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On the recommendation of another user, I went out and bought an M-Audio SP-2 sustain pedal to replace the flimsy damper pedal supplied by Casio (which works). The SP-2 is a major upgrade in quality, heft and touch. HOWEVER, it appears to induce a mild tremolo with the sustain. It's pretty, but not wanted. Any suggestions besides take it back? Update: I just plugged the original damper pedal back in, and guess what? The same tremolo is still there. I did a factory reset (I allow my 6-year-old grandson "free time" after his lesson) in case something had been changed. Tremolo is still there. I've only had the 560 a couple of weeks and am still becoming familiar with it. Didn't notice the tremolo before (old age I guess). Is this a common trait of this machine? BTW - have 1.14 firmware.

Please your help. I would like to hear from other SP33 owners if their Damper Pedal makes a clicking noise when pressed. My SP33 unit is brand new and has this problem since day one. It seems to be a mechanical issue and it is not permanent, I mean, if I press it slowly, nothing happens but any rapid action will make the "click" sound. Any help is appreciated.

Hi, i buy my first Casio keyboard, a PX-560. I'm used to playing Yamaha keyboards (like the PSR S700) and the behavior of strings on the pedal is different from Casio. In Yamaha, when you play a note with strings with the pedal pressed, the sound is only prolonged for a while and then then it disappears little by littlet. In Casio the strings remain forever until I release the pedal. Is it possible to have this kind of behavior through some configuration? Note: I am not referring to turning off the pedal in layer 2, but to having the string stop after a time when it is touched with the pedal pressed.

New member can an expression pedal be used at the same time as a damper pedal?

So, I've been looking for a keyboard which I could use mostly as a controller for VSTs, also having a good piano-like action. The amount of products catering to this notion seems to be quite little, and I've eventually narrowed it down between the Roland A-88 and the Privia PX-5S (I've also previously considered the Komplete Kontrol S88, which have some really cool features and design, but apparently the touch strips [modulation, pitch] aren't too comfortable and the Fatar action isn't that great), and the Privia PX-5S is usually quoted as having the better hammer action (I'm less interested about the internal sounds, to be honest). I wasn't able to actually test any of these (and my piano skills are currently so-so anyway), and as I'll be ordering it from abroad I really want to get the purchase right. The primitive pedal inputs of the PX-5S seem to be constricting, and I guess I'll need to buy a pedal-to-MIDI adapter (as there are very little MIDI-exporting pedals out there) like the Audiofront MIDI Expression. Now, I want to make a pedal set that includes a soft/sostenuto/half damper and an expression pedal. The soft and sostenuto send on/off messages, so I assume the PX-5S's two inputs should be able to recognize them, but could I program it so? The half damper/expression pedal would go into the PC (if I'll get the Audiofront product; it outputs over USB and I believe the PX-5S can't receive MIDI over USB [or does it?]). Instead of buying tons of separate pedals, I prefer finding a 3-pedal unit from which I could attach the two on/off ones directly to the PX-5S and the half damper to the adapter, and a separate expression pedal in addition. Is there such a unit compatible with the PX-5S? I couldn't find any. And how weird does it feel using a continuous half damper pedal as an expression pedal? Audiofront offers a $49 single-input adapter and then a $119 quad-input one; it's quite expensive, so if I'll get the single one I won't use the half damper AND the expression pedal simultaneously anyway. Thanks in advance.

First post -- I picked up a PX-350 yesterday, and spent the afternoon exploring it. I'm impressed. Everything is great, except for one problem involving "damper-off" sympathatic string resonance. The PX-350 makes a soft sound when the damper pedal is pressed -- not a problem, so do acoustic pianos. With the damper off, sounding a note gives the note, and a "wash" of sound from the simulated open strings. Not a problem, it's supposed to be like that. And it sounds fine with most of the piano voices -- the "wash" stays in the background. BUT: With piano voice number 4 -- "GrPnoClassic" -- the "wash" includes a lot of non-harmonic content, and it becomes dissonant quickly. The effect isn't obvious playing one note, but a repeated major-chord arpeggio will make it audible. . . . Has anyone else had this problem? Or are my ears playing tricks on me? I see that this forum supports "attachments". When I figure out how to work the USB-drive recorder, I'll post an example. Thanks -- . Charles / Richmond, BC, Canada