Leonh

You need a workstation (yes MZ is workstation as well but more work needs to be done on software) so cheapest is Korg Krome about 1000£ then if you want better Korg Kronos at 2700£ and finally Yamaha Montage with Cubase AI included and plenty of audio tracks only 2500£.

Played PA 700 too I don't know 1 gig sounds (PA 1000 2 gig)bit better than MZ tiny bit due to ease of use but no sampling I do like os very logical still 1130 £ double price over Casio .

Just played Korg PA 1000 yes better than Casio but at 1700£ 😱 it is expected to be .

opposite Casio thinks that we are all programmers not musicians while other manufacturers have less respect for us they treat us like dummies and explain everything so we can do music 😀

Can you fully edit patterns in MZ so I can for example put EDM drum phrase in the Disco style ?

Yes so why Casio doesn't support MZ X 500 they can knowledge is there I had to go to Casio Indonesia to watch how to do pattern recording (did not understand language but video was very helpful) Casio can do everything what Yamaha Genos can (obviously better sounds on Yamaha you expect that for 4000£)

I agree with you but remember that Casio maybe have no interest in improving MZ maybe due to the poor sales at least in Europe (they didn't even try to Introduce it in the UK)so yes they can will they do it not sure . I am Casio watch fan and I have couple of them and price I paid is more than MZ X 500 you see what I am trying to say. I will keep my MZ X 500 but if I was doing music for living then I would buy Korg or Yamaha not because they are better but because they have excellent support.

And tutorial videos like Korg and Yamaha so people can actually use MZ to do music and not trying to be programmers.

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.

Sounds nice I don't understand Polish so no idea how he did it.

1.Yes, navigate with finger 2.🤔 3.Yes SD card transfer

Yes MZ is no perfect many things could be sorted by updating os why Casio is not doing it who knows maybe because they selling it at loss ?I have Casio watch which cost more than MZ X500 If they charged price of keyboard who does everything what Casio can like new Yamaha Genos who according to rumours will be arranger/workstation then maybe . Would you be ready to pay 3000£ for that ? You get what you pay for and for the money Casio beat them all.

I had XW and WK and I could hear lack of punch in the voice department immediately like diluted sound compared to my Yamaha MOXF, when I got MZ X500 sound quality was to my ear same as Yamaha as for drums they are a bit dry but that is easy fixed by effects .

I guess you are after an arranger only i.e you don't make your rhythms or sounds to me MZ X 500 is perfect for somebody who uses it as an workstation with sampling capability which I do and arranger is added bonus which I personally don't use. So what keyboard are you getting then instead of Casio.

Yes I do miss pattern creation on Yamaha very easy if Casio did that kind of update (patterns ) it would be hard to beat.

Better sounds I don't know I sold my MOXF for Casio MZX500 and I was not dissapointed with Casio sound quality on the contrary, mind you I always thought that Yamaha MOXF got better sounds than FA so do you math . MZ X500 is arranger/workstation FA workstation only. If you can, play both of them then is easy decision.

Nothing really out there MZ X500 is arranger and workstation with sampling capability. Roland FA is workstation and can do sampling while Korg PA 600 is arranger only so you have to buy both to match MZ X500. Sound wise none of this two above keyboards are not better than MZ (I sold Yamaha MOXF to get Casio and I am very happy with sound quality i.e same to my ear). I can think of Yamaha Tyros or Korg PA4X definitely better but at nearly 3000£ for Korg and even more for Yamaha choice is clear.

Kross is no match for MZ 500 looks like toy 😀 I would consider Korg PA 1000 definitely only if price was lower and yes for some reason Casio is not very good at video tutorials for their instruments or more likely not interested who knows why ? I guess they make more money on watches .

I used to do that in Yamaha MOXF you basically want to do pattern A then B ect in the pads using phrases or arps and play them or record them . I did not try that yet on MZ I assume I can do it or can't I 🤔

It says 30sec for boot up .

I do like PA 1000 price is an obstruction though.

Velocity pads you say for 1200£ only common you have to pay more for that.😀

Yes PA 700 may be better PA 1000 definitely better but at 1200£ and 1700£ comparison is not realistic I had my MZ X500 brand new for 500£ and after watching videos of new Korg arrangers I would definitely like to have PA 1000 that would be an upgrade not sure PA 700 is much better than MZ X500 i.e 700£ better.

When comparing keyboards Korg Pa 600 often comes as direct competition to MZ now I asked before and maybe some of you know what is the size of pcm samples in MZ knowing that PA got 96 mb of memory and yes size is not everything they say😁 but it would interesting to know. I read that XW P 1 had about 30 mb of pcm for example.

I wonder what's the catch? You asked there is none but in name simple as that Casio has to offer more for less money due to "real musicians" sneering at name if you remember Casio FZ 1 sampler (I had one ) it was most advanced for its time 16 bit sampling when others had 12 bit only and cheaper with very good keybed multiple outputs etc and it wasn't successful not because of quality but as I said above name. Now how many of people in this forum would buy Casio with 76 keys like Privia and 10 gig of samples all bells and whistles but for serious price like Kronos or Montage even though quality would be the same🤔. So there is no catch just a lot of features for not much money.