PX560 and MIDI Bass Pedal Board

[romill]

Hi, this is my first enquiry on the Casio board.  I am considering buying a PX560M but I need it to do the following via MIDI.  I play bass pedals and I'd like to be able to trigger the onboard bass sounds on the 560 via MIDI-In (probably on a different MIDI Channel Number) while playing other sounds on the keyboard itself.  Is this possible ?  At present I use a separate 'old' Boss sound module for the Acoustic Bass and i would like to reduce my set-up times and the wiring nightmare by just plugging the pedals into the 560 and getting access to more bass sounds.  Thanks in advance.

[Jokeyman123]

Stupid question but your bass pedals are midi correct? And you can select which midi out channel you will use? If so, not a problem. If you study the PX560 manual (download is on casio's website-I use both paper and pdf manual) on page A-5 (appendix towards end) you can see the mid channel in and out assignments for every possible channel assignment, for playing live-for the accompaniment parts and for playing an external 16 track sequence via computer or hardware sequencer, all simultaneously, nice.

 

Of the 4 parts or "tones" available on the main menu screen-each part is available for live "keyboard play" on channels 1 through 4. There are multiple ways to split or layer those 4 channels to play on the PX560 keyboard-you can play the tone on part or channel one live through all octaves, while playing a second tone live on channel 2 with your midi bass pedals-and either or both can be switched on or off from the same screen-as well as selecting any of the internal tones for each independently. And with 88 keys-I think you can even set up a double-manual B-3/C-3  Hammond style keyboard arrangement as a split, then use the 3rd midi channel to play the bass pedals. Not sure, I have only split the keys, I don't have a pedal unit but from I have studied, I'm pretty sure this is possible, since there are 2 upper and 2 lower tones available through channels 1-4 simultaneously. Anybody else here correct me if I'm wrong. Hope this helps.

[romill]

Very comprehensive response Jokeyman123.  Thanks, it sounds exactly what I want.  Unfortunately I purchased a Roland FP7f a few weeks ago, assuming it would do this but it doesn't.