Solo-Man Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) Hello All, I like the piano sounds on my Casio PX 560M Privia, [which I bought new a few years ago now]. They’re really quite good. But when I play the actual PX 560M keyboard, I get a different sounding patch than when I play the same assigned Casio piano patch triggered from another external digital MIDI 88 keyboard. [There are no issues with the MIDI transmission of notes on/off, velocity, and sustain pedal CC64 messages being received whatsoever - all work/transmit fine. It has also never been taken out of home to a gig, nor had any one else touch or mess with it - only me.] I have the incoming MIDI channel set to ‘C’ [default] in the settings and in the mixer. But it just doesn’t sound the same, even when I go into the 3 mixers and set the piano patch I like in both ‘A’ and ‘C’ in the mixer itself. [I'm using the 'LA Piano' patch.] With proper external Allen & Heath QU16 Mixer settings and tweaking, I've got it sounding excellent - but again, only when I play the Casio keyboard itself directly. I've tried saving to a few separate Registrations as well. Am I missing something? Do I need to change the incoming MIDI channel setting to ‘A’, instead of ‘C’? Or Possibly 'B'? [I learned many years ago of what ‘Local On/Off’ does and means, so I'm also wondering if that’s something else to consider toggling in the settings menu.] So, in summary: My goal, desire, and quest here, is to have the external digital 88 MIDI piano trigger/sound the same patches/sounds that I hear when playing the Casio keyboard itself. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you, James Edited March 28 by Solo-Man Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 You will want to set MIDI input port to A to get the same sound you hear when you play PX-560 locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo-Man Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Awesome! Thanks for the quick reply and answer, Brad. But is it really just as simple as that? If you have a spare moment, could you expand on why this is, so that I may learn and understand? I'm pretty well versed and experienced in almost all things MIDI, but when there's 3 different sets/groups/mixers, it can be confusing and even a bit overwhelming at times to know what to choose - and when. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Brad Saucier Posted March 28 Solution Share Posted March 28 PX-560 has a 48 part sound generator. General MIDI can only access 16 at a time. Port A is the way to access the 16 parts used for local control of keyboard performance parts like upper and lower tones and rhythms. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo-Man Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Awesome, once again, Brad! Thanks so much for your time and details here for me. Cheers! James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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