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Anish I would strongly recommend spending a few evenings at the keyboard with the manual in hand. It will open up totally new vistas for you when it comes to the capabilities of the CTK-3200. If you need a copy, you can download one for free from: https://support.casio.com/en/manual/manualfile.php?cid=008001032 Enjoy ! ! ! Try striking that problem G key over and over two or three dozen times at a medium (not hard) playing strength. If the problem is a glaze on the key switch contacts, this will sometimes clear it for a while. I have a 15 year old Yamaha that I have kept working for several years now this way. Good luck ! ! ! - T -

I am confused. You mention the high G key in the bass part of the keyboard. By that, I assume that you are referring to the Accompaniment section of the keyboard. Referring to the illustration on Page E-30 of the CTK-3200 manual, there is no high G in that section of the keyboard. The only G key in that section is the fifth white key from the bottom. The Accompaniment section ends at the second F key from the bottom, and the CTK-3200 is not one of the models that allows this to be changed. If you mean that there is no touch sensitivity in the Accompaniment section of the keyboard when Accompaniment is ON with the keyboard in Fingered 1, Fingered 2, Fingered 3, or Casio Chord mode, then that is normal, but if this is happening with Accompaniment OFF, or with it ON in Full Range Chord Mode, then this probably indicates a hardware fault. One possibility is dust or moisture on the contacts of the switches under the keys, and can sometimes be corrected by spraying a can of compressed air (NO liquids or contact cleaners please) under the keys in the affected area, but if this problem only occurs with Accompaniment ON in Full Range mode, but not with Accompaniment OFF, it is most likely not a key switch problem. Other than that, it could be a bad ribbon cable connection, a failed circuit chip, a bad solder joint, or any number of other problems that would require the keyboard to go to a service center for diagnostics and repair, but the reality of this is that the cost of shipping and repair would almost certainly exceed to cost of a new keyboard.

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Steve Yes! The author of that MIDI file probably left that data out of the file, because he had no idea what equipment it would be used with, and that data can vary widely from device to device. For this specific file, it might be easier for you to just scan it for viruses and malware, and if it is OK, attach a copy of it to your reply to this reply, and I will see if I can fix it for you. That will tell you if what you are trying to do will work on the CGP-700, and whether or not it is worth it to you. I do not have a CGP-700. I have an old 2005/2006 vintage WK-3800, but as long as the MIDI file is fairly simple, and does not require anything wildly esoteric, Casio does not change their standard drum kits all that much from model to model. So, I should be able to come up with something that will work for you. For the long run, while we try to answer specific questions, as best we can, we are really not here to teach complete broad concepts like MIDI. This is not the place for that, but if you are interested, I can recommend reading materials and software that will allow you to do this for yourself, but there is a learning curve. While not insurmountable, for what you want to do, it will get involved. Also for the long run, if you are interested in expanding the accompaniment capabilities of your CGP-700, you may want to explore the vaeious computer based drum programs for generating your own drum tracks, or commercially available complete backing tracks - MIDI or MP3. Free MIDI files are a major source of viruses and malware. When you download one, be sure to scan it with your antivirus and anti-malware software before doing anything else with it. If it is a compressed zip, rar, etc. file, scan it before you decompress it. If anything looks awry, delete it without decompressing it. - T -

This is to provide updated information for owners of any of the "SteUp Lesson" keyboards who are interested in the SMF conversion process. I think many of us, who have come into this in the last few years, have been making an assumption about Casio's SMF converter program that is simply just not true. The SMF converter download site lists the following models as being compatible: "CASIO Models Supported by SMF Converter CTK-800/810/810IN,WK-110,LK-70S/90TV/93TV/200S/210/215/300TV, PX-100/200/300/310/320/400R/500L/800, AP-24/26/80R/500" I think most of us have been taking this statement exactly at its word: that the SMF Converter is an old program for these old models of keyboards, and if you have one of the newer SteUp Lesson boards, that is not on that list, you are just out of luck, and need to resort to the manual conversion process, AND . . . . that is the part that is probably not true. The only reason that the newer boards are not on that list is because they did not exist when that statement was made, I believe, back in the late '90's. So, a word of advice to Casio: when you make a pubic compatibility statement like this, you need to keep it updated. I have noticed this same tendency with some of their other utility program, which are not listed as being Windows 10 compatible, when in fact, they are. The only reason Windows 10 is not listed is because it had not been released yet, when the compatibility statement was made. So, I am currently in a complete quandry about this manual SMF to "StepUp Lesson" process. I strongly suspect that ALL of the "StepUP Lesson" models of today are just as SMF Converter compatible as are the older models of a decade ago, but Casio really does not state what all the converter does. So, we still have questions about how much of the manual conversion process is really necessary. Certainly, if the left and right hand note data is combined onto the same channel, that will require human intervention and human logic (?) to properly sort that out, and while you are at that, you might just as well put the split data onto the proper "Navigate Channels". BUT . . . . what if the note data is already split, but on the wrong channels - does the SMF converter program move it to the proper Channels? (I doubt this!) Does the converter program adjust the data to work with the StepUp Lesson''s "WAIT" feature, where the keyboard waits for you to press the next correct key before it proceeds with playback ? (Probably!) Does the converter divide the song into lesson "Phrases"? (Doubtful!). Does the converter enable the lighting of the "fingers" of the "hands" in the keyboard's display panel? (Very doubtful!) So we need the help of a couple of owners of newer StepUp Lesson boards (LK-280, WK-225, WK-245, etc). Try to find an SMF that has left/right note data on separate channels. Run it through the SMF Converter and load it onto the keyboard. Start the StepUp Lesson feature and let us know what does and what does not work. Any help/information would be very greatly appreciated. Now! This particular topic will really not be of much (or any) interest to LK keyboard owners who merely want to modify an SMF to properly light their keys, but want to keep it as an SMF so that they can play it to their keyboard from their computer or, in the case of the LK-280, play it from an SD Card. They would not necessarily be interested in a full SMF to Casio .CM2 Song File conversion or in the finer points of the StepUp Lesson features. - T -

MiniDVLover I must add to my statement above, that most of this manual conversion of SMF's is to get the keys to light properly on the LK models, which is really just getting the note data onto the proper "Navigate Channels", but just as important is the fact that most SMF's dowloaded from the internet, have both the right and left hand note data on the SAME MIDI channel, which makes the file totally unusable for any of the "StepUp Lesson" keyboard models. So a fair amount of that conversion process also goes into splitting that combined note data into separate left and right channels. Of course, there are those LK owners who are only interested in correctly lighting the keys, but want to keep the SMF intact, so they can run it from their computer or from an SD memory card (LK-280). These folks aren't really interested inn full SMF to .cm2 conversion, nor the finer points of the StepUp Lesson features. - T -

The Casio .cm2 song file format was used by certain models of their keyboards of the late 1990's to the early 2000's. Until the advent of the WK-2XX model line, the WK-110 was the only WK (73/76 key) model to use the .cm2 song file format. By 2005 or 2006, it had been replaced with the .Z02 song file format of the WK-3XXX models and their CTK (61 key) equivalent models, and around 2012, the .Z02 song file format had been replaced with the .cms song file format of the CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models, which also began using the latest .AC7 Rhythm file format, but the WK-2XX models, and at least some of their equivalent CTK-4XXX models, continue to use the .cm2 song file format to this day. The Casio SMF Converter program only works with the keyboards which use the .cm2 song file format, so many of us here, who own the newer boards, which use the .Z02 and .cms formats, have devised a means of using computer based DAW/sequencer programs to manually modify SMF files to work with just about all of the Casio "Lesson" file features (primarily the proper lighting of the keys on the LK models), with one major exception, and that exception is the one you have noticed with SMF Converter. Try as we may, we have not been able to create a conversion file that will light the "fingers" of the "fingering hands" in the keyboard's display panel, as do the built-in (Lesson) songs. That is because the built-in songs appear to have additional MIDI data placed there by Casio design engineers specifically for lighting those "fingers", and Casio appears to guard the secrets of those additional commands very closely. It follows that Casio would most likely view any program or app designed to reverse engineer any song file to reveal those secrets as a direct attack on what they consider their "intellectual property" as it applies to the built-in songs. Here are a couple of links that point to recent threads here on discussion of SMF modifications to work with the "Lessons" features ala the built-in songs: https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/16504-cdp230r-lessons-question/ https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/7764-create-your-own-lesson-with-a-midi-file-wk220/ The first link is a discussion of the CDP-230R model, but the procedure is the same for any models which offer the "Lessons" features. The second link includes information on the latest advancement - the insertion of "cue points" into an SMF to emulate the learning "phrases" of the built-in "Lessons" songs. I have not experienced this myself, as I no longer own a Casio keyboard that has "Lessons" features (WK-225), and so can not comment on it further. Casio refers to the MIDI channels which contain the right and left hand note data for the "Lessons" features as the "Navigate Channels". The "Navigate Channels" are always adjacent numbered channels, with the lower numbered channel containing the left hand note data, and the higher numbered channel containiing the right hand note data. Some confusion arises over this, as different models treat the "Navigate Channels" differently. Early models have the "Navigate Channels" fixed at 1 and 2, while more recent models have them fixed at 3 and 4, and on some of the most recent models, they are fully assignable across the entire 16 channel spectrum, but when not otherwise assigned, default to 3 and 4. On those models, it is only necessary to assign the upper (right) channel, and the left channel is automatically assigned to the adjacent lower channel. So, before embarking on any of these procedures, it is first necessary to check your particular model's manual to determine what it uses for the "Navigate Channels". I am afraid that, at the current time, this is the best we have to offer in the way of modifying SMF's to emulate the built-in "Lessons" song files, and to my knowledge, none of the models that offer "Lessons" features have firmware that is user accessible for the purpose of reprogramming the keyboard's operating system in this respect. - T -

Thanks! I wondered if that would be possible, but since I no longer have my CTK-7000 or my WK-7500 to experiment with, I decided it would be best not to mention it, but you had already beat me to it. Good show. It indicates that you have a pretty good grasp on the operation of these boards. As for the "all nighters", how well I remember those! I spent the last 3 years of my career pulling a lot of 14 to 16 hour: six and seven days a week shifts. Since I was salaried, it didn't buy me anything financially, but it did wonders for my job security. I hung it all up in November, 2006, but I have to admit that sometimes I do miss it. Regards, - T -

Here is a video tutorial that Mike Martin did some years ago for creating a loop with the Pattern Sequencer on the WK-7500. The procedure is the same for any of the WK-7500/7600 or the CTK-7000/7200 models. Mike makes a loop with just 3 parts - drum, bass, guitar - but you can make loops with anywhere from just one to eight instruments and from one to 16 bars long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-jsRUugx0 Now, the Patterns (or "loops") created by the Casio keyboards do not operate (run) completely independent from the other functions on the keyboard - as do the Roland Fantoms and FA's or the Yamaha Motif's and MO's, and other high end models. Rather, the Casio keyboards save their Patterns ("loops") as User Rhythms. That is, they become an integral part of the Auto-accompaniment system and require Auto-accompaniment to be on when they are played. Exactly what you are trying to get away from, but when your loop runs, it will only play the instruments that you included in it (in your case - just the bass line). No other Auto-accompanimennt instruments will be played. Exactly what you are looking for. So, for no longer than it would take to record a simple bass line loop, I think it would be worth a shot. If it works, you are in business. If it doesn't, you are just out a few minutes worth of effort. The one place I see for a possibe problem is that, since you mentioned Elton John songs, I assume you want to play both left and right hand parts yourself, rather than splitting the keyboard and playing the right hand melody part and just makng chords to control your bass line with your left hand (ala typical Auto-accompaniment fashion). You can do this by putting the keyboard into Full Range Fingering Mode, but the keyboard will be monitoring everything you play with both hands and may change the notes of your bass line in an attempt to keep it in key with what you are playing, so this might cause a conflict, but I still think it is worth a try. - T -

Maxim See the thread between Jax and myself that has been running for the last few days regarding this topic on his CDP-230R. He has all the information that he needs. The only problem we have left for him is that we can not find a simple MIDI sequencer/editor that will run on his MAC, so that he can properly edit the MIDI files to work with the Lessons features on his keyboard. At any rate, the file editing procedure is the same for your keyboard as it is for his. It is highly unlikely that you will find many song files available, commercially or free, that have already been modified. https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/16504-cdp230r-lessons-question/ - T -

Well Jax ! I came up short on two more accounts. That cross-platform sequencer I wanted to test was unacceptable. It is a program called Frinika. It looks a lot like Anvil Studio, and I think it would work for you, BUT . . . . it is cross-platform because it is a JAVA SCRIPT program, and it is Java that is the cross-platform environment, not the program itself. Even though I have Java on one of my systems, I will not recommend it for someone else, because of its long history as a security risk. I do not want to be responsible for someone else's system getting hacked. Besides, you would need to install Java on your MAC as a "run-time" program. Run-time programs can generate any number of problems (lock-ups, etc) for the operating system when they are running. So this one looks like an all-around bad deal. I did look at another straight-up cross-platform program called Aria Maestosa. Here again, at first glance, it looks like it would work for you, but it does have a really major draw-back. Most MIDI files have a group of keyboard/sound module setup commands embedded in the file header for such things as initial volume, panning, and effects settings for each active track in the file. Aria Maestosa does not support this. So, that means just about any MIDI file you play with this sequencer will most likely sound absolutely nothing like what its original author intended. I find this totally unacceptable. I did download Muse Score and took a closer look at it, but as I stated above, it lacks the "tracks" and "piano-roll" editing screens of a full sequencr that you need to do the editing that you need to do. You might want to look at trial versions of some of the major DAW's (the "Big Boys": Ableton Live, Reaper, Pro Tools, etc) to see if any of them would work for you, but I have two that you can scratch off the list, as I have already looked at them for you. My first thought, at the very start of all this, was to have you download a trial version of FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops - I guess they decided they needed a more "grown-up" name!), but then I discovered that FL Studio does not have a 30 or 60 day trial period. Instead, they cripple the ability to save and to manipulate tracks - the very things you need to test. So scratch that one. Every time the nice folks at Tracktion release a new version, they offer the previous version as a free download, so last night, I downloaded Tracktion 7, but it is about 99.5% audio (obviously living up to its Digital AUDIO Workstation name), and about .5% MIDI. When you import (not load) a MIDI file, Tracktion assumes that you want to "render" it to an audio file, not to just edit and play it. For extensive audio recording and mastering, it is terrific, but for simple MIDI file edits and playing, all the audio stuff just gets in your way. I have noticed this trait with many of the high-end DAWs. So scratch that one, as well. At this point, I am going to suggest you post your needs on one of the MAC or OSx forums (or maybe several of the generic music production forums). Just make sure that whoever you converse with understands that you are talking about a simple MIDI sequencer/editor. Oh! By the way - that is a LINEAR sequencer - not a PATTEERN (LOOPING) sequencer. A pattern sequencer will do you no good. As time permits, I will keep checking, and let you know if I come up with anything. In closing, I will offer this. For you, it is obviously premature, but something to think about down the line. I came across it on another forum during my searches yesterday. One respondent was asking why Apple does not offer a trial version of its Logic Pro DAW. The answer was . . . because if you have a MAC, you already have the trial version of Logic Pro . . . . because the trial version of Logic Pro is . . . . . Garageband. Logic Pro picks up where Garageband left off, and provides everything that Garageband left out. Think about it - a high-end DAW with fairly well balanced MIDI/audio features by Apple for an Apple computer - with all of Apple's technical support and all of Apple's user support base! Right now, Amazon is offering Logic Pro X, straight from the App Store for $80 USD - for what all it does, and what all you get, that is a pretty good deal. Like I said - something to think about. Regards! - T -

I suppose MuseScore or Sibelius or Finale, or any of those would work, after a fashion, but they are actually notation software, not sequencers, and for what you are getting into with your latesr question, you are going to need sequencer software. Trying to do what I have to offer with notation software would be a bit cumbersome. You will need the detailed tracks and piano roll screens of a full sequencer. I spent most of the day trying to find an alternative to Windows' Anvil Studio sequencer that would run under OSx, but have not had any luck, so far. I picked Anvil Studio because: it's free; it works very well; it's full featured, but still comparatively simple, so it has a short learning curve; and it's very popular, so it has a large user support base. I have one other cross-platform sequencer program that I want to try, but the Windows 7 laptop with it will not be available to me until after midnight. If it works, I will offer it to you, but it comes with a huge caviat that you will need to take into consideration, but we will get to that later. I am trying to keep your investment, both financially and from a learning effort stand point, to a minimum, until you decide whether or not you are interested in doing this enough to warrant expanding the investments. Now, what to do when the right and left hand notes are combined on the same MIDI channel? Understand, what I am about to offer only works for simple songs, like you would expect to find in a typical "Lesson" environment - old standards like "Oh Susanna", or "Old Folks at Home", or "Three Blind Mice" - songs where the right hand stays Middle-C and above, and the left hand stays below Middle-C, but if there is a lot of crossing of either or both hands back and forth across Middle-C, then forget it. Those songs wouldn't be worth wasting the effort trying to separate their right and left note data. OK! I will assume that you have left your keyboard's "Navigate" Channels at their default Channel 3 (Left) and Channel 4 (Right). Start your sequencer software and load your MIDI file into it. Check Tracks/Channels 3 and 4 to see if there is any "interferring" data located on either of them. If so, move (cut/paste) it to another available track/channel. Keep in mind that on most modern keyboards and sound modules, Track/Channel 10 is reserved for the drum kit. Now, find your combined note data and move (cut/paste) it to Track/Channel 4. This will eventually become your right hand data. Clone (copy/paste) Track/Channel 4 to Track/Channel 3. While you are on Track/Channel 3, batch delete all notes Middle-C and above. Track/Channel 3 is now your left hand data. Go back to Track/Channel 4 and batch delete all notes below Middle-C. Track/Channel 4 is now your right hand data, and you are done. You can mitigate the "crossing Middle-C" problem, mentioned above, somewhat by checking the score, and if you notice that the left hand is playing a bass line that stays well below Middle-C, while the right hand drifts back and forth across Middle-C, just move your "batch delete" split point down a few notes to accomodate the situation. I normally mention, at this point, that all of this probably sounds overly complicated and tedious, but it really isn't. Once you have done it a couple of times, your workflow becomes pretty much automatic, and you can nock out a song in a couple of minutes. It is also very good practice for those who want to go deeper into sequencing and that type of music production. That's it for now. Will be back later, after I have had a chance to look at that other sequencer program. - T -

Please see my response to your post on this matter in the CDP sub-forum: https://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/16504-cdp230r-lessons-question/&do=findComment&comment=51540 - T -

Jax You are correct. The CDP-230R DOES require the Data Manager 5.0 software, which is not compatible with MAC-OS. Data Manager 6.1 IS compatible with MAC-OS, but not with the CDP-230R. BUT . . . . You should be able to do just about everything you would do with the Data Manager 5.0 software by saving/loading data to/from the SD Card, and manually porting it between the CDP-230R and your MAC, as you have been doing, but this is most likely NOT the cause of the problem you are having getting the "fingers" in the CDP-230R's display to light. If you have not already done so, see the rigth hand column of Page EN-65 and the left hand column of Page EN-66 of the CDP-230R's manual regarding the "Navigate" Channels, and ensure that your MIDI files have their right and left hand "note" data on MIDI channels that match those of the CDP-230R's "Navigate" Channels. If they don't, then the "Lessons" features will not function properly, if at all. While you can always re-assign the CDP-230R's "Navigate" Channels to match the MIDI file, believe me, in the long run, it is best to leave the keyboard's "Navigate" Channels fixed, and edit the MIDI file with DAW/sequencer software to put its right and left hand note data on the proper channels to match the keyboard's "Navigate" Channels. All too many MIDI files have their note data reversed, with the right hand data on the lower channel and the left hand data on the upper channel, or the data not on adjacent channels. No amount of "Navigate" Channel re-assignment on the keyboard can accomodate these situations. So, I recommend just leaving the CDP-230R's "Navigate" Channels on their default channels of 3 (Left) and 4 (Right), and just modify any MIDI files to match. Now, all of that said, some 5 or 6 years ago, there were several of us here, that owned "Lessons" capable keyboards (CDP, LK, WK-2XX, etc), had a thread going on this very topic, but for some reason, I can not seem to retrieve it. Different ones of us were having problems getting different aspects of the "Lessons" features to work properly. For the LK folks, it was primarily just to get the keys to light properly. We finally got it down to where we had all but one item working at least to some extent. That one item was the lighting of the "fingers" on the "hands" in the display window. The consensus at that time was that the "finger" lighting only worked with the built-in songs, or possibly with the built in songs and songs recorded on the keyboard - particulary recordings that were made while playing along with the built-in songs - that Standard MIDI Files (SMF) lacked the additional data needed to light the "fingers". It was about this time that I traded my WK-225 in on a WK-7500, which was not a "Lessons" capable keyboard, and had to go at a dead run to accomodate its steep learning curve. So I quickly lost touch with this topic, and never knew the answer to the above question. I apologize. I can not seem to come up with the correct search terms to find this thread, and I no longer have a "Lessons" capable keyboard to experiment on, but hopefully I have given you enough to get you started, so that you can do your own experimenting too see what really works and what does not. Good luck ! Regards, - T -

Johnathon Yes, your PX-575 shares the "Zpi" sound engine with my WK-3800 from the early 2000's, and No, User Tone patches from them can not be ported from them to the newer CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models, nor to the latest CT-X models. The WK-3300/3800/8000, PX-575, and equivalent 61 key CTK models do have a "Synthesizer" Mode, but since they only give the user access to just the attack and release out of the ADSR envelope, and not the decay and sustain, "Synth" purists would argue that that is not a "true" Synth Mode - even though they also do allow access to cutoff and resonance. Strangely, the newer CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX give access to all of these same parameters except resonance. They only allow access to the resonance parameter within the Wah and Phaser DSP settings, but not to a global base resonance parameter. I guess it is for that reason that the those models are not listed as having a "Synthesizer" Mode like the older models. - T -

I am afraid that what we have here, in the file section of this forum, is about all you are going to find in the way of cuatom (User) Tones for the CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX keyboard models. There is (was?) a Casio forum on Yahoo Forums that had file sections for User Rhythms and User Tones for the WK-3XXX models and their contemporary CTK models. Just about any CKF Rhythm file posted there will work on the CTK/WK-6XXX/7XXX models (usually "as-is" - with very little "tweaking" required), but NONE of the older Tone files will work on the newer models, due to the vast differences in their sound engines. Many of the after-market Rhythm files available today for the WK-3XXX models (and useable on the CKT/WK-6XXX/7XXX models) were originally offered for free download by the nice folks at Casio-Europe, but the "zeal" for after-market Tones just never came anywhere near the interest in after-market Rhythms. - T -

Sorry to say, but the "orchestral accompaniment" you describe is an integral part of the LK series built-in songs, and can not be turned off. I am not aware of any commercially or user generated MIDI files made specifically for the Casio LK series boards, but the internet abounds with both commercial and free Standard MIDI Files (SMF) that can be easily modified with DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) or "sequencer" software to remove unwanted parts (instruments) and to put the remaining note data onto the correct MIDI tracks/channels to properly light the keys on Casio LK keyboards. Here is a link to a recent discussion on this process: http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/16425-some-notes-“stick”/&do=findComment&comment=51107 You can download a free copy of Anvil Studio DAW/Sequencer software from: http://anvilstudio.com/ You will find instructions for assigning the LK-280's "Navigate Channels" beginning in the right hand column of Page E-60 in the LK-280's User's Guide. The LK-280 defaults to "Navigate Channels" 3 (left hand notes) and 4 (right hand notes), if you do not want to re-assign them. In that case, you would need to use the DAW/sequencer software to move note data to those tracks/channels in any MIDI file before playing it on the LK-280, if you want the keys to light properly. Good luck ! - T -

Johan You can eliminate DSP by simply turning DSP off. If you turn DSP off and the problem goes away, you know a DSP setting of some type is causing the problem. If you turn DSP off and it comes back on when you press the Song Sequencer button, please read on . . . . Also, read on in any case . . . . All keyboard song sequencers store their song setup parameters in the song file's header. See "Panel Record" in the right hand column of page E-78 of the manual. Some song sequencers only act upon these parameters when the song file starts to play, while others act upon those parameters as soon as the song file is loaded into memory to be played. I do not know which Casio uses, but if it is the latter, there is a chance that when you press the Song Sequencer button, you are inadvertently loading a previously recorded song with a bad setup or file header. If I remember correctly, the Song Sequencer automatically loads the last selected song, when you press the Song Sequencer button. That is so you do not have to keep re-selecting your song, if you are in and out of the Song Sequencer multiple times during a given session. Try CLEARing the song memory slot that you want to use, then power the CTK-7200 off/on to see if that resolves the problem. See the left hand column of Page E-82 of the manual for CLEARing a song. Also, check the MIXER settings to ensure that all of the song PARTs volumes are not turned down. As a last resort, see Page 135 and perform an Initialize Paremater. Do not do an Initialize All unless you have backed up any User Data (Tones, Rhythms, DSPs, Songs, etc) to an SD Card or PC, as all of that is erased with an Initialize All. Sorry to be so sketchy on some of these items, but I sold my CTK-6000 &7000 and WK-7500 about four years ago, so I no longer have them to experiment with on questions like this, and the longer I go without them, the more difficult it is to remember some of the finer details. At least I have maintained PDF copies of all the manuals to jog my memory, when needed. Good luck! - T -

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OK! Thanks much. I will add this info to my notes on this topic. - T -

OK! Glad you got it all sorted! Enjoy!!! Just for future reference - if you do use the "WAIT" feature - Does it work on the LK-280 with external MIDI files?

We call those "Senior Moments". Believe me, they become more frequent as time goes by. At any rate - enjoy your new-found knowledge. - T -

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Jokeyman There should be three ways to do what you want to do. The easiest is to just go into the Mixer and turn off the parts you do not want. The second is to go into the Mixer and reduce the volumes, of the parts you do not want, to zero. (See chart on Page EN-78 of the manual.) The third is to use the keyboard's onboard rhythm editor (See right hand column of Page EN-42) to turn he unwanted parts off, then saving it as a User Rhythm. This third method does not require the use of external software. It is done right on the keyboard and has the advantage of saving those settings into a User Rhythm for quick, easy future recall. - T -

EPC By the "WAIT" feature, I am referring to when the keyboard "waits" for you to press the correct note before it proceeds to the next note. I am not certain that this works on the LK-280 when using external MIDI files with the Lesson function. It does not work on my old entry level LK keyboard. - T -