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damn...oh well. Hopefully by then my brother will be living in Nashville, so an excuse to vista..lol Thanks Gary.

Looking forward to them.. seriously. BTW, I am in the Vegas area, are there ever any trade shows out here, are are they all over for the year?

At least someone was able to provide an answer that makes sense. I am new to the forums and FB group, so I am not aware of the long struggles that Mike had over the years. Come into it fresh, I just assumed Mike was the head honcho, and was doing what he needed for Casio. Thanks though, for the info..makes sense, yes, i am glad for the addition and look forward to bigger and better things to come.

Sure, but how would I know that Mike is a one man operation? I am just saying that the big news, is an employee at Casio, but WE, the ones that use the keyboards and products, are the ones that need to benefit. If Casio was short of help, then I am glad they hired someone. Now, if you are telling me that as a result, more of our questions will be answered, then I can see the connection there. But there's no new product, no new upgrades, yet it's big news. I have seen Rich's videos..he's a product marketing guy.. I get that. And sure, I happy for Mike. I really do not want to come across as an ass, but if I fail to see the excitement, then it's me that doesn't understand why. Maybe if you explained it better about Rich, I can then be excited as well. As I mentioned, I am a customer, and currently own Casio products, and shortly, I will be getting my PX5 as well. So I am NOT against Casio, in fact I want Casio to thrive...so again, I apologize if I seem a bit crude lately.

Scott, I am sorry. I could have sworn I saw a recent post from Mike saying that he can't say anything for a couple of weeks...my apologies. I was wrong.

i don't get this at all. Mike says he can't tell us anything. Then all of a sudden Gary posts the news? Again, not sure how this news affects us end users...Sorry, i am loyal to Casio, but don't get it. I'll bow out of this..

I just moved from NJ to Henderson, NV. Best move I ever made, and I have moved around a lot. NJ is the worst state in the U.S. hands down. It was also just announced that NJ has the highest rents, and one would need to make over $20/+ per hour to afford a 2 BR comfortably. As for any place pretty in NJ, well that is up for debate. I've lived in NJ most of my life, so I can tell you from first hand experience, it's NOT pretty. PA, is pretty...lived there too. Best of luck to the new guy...even if it's in NJ..lol Also, don't see how this is such HUGE news, that Scott had people going nuts trying to figure this out. Unless it's someone who is going to benefit us end users, I just don't get what the excitement is all about, but that's me.

Thanks. I think inserting the blank measure would be helpful. Also, would you know how to change the tempo of the song recorder once I already started recording? Also if you can name the individual tracks, instead of trk1 trk 2..etc? Or should I keep a hard copy log for the instruments on the tracks? Thanks.

Has anyone accidentally lost information on the song recorder because they didn't know it was in record? I'm not sure what happened, but I created a song with 2 tracks so far...next thing I know I must have hit the rhythm button by accident and to stop it I pressed the start /stop button then played a note or two, and next thing I know, I erased my piano track. I truly wish that Casio would make more of an effort to create some kind of record ready mode other than a blinking light..or at least have a metronome start or something to let you know HEY, YOU ARE IN RECORD MODE...This really is such a pain now. Maybe include a track safe feature for future software updates, so that accidents can be avoided. Seems that it's left up to the consumer to think about the what ifs... I still love the feel of this PX350 though...but man, the little things just get to me.

ok, thanks Brad. I will need to do some recording with it to see how it translates within a mix, just concerned on it's own for scoring, if it will work..but I will try.

Actually it's both, but again, only with the headphones..it's quite loud when the cans are brought up, and playing soft passages. All I hear are the bursts...same frequency, every time. Stagnant. Also, i would love the pedal unit, but it won't be that functional without the stand, and I do not have the stand.

ok...so I hear the burst, then while the damper is down, and playing legato parts, I still hear some effect with every note. Not a burst, you're right, but I assumed it was part of that, since string resonance is also not that loud. I think I know what's happening...it seems that what I am hearing is the equivalent to putting my ears above the soundboard of a grand, instead of hearing it from a far or from the sitting position. From the sitting position, the string resonance does not interfere with the cleanliness of the sound, and most certainly not from the audience perspective either. I think that is mostly my problem, is that the effects in place, interfere with the sound. It's not clean...and unless Casio has sampled every velocity of the string resonance as well as the note velocity, there is no way to faithfully recreate that without sounding like a sample. Like I said, it's all good...I just don't have the luxury of using speakers all the time when practicing, and with headphones, it's super apparent. I just wanted to make sure that the unit is supposed to behave this way, and that i do not have a faulty PX. Again, thanks for your replies.

Yes Brad, but how would I have even thought about looking to hear that effect if I had no idea it was an issue? I would have had to know to go to the store with headphones. In a store you really can't play too loudly anyway, so there isn't a good way for the consumer to even test that out. Also, I know of no acoustic grand that sounds that way every single time the damper is depressed, and then continue to make that same sample while holding the pedal down. I think no one at Casio wants to admit that it may have been an oversight in the design..it does not modulate and change based on the loudness and amount of use, like it would on a real piano. Had that been the case, that would have been great.

But again, no way of knowing how loud that effect is. I see that it can be desirable, but not if it's in the way of playing..again..this is only relevant for me personally in the headphones, but I am sure that it translates loudly if it were to be over a loudspeaker on a gig. Perhaps it's just the way it's implemented into to sample that can possibly be refined for a future revision. unless you are a classical musician, and use the damper a lot on soft passages, you would never give it a second thought.

My issue Brad, is not to complain about the keyboard. It's to let Casio know, that that effect is not appreciated by all users. And I do NOT recall anywhere when researching, that this damper effect is constant, loud, and unremovable, and get's in the way of soft pssages when using headphones...find me that article, and I will stand corrected. That is not fair for you to say to do research, when there are things that one can only find out, after purchase. Again, thankfully, I only needed the keyboard for it's action and as a controller, and not to use the internal, however, it woulda been nice to practice, without that extra noise. It's not like I paid a few hundred for the keyboard, and just complaining about things. I owned at least 3 other Casio keyboards, so this isn't my first one...I have always been happy and will continue to purchase Casio products in the future. My gripes are informative. If everyone that purchased the keyboard kept their mouth shut, Casio would not know how to better improve their next models to meet the needs and wants of their customers.

The damper effect is LOUD on mostly ALL presets. I haven't noticed a difference on any of them except the Grand classic sample is completely unusable to play Moonlight Sonata with headphones. It's absolutely ridiculous why that sound should even trigger. It's no way authentic, and just creates unwanted noise when there should be clean sound. With that classical piece, the dampers are held off for at least 99% of the time...so not only does the effect sound when you press the pedal, it also continues to trigger while you are holding the pedal down...it can not be only I that is extremely bothered by this noise. Makes using the internals impossible. Would not have killed anyone to include a way to shut it off...the PX5s can shut if off, so what would have been the issue with incorporating that into the 350? Seriously Casio..charge the $10 more and give users options.

OK.. this should be noted that this damper effect happens only within the Casio itself and NOT when triggering external piano samples via MIDI. I can live with it.

Hi all...just got my PX350 and I am experiencing the same exact damper noise. It's an actual reverb sound with tone prior to any note being depressed. It's not a gunshot, it's noise that seems to have sustain/reverb on it. I have played many many acoustic pianos and studied classical piano as well, and when softly depressing the sustain pedal, have never encountered this effect UNLESS I stomped on it, then yes, you hear the strings resonate. but when playing very soft passages with headphones, it's quite annoying to hear this effect...it's not natural at all.

Yes Joe, that link works, thanks for posting it. Your welcomed Jokeyman.

hi Everyone, Mike Martin was nice enough to start a dedicated forum on Facebook for DPs other than the PX5s, which has a dedicated forum already So all PX owners, CDP and Celviano owners please join up for some real time discussions. Thanks Just search Casio Digital Piano

Thank you for the replies. Sorry for my absence. Ok so I think I have been looking at the PX350 more, only because it has the tri-sensors, and it seems like it would be a better songwriting tool. I am not playing classical piano on them, to be too too picky with the action. I do prefer the heavier CDP, but i think I can get used to the PX. As for the the CDP being similar or the same as the PX, I really don't see it. Why would Casio change the key beds from the first CDP130, to the last version? I would think that the CDP is a certain way for a reason, whether it be cost, or portability, not sure. Also, the CDP series is only available in Costcos and Guitar Centers, not online, so that kinda leaves it out for me, as I need to spread the payments using one of those pay as you play deals. I think the PX keyed will work. I saw a gentlemen play classical on one and the response is exactly what I was looking for. I really need it to be a killer MIDI controller for piano software synths, and the tri-sensors I think will deliver in the end. Any thoughts on the PX as a controller? Plus it has a pitch bend, which is nice.

Hi all, New to the forum. I was directed here by Casio, because they don't have the answers I seek, so figure to send me here. I played a CDP130 in a music store, and thought I was playing a Yamaha. The keyed, to me, was way better than the current PX offerings. Does anyone disagree with me? Or can tell me why they went with what seems to be an inferior action? OR why the PXs action is better, and I am wrong. Also, what is the best connectivity for the 130 audio and MIDI wise? Will it work as a controller? Thank you for whoever has these answers. Regards, Jake