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Hi Jokeyman123 thanks for reply, what I need is to use the px 560 as master keyboard to control Roland bk5 is there a setting to assign the 560. I had a keyboard before and you would just go to setting and assign to master simple so any help would be great. And it will be midi only.

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Its really quite simple. Just select the screen labelled "MIDI"-I think its the 2nd page on the touch display. Page 79 in the manual describes what each one does-nothing you wouldn't see in any other midi controller. These are global settings-whatever you change here will work with whatever other function you are working with-auto accompaniment, the mixer, recorder etc. So if i want to record a track to a DAW-I would select my midi send channel here-maybe turn "local" off if you are playing virtual instruments from software-so you don't trigger the internal Casio tones, or on if you want to hear the Casio tones while you are recording. I would pick my tone first, then go to the midi screen, select whatever midi channel you want to record on, and that's all. I usually set midi channel 10 for drum/percussion parts since this is a "GM" standard midi channel for drums.  So as a master controller-all you really need to do is 1) select your tone and 2) go the midi screen and select your midi send channel. some users/players also turn off the high resolution midi setting as some software has trouble recognizing this setting but shouldn't cause any problems normally, and gives you finer control with dynamics-how loud and soft you play when recording to software.  and 3} deciding whether to switch local control off or on. Tis setting also has to do with your software-for example in one of my software midi sequencer recorders-I can set midi "thru" off or on in the software program. If I have midi thru on, and local control on as well it causes all kinds of problems, so I turn one or the other off to record-otherwise i will hear the Casio tone twice-once when I hit the key, and again when the midi message goes out the PX, into the software computer and back out to the PX. A subtle detail, but very important!

 

PS-You do not need to be at the mixer screen to record or play external softwar, or an external tone module or keyboard. i would stay in the main screen, where you can select splits, layers etc. splits and layers use their own midi channel assignments already set by Casio. study page A-5 (appendix) in the main user manual to see how these assignments are designed to work, and how midi messagew wil be sent out from the Casio PX560. Hope this helps. I get a little too wordy sometimes, Just trying to cover the details.

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