CT-X700 Saving settings and connecting to another MIDI keyboard

[VTPete]

I just received my CT-X700.  My hope is to use it as an additional sound engine and auto-accompaniment module for my CP-300 stage piano.

For the price, I'm quite impressed with the sounds.

 

My question to everyone here is:  Am I missing some way of making settings change "stick" after you power down?  For example, my default chord detection style is "full keyboard".  Is there a way to save this?  Ditto with auto-harmonizing style and other settings.

 

My second question is:  Can I use a male USB 2 to male USB 2 to connect another USB MIDI keyboard to this to act as a keyboard? 

 

-Pete

 

[Brad Saucier]

See the manual on saving keyboard setups to registrations.  A registration saves the settings of the keyboard.  As far as USB, CT-X700 USB MIDI can only connect to host USB devices.  You'll need a MIDI host of some type in between the CT-X700 and CP-300. That can be a computer or host box.

[VTPete]

Thanks, Brad!

I had considered the registrations, but haven't played with them yet.  I'll give it a shot.  

As for the MIDI host, I'll probably not go that route and instead just use the keyboard as stand-alone or just plugged into the CP-300 for amplification.

-Pete