Rick Stirling

Sounds like a stuck tone. Sustain switch on? Stuck key?

Can you record the "hum"? In other words, is it on the audio bus before the output amplifier?

Just a note: The new 1.40 Appendix is also password protected. Not that it really matters. ;-)

Check out this page for free Yamaha Brazilian styles http://br.yamaha.com/pt/products/musical-instruments/keyboards/digitalkeyboards/arranger_workstations/awk/vse/

Your best bet is to find some Brazilian styles in Yamaha .STY format and convert them with the X500. I've done a few Yamaha JAZZ styles from the TYROS series with good results. Sua melhor aposta é encontrar alguns estilos brasileiros no formato Yamaha. STY e convertê-los com o X500. Eu fiz alguns estilos de JAZZ da Yamaha da série TYROS com bons resultados.

NOTE: If anyone wants to hear an audition of any of the other styles shown in my 1st post above, just let me know and I'll create an audition file for you. cheers, Rick

Download the ZIP file, unzip to get the ZPK Package file. Store the ZPK file in the MUSICDAT directory on your USB thumb-drive. Insert thumb-drive on your X500 and go to MEDIA and select LOAD then select PACKAGE. You should see your ZPK file. Select it and load. The new styles will be stored in your USER RHYTHM section. They will not overwrite unless you force it by adjusting the 'User Area' parameter.

Only preset I've figured out so far is 092 My Swing = All of Me All Of Me.pdf

Here's an audio recording of the new Orch.Swing 2 style in this format Key: C Tempo: 81 Intro1:Var1:Fill1:Var2:Fill2:Var3:Fill3:Var4:Fill4:Ending1 Key Cm Tempo: 81 Intro1:Ending1 OrchestralSwing2_81_C.mp3

Here's an audio recording of the new NY Swing style in this format Key: C Tempo: 124 Intro1:Var1:Fill1:Var2:Fill2:Var3:Fill3:Var4:Fill4:Ending1 Key Cm Tempo: 124 Intro1:Ending1 NYSwing_124_C.mp3

Here's an audio recording of the new SteadyJazz style in this format Key: C Tempo: 128 Intro1:Var1:Fill1:Var2:Fill2:Var3:Fill3:Var4:Fill4:Ending1 Key Cm Tempo: 128 Intro1:Ending1 SteadyJazz_128_C.mp3

Here's an audio recording of the new SmoothJazz style in this format Key: C Tempo: 93 Intro1:Var1:Fill1:Var2:Fill2:Var3:Fill3:Var4:Fill4:Ending1 Key Cm Tempo: 93 Intro1:Ending1 SmoothJazz_ 93_C.mp3

Here's an audio recording of the new CoolJazz style in this format Key: C Tempo: 130 Intro1:Var1:Fill1:Var2:Fill2:Var3:Fill3:Var4:Fill4:Ending1 Key Cm Tempo: 130 Intro1:Ending1 CoolJazz_130_C.mp3

Here's an audio recording of the new UpTempoJazz style in this format Key: C Tempo: 153 Intro1:Var1:Fill1:Var2:Fill2:Var3:Fill3:Var4:Fill4:Ending1 Key Cm Tempo: 153 Intro1:Ending1 UpTempoJazz_153_C.mp3

Eminently suitable John. I mostly play the jazz standards. The added jazz styles in this offering from Casio have really increased my enjoyment of the X500.

Found my work-a-round. Google to the rescue .... zpk site:http://www.casiomusicforums.com/ did the trick. EDIT: Note this will only work with Google Chrome of course. ;-)

Tried to search the forums for 'zpk or '.zpk' without luck this morning. Apparently the forum software will not search for three letter words. Is there a work-a-round?

I am VERY MUCH looking forward to the new firmware! ;-) These new styles are awesome! I have some new jazz favorites now!

Casio has released 40 new rhythms that are really outstanding. Find them here ... Oct. 31 '16 Global Rhythms Vol.1 40 Rhythms GlobalRhythmsVol1.zip (417KB) ver.1.3x - Although it says "Global" I would characterize them as "Western" ;-) Here's a list ... Rhythm Name - Display Name USA FOLK ROCK USA FolkRock NOUGHTIES FUNK NoughtieFunk ROCK ANTHEM Rock Anthem UP TEMPO JAZZ UpTempoJazz 90's BALLAD 2 90'sBallad 2 REGGAE DANCE Reggae Dance 80's POP ROCK 80's PopRock 80's POP STAR 80's PopStar POP DISCO Pop Disco DANCE POP 2 Dance Pop 2 HARD ROCK Hard Rock BOOGIE BLUES Boogie Blues COOL JAZZ Cool Jazz ORCHESTRA BOSSA Orch. Bossa POP CHA CHA Pop Cha Cha SALSA DANCE Salsa Dance POP REGGAE Pop Reggae SLOW BALLAD 3 SlowBallad 3 16 BEAT BALLAD 2 16Beat Bld 2 FOLK REGGAE Folk Reggae ACOUSTIC GUITAR 8 BEAT A.Guitar 8Bt 80's SYNTH POP 80'sSynthPop FUNK SOUL Funk Soul JAZZ FUNK Jazz Funk SMOOTH JAZZ Smooth Jazz 80's SUPER ROCK 80sSuperRock MODERN ROCK Modern Rock GUITAR 8 BEAT 2 Guitar8Beat2 CHART DANCE Chart Dance STEADY JAZZ Steady Jazz BOOGIE BIG BAND Boogie Band MODERN BIG BAND Mod Big Band NEW YORK SWING NY Swing ORCHESTRA SWING 2 Orch.Swing 2 EURO SAMBA PARTY Euro Samba POP RHUMBA Pop Rhumba INDIGENOUS DANCE Indig Dance SYNTH POP EXPANSION SynthPop Exp FUNK 8 BEAT EXPANSION Funk8BeatExp POP ROCK EXPANSION Pop Rock Exp

Very true ... If you are at all concerned about this, just use a beefy 12v DC battery with a >= 100 watt DC to AC sine wave inverter and plug your factory power brick into the inverter. It will cost a LOT more to do it this way but if you're not an electrical engineer (I am) you wont have to worry about blowing up your keyboard. ;-)

According to Mike Martin on Facebook ... " A very big update coming later this month " Let the speculation begin! ;-)

I have no idea. As an amateur radio operator I have boxes filled with all sorts of electronic parts. One large box was just old power supply bricks and I found one with the right plug on it. Looking at the plug I would think Radio Shack would have an DC Adaptaplug that would work. It looks like the outer diameter is 6.9mm ... that would probably be an Adaptaplug R You can see the Adaptaplug specs here ... http://support.radioshack.com/support_tutorials/batteries/pwrgde-2H.htm good luck! If the outside diameter is 6.5mm then it's probably a 'T' plug seen here ... https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-adaptaplug-t?variant=20331678085

Found it. Thank you Brad!

What page is that on in Controllers Brad? I looked all through there and didn't see it. Must be getting blind! ;-)

Doesn't look like there is a direct way to do this. Perhaps you could save your changes in registrations and then use the Foot switch pedal to step through the registrations.