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On 1/31/2021 at 9:16 PM, Ijomne said:
The CT-X700 has a Tex Mex rhythm, and a Techno Cumbia rhythm (sort of like Selena, since it’s named after one of her songs). I would guess it’s similar to the Tejano rhythm on the CTK-650
The Tejano rhythm on the CT-X3000 is the same too.
It has the following instruments in the rhythm: drums, bass, electric grand piano or guitar depending on the variation, and, last but not least, accordion.Techno Cumbia is sort of like Selena’s music
It has accordion, piano, rhythm guitar, bass, drums (synth drums), and a synth brass type sound in the intro sort of like the M1 (I know Korg M1 is big in Tejano).
The Tex Mex and Techno Cumbia rhythms on the CT-X700 sound like a lot of fun, especially with the accordion, piano, and other instruments you mentioned. Do you have a favorite rhythm or style that you enjoy playing on your keyboard?
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On 6/28/2021 at 10:27 AM, Chandler Holloway said:
Thanks for getting the change in the script so quickly, much appreciated. I've passed along your comments re: Python and flask to my GUI guy, appreciate the heads up.
As for mono panning:
1) Very interesting. I did all the initial tests with every tone panned hard left. I'll repeat the tests with everything panned hard right, and note any differences with a third revision of the list.
2) I only tested chorus effects on a few tones, I'll do a more exhaustive test and report back. There's no way that I know of to set a Chorus send via registration (as we've already confirmed in our tests thus far), so setting Chorus to zero would be a moot point for CT-X700/X800 owners anyway.
Out of curiosity, did you try French Accordion 2 with a specific chorus chosen in the Mixer menu, or did you leave it on the default "Tone" setting? Try it with a manually specified Chorus and see if there's any difference.
After that, switch the Chorus setting back to "Tone" and see if the panning behavior changes when you assign French Accordion 2 to U2 and put a DSP tone on U1 (set the U1 volume to zero so you can hear better).
3) I'm not certain that they're all mistakes; some of the tones that have forced stereo characteristics make a lot of sense, like Grand Piano wide, Chamber Strings, and the forced drum set panning.
Sax Section's behavior is weird, but given that it's trying to emulate an ensemble of musicians with directional wind instruments, having forced stereo width to reflect that doesn't seem entirely reasonable. Massive differences in panning between neighboring keys is definitely a headscratcher, no doubt about that.
Ultimately, this individual outputs workaround is just a nice bonus for certain "power users" who like to maximize the flexibility of their keyboard and experiment with outboard effects. I think the vast majority of CT-X users (especially the ones who opted for the more expensive X3000/X5000) bought the board with the intention of using it entirely "within the box", so to speak, so they're likely going to be more than happy with all the wonderful DSP tones built in. This series has been out for nearly three years now, and in that time, not one complaint has been made about the strange panning behavior (at least not one that I've ever seen).
Having to disable the built in Reverb and Delay just to get individual outputs to work is probably going to be too much to ask of most folks from the jump. However, it's still really cool, and I for one love to push every instrument as far as it can possibly go. I'm excited to demonstrate all the new functionality we've made possible here, I think it will inspire a lot more experimentation on these entry-level CT-X models. The CDP-S350 already punches way above its weight in terms of price point and feature set, adding layer balance in is going to make it a real killer piece that approaches the threshold of a real stage piano.
I've been experimenting with the French Accordion 2, and initially, I left it on the default "Tone" setting.
I'll definitely give it a shot with a manually specified Chorus as you suggested and see if there's any noticeable difference.
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On 3/5/2021 at 1:52 AM, Just Alex said:
"Organ High Life" - this style might be interesting for someone, who does Russian/East European pop songs using Accordion and similar. This is ported from Yamaha PSR E-463, and with a little help from my friends, now it has 4 variations (nothing to get excited, btw, just noting) intro and ending.
Thank you for sharing. Pardon my ignorance, is this related to the ones from alibi music.
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On 3/22/2021 at 1:43 AM, Tsquare said:
I decided to cover the goofy (Oom-pah) theme song to the hilarious Canadian TV show Red Green (1991-2006). I especially enjoy Red's duct taped automotive contraptions and "Adventures with Bill" segments. It's one of those shows women (e.g. my wife) generally hate since it's Three Stooges type humor, Ha. I made a PDF of the sheet music which I found on a YouTube video. Kind of tricky with the triplets, but very fun to learn. (5) midi tracks consisting of:
- March 3 rhythm on system track
- Piano
- Acoustic Bass1
- GM accordion
- Guitar with 7 semitone bends using pitch wheel
Red Green Theme.mp3 1.43 MB · 8 downloads Red Green Show Theme Song.pdf 311.15 kB · 4 downloads
Thank you for sharing.
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On 2/5/2014 at 2:52 AM, Jokeyman123 said:
CTK-640 with the samples-one of the first I used in my school music programs-kids loved the samples, I designed lessons around it! CZ-1-went from the CZ-101 I got from taking a music technology course, to the CZ-3000 and finally the CZ-1, complete with the rom cards and huge RAM cartridges that needed AAA batteries! A load of fun, spent hours programming and saving sounds. Sold years ago on eBay. had nice key actions too, very solid feeling for spring-loaded. Heavy metal cases (except of course on CZ-101) were really nice.
Interesting that Hohner had this collaboration with Casio, since they pioneered making accordions and harmonicas. (How do you know someone is a gentlemen? He owns an accordion and doesn't play it). My brother's joke-figures he's a bass player. Not sure what that means.
The collaboration between Hohner and Casio is indeed intriguing, especially considering Hohner's rich history with accordions and harmonicas. Your brother's joke about gentlemen owning accordions but not playing them is a humorous take, particularly tying it to being a bass player. The world of music is filled with such delightful anecdotes.
P.S. That joke on the last part is a good one.
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I doubt how accurate the accordion could be.
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On 1/16/2015 at 11:23 AM, Display Name said:
Hi Robert and welcome to the forums. There is an accordion Stage Setting in the download area. As for the rest of the sounds, I would look in the "melody tones" found on the LEFT HAND side of the control panel.. sounds are broken up by section.
A complete list of ALL the sounds in the PX-5S can be found in the Tutorial Manual. Starting on page E-42: http://support.casio.com/pdf/008/Web_PX5S-E-2B_EN.pdfThank you for sharing.
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On 12/15/2022 at 5:09 AM, Just Alex said:
As a CT-X5000 user here's info on your questions.
Saxes on CT-X5000 are very so so. Nothing special, nothing to get impressed, and this is mildly saying. There's a very low frequency sample used in "breath" part of every sax, so they do not sound natural at all. Ancient Yamaha PSR-2000, back from 2000, has far better sax sounds, as comparison. But I have to say, that in sax department, much more expensive Korgs and Rolands do not shine, while Yamaha does. So you need good sax - buy Yamaha. Even PSR-E413 has far better sax, than this Casio.
Accordion is OK, not stellar, but quite usable. Same applies to Vibraphone, it is quite "warm" - sampled at low frequency, so you can't get that metallic "click" on the key/stick hit.
Hammonds and organs are good. Especially, considering the price, they are far better than what is available in similarily priced Yamaha E series.
Vibrato effect can be applied to any pre-set sound.
Pretty challenging to find an accordion or free reed instrument library.
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On 5/1/2021 at 11:30 PM, Brad Saucier said:
The accordion file is meant to be loaded into keyboard memory as a user tone. As far as sequencing, I would use the pattern sequencer for more complex tracks (create a user rhythm), but a phrase would work just as well for a single repeating track.
When it comes to sequencing, the pattern sequencer can add a layer of complexity, especially if you're creating intricate tracks with a variety of rhythms.
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On 12/23/2013 at 7:45 AM, Hugh O Kelly said:
I used to be a piano tuner
It happens on the brass and the accordion programs in the muse box
So I changed the stage settings on the PX -5s thinking I must be sending out midi messages but the muse box just looses pitch
Ironically since you produced the tuning hammer you can't tune the muse box.And lots of their samples are out but the brass,bass and synth sounds I like
Did you know Scott that all tuning is out of tune.True.
That's fascinating about your background as a piano tuner. It sounds like you're dealing with some interesting challenges on the Muse Box.
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On 1/12/2022 at 2:11 AM, Miki Jezdimirovic said:
New mix on CASIO CT-X5000. Rythm I am create and 3 tones for this mix.
It sounds like an entire band is playing the song, I am not sure how Balkan the song is, the beat sounds south american. Very lovely tune any how.
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On 6/28/2021 at 10:27 AM, Chandler Holloway said:
Thanks for getting the change in the script so quickly, much appreciated. I've passed along your comments re: Python and flask to my GUI guy, appreciate the heads up.
As for mono panning:
1) Very interesting. I did all the initial tests with every tone panned hard left. I'll repeat the tests with everything panned hard right, and note any differences with a third revision of the list.
2) I only tested chorus effects on a few tones, I'll do a more exhaustive test and report back. There's no way that I know of to set a Chorus send via registration (as we've already confirmed in our tests thus far), so setting Chorus to zero would be a moot point for CT-X700/X800 owners anyway.
Out of curiosity, did you try French Accordion 2 with a specific chorus chosen in the Mixer menu, or did you leave it on the default "Tone" setting? Try it with a manually specified Chorus and see if there's any difference.
After that, switch the Chorus setting back to "Tone" and see if the panning behavior changes when you assign French Accordion 2 to U2 and put a DSP tone on U1 (set the U1 volume to zero so you can hear better).
3) I'm not certain that they're all mistakes; some of the tones that have forced stereo characteristics make a lot of sense, like Grand Piano wide, Chamber Strings, and the forced drum set panning.
Sax Section's behavior is weird, but given that it's trying to emulate an ensemble of musicians with directional wind instruments, having forced stereo width to reflect that doesn't seem entirely reasonable. Massive differences in panning between neighboring keys is definitely a headscratcher, no doubt about that.
Ultimately, this individual outputs workaround is just a nice bonus for certain "power users" who like to maximize the flexibility of their keyboard and experiment with outboard effects. I think the vast majority of CT-X users (especially the ones who opted for the more expensive X3000/X5000) bought the board with the intention of using it entirely "within the box", so to speak, so they're likely going to be more than happy with all the wonderful DSP tones built in. This series has been out for nearly three years now, and in that time, not one complaint has been made about the strange panning behavior (at least not one that I've ever seen).
Having to disable the built in Reverb and Delay just to get individual outputs to work is probably going to be too much to ask of most folks from the jump. However, it's still really cool, and I for one love to push every instrument as far as it can possibly go. I'm excited to demonstrate all the new functionality we've made possible here, I think it will inspire a lot more experimentation on these entry-level CT-X models. The CDP-S350 already punches way above its weight in terms of price point and feature set, adding layer balance in is going to make it a real killer piece that approaches the threshold of a real stage piano.
It's great to hear you're diving into the mono panning tests and exploring the chorus effects further.
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On 9/2/2021 at 5:01 AM, Silvano Silva said:
In the demo on the last accordion I did it with Hexalayer totally with samples. On the second layer key noise and on the third key of Touch
Excellent work sir, I totally enjoyed the short time I listened to your.
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On 11/16/2022 at 1:26 PM, CYBERYOGI =CO=Windler said:
Yes, I still have the CT-8000, the RC-1 and a defective MB-1. I do not own the pedal board, speakers and 2nd CT-8000 (nor enough space to install a complete system). If anybody has hardware photos or eprom dump of the pedal board FK-1, please upload it.
Here are a few words I wrote about it.
Casio Symphonytron 8000
A successor of the Casiotone 202 was the similar Casio CT-8000 keyboard (additional stereo chorus, reverb, only 1 vibrato, no speaker), which was part of the ultra- rare modular stage organ Casio Symphonytron 8000. (I read that only 100 specimen were made. I downloaded the manual.) This expandable organ system from 1984 was assembled from the following detachable units:
- 2x keyboard CT-8000
- dual keyboard stand CS-200 (with integrated audio mixer)
- auto accompaniment unit RC-1
- memory unit MB-1 (sequencer, uses RAM-Pack RA-2)
- pedal keyboard unit FK-1
- foot volume pedal VP-2
- 2x sustain pedal SP-1
- 2x speaker combo amp AS-10 (small) or AS-120 (medium) or AS-1000 (large, with reverb)
A smaller expansion level used only one CT-8000 on the stand CS-100. The CT-8000 could be also used separately with an external amp; there was even a hard carry case HC-11 made for it.
some main features:
- per keyboard 49 fullsize keys
- polyphony 8 notes per keyboard
- monophonic pedal bass voice
- 49 preset sounds {piano 1..4, honky tonk piano, zimbalon, synth. sound, harpsichord 1..2, celesta 1..2, marimba, harp 1..3, koto 1..2, taisho koto, banjo, mandolin, guitar 1..3, elec. guitar 1..5, elec. bass, pipe organ 1..5, accordion, bagpipe, oboe, clarinet, flute, shakuhachi, wawa, horn, flugel horn, trumpet, brass ensemble, string ensemble, violin, cello, double bass} selected by keyboard keys + mode switch
- 18 pedal keyboard preset sounds {organ 1..4, tuba 1..2, bassoon 1..2, wood bass (arco) 1..2, wood bass (pizz.) 1..2, elec. bass 1..2, harpsichord 1..2, piano, synth. chime} selected by pedal keys + mode switch
- 16 semi- OBS preset rhythms {rock, disco, 16 beat, samba, beguine, swing 2 beat, waltz, slow rock | rock 'n' roll, march, cha-cha-cha, bossa-nova, lating swing, swing 4 beat, jazz waltz, shuffle}
- versatile accompaniment with each 2 arpeggio & bass variants
- semi-analogue percussion
- keyboards with sustain, reverb, vibrato, stereo chorus
The silver metallic painted system was heavy and quite a mess of plugged cables since it lacked a clever multicore or bus concept. Furthermore it was infamous for its flimsy combo amp speakers, those thin pressboard cabinets crumbled apart by rough handling or humidity, which made it not really stage-proof. Not least because it came out during the end of the home organ hype, it was a commercial flop, and so only few demonstration specimen were built.
The Symphonytron had 49 preset sounds (in each keyboard) and the monophonic bass pedal keyboard had 18 keys and preset sounds. The accompaniment unit had 16 preset rhythms. The lower keyboard was also used for accompaniment. The voice of the lower keyboard could be layered with the upper keyboard, and both keyboards also could be detuned and transposed against each other for additional sound variation. With 2 keyboards present, there was an additional harmonizing mode (likely layering both keyboard voices in a special way). You can also combine rhythm with manual chord etc.; the accompaniment was similarly versatile like with Antonelli 2495. The editable polyphonic realtime sequencer recorded all sounds (947 steps in total, 58.5 steps of these only for function select events, all of them shared among up to 4 songs) and could save them to the RAM-Pack RA-2. (Note: Despite the "8" in its name, the Symphonytron 8000 and its CT-8000 keyboard unit had neither a ROM-Pack slot nor key lighting.)
I got on eBay only one CT-8000, the RC-1 and a defective MB-1 in very beaten up condition (full of scratches, dirt and glue residues). Because it lacked the special DIN14 cables, I ordered 3 Atari ST floppy cables, those work perfectly with the RC-1 (with one keyboard it does key split accompaniment with arpeggio, and also the trio mode works). Like with Kawai MS20, when you set a preset sound on the keyboard it plays a short fanfare with it (always the same notes). How ever my MB-1 doesn't work at all (buttons don't respond and it makes sometimes a louder growing digital buzz); possibly the eprom is dead. Also CT-8000 and RC-1 contain (as the only Casio instruments I know) each a soldered eprom; I backed up all 3 to avoid data loss. The multi-chip hardware is quite complex and particularly the RC-1 and MB-1 have several stacked PCBs in their crowded case. Fortunately there are are some pinout marks on them, those may help to decipher them. The MB-1 and CT-8000 both have the same CPU "NEC D8049C 364" (Intel MCS-48, I dumped its firmware) with sound IC "D931C 011". The RC-1 CPU is a "NEC D930G 011". So they are far relatives of the Casio CT-410V hardware class (minus the VCA, but with external ROM) which may help to research hidden functions of its chip set. I don't own the FK-1 pedal board, so I have no clue what is inside.
I think the bag pipe and accordion collection is also worth checking out.
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Regarding vibrato, the CT-X5000 typically allows you to apply vibrato to most tones, offering you flexibility in shaping your sound. It's a versatile keyboard with features that cater to different playing styles and preferences.
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On 10/3/2018 at 8:57 PM, sergio said:
OK. I added a new "thing" to this one (m10538 suggestion), so let me know what you think. Boy, I tossed this song around a LOT, but I like the final product.
I am not sure if it's just my rig or the accordion part is really faint.
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On 5/24/2020 at 10:49 PM, XW-Addict said:
I know this band love their music have fond memory's of them never been to a concert thought.
But I think you're looking for an convincing accordion sound that in need for some hexlayer magic.
Hexreed layer 035 is a good start, program the first 3 layers loudest part with higher velocity and
the last layers with increasing amp sustained parts with lower velocity.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try Hexreed layer 035 and experiment with the layer programming you suggested. Excited to see how it enhances my accordion sound. Any more tips are welcome!
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On 1/12/2022 at 2:21 AM, Miki Jezdimirovic said:
Rythm I am create and I call trube.
That accordion accentuates the trombone just right, and you made the trumpet stand out enough to be deemed as the major component of the piece without overpowering the more subtle sounds.
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Not much but thank you for pointing it out.
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On 11/16/2018 at 7:15 PM, sergio said:
This song and the next one are old but I never did anything with them except "recovered" them by listening to my casette recordings and playing them again on my PX-780. It doesn't really sound like a song, but whatever...
Not the usual Irish music I am used to, the one with concertina and fiddle.
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Can you share your creation?
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This is a wonderful creation for a Midi keyboard accordion. I think you could also do that on a casio keyboard.
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You have a point. I think AI can do a lot in terms of copying accordion like sounds.
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Thank you for sharing your work. You blended the two instruments beautifully.