Moh.Ali Ahmed

17 hours ago, tnicoson said:

Moh.Ali

 

The AT-3 and AT-5 are the eastern European/Asian versions of the 61 key and 76 key CTK/WK model lines.  As a matter of fact, the AT-3/5 are equivalent to the CTK-7000/WK-7500 with the special tones and rhythms.  While most of these models allow the user to edit the tones and save them as User Tones or to download new tones from the internet or other sources, these are merely wave shaping parameters that modify the existing wave samples, but the wave samples, themselves, are stored in Read Only Memory (ROM) and are not commercially upgrade-able.  So, if the CTK/WK/AT does not have a wave sample for a particular instrument, there is no way to add it.  Here again, while many of the older models allowed the user to install samples, these were far from professionally engineered samples and left a lot to be desired, but the AT-3/AT-5, like their current CTK/WK cousins, have abandoned this feature.  As a matter of fact, when it comes to tones and rhythms, the AT-3/AT-5 are pretty much concurrent with other models that Casio is currently offering, except for possibly the latest Privia models, but then those lack the eastern European/Asian tones and rhythms, if you have need for those, which I assume you do.  That could be a step backward for you.  If truly "new" tones are a priority for you, and you are not quite ready to trade in your AT-3, then you could go the route of connecting it to a computer or iPad (Yes ! The AT-3/5 are compatible.) and play VSTi software/apps that have all the latest sounds.  As far as rhythms are concerned, in case you are unaware of it, Casio made a 50-pak rhythm upgrade available several years ago.  You can download it from:

 

http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/emi/rhythmsspecial/     It is at the very bottom of the download list.  Yes !  The 50-pak includes the 10-pak.

 

Casio International is still offering the vast list of alternative rhythms that it released for the older CTK/WK  models.  These are in the old ".CKF" format, but they work in the newer models, and are automatically converted to the new ".AC7" format as they are loaded into User Memory.  If you do not already have these, they would be well worth looking into.  Even though they are older rhythms, they are a nice expansion to the keyboard's rhythm palette.  You can download them from:

 

http://music.casio.com/e/data_ex4/

 

Click on "Data List" on the "Rhythm" line.  Don't bother downloading anything else on that page, as only the rhythms are compatible.  The SMF and Song files are compatible, but they're pretty rudimentary.  That page is for the WK-3800.  So far, I have not found any of these rhythms that will not work in the newer models, but there are pages there for other CTK/WK models, but these are the same rhythms, some of which will not work well with the newer models because of tone list differences.  Because of tone list differences between the AT-3/5 and the CTK/WK models, you may have to occasionally "re-voice" a rhythm file to get it to sound correct, but I think most of them should work for you as-is.

 

I know that this is not quite what you were looking for, and I apologize for that, but short of changing keyboards, possibly even brands and price ranges, this is about all I have to offer for now.  If you do have an iPhone or iPad, I would really recommend looking into that.  Connection to the keyboard is fairly simple, and there are several apps (Yamaha Drum and Arp Pad and Caustic 3, in particular) that offer not only instrument tones, but some really great arps in the modern club dance genre, if you are into that.

 

Best of luck on your decision !

 

Regards,

 

Ted

 

 

YOU ARE THE BEST BRO !!

Hi guys  ..

I'm wondering if it's updatable or expandable Casio AT3 ?

Any way to upgrade or adding something like drums kits ?

Yes it works !!

Thanx alot BradMZ ..

And Thanx tnicoson for ur instant replay and availability.

I don't want to change rhythm with registrations.

Any way to save just voices in the registration banks (without rhythms) in casio (at3/ctk7000) ?

Hi guys ..

I sequenced a song and in system track I use a user rhythm. I saved the song in SD card . And delete even the user rhythm ..

When I load it , played rhythmless !!

What should I do in next sequence to save user rhythm with the song sequence?

Sometimes in live shows you need to hit fill in earlier to prepare some thing else before real fill in. Like changing tones or bend pitch.

Thanks for your replies.

Hi guys ..

Fill in time in most professional keyboards auto timed to start at the beginning of the rhythm measure when ever you press fill in buttom . But in casios it may give you half fill in starting from the time of breaking .

Any way to edit this to make it more professional and auto time in the start of the measure ?

I think this would be hard to approximate.

The variable is how busy the song is (how many notes per minute (or even second).

Having said that, I haven't done any solid maths but using some round figures of 10 notes per second, this would seem to give you a 50 minute song (if my unchecked calculations are correct)

Thanx alot ..

Ur theory give me a good idea ..

It's defined as (16 tracks + system . 5 songs . 30000 notes)

How much it's approximately in minutes for 1 song ?

IT WAS ARRIVED TODAY ..

I wasn't expecting such functions and abilities.

Every one in Google told it's good for (Entry level) but I think it's beyond that .

Interesting keyboard. I note that it is "Oriental" focussed.

 

I assume (as I didn't read a great deal) that it still caters for bread and butter tones, but with better than usual Oriental sounds ? Be interested to hear your feedback on that one. 

Yes its oriental keyboard .. I will give you feedback of course .

Thanx ..

Hi and welcome to the Casio Forums. The AT-3 is a great keyboard - lots of great beats and tones. You will love it!

Thanx alot , Scott ..

I was excited waiting , now i'm really burning !

Hi every one ..

I can rank my self as intermidient keyboard player with long periods of stop .

I just decide to own my keyboard for more music . I purchased Casio AT-3 and not delivered to me yet (may be next tuesday !!) . and its my first keyboard ever ( I play for 20 years and didn't own one !!!)

just want to say hello to every one here and hope a happy new year for all ..