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Hi Steve, sorry for the late reply. I haven't been using my piano for more than a year now, unfortunately. Neither have I been visiting this forum in a while. But your question seems valid to me, I guess it's just a matter of testing it out. Notice that 128 is the magic number here, and bank 48 * magic number 128 = patch number 6144.

Lol man, you rock! One final remark: in my setup, it doesn't have to be midi channel 1 per se, it can be any channel. E.g. in my Seakiju screenshot, you can see I used channel 7. That's it for me, I'm off, back to my piano, hope we all can help each other in this forum

Got the same results in Cubase, all program changes and bank select controls were successfully transmitted from the Casio and received by Cubase on my laptop, on midi channel 1. Did not even have to set up an instrument for this to work, only midi in and out to the correct device (Casio USB-MIDI). Of course, I don't get nice instrument names now, but at least I can record and play back all (changes of) tones on all channels. I suspect your USB driver may be too generic. Do you see it being recognized as "Casio USB-MIDI" when selecting MIDI IN and OUT ports?

See also attached screenshot (rename .txt to .jpg). You'll see Bank Changes and Program Changes for Casio specific tones, here in the Strings group. I got these events just by selecting the Strings group and then hitting the [^ / YES] button on the Casio panel. BTW, you'll also see I don't know how to play the piano ... Screenshot Sekaiju.txt

Yes, I do, using my first attempt of an .ins file for the px-350 (see http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/5976-daw-midi-instrument-definitions-for-px-780-or-px-350-patchnames-list-or-patch-scripts-for-computer-sequencer-such-as-cubase-or-sonar/)

Hi Jokeyman, I just tested and succeeded in doing it on midi channel 1. Setup: Casio PX-350, USB connection to laptop running Sekaiju (freeware midi program). On Casio, press song recorder twice to set it to flashing. Then, press funtion+song recorder and set midi channel to 1 (maybe this is what you missed?!). In Sekaiju, record midi channel 1 only, and hit record. All program changes were received in Sekaiju.Program Changes.txt Regards, Michiel

Hi all, I recently bought a PX-350 for my daughter to learn to play the piano. I'm certainly not an expert in piano playing, but I am really impressed with the instrument's sound and capabilities. I hooked it up to my laptop, just using the USB port on the backside of the machine. Immediately I turned out to be able to both play midi files on my computer using the Casio as output device, as well as playing the Casio and recording the notes in midi format on my laptop (I use a freeware program called Sekaiju). What is missing is the instrument definition file (.ins) for the PX-350. For this, I set myself the task to create it. Attached is my first draft (please rename .txt file to .ins file, for some weird reason I'm not allowed to upload .ins files?!). With it, I am able to chose the tones in Sekaiju to be played on the Casio, both the GM as well as the Casio specific ones. Please feel free to try it, it may even be applicable to other Casio pianos (PX-780?). And be aware, it is work in progress, not even all drum kits have been entered yet. What I found very strange, is that Casio has chosen to group tones logically using group names and numbers (Appendix A-1), which are different from the MSB Bank numbers. In other words, to find a specific tone to use in your favorite midi program, you can't use the grouping as set on the instrument, but you always have to read the tone definition instead. Can someone elaborate on this, maybe I'm doing it the wrong way? Casio PX-350.txt Regards, Michiel