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Just found a CKF Rhythm Player  which was written for  Windows XP- it  plays albeit in a  staggered  manner  on Windows 10  in  compatibility  mode,  but   does help in  giving you a  rough idea  of  the   feel of the rhythm. 

CkfRhythmPlayer.exe

If playing in a small room eg classroom, the in built speakers are OK. You could connect the monitors in ADDITION if you find the volume an issue. 

I play with a guitarist and find that when he is amplified, then I can sometimes be drowned out by his volume. If playing with an acoustic instrument however, the in built speakers are acceptable. 

I notice  several  Hex files for  sounds  from the  PX560  site.  Do they  work on a  PX360?  I have been able to  import Rhythms  from  others but  have not  tried  these Hex files  yet.

Do  both headphone jacks not  work? if  so  consider  returning under  warranty.

The taste for piano sounds is  as  diverse as  taste for  good  wine.

One person  may  love  a  sound and hate  another and  the other  will be  the opposite.

I have  shopped for  a piano and a portable  one  for a  while now  and I believe  that  if  you  really want  a  nice  piano  sound, then  consider a  Kawai ES110 for the under  $1200 price point, and portability is  your  concern.  The CG700 has  far more sounds, rhythms and  other bells and  whistles,  but I agree that the piano sounds  are not  the  same  elegance as other  dedicated digital pianos.

Because I  wanted the  sound  to be   better, I  did  also  buy  a  console  Piano CN35 which  to  my  ear is  very pleasing and  often  I prefer  playing it  compared to  my  35 year  old Yamaha C3 Grand.

My recommendation is to spend the time  playing the instrument  in the showroom,  and using YOUR OWN headphones  too.  At the end of the  day if  the sound really  bothers  you, flog it on eBay or Craigslist and get the  keyboard  you really  like . Life is too short  to  have to  put  up with  annoyances like this .

Does  anyone have a  copy of the  Cakewalk .ins file for the  PX-360 they could share with us ? I need  one  to  import into Anvil Studio please!

This  is  also covered in the forum:

Can I import tones and rhythm files from Yamaha or Roland to PX360?

Tried it and it  works! Yay !

Interestingly,  once you run the  sysex,  it  sticks for  all  files for the  rest of the  session provided  you don't  reset  the  sysex or  reboot the   keyboard. So I created  a blank MIDI  file and play that  first  in the session and  all  other files   are  fine.  Saves me from  having to  editing every  MIDI  file I  have !

The other  quirk was  that on Anvil Studio it automatically drops the  start and  end Hex codes.

Thanks Scott, but  does that same sysex code  apply to the  PX360?

I am worried that the  things alluded to in the  PX560 forum  may not  apply to the  360. Perhaps  when  people  post  to the  560  forums  there  should be a   note  of  whether  those solutions  are  true for the   entire  range or  just  specific  models?

Can someone provide the Sysex command  to  achieve  this for a PX360 ?

I need to add this to my MIDI file  collection to enable it to play on the PX360M

I am  also having the  same  issue. GM files  do not play the  GM drum  tracks appropriately.

Just found this  link too for  AC7 files

http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/files/file/1080-old-casio-ac7-rhythm-style-files/

I have also tested  these and  they  load  from the  USB stick into user memory, but  again  only  10  can  be loaded at a  time.  Does  anyone  know  how  to preview  the  rhythm sounds  without having to  load  them ? ie  can  we  play them  directly  off the  USB stick ?

Try this  link for the Rhythms.

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

I have tested them and  they  are  recognised and  loaded into user rhythm memory from a   correctly formatted USB stick. You can  only load  10 of  them at a time....

Tried it  today  with  a powered Tandy 15"  subwoofer and  WOW !  It  really  sounds  good !

My recommendation is  to  play the  demo  tunes  while  you tweak  the   Subwoofer volume  and  crossover level, and hey presto,  it  sounds  like  a real combo !

I  noticed  that the board containing the sockets  for the  line out  and line  in  jacks  are  quite flimsy- is  this  a  Casio  thingy? Mine  seems  to   be  able to  tilt a  little. Surely  this  will break  someday  with regular  use?

How  can it be  out of warranty ?  We have  5 year warranty  on  these in Australia and  the product has not  been around  that long ! Take it back to the dealer and  hassle them for  a  replacement !

How  do  you set  up  the  mod  wheel  to  change  the  slow/fast  Leslie effect?  The  assignable foot pedal only offers Soft and Sostenuto  as  options.  The pitch bend wheel is not  programmable   from  what  I can see.

Here is the  alternative link to the  AC7  files

http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/files/file/1080-old-casio-ac7-rhythm-style-files/

I can confirm that i can import the files from the first link into user presets. 

This does however limit me to 10 of those rhythms to be loaded at any one time. 

The link to the  AC7 rhythm files below  does not  work-  any have the  new link  or  can they post  the  files  tot he   forum  somewhere?

http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/emi/rhythmsspecial/

Sustain  just  causes  sustain on the organ sounds. ...

That which  you  describe is a  good  workaround,  but  your piano sound samples are   stereo- you  will loose  a  great  deal  of  ambience and   sound  quality with  that  set up,  unless  you use  mono sounds. (There is a  Mono Piano  sample  on the  360)

I am not  aware  of  a way to split  the  keyboards  by  L/R channel.

Is there  a way to  toggle the  rotary  effects speed on the  organ sounds while playing ?  I  cannot  seem to figure  that one out. Its  really important  for  Organ  ballads,  where  you can  gradually increase the  rotary  speaker speed, and slow it  down  as  part of the  expression of the  tune.

On  other  brands  like the  Kawai or  my old  Ensoniq,  one  could  toggle it on the   effects wheel or with a   foot switch or  using  velocity  sensitivity .