CasioCTK

Have you selected correct data type for importing? Everything else is working correctly, only flash drive handling is strange?

Here is the Appendix: http://support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/008/Web_MZX300APPEND-WL-1A_EN.pdf And here all MZ-X300 documents: http://support.casio.com/en/manual/manualfile.php?cid=008010002

The closest Casio keyboard related to MZ-X500 is MZ-X300.

Hi Rick, I have imported Yamaha BCS, PRS, STY and SST styles and it was always done automatically with that channel assignments you mentioned, without any tweaking. I am very happy with that feature. Ladislav

Hi Steve, congratulation to your keyboard and nice story. BTW, what doesn't work now - keyboard or power supply? Have a wonderful day Ladislav

Hi, my X300 came with power supply, music stand, manual and some other papers, like Satefy Precautions, in many languages. No tutorial, no DVD. I think that with X500 it is the same. But missing original power supply... it looks quite bad... What about warranty? Wouldn't it be better to return this one and buy a „sure“ new X300 for less money?

For not buying X500 there are not only expectations missed by it. Sure there are such high demanding people. But there are also people with lower expectations/demands, maybe less creative with songs, tones and rhythms (like me), who don't nead hex layers and many illuminated multifunctional pads with chord progression. For them there is X300 here.

Brad, thank you very, very much. It works. And it looks really simple now. Ladislav

Thanks, Brad, but I am still doing something wrongly. Here are photos of keyboard display. On the first one you can see, that Guitar Set and Clean Guitar is selected for recording. When playing now on keyboard, Elec.Organ4 would sound (it is Upper 1). On the fifth photo - just before recording - you can see Temporary instead of Clean Guitar. And on the last photo - just after recording - there is Elec.Organ4 tone recorded. Phrase tone enable On or Off has no impact on this behaviour. Changing pad parts for recording has also no impact. How can I change pad parts and their tones for playback? Because setting Select > Part (Enter) > any part number after recording has no impact on tone - it is apparently not playback setting, just setting for possible next record.

I need advice from experienced users here. I would like to record phrase with another tone than Upper 1, e.g. Sax or Trumpet when Upper 1 is Elec. Piano. Even in tutorial there are no details about how to record such phrases. I tried it many times and everytime the phrase was recorded with Elec. Piano tone, although I selected BigBand Sax, some Guitar or Voice. Just once I think I got normal piano tone when Strings selected. But I am not able to repeat even this experience. I just saw that Phrase tone enable should be Off to get all notes sequence as played during recording. When set to On, notes played during pad playback depend on chords played in accompaniment. Please, can somebody advice me in detail all settings for recording phrase with another tone than Upper 1?

Thank you very much, Brad Ladislav

There is probably a mistake on page EN-36 in manual - Synchronizing Pads with Accompaniment. „While holding down the SYNCHRO/START button, tap the pad you want to synchronize with“ doesn't work this way on my MZ-X300, just that pad is playing immediately. The only way for me was „While holding down the SYNCHRO/START button, press Synchro button (in pad area) and tap the pad you want to synchronize with“, Synchro/Start and Synchro buttons start blinking. Have you similar experience, is this a difference between MZ-X300 and MZ-X500 or is it something else?

Yes Brad, it is probably lap steel guitar. Do you know how to create sound similar to that? Or where to download it from?

Hi guys, I need advice how to create (or even better where to download from) Hawaii guitar tone for MZ-X300. Thanks in advance Ladislav

Yes, 1.21, but MZ-X300

Hi Ian, yesterday arrived my brand new keyboard with firmware version 1.21. The latest one is 1.5. Ladislav

Thank you, Brad. It works!

Hi Randy, thanks for all your inputs. Today arrived my new MZ-X300 and I am very happy with it, although I am near the zero point of the learning curve now. It is much, much better than CTK-7000. Just couldn't find the way to „have all 4 tones going on at once, layering“. Those two tones assigned to Lower 1 and Lower 2 are sounding only on left part of keyboard and only when Split button is depressed. How can I choose some of the tones not to go to the left hand? Have a nice weekend Ladislav

Hi Randolph, thanks for your MZ-X500 vs. WK-7600 comparison. I have CTK-7000, so it is really interesting for me. What is your opinion about built-in rhythms and their 4 variations (against WK-7600)? I mean especially big band, jazz and pop/classical dance rhythms. You also write, that you „love having 4 sounds available for any given registration“. How can you assign 4 different tones to any registration memory and how can you then switch between them? I couldn't find this in manual. Thanks in advance Ladislav

Yes, greasing and lubrication. Here you can see how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVbwBFCMt28