Rick Stirling

On 10/12/2017 at 5:07 PM, BradMZ said:

Why do you want a separate envelope for each sample?

I would guess because the natural decay time for say C0 is much longer than C6. My question for the OP would be what's wrong with the factory pianos? ;-)

I think they're pretty good for this class keyboard, can't compare with my Kronos 2  SGX-2: piano synthesis engine with 12 level velocity switching, but the X500 does OK with 4.  (Edit: I originally said 5)

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40 minutes ago, IndraSiahaan said:

Thank Rick

Terima kasha kembali!

2 minutes ago, Casiokid said:

Attachment problem now fixed -Rick

Thank you sir! Look awesome! Thank you for sharing!

13 minutes ago, Casiokid said:

MZ-X500 Organ (see photo' attached) comprising of:

 

M-Audio 61 midi controller keyboard, 

Nord 27 Key Bass Pedals

Miditech Merge 4 (to maintain the integrity of the midi 'out' signals as they merge into the Midi 'in' on the back of the  MZ-X500

Tones from Upper 1 & 2 and Lower 3 & 4 now selectable from the midi channel selected on the M-Audio.  - See Midi Implementation chart in the MZ's manuals (ie CH1 Upper 1, CH2 Upper 2 etc...)

The Nord bass pedals are dedicated to channel 3 only, although Roland bass pedals have channel selection which would offer even more scope and versatility !

 

So I'm now enjoying playing my MZ=X500 as a two manual organ with bass pedals opening up for me a whole new music experience,- with the MZ giving me complete control of what's selected on the controller keyboard and bass pedals in a 'master- slave' set up,  -Great !

 

 

MZ-X500 as Organ 2.mht

What's an MHT file? ;-)

On 10/11/2017 at 9:07 AM, Amado Jose said:

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Randelph,

No issues here with Windows 10

These are excellent suggestions.

 Awesome! Thank you for sharing these!

44 minutes ago, BradMZ said:

 

 

I'm thinking something is not right about that particular usb flash drive. Is it a brand name drive under 32gigs in size?  Have you tried another drive?

If it is the USB drive then there's still the issue of MZ-X OS error handling. ;-)

The OS should make sure the USB drive is the right size, tested, formatted and ready for use.

Error handling is the one way for mfgs to cut corners to save time and firmware memory. Unfortunately when they do this you end up with fragile systems that will crash or freeze if the environment is not perfect.

47 minutes ago, Leonh said:

Operating system need an update that is obvious why is not coming yet who knows also no new videos from Rich or Ralph fells like they given up on MZ series.

Maybe they're busy creating new videos for the new MZ's ;-)

9 hours ago, Jazzman said:

Here is a video showing the keyboard locking up when trying to play an audio recording after it has been successfully created.  Most of the time it is necessary to physically unplug the keyboard to clear the fault.  Rarely, on occasion, if the power button is depressed for an extended period that will clear the fault. I should also say that I have installed the latest OS Update.

  

 

Jazzman,

How many recordings did you do in one continuous session before the keyboard locked up?  I think I have seen this behavior myself when I was doing a long series of recording sessions. Makes me think there might be a memory leak in the OS related to the Audio Recorder. After a period of time the OS loses enough memory to these processes that it eventually freezes the OS. Not nice. 

Brad,

It's really all about making the instrument my own and I'm afraid Korg spoiled me forever regarding rewritable factory resources. ;-)

1 minute ago, BradMZ said:

Ok. Did you know rhythms will play directly from the usb drive?  Choose the media category from the rhythm select screen. 

See my edited post above. ;-)

18 minutes ago, BradMZ said:

Rick, are you out of memory slots for rhythms? 

I'd like to arrange the locations of my rhythms to suit my needs. I'd like to edit a grand piano and have it be in the right slot not somewhere off in the hinterlands of user memory. That way my preferred pianos are quickly available when I press the PIANO button. I'd like to store my preferred tones to the GM slots so I don't have to spend so much time editing midis. 

2 hours ago, Silvano Silva said:

• The evolution of the drum of the MZ-X against the WK7600 I had was very large.
  In fact Casio has learned his homework well in some resources.

   

• My wish list for a top line would be:
  76 keys
  Larger memory for sampler (512mb or more) with Total Preload memory.
  Loop Slice audio to Pads with BPM control.
  Loop Guitar in rhythms
  3 INTROS and 3 ENDINGS
  Arrangements in rhythms in Cmajor Cm and C7
  Sinc Stop and START buton improvements
  Customizable break button like FILL IN
  Separate DSP for Microphone and Vocalist
  3 interchangeable DSPs.
  Registration USER expand for 24 or more banks.
  4 OTS for each rhythm.
  Compatible with SF2

I would add user rewritable factory rhythms and factory tones. Half the rhythm slots on the x500 are not my cup of tea.

19 minutes ago, Silvano Silva said:

Yeeessss. And what did you say.
Now imagine a scenario in which you play a presentation of two different songs in which you want to link these songs and in the second song you have created an intro (INTRO 1 or INTRO 2) and then go to the variations.
If registration does not save the link through INTRO 1 or 2.
You do not need this today but many need and who knows for you in the future.

If I ever ,need to do this the two handed approach works fine for me.

5 minutes ago, Rick Sterling said:

 

Yes, no problem with loading registration when rhythm is playing. You'll need to create a YouTube video to show us the issue. I can't seem to replicate it here.

OK I think I see what you are talking about. If you program a registration with synchro start Intro 1 when you select that registration while playing another rhythm it goes immediately to Variation 1 not Intro 1.  Not sure how I feel about that, it's not a 'feature' I would ever use in my playing as when I change rhythms in the middle of a song I don't want the intro to play again. Looks like a two handed approach is needed. Press the new registration with your right hand while pressing Intro 1 with your left? ;-)

1 hour ago, Silvano Silva said:

My friend Rick
You can do this with the Rhythm stopping.
Try to make Rhythm in progress and me reply back.

Yes, no problem with loading registration when rhythm is playing. You'll need to create a YouTube video to show us the issue. I can't seem to replicate it here.

3 hours ago, Silvano Silva said:

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5) Intro variation.  I'm not sure what you mean here.  

The registration memory only stores the VARIATIONS A B C D when there is an exchange of rhythms.
But INTRO 1 and 2 do not save /
 

Intro 1 and 2 ARE being saved to my X500 registrations.

 

 

 

 

34 minutes ago, gvdreis said:

When I was going to buy my keyboard if I had seen real demos between the Roland EA-7 and the MZ-X500 or participated in some forum about one and the other I would not think twice and would opt for the EA-7 without blinking. I bought my MZ-X500 by what the advertisement said about 256MB of ram but I was disappointed with the failure of some Samples instruments when adding others. Some even became dumb. Today I would not buy more keyboard arranger from Casio.

A classic case of "The Grass is Always Greener" syndrome.   (sometimes expressed as "Buyer's Remorse")

Example: "Many of you have heard the old saying that the grass is always greener on the other side.  I can picture a farmer leaning against a wooden fence with a straw hat on examining the condition of his grass.  As he looks down, he sees bare patches and other blemishes in his field.  Looking over the fence to his neighbor’s field he sees nothing but green healthy growth.  What this farmer doesn’t see are the many blemishes in the neighbor’s field because he’s not standing in it but looking at it from a distance."

The E-A7 is not without its own blemishes. 

On 8/29/2017 at 10:36 AM, Silvano Silva said:

OK, let's go:

Preload memory of 30mb is small and if used in full hangs factory sounds.
Disappearance of samples instrument notes.
Changing Rhythms does not change the BPM and has to change through the Tempo buttons.
If you create ZTN with loops there is usually the possibility of having artifacts even using Croosfade Loop
Record Memory does not save INTRO VARIATION for rhythm change.
MZ does not allow you to create rhythm with variations with different BPM.
Save All does not work well forcing you to save ZTN one by one.
When you stop pacing at a variation of 4 and activate the START button it goes to variation 1.
Rhythm editing could have a filter to increase volume only from a specific note ex (Volume lower (0-127) on all C4)
Big TIME screen when there is change of time by the buttons.
Stop rhythm with Start activated for left hand pickup.
Creation of Variations with Major Minor and Seventh chords.

Note ON OFF mode for ZTN (Looping Guitars)
This is one of the lists with improvements and bug fixes.
If you need video, I can arrange it, too.

Silvano,

You have mixed bugs with feature requests in this list. Perhaps we should separate them into two lists?

A bug is something that doesn't work the way the manual says it should. A feature request is an added functionality not found in the manuals.

For example:

1. Feature Request --> Changing Rhythms does not change the BPM and has to (be) change(d) through the Tempo buttons. 

2. Bug: --> Preload of maximum memory hangs factory sounds

I agree that there should be a global parameter added to allow the changing of tempo with the saved rhythm, but it must be an option as some folks mght not want the current tempo to change as they switched rhythms while playing.

re: #2 Think the vast majority of X500 owners never load user samples so they would not see this issue. (out of sight, out of mind)

By the way, have you had conversations with your local Casio sales company about these issues? If so what was their response?

Little commenting because the people who read this forum have nothing to do with product development and can not force the issue with Casio in Japan. The USA and other sales companies can let the manufacturer know about issues, but those issues should first be brought up with direct communications with the local sales company, not here on a user forum. 

I would think manufacturers and sales companies  would have dedicated staff to plumb the user fora for valuable insights into their product issues and how those products are perceived by their customer base. Unfortunately that is rarely done these days. 

The other possibility is that other users have not experienced the issues posted to this forum and have little interest in spending time confirming them. I had an issue early on with the X500 crashing & freezing, but have not seen that happen since version 1.50 was released.

1 hour ago, Leonh said:

I do like PA 1000 price is an obstruction though.

Should eventually come down to $1700-$1800 US

Should sell for about $1100 here in USA by the end of the year. 😉