Lobbard Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 Hi , MZ-X500 lovers, (and MZ-X300's too) Year or so since the launch of Casio's flagship arranger keyboard. Great keyboard, but I do wonder at the apparent lack of video tutorials (in English) for the Casio MZ-X500 and MZ-X300s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 I wondered about this too. The best explanation I can think of is that the major markets for arrangers are other countries, not the USA or the UK (or Canada or Australia or the other countries that speak native English). If that is so there could be insufficient financial return in Casio's opinion to justify creating a series of English-language tutorial videos similar to those done in the past for the XW series and the PX-5S. They would leave the creation of most videos to the Casio divisions in other countries, done in a native language of the target country. In addition, the touch-based UI of the MZ-X models might lead Casio's management to assume that there is less of a need. In reality, the sheer number of features in these instruments, particularly the MZ-X500, makes the need for tutorials even greater. Or it could simply be that Casio in the USA is currently limited by available internal resources. Still, it's not like there are no tutorial videos at all. My own YouTube search turned up these, one in English and the rest with entirely understandable English subtitles (not the useless auto-generated kind): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobbard Posted July 5, 2017 Author Share Posted July 5, 2017 Good comments, AlenK thanks, and ta' for the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Gore Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Thank you so much. I've mostly been using my MZX-500 for live playing. And I really really love this thing. I have a lot of professional keyboards by other manufactures. But I truly love this because of all the capabilities. I'm just stumped because of no tutorials on it like my Korg and Roland. So seeing these videos are such a help for me. I actually use my new MZX-500 on a lot of professional stages. And get a lot of shocked responses about the sound. I love this keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casiokid Posted September 4, 2017 Share Posted September 4, 2017 Enterprising dealerships often provide online tutorials for their customers and to promote sales. (ie Yamaha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontom Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Just checked out a series of short tutorials Korg did for the Krome 2 budget workstation. this board isn't out yet and already I have a clear sense of how to work with it! I've owned the MZ x500 for nearly a year and still struggle in small ways. some blame goes to the manual but some also0 to Casio for not covering all the capabilities in tutorial form. C'mon Casio...that Kross 2 looks awesome right about now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobbard Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 46 minutes ago, moontom said: Just checked out a series of short tutorials Korg did for the Krome 2 budget workstation. this board isn't out yet and already I have a clear sense of how to work with it! I've owned the MZ x500 for nearly a year and still struggle in small ways. some blame goes to the manual but some also0 to Casio for not covering all the capabilities in tutorial form. C'mon Casio...that Kross 2 looks awesome right about now! Well said, Moontom. That Krome 2 looks and sounds impressive, although personally, I'd be lost without the MZ's arranger functions. What does get my GearLust juices flowing, are the quality of Korg's video tutorials, covering all the instruments' aspects and clearly explained at a pace than even a complete novice could follow. The meager scraps of Casio M'Z-X500 tutorials are unworthy of Casio's flagship arranger / synth keyboard. Yes, my Casio MZ-X500 is packed with amazing features for a great price. But if I were considering buying another new arranger, I might now choose a model with less features over a abundance of good video tutorials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonh Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 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 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontom Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 and what's weird about that is Casio hired Rich Formadoni, a former Korg guy who did great tutorials on gear for years! Mike, Rich, if you ever dig into this forum, please let us know what's in the pipeline for the MZ in this regard. even knowing that "nothing" is in the works would be helpful. thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timzcasio Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 (edited) Maybe we could see a MZ X500 Companion guide, similar to the one for XW-P1👍 I've learned a lot from the PX-560 tutorials, lots of similarities Edited February 3, 2018 by Timzcasio Adding additional comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Someone else will have to write it. I don't own an MZ-X500. But I don't think anyone else is crazy enough to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydP Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I just ordered a MX-X500 and am new to this forum. Supposed to be here tomorrow. Oddly it was suggested in a Korg forum. When I was looking for something new to twiddle with I had not even given Casios a passing nod as I didn't think they did anything but toy keyboards. It was only thanks to that suggestion that I even looked. And that, frankly is a shame. Couple that with the paucity of tutorials in English and little marketing from Casio and it is a wonder they sell them at all. I'm looking forward to getting it to add to my slowly growing musical things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 So what are the few or many difficult things on the MZX500 that long time users have found hard to grasp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LloydP Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I don’t know if that is the right question. Long time users would be less likely to need tutorials, but newbies like me sure could use them a lot. And the lack of them could very well keep solid sales of them from happening since they are as much about marketing as they are tutorials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Stirling Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 16 hours ago, Carter said: So what are the few or many difficult things on the MZX500 that long time users have found hard to grasp? You don't know what you don't know. ;-) The X500 is a complex machine that, in my opinion, is very under-documented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 19 hours ago, LloydP said: I don’t know if that is the right question. Long time users would be less likely to need tutorials, but newbies like me sure could use them a lot. And the lack of them could very well keep solid sales of them from happening since they are as much about marketing as they are tutorials. Well, I've found the opposite to be true regarding long time users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranR Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Hi guys and girls... I was wondering if there're any new developments on this area. Missing some great tutorials like the ones Mike made for the WK-7600, the PX-5s and the XP-W1 back in the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranR Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 On 7/4/2017 at 3:32 PM, AlenK said: I wondered about this too. The best explanation I can think of is that the major markets for arrangers are other countries, not the USA or the UK (or Canada or Australia or the other countries that speak native English). If that is so there could be insufficient financial return in Casio's opinion to justify creating a series of English-language tutorial videos similar to those done in the past for the XW series and the PX-5S. They would leave the creation of most videos to the Casio divisions in other countries, done in a native language of the target country. In addition, the touch-based UI of the MZ-X models might lead Casio's management to assume that there is less of a need. In reality, the sheer number of features in these instruments, particularly the MZ-X500, makes the need for tutorials even greater. Or it could simply be that Casio in the USA is currently limited by available internal resources. Still, it's not like there are no tutorial videos at all. My own YouTube search turned up these, one in English and the rest with entirely understandable English subtitles (not the useless auto-generated kind): Isn't this guy the same german that did those old videos on the WK-7600? (*_*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, FranR said: Isn't this guy the same german that did those old videos on the WK-7600? (*_*) @Ralph_Maten is a member here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodman Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Hi Most of the video links appear to be broken - does anyone know if these videos are still available ? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorgeellesmen Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Hello Casio ... we need pro tutorials to create rhythm. Can you help us ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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