with "tone itself", which I equated with "no chorus", which I equated with "off". Also, the tick mark next to CHORUS on the LCD goes away when Chorus is set to Tone, hence, I was thinking of it as "off". I do realize now that all additional sounds I hear with DSP tones are reverb and chorus and with your help I have a better understanding of how preset tone effects play together with the function settings.

One other question: what does the GM in the "GM tones" stand for, and what is special about this group?

Thank you for your reply. A few things are over my head, but I understood that I need not worry about some of the references just because they are there. I assume this was in response to the part 2 of my original question. I do plan on following Brad's advice and creating a topic for each of the videos I am trying to match (or perhaps he meant I should start one thread for all such inquiries). So long as you clicked on the video and know about various Casios, do you have an opinion on the best CT-X700 approximation of what the YouTuber labels as Startrails11 on his MZ? I am modifying Reverb with 319 DgSyStr1. Frankly, I can't hear any difference as I go through all options, not even when I set it to Off. Should it be fairly easy to hear with an untrained ear? Also, after Reverb settings comes Chorus. Default is Off. I tried playing with a few settings, and also can't hear the effect. Do those only kick in when playing against chords?

Thank you! Very helpful, indeed. While they use Str. abbreviation liberally, as long as it always means "Strings" (not Stereo, not Startrails), I am good. Could you kindly explain how to interpret and use columns 4 ("Program change") and 5 ("Bank select MSB")? I understand that column 6 is a DSP yes/no, so it's either there or not, sort of an FYI. Column 8 is octave shift, I understand what it is. Going down the appendix, the second reference is rhythm list. WYSISWG. Nice! Next is "Versatile Tone Map". Can you explain how it is to be used/referenced? The next one is "Music Preset List". I understand that most are actual songs. They are listed with their coded/abbreviated names, same as on the keyboard, and some are easy to identify by code or sound. Is there any chance that someone has taken the trouble to spell out the actual song names in these forums? Like 009 Love Pop has to be You Can't Hurry Love. Has anyone connected the dots already? Finally, there is list of 100 arpeggiator modes. Should be super helpful once I get to learning to use it. Thanks again!

Hello CT-X700 and 800 owners! I have a lot of newbie questions and am trying to figure out the best way to ask them. I started posting to Reddit because it is supposed to have the power of numbers, but apparently CT-X700 owners either are not finding my questions or perhaps they are all here. I am what I consider an advanced beginner. I know chords even if I can't quickly reach every 7th and I understand the basic music theory. I have an upright piano, but don't want to torture the family with my practicing until I get better, so I bought a CT-X700 and headphones. My preferred use of the keyboard and the piano is finding YouTube tutorials or demos and learning accompaniment for pop songs. Then I hum to them and when I get better, my kids will sing along. I also like emulating 1970s electronica (think Vangelis or JM Jarre) I grew up with. For piano tutorials, many YouTubers take the time to explain chords, finger shifts, etc. For electronica covers, people usually just play, letting the overhead camera show the hands -- if that! They almost never let the viewer know which rhythm or tones they are using, and if they do, it is never on CT-X700, so the names of the tones don't map one-to-one, even from other Casios. Someone might think picking rhythms and tones is the fun part on working on a cover, and one day I may feel that way, too. The two main questions I have are: 1. Isn't there a published searchable reference somewhere of the full names of the 600 tones in the form of a PDF or a Wiki page or some such? Various synth tones are spread throughout categories, and I have to hunt them down by endlessly scrolling. And when I find a tone I like, I want to know its name/character. Does 319 DgSyStr1 stand for Digital Synth Strings 1? The manual only has a reference of songs and the key assignments for the 40 drum sets. 2. Is this a good forum to post a YouTube link and ask for the community to chime in with their advice on the best CT-X700 rhythm and tone(s) to match what is being played in the video? Here is an example of Jean Michel Jarre cover played on a high-end Casio using auto chords and fingering at about my level. The biggest challenge then is to match the rhythm and the tones as closely as possible. And this would be a specific question: at 1:24 mark the player switches to what he labels Startrails11. I love that sound. Obviously, not available directly on CT-X700, but we have plenty of Str this and Syn that. What tone would you use? Is there a setting I can use to match the echo/reverb heard in the video? I am asking both for the specific advice on this video and in general: would members of this forum consider it time well spent trying to help someone reverse engineer the sounds in a YouTube video, or is this, to put it plainly, lame? Thank you in advance!

It has nice pop and traditional rhythms, but not enough electronica rhythms for my taste. I keep playing various Vangelis and JM Jarre covers with the same 037 Trance rhythm. It's not perfect, but I can't find anything better. I believe the rhythms are user-updateable. That's the next frontier for me, but I wish more were available out of the box.