jasonrohrer

Both MY SETUP and Registrations allow you to save and recall a setup. Are the only differences between these two how they are accessed? --MY SETUP can be set to the default settings for power-on. --Otherwise, MY SETUP settings are pretty deep in a menu to find and load --Registrations can be easily accessed "live" via the dedicated Registration button. --Registrations cannot be set to be auto-loaded on power-on. Well, the other thing is that the list of settings loaded by MY SETUP seems to be longer? 54 bullet points, vs only 30 something for Registrations. I haven't gone through these lists to compare yet.... but maybe MY SETUP is more powerful in terms of what it can save/recall? Has anyone run into any limitations of Registrations?

My understanding is that on the CT-S500 and CT-S1000V, the "Expression" setting on Pedal 2 indeed is only limited to adjusting volume. I tried it on an "Advanced" sax tone (advanced tone light on), which is very sensitive to velocity. The Expression pedal simply modulated the volume, and didn't effect the tone at all. I wish it could do more, but I don't think it does. We were able to adjust the volume of Upper 2 separately from Upper 1 when we layered a sound. You could mix two Sax sounds together this way, a smoother one, and a more "growling" one, and then use the Expression pedal to modulate between the two tonalities of sax. However, at "full blast", you effectively have two Sax's playing a duet in unison, not a true switch-over to the growling one by itself. Of course, the growling one will dominate sonically and "mask out" the smoother one. We had good luck layering a smooth synth with a buzzy one. The Expression pedal then almost seems to adjust the cut-off on a low-pass filter (letting the "buzz" come in or fade back out).

Ah, I see how you can use the expression pedal to control the "mix" of a layered sound. That makes a lot of sense. I also now see that you can control which layers/splits the pedal effects. So you could, for example, have a smooth-sounding Square Synth lead as Upper 1, and a growling Sawtooth Synth lead as Upper 2, and use the Expression pedal to control the mix between them. However, setting this up is probably beyond the scope of what my 12-y-o wants to do, currently. I'm wondering if there are any "right out of the box" benefits to the Expression pedal.... like what if we set it to Expression, and have it only effect Upper 2.... and leave it that way permanently. Will that mean that on various Advanced tones with built-in layers, the Expression pedal will automatically have an effect when he switches to one of these Advanced auto-layered tones? Or will he at least have to manually set up layers for the Expression pedal, set to control Upper 2, to have an effect?

I understand that if you're gigging with other musicians, being able to adjust your output volume hands-free is crucial., and that's what an Expression pedal is normally used for. However, there are so many features and adjustable parameters on the CT-S1000V.... I'm wondering if there's a way to assign some of them to the Expression pedal, somehow.. For example, could you control the Cutoff of the filter? The manual lists these options for the Expression Pedal: Expression --- Adjusts the volume level independently of the part volume. Part Volume --- Adjusts the part volume level. Rhythm Volume --- Adjusts the rhythm volume level. Master Volume --- Adjusts the overall volume of the Digital Keyboard independent of the volume knob. Tempo --- Adjusts the tempo. Numbers 2-5 are pretty straight-forward, but also not that exciting. Number 1, "Expression," is not explained very clearly. Adjusts the volume level of WHAT independent of the part volume? Elsewhere in the manual, Advanced Tones are described thus: "Advanced tones provide enhanced sound source control, and enable advanced expressive techniques, tone expression, and more" This might imply that the Expression setting on the Expression Pedal will control some additional features of the Advanced Tones. For example, it could control how much Pad is mixed in on New Age Piano.. My 12-y-o son has been using his CT-S1000V, and having a great time with it. I'm just wondering if an Expression Pedal would be worth buying.... would it enhance his experience, and essentially give him an extra knob to tweak (exciting!)... or just adjust the volume (boring)? And if it just adjusts the volume, Casio has missed a huge opportunity here.... I mean, the other 3 knobs are assignable to a ridiculously huge and varied list of parameters, along with Active DSP control. Even just having a mode on the Expression pedal called "Knob 1" (where the pedal does the same thing as Knob 1) would be a huge improvement.