Joe Muscara

No, that's different. You want to adjust or turn off Damper Noise, which is a combination of the Sound Mode button and a keyboard key.

I wonder if the head/earphones you're using either aren't plugged in correctly or are somehow not compatible. The headphone jack on a keyboard would be a TRS, which stands for Tip Ring Sleeve. But ones that work with phones have a fourth connector on the sleeve for the mic. If that's what you're trying to use, I'm not sure if there's a specific position (depth) it needs to be, or if you simply don't have it in all the way. You might try playing with how far you have it plugged in, or if you have access to other headphones with a simpler TRS jack, trying those.

No, it should not need a driver, and don't install one, that might mess things up. Jokeyman posted something in this other thread that might be helpful, or at least informative. Do you have another device that you can test the keyboard with? Also, try MIDI-OX to see if the issue is the OS or Reaper.

My first keyboard was also a Casio, the CZ-3000. I gave it away to a friend's girlfriend's kid when I moved.

It's a funny thing. If Casio shipped they keyboards with nothing in there, people would try it on the floor model at the store and think it was blank (Casio floor models are simply units pulled from stock so they're exactly the same as the ones you can buy). The other thing is the ones that ship from the factory give the users examples of what can be done with them. Yet if you fill them up, people are afraid to delete them because they don't want to lose them especially if you're a little OCD like me. The best answer seems to be to fill them up and have a place where you can store them or download them from somewhere in case people want to get them back.

It's considered the same as a USB printer cable. AFAIK, most or all printers that connect over USB use the same cable as Casio keyboards with a USB port. It's sort of square, but it only connects one way because one side has 45° edges on it. Make sure that the cable you already have doesn't have those and you just didn't line up the 45° sides with the corresponding ones in the keyboard.

Sued? That would never happen. You could connect it via that connector to your mother and not get sued (connect it to my mom, and I'll sue you, though! ). The warranty might be another matter. But since it's used, that wouldn't be an issue either. As far as shorting it out, I don't know. I don't know if any of the pins carry power or anything significant enough that could cause a problem. I doubt it.

It could be. I would try a few things first to be sure. Do you have a computer, Mac or PC? If so, plug the USB cable between the computer and the CDP-S100 and run MIDI Monitor (Mac) or MIDI-OX (PC) and see if it tells you it received MIDI messages from the CDP-S100 by playing a few keys. That will tell you if the USB cable and port are okay or not. Try wiggling at the port on the keyboard and see if the connection stays or drops. On your iPad, try MIDI Wrench and see what it tells you. Try the same stuff as described above and see what happens. One more thing, on the iPad, run another music app such as GarageBand or another free music-making app that responds to external devices. See if those play from the CDP-S100.

It's a social media reference. If you post something on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, possibly YouTube, by tagging @casiomusicgear and using the hashtag #wehearyou, Casio (US) will see it and could add it to another collection like this if you're okay with that.

Is the USB-to-Lightning converter the Apple one or a third-party one? The third party ones are notoriously unreliable for this. Also, check that the USB cable itself is good. Someone on the forums here recently had a similar problem and it turned out to be that cable. Finally, are you using the Chordana Play for Piano app? Casio makes a few apps with Chordana in the name so make sure you're using the right one.

You've complained about this in several threads, but I'll address this here. I'm a pretty hardcore Mac* user and have been since long before I started using Casio keyboards in earnest. Modern Casio keyboards work great with Macs, it's all plug and play. Lots of Casio owners are Mac users, including Mike Martin himself, though he is cross-platform and I don't know what he does with each. I regularly answer questions here about connectivity with Macs and using apps like GarageBand and Logic. I am perfectly happy with both Casio and Macs and have never lamented something being available for PCs that wasn't available for Macs. That being said, some of these threads you've jumped in on are about specific things like file transfer or format conversion and the answers were probably about PCs because that's what the person who was asking was using. If you have a specific question about something like that for the Mac, have you asked? Personally, I've never needed nor wanted to do that so I haven't looked into how it could be done on a Mac, and I haven't delved into those threads. Don't feel persecuted. There are plenty of Mac users here and using Casio keyboards everywhere. Casio is not ignoring us, not by a long shot. * In computing, "MAC" is an abbreviation for media access control and is part of the phrase MAC address. "Mac" is the computer and computing platform formerly known as Macintosh.

See my reply to you in your post under the PX-560 topic area. I don't think there will be a PX-370 or PX-570, but I have no inside info. All I know is that Casio has created new series of models that appear to be the future direction as I described in my other reply.

I can't speak to availability outside of the U.S. because I simply don't know, but take a look at the new CDP-S and PX-S models, which came out in early 2019. Here in the U.S., we have the CDP-S100, the CDP-S350, the PX-S1000, and the PX-S3000. (I think I saw another CDP-S model available outside the U.S. but I can't recall what it was.) In particular I think the CDP-S350 or more likely the PX-S3000 might have the features you want. They both have hundreds of excellent sounds, and a new keyboard action most players are blown away by. They also have a great sounding internal speaker system and will run on batteries as well as the included AC adapter. There is also a grand piano style three-pedal unit available that doesn't require attaching to a stand.

You might want to contact Full Compass. They might have the resources to know if that part is common to other Casio models.

From page EN-70 of the manual (your manual may differ if it's in a different language) 6 AA-size alkaline batteries Continuous Operation: Approximately 2 hours Playback of built-in demo tunes on alkaline batteries Actual continuous operation time may be shorter due to battery type and performance type. Also, it says Auto Power Off - Approximately four hours (under AC adaptor power) or six minutes (under battery power) after last operation, can be disabled.

Personally, I think it would be much easier to open it up and push it out from the inside. Most jacks aren't complete barrels so it's easy to access the plug and push it back out once you're in there. However, I totally understand if you're not willing to do that either because of the warranty or the complexity of taking apart the keyboard and putting it back together properly. Not everyone feels comfortable doing that kind of thing.

If it shuts off while you're playing, that ain't right. You might have to see about getting it fixed or replaced if that's the case. I'd check with the store where you bought it.

Are you actually playing it during that time? I'm wondering if it's doing an auto shut off if you're not using it. I don't know how long that waits, though I thought it was longer than what you describe. And don't call me bro. 😄😇

Actually, Casio recommends regular batteries, not rechargeable ones from what I remember.

You could simply wait a few days before you handle it. Generally speaking, there are two tips for cleaning something like this that I always use. 1) Test the stuff you use on a small, out of the way place first to make sure it doesn't do anything bad to it. b) Don't spray directly on the surface, instead spray on the cloth or whatever you use to wipe it and then wipe with that. They way you're not spraying places you might not want the cleaning solution, like on electronics or anything like that.

The disadvantage of Local Off mode is forgetting to turn it back on, then wondering what's wrong with the keyboard. Even the best of us have made that mistake. 😅

a) You cannot power the PX-5S via the USB cable. Keep it plugged in (or run it off the batteries if you must…) 2) The connection from the PX-5S to the interface you use depends upon what you want to do. If you want to record the sounds that are generated by the keyboard, you will need some audio cables, probably 1/4" TS cables (mono), one each for the right and left sides. You would only use the USB out on the PX-5S to record MIDI, which would be used to play instruments in the software on your computer. Then you would be using the PX-5S as a controller, something it is excellent at, by the way. And yes, then you could connect the USB out of the PX-5S to the USB port on the computer directly.

I would contact the vendor from whom you bought it and see if they can send you a replacement.

The PX-S1000 has MIDI over USB. That means you can use a USB printer cable to connect the keyboard to a Class Compliant device such as an iOS device, Mac, or PC (I'm not sure if Android devices are Class Compliant as a whole or not) and play sounds that are in apps on those devices. Depending on the device, you can run an audio cable back from the device to the PX-S1000 to use its internal speakers. I assume you're talking about when you play the piano tones very lightly, you don't hear anything. That's because that's what real pianos do. Press any key very lightly on a real piano and the hammer doesn't strike the strings, but the damper for that note lifts up. Try this with one of the non-piano tones on the PX-S1000 and you'll find that for at least some of the others, you will get some sound by playing that lightly. It depends on what the real instrument it's modeling does.

I just had a random thought about this. Try running it on batteries instead and see if that changes anything. I doubt it would, but it's worth a shot.