azriverguy Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 On my new PX-5s, which I have had for about a week, I am curious if I want to download a new sound or stage setting, especially some written or used by Mike Martin, will I have to replace a factory sound or stage setting? I suppose in the matter of stage settings in particular as there are 100 of them, to add a new one would mean taking the place of an existing one?Is so can I put sounds or stage settings on a USB drive for use directly from the drive or would they need to reside on board to use during a performance? Quote
Brad Saucier Posted September 9, 2014 Posted September 9, 2014 Yes. You will need to overwrite a factory stage setting. No worries. The factory stage settings are never completely lost. They are here for download or you can save them yourself before overwriting them. Quote
azriverguy Posted September 9, 2014 Author Posted September 9, 2014 I have yet to try the downloading of new Stage settings and tones. I haven't used the download editor yet and probably will figure it out as I go, but is there a way to preview the stage setting that will be going in the place of one that I take out? Quote
Brad Saucier Posted September 9, 2014 Posted September 9, 2014 Sorry. We don't have a way to preview it before loading it. Although, some sounds have audio demos for download or soundcloud links. But most don't. Many users are dedicating a stage setting location to auditioning downloads. Quote
azriverguy Posted September 9, 2014 Author Posted September 9, 2014 That makes perfect sense since there are 100 places to store stage settings and it's unlikely too many of us need all 100. As I am looking for new sounds and stage settings to download, I am looking for an explanation of .ZPF and .ZLT files. I have downloaded a couple of stage settings and put them into the PX-5s, but have not sent any tones or melody files over to the keyboard yet. Still a bit confusing. Quote
Brad Saucier Posted September 9, 2014 Posted September 9, 2014 ZPF = "P"erformance "F"ile (AKA Stage Settings.....AKA Registrations or Setups) ZLT = Hex "L"ayer "T"ones ZPH = "PH"RASES ZTN = MELODY "T"O"N"ES ZAR = "AR"PEGGIO'S ZDR = "DR"UM TONES ZAL = "AL"L Data files I think that's all of them. Note: Customized Hex layer tones, melody tones, drum tones, and arpeggios can be saved as part of a ZPH Stage setting file. Those tones can exist here and here alone. See this thread here. http://www.casiomusicforums.com/index.php?/topic/4270-stage-settings-and-tones/ 1 Quote
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