Brad Saucier Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Another teaser with a wider view. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casiofun Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 It appears that Casio has decided to target the home market much as it has through the years it has made musical instruments. To its credit, Casio has been very successful producing low cost instruments that offer a lot of bang for your buck. The CTX line with the AIX chip is far superior to anything they have made for the home market. But don't fool yourself, the marketing is still aiming for the pro market too. The same value proposotions-great sound, low price, light weight with pro features are all there. Remember also the higher end Celviano Grand Hybrid line is still alive and well and they still continue to make the PX5S , 560 and XW synths. So some pro style boards are still part of the mix. As a company their key value is offering low cost, great products at affordable prices and the CDP 350 looks like another winner to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar1 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 The cat is out of the bag with PX-S1000 and PX-S3000! Mostly as I expected, except I though 256 polyphony would be now standard, but they are saving it for more expensive models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 We're moving discussion of the new Privia models here.... http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/16157-nex-gen-casio-privia-premier-today-namm-2019/&tab=comments#comment-49562 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 13 hours ago, Casiofun said: and they still continue to make the PX5S , 560 and XW synths. I believe the XW-P1 is still available, though sadly it appears that the XW-G1 is discontinued 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casiofun Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I think the G1 is still made and sold by Casio America but probably has to be special ordered. It is also available on the used market. It appears that Casio has decided to target the home market much as it has through the years it has made musical instruments. To its credit, Casio has been very successful producing low cost instruments that offer a lot of bang for your buck. The CTX line with the AIX chip is far superior to anything they have made for the home market. But don't fool yourself, the marketing is still aiming for the pro market too. The same value proposotions-great sound, low price, light weight with pro features are all there. Remember also the higher end Celviano Grand Hybrid line is still alive and well and they still continue to make the PX5S , 560 and XW synths. So some pro style boards are still part of the mix. As a company their key value is offering low cost, great products at affordable prices and the CDP 350 looks like another winner to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad0wfax Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 9:14 PM, Chas said: The FZ-1 (and FZ-10M/ FZ-20M rack modules), and also the VZ-1 (along with the VZ-8M/ VZ-10M racks) were definitely aimed at the pro keyboard markets. Both FZ and VZ were only ever offered as full sized pro level units. The high end digital guitar models - PG380, MG-500/510 were also pro level equipment. The full sized CZ models (3000, 5000 and 1) were also aimed at the pro markets, though granted more at the budget end. Along with the CZ / VZ / FZ series, I would also add the HT series (HT-6000, HT-3000...). Maybe not aimed or marketed to be as "pro" as the others, but otherwise very interesting and flexible models. In the 80s Casio was definitely in the Pro market and released pro-level products, despite being often perceived as some kind of "Yamaha's poor cousin", but offering a really good value for money, as still does. I remember being a 10-year old child and having a poster of a CZ-5000 in my room and dreaming of having one. It looked so awesome! I had no idea about synthesis but the keyboard just looked fantastic, and the DX-7 was too expensive (and not so good-looking ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvano Silva Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 What Casio is missing is to launch a new "PX-6S" with Touch screen and addition of PADS and Sampler. The MZ-X is an excellent keyboard arranger. What is missing is some bug fixes. It would also be welcome coming a New MZ-X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sslyutov Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Halftime Report. (No NAMM is needed) Two Yamahas on the stage and no Casio. How does Yamaha do this? ;) That's the promotion! 🎢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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