Keeping Old Rhythm Style and Moving It to New Casio

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Does anyone know how to remove/copy a rhythm style from an older casio (WK 210 Modern 8 Beat) to a newer casio (WK 245)?  I was disappointed to see that Casio eliminate the rhythm and the  ckf/A7 files I found aren't the same beat. Thanks.

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Awf

 

Transferring Auto Accompaniment patterns between WK-2XX models requires the use of Casio Data Manager 5.0 software.  If you do not already have it, you can download a copy from:

 

https://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=008&pid=70

 

Make certain you get version 5.0 only. Version 6.1 is for other models, and will not work with the WK-2XX models.

 

You can download a PDF copy of the Data Manager User's Guide from:

 

https://support.casio.com/storage/en/support/download_files/en/008/manuals/DATAMANAGERE1D.pdf

 

Data Manager 5.0 is Windows only, so if you are running a MAC, I am afraid you are out of luck.

 

Basically, this involves bringing up the preset Auto Accompaniment pattern, that you want to transfer, in the "source" (WK-210) keyboard's Rhythm Editor, as though you are going to edit it, then saving it as a "User" pattern; then transferring that "User" pattern, with the Data Manager 5.0 software, to your computer for ultimate transfer to the "target" (WK-245) keyboard's "User" memory.  Some models require you to actually change (edit) some parameter before it will allow you to save the data as a "User" pattern.  Sorry, but I do not recall if the WK-210 is one of those models, or not.  If it is, just select something simple, like a "Part Volume" setting and increment it by a value of "1", then immediately decrement it by a value or "1", so it is not really changed, but those actions will "fool" the keyboard's operating system into "thinking" that the pattern has been "edited", and will allow you to save it as a "User" pattern.  Refer to Pages E-44 thru E-47 of the WK-210 manual for editing and saving "User" patterns, but do not get lost in all the rhetoric about editing all the different pattern "Parts".  At most, you will only want to "temporarily" change one minor item, then (most importantly) just save it as a "User" pattern for transfer to the computer.  Keep in mind that the WK-210 has no "flash" memory for "User" data, so keep the power adapter connected (or use batteries) until the data has been successfully transferred to the computer, or your data will be lost, and you will have to begin all over from the start.  See the appropriate sections of the WK-210 and WK-245 manuals for connecting them to a computer and for transferring data.  Both the WK-210 and WK-245 are USB-MIDI "Class Compliant", so they will work with the drivers that are already built-in to Windows, and will not require the downloading and installation of any after-market or 3rd party drivers. 

 

Bear in mind that, if the pattern you are transferring, requires a "Tone" that is not resident in the WK-245's Tone Bank (highly unlikely), then you may need to edit it with the WK-245's pattern editor to select an appropriate "Tone" for that particulart "Part" to get the pattern to sound correctly on the WK-245.

 

Good luck!

 

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