Ramon1973

Having trouble loading new rhythm data for my 7200 downloaded from the Casio site and copied with a PC under the map MUSICDAT without new directories under this map. But if I put the SD card in to the Casio 7200 it says that there is no data to be loaded. Because of that error I can not load new styles in to my Casio keyboard. Reading the manual and formatted the SD card in full with standard settings but still nothing seems to work. It's a brand new SD card of 8 GB of space. Strange thing is that I can rename or delete copied style files on the SD card. They are compatible with the 7000 and 7200 keyboard series. The only thing I can do is to copie the style via the datamanager for this board... The manual does not say anything about what FAT system(16 or 32.) is beeing supported with the Casio boards... Those someone know the answer to my problem??? Best Regards, Ramon Holland

Yes I agree at a lot off things beeing said about the new CTK and WK series of Casio. I bought mine 7200 second hand because I was not paying full price for it..the sound is reasonable but not outstanding or Pro. It has a lot off functions and sometimes thinking there is to much on these boards, you are soon making a mistake because you are going thru so many menu's. Piano and E piano's are good but Guitar sounds and the strings are not so great in my view. And the tone editor you really need to make sounds more to your liking or the song that you are recording at that moment. Also there's missing two Fill In patterns, on every other brand you will find 2 Fill Ins that will be played when going to the second or first style variation. The build quality could also be improved, some times my drawbar knobs wil fall of when working with the Organ section. I'm affraid that if Casio does not step it up a notch they can join Technics on the grafyard of keyboard brands that did not make it for the full run. At other hand Casio has been made it pretty hard to make there keyboards fully compatible because XG standards or GM2 will never be seen on a Casio keyboard because it will cost them a lot of cash. And Casio always wants to make keyboards affordable.. Yamaha is a big giant that crushes every other brand in the market, Technics could not keep up and had to close there keyboard factory in 2004. They made really nice sounding keyboards with good functionality and professional build quality. So making perfect or great keyboard products for an reasonable price is not always the answer to survive. (off the record Yamaha stole a lot of Technics techniques in to there own for cheap.) Roland is the next brand that is gonna dissapear from the keyboard market, they really try there best but there is no competing against a Tyros 5. The new AHL technology is at most points an improvement to the old ZPI engine they where using in the CTK 900 and WK 3XXX series. But having an WK 3300 for a long time the sounds that are Casio's weak spot are even going weaker in the new series and that's really a shame. Keys on the CTK 7200 are feeling much better then on the 3300 that made at some point more noise than the keyboard it's speakers. The detail in sampling sounds is much better but could be so much more. Technology is inside but is for my personal feeling used for about 50 % of what it could do. I'm also an reviewer for keyboards as a hobby and found out that Medeli is really making good sounding keyboards at great prices. And they even make better sounding keyboards in the same price range as giant Yamaha. The big flaw with brand Medeli is that there support is not so great and the keybed is a bit cheap but good playable. In the Casio CTK and WK range is a better keybed installed. It is really bad or sad that the inventor of the keyboard system Casio has lost it ways on the market they invented. They can make such nice products but on the keyboard range they are cutting corners what is gonna cost Casio a lot of future buyers that are looking elsewhere for a board that is more to there needs. My posting is certainly not an attack to the Casio brand itself. Casio was my very first keyboard at 9 years of age (SK-1.) and always beeing thankfull that this board has let me see that I really love to make music with sampled sounds and tones and it has really formed me in the musician I am today. But hoping that somewhere down the line this post or complete topic is getting on a table inside Casio itself. And hoping that the next generation of Casio boards can live up the Pro standards. Even at a price range under a 500 dollars. If Casio wants to stay a life on the keyboard market they have to invest in to it. The line up what they have these days are not gonna cut it in full. Technology and good sound programmers are in Casio there house so why going back instead of forward? Best regards: Ramon, Holland

Sound pretty amazing...really hope to get a XW in my collection..my hands are really want to get start working on that machine.

Very good work on a XW synthesizer, It made me think about Vangelis his style.. Keep up the good work.

Yes you are very right about that but has been a long time since I played on a keyboard so really had to get in to the systematics and found out that my playing technique is really gone for the worst. Always used a PC and MIDI keyboard to make new songs and that makes it that I became very lazy and to much depending on the technique from the DAW I was using. It is a exiperimental track nothing more or less.

Tnx Jokeyman, Now gonna search for an XW synth of Casio to go with the 7200 keyboard. Because love to make sounds from scratch and that's not possible with the 7200 but to make new music arrangement it's really a wonderfull instrument. If Casio keeps this good vibe up they can come really far because the differents and improvement between the CTK 900/WK3300 and this new range is really amazing.

Thnx XW Addict, Yes a sound inspires me to make something new, nice thing on the Casio boards is that you can edited to sounds to your liking or that it fits better in the song your working on at that moment..

This evening I recorded a song with a style. Really need to hook up a pedal and then do the fill ins with this pedal. Sometimes I was just to late with pressing the Fill or Variation button. Just playing to see if I was getting the systematic of the 7200 right without having to read the manual all the time. A long production but relaxed piece of music I hope. Because Casio always has very nice jazz styles and sounds I picked one of those... Hoping that it's nice to listen to. https://soundcloud.com/ramon1973/jazz-experiment-7200 Best Regards:Ramon

Thanks Gary, Well beeing playing music for long time but the Casio is really an comprehensive instrument and now starting to figure out how things are working. Already made a Jazzy song this evening what I gonna post soon... Best Regards:Ramon

Hello Everyone, Beeing working with the CTK 7200 just to see how everything works and while discovering it this strange production came out of this discovering session. Just recorded MIDI and did nothing to Quantize or other setting after recording. The Organ and strange Pad sound where edited while working on this project... (Sorry for that Afroman track after my posting..) https://soundcloud.com/ramon1973/first-free-casio-session Best Regards Ramon

Hi Everyone, Well have beeing in contact with Casio Europe about this defect..they could not say what the problem should be. The seller of my CTK 7200 was shure that the buyers agreement was in the manual but I could not find it. Have to check the box again, I put it in the basement lucky maybe because I was not shure what I should find once unpacked. What is gonna give a problem and I have to pay the repair and sending my keyboard to Casio Belgium and that the instrument has 1 year of waranty. Have reset the 7200 but that was not helping, what I find strange is that when turning it downward there is no noise to be heard. Remembering unpacking the 7200 yesterday was that it feld really sticky and had to clean the keys a few times. So guessing that the instrument has been packed in the PSR E 443 box and plastic in a hummid or steamy location. To get the moisture out of the instrument I have beeing leaving it open in the living room without covering it. My personal guess is that or the pot has beeing exposed to a lot of dirt or water. Or it has been having a lot of pressure on it and that causes the noise. Because I have to pay the repair I'm thinking to replace the PB pot myself, because warranty is not valid. I'm really happy with the 7200, it's a great instrument to work with and sound pretty good.. Want to thank everyone for responding in my topic and let you knows how I have resolved this issue. Best Regards:Ramon, Netherlands

I bought a CTK 7200 keyboard on second hand market. And found a serious bug in this machine. Casio really needs to know about this bug because it is very serious.. Want to know what the bug is?? Well just turn on your Casio CTK/WK 6 and 7 thousand series and without playing any notes just turn the PB wheel upwards...you will hear a lot of noise coming out of the speakers or headphones. Not noticed when you are using styles and Accomp at the same time but playing voices solo it is very strong. I think that Casio needs to update the software so that this problem can be fixed. Really liking the keyboard at al his sounds and functionality but this needs to be fixed... The Casio site does not give any room or mail adress to report bugs in there instruments... Maybe someone at this forum knows a way to report this bug to Casio so they can make an update to make this problem resolved.. Best Regards: Ramon, Holland