Dan the Piano Man Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I just recently acquired a Casio PX-560M. The start up tone is not Grand Piano, it's some kind of weird electronic voice. When I hit the GRAND PIANO button, nothing happens. I have to go into the Mixer within System Settings to select Grand Piano (or another tone). Thereafter the Keyboard operates normally including being able to go to GRAND PIANO instantly by selecting the GRAND PIANO button. Also from time to time (not very often) the keyboard will, on it's own, revert to the original start-up Tone in the middle of playing a song when I have not touched anything. I have to stop and go back into the Mixer to reset to the Tone I was using before the arbitrary and unwanted Tone change. I also purchased a 2nd PX-560 (for a second location) and do not have this issue with the 2nd keyboard. Any suggestions on how to repair ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Brad Saucier Posted April 6, 2023 Solution Share Posted April 6, 2023 Turn off your modulation wheel. Down is the off position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the Piano Man Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 That did the trick ! Thanks for the quick response and the easy solution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlenK Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Methinks Casio should have disabled the modulation wheel by default for piano and other traditional keyboard tones (clavichord, harpsichord, organ, etc.). It isn’t required by 99.999% of players and just causes confusion. The 0.001% of players that need modulation for such tones can always turn it back on. Split milk now… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, AlenK said: Methinks Casio should have disabled the modulation wheel by default for piano and other traditional keyboard tones Unfortunately it seems there is no way to win this with any answer. When the wheel does nothing, people complain that the wheel is not doing anything, or even return the keyboard thinking it's faulty. When the wheel does perform modulation as intended, we see posts like this one. Casio has now removed the wheel on new models and replaced with a modulation knob. So far I haven't seen any similar complaints on knob equipped models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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