Tone Mutant: A Tone Editing Tool for Casio CT-X Keyboards

[Tennn]

Tone Mutant is a tone editing tool designed for Casio CT-X series keyboards. It provides a way to control and customize synthesis parameters, including DSP effects, using MIDI USB connectivity.

Features

• Real-time control of tone parameters: Allows adjustment of parameters, including DSP effects, for the currently selected keyboard tone.

• Tone randomization: Ability to generate a random tone or randomize specific tone parameters.

• Save tone parameters as TON files: Compatible with the keyboard.

• Save and load tone parameters as JSON-formatted files: For CT-X700 and CT-X800 keyboards, which don't have user memory.

• Save tones directly to the synthesizer's internal memory.

• Rename tones stored in the synthesizer's memory: For better organization.

• Delete tones from the synthesizer's memory.

• Includes descriptions for all used parameters.

• Displays a log of incoming and outgoing MIDI messages: For monitoring and debugging.

• Option to send custom MIDI messages.

 

The tool is compatible with the following keyboards:

•     CT-X5000
•     CT-X3000 (not yet tested)
•     CT-X8000IN (not yet tested)
•     CT-X9000IN (not yet tested)
•     CT-X700 (not yet tested)
•     CT-X800 (not yet tested)

You can download the executable for Windows 7, 10, and 11 from here.
The home page for Tone Mutant, including instructions, downloads and source code, is available on GitHub . Feedback, contributions, and testing on unverified models are welcome.

Edited December 18, 2024 by Tennn
Replaced direct file link with a link to the 'Releases' page.

[Tennn]

The new version of Tone Mutant has been released!

New Features:

• New "Advanced" parameters: Timbre Type, Wavetable, Monophonic Mode, Portamento, Portamento Time, Velocity to Cutoff, Sound B for Note Off, Note-off Velocity, Sound B for Double-stop, Stretch Tuning.
• Save the current tone as a TON file.
• Save tones directly to the synthesizer's internal memory.
• Rename tones stored in the synthesizer's memory.
• Delete tones from the synthesizer's memory.
• Expert Mode (an option to send custom MIDI messages).