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I shouldn't have watched that video with Mike Martin demonstrating the Midi Designer iPad app! That triggered GAS / retail therapy, and I just ordered one! Finding the XW-P1 on sale for $399 also influenced my decision. Though I already have the PX-5S, I like the idea of real-time knob-twiddling on the iPad with the XW-P1. That and the PX-5S doesn't have a 9-drawbar organ mode. Off to download manuals, firmware, editors, patches, etc. while I wait a week for it to get here...

Hi, I recently bought a CDP-120 to use as my MIDI controller with my computer iMac OS 10.9.1. I am unable to get my software - Finale 2011 - to respond to the keyboard. The Audio MIDI Setup does register the keyborad, the icon is there and the test shows that the iMac recieves the signal. The problem is with FInale. It doesn't respond to the keyboard, so I cannot enter notes with my new Casio. I did read somewhere on the web that the CDP-120 does not have Midi in/out, but that makes no sense if my Mac is recieve it's signal. Any answers appreciated.

Having just recently returned to performing at 70 years of age after an absence of 30 years (primarily on guitar), and now the proud owner of a PX-5S, I'm wishing I had spent some of that time learning midi! I have been using Set List Maker for just about everything except for midi, so was very interested to see that Mike had used it for changing stage settings, but I haven't a clue of how to make it work, I initially tried to find what values to enter into the Bank MSB, Bank LSB and Program fields, but the Casio Midi documentation just left me totally confused! So I tried letting Set List Maker learn the midii. That worked, but the resulting hex code means nothing to me qnd I would prefer to have an understanding of what to enter into the fields. Could someone please either give me some examples of what the values should be or, point me in the direction of some good basic relevant midi tutorials.

I have a PX-350. I'd like to control the overall volume (when playing organ and other non-touch-sensitive voices) with a foot-pedal. There are two ways to go: 1. A low-impedance "volume" foot pedal at the LINE OUT connections (the volume pedal is an audio device), or 2. A MIDI-sending "expression" or "volume" pedal into the MIDI IN jack (the pedal is a MIDI digital device). (1) is sure to work. My question: . . . Will the PX-350 respond to MIDI signals coming . . . in over MIDI IN, and use them to control its own . . . internally-generated sounds? . . . What, _exactly_, do I have to do to make this happen? Thanks -- . Charles

I need the split function when using my PX-110 connected to MIDI. I don't know how to send the differenct MIDI channels out in different octaves. I'm using microsynth as my MIDI application, and I already understand how to create different tracks with different timbres and assign them to various MIDI channels. I'm surprised I must be the only one needing help with this. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I'm new here. I am thinking of getting a digital piano. I am a beginner and my daughter will hopefully start using it as well. I had been looking at the PX-780. I understand that the 780 has various educational and fun features. But the PX-850 has a few more features of its own. I am wondering if I can do some of the educational stuff on the 850. For example, if I got a couple of midi files to play along to then I could have a similar "accompanied" effect on the 850. If I have read the manual correctly then the tempo of the midi playback could be slowed as needed and it would still give the opportunity to have fun and practice timing. Can the 850 play midi files the same way as the 780? Will the shorter list of voices on the 850 cause problems with playing back the midi accompaniment file? Can I get hold of accompaniment files which will only use instruments supported on the 850? Sorry if the question is daft. Thank you.

As I understand it, the PX-5s USB implementation is "class-compliant," which means that it should work with a Windows 7 laptop without special drivers. What happens if you have another USB MIDI device connected? I have a FocusRite Scarlett 2i4 preamp with a USB connection connected to my Windows 7 dual-core laptop. Originally I also had an M-Audio Oxygen 61 connected, with perfect results. Now, I have the PX-5s connected instead of the Oxygen 61, and it doesn't seem to want to play nice with the FocusRite. Control Panel/Devices and Printers shows the PX-5s as an "unknown device," and its name does not show up in MIDI device listings in the Kontakt player. The only time the PX-5s seems to work properly with the laptop is if it is the only MIDI device plugged into USB. I have gotten around the problem by patching the PX-5s into the FocusRite preamp with MIDI cables, but I'd still like to know why I can't use a USB connection. Surely it's possible to use the PX-5s with a computer having a USB audio interface. Is it conflicting with the onboard MIDI on the FocusRite? Or perhaps it's jealous of the Oxygen 61 (which still occasionally shows up in the plugin MIDI list, even though it's not connected)? I have version 1.10 of the firmware.

I've got a little E-mu Xboard. It supports c.c. pedals. I've got my expression pedal connected to it, and I have the xboard midi'd into my PX-5S. On the grand piano, the exp pedal is doing the half damping function splendidly. Pretty cool. But how would I go about setting it to do volume swells on strings? That's what I really want to use it for.

Anybody know how to get the MIDI-In port to trigger the Arpeggiator on the XW-G1? Basically...what i'm trying to do... I've got an Omnichord OM-250 with MIDI- Going into my XWG1. The Omnichord outputs MIDI on channels 1-4. I can figure out how to change sounds of each channel... But cant figure out how to get any of the channels to start the arpeggiator. (channel 3 which outputs chords is the one I want to use) Gone through all settings and menus... But I don't know... I would also like to go from MIDI Out on my JUNO-106 to MIDI in on my XW - trigger ARP then- MIDI out back to JUNO I've been able to use the XW-G1 built in keyboard and arpeggiator and MIDI out only... but not as midi IN and OUt sorry if i've made this kinda confusing

Hi- First post here, thanks for the support. tech support on the phone said goodbye as soon as I said "computer" I have been unable to open files created on my PX130 on my computer. I have tried both the proprietary files, and .mid files with Finale, Garage Band, and Quick Time- all give the same response: This file type is not supported. Please help!!! Thanks.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to learn a Bach choral for the piano using the Learning Mode (3-step lesson) on my keyboard (a Casio LK-215). I found a MIDI that sounds very much like the original piece, but when starting it in Learning Mode (e.g. the "Step 2" button), the left- and right-hand parts are not separated but they are on the same track, such that I cannot rehearse the two hands separately. I played around with the "Navi. Ch" option - usually, setting it from its original value of 4 to a 2 enables MIDIs that are written with LH and RH on two separate staves to also have "separable hands" in Learning Mode. But any values I tried led to the same result, i.e. all notes on a single channel/track. If I open the MIDI in MuseScore, the notes appear to be all over the place, and not separated into RH and LH staves - but on the other hand, so do other MIDIs which *do* have separable LH and RH parts! Also, strangely, some of the keys that light up when I start the piece in Learning Mode are NOT in the piece when you play back the MIDI normally, and don't really make any sense in there (they're in the wrong key). Any suggestions on how to "fix" this MIDI (uploaded here) and make it usable with the Learning Mode would be *very much* appreciated - thank you in advance!