Digital Gee

My cpg-700 has been largely unused for a couple of years, but with the covid staying at home thing, I've rediscovered it and want to try learning some new things on it. It's sat in a family room plugged in but largely never turned on in many moons. I would like to give the keys and the case a good cleaning. What product(s) and technique(s) would you recommend?

I'm still working on the lighting situation and until some of that equipment arrives, I've thrown together a quickie intro video that basically highlights some of the main features of this board.  Hope it answers some questions you may have:

 

   https://youtu.be/XRRPckoIPWA

GREAT video! Can't wait to see more! 

Wow... Would have thought by now... 

Damn that was good! 

Welcome to the forums! You are the first owner of the CGP-700 in the forums I think. 

I feel so fortunate that this instrument was released just as I decided to upgrade from my older instrument. And doubly fortunate that I decided to pull the plug on the last day of the month, because Guitar Center let me have 20% off that day - so I brought it home for just $640! 

Thanks, Mike. When you say "the rhythm or style does switch to a tempo when you select it" do you mean when it's saved as a Registration? Because it doesn't seem to do it when I change it on the fly. Haven't used Registrations yet. Appreciate the tip! 

HI DG and welcome to the forums. You may have to be a little patient for help with the CGP-700 as I think you are the first owner here. We do have Casio reps present on the forums so please give it a day or two for an answer. Congrats on your new Casio! It's a really nice piano!

Yeah, I kinda figured I might have to be patient.    Thanks for the welcome and I can't wait to see what happens over the next few months with what I'll learn on the Forum and what I'll learn on the piano! 

I come from years of playing Yahamas, so I know there's going to be a learning curve on my new Casio CGP 700. But something's got me completely befuddled, and I've tried to find the answer in the manual and through trial and error but to no avail. 

I'm used to being able to change "styles" (Yahama) on the fly - and when I do, it's one button. Change the style, and the tempo is automatically adjusted to the default for that style. 

But, unless I'm really missing something, when I change a "rhythm" (Casio) on the fly - or even when the instrument is idle - it keeps the current tempo. To set it to the default tempo, I have to push the up and down buttons simultaneously which obviously adds a step to the process, making on the fly changes more challenging. 

I'm also confused with Music Presets. (Maybe that's the equivalent of Yamaha's styles?)  It seems like selecting a Music Preset puts the machine into a mode with some sort of auto chord arrangement, unless one deselects "auto chord" (another step). 

Anyway, making my way around rhythms and music presets is baffling so far. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Surely Casio doesn't add steps to make changes in the sounds, rhythms, and styles, does it? If so, I'm going to be quite disappointed. 

First post here! I just purchased a CGP 700 two days ago, and discovered this Forum yesterday. Looking forward to lots of learning and sharing. First impressions of the CGP 700 are quite positive.