[Modular...for Traditional Musicians]

Not all modular tracks are bleep and blops. With a "normal" sequencer you can make melodic music too.

 

[Getting maximum Piano clarity out of Casio S3000]

I am waiting for mine. It should be here next Friday.

Thanks for taking the time to explain your tips!

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

I am also waiting for your review Jazz+

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Does the new pedal unit SP34 support half pedaling?

Or are the 3 pedals only on/off switches?

[Kurzweil PC4]

I am only waiting for 1 thing: weight of the 88 keys version

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Talking about the PX-S3000. Will we have access to sound design parameters?

I have read that the knobs will have pairs of parameters like Cutoff and Resonance, or Low and High for eqs. But will we have access to the envelopes, lfos, modulation matrix? FX parameters like feedback, wet/dry, time rate for delays?

Maybe not directly editing on the board but using an app?

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Thanks Mike Martin for the info.

I liked the Casio CPD-S350 a lot, so if the PX-S3000 has these improvements it should be a lot greater.

I am decided to purchase it, once it's available.

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

I have just tried a new Casio CDP-S350 in a music store and I was very happy with it.

I liked very much the sounds and the touch for piano playing. Also the feeling of the keys was very good. I was only playing 15 mins with it. Acoustic and electric pianos (my main focus) worked very well, but I also liked the other sounds (synths, guitars,organs...). I also thought the 8W speakers were enough for small quiet restaurants.

In the specifications the CDP-S350 is very similar to the PX-S3000. They both have 700 sounds, 2 USB ports, built-in rythms, 8w speakers, same keyboard?

 

Anyone has more info comparing this 2 boards (sounds, effects, keyboard,...). I just want to know what can I expect from the more expensive PX-S3000.

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Thanks! That's good info. I am now really waiting for the PX5S successor. MIDI is important for me, and not so much the speakers.

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Talking about the PX-5s sucessor. Are these PX-5s models usually more featured, with more controls, faders, knobs? more sounds?

 

I know that nobody really knows till Casio release the PX5-S sucessor..., but I just wanted to know what to expect from this future model.

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

From what I understand, the non-piano sounds are drawn from the CTX-3000/5000... most of those sounds are in the S3000. So those videos could give you a good idea.

Thanks for the info. I will have a look.

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

I would love to see more videos of the Casio PX-S3000 in action. Specially not piano sounds, but all those 700? sounds included in the board. Do we have synths, pads, strings, mellotron,... I dont have any doubt the piano sounds are on par (or even better) than the common Yamaha or Roland stage pianos. But what about the "other" sounds?

I think we have to wait for the manual to see the details of the extra features from the S1000 to the S3000. It shouldn't last much more, isn't it?

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Can the S1000 or S3000 act as an audio interface from the USB port?

 

The USB ports on PX-S models is for USB-MIDI only and doesn't act as an audio interface.

 

Ok. Thanks.

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

Can the S1000 or S3000 act as an audio interface from the USB port?

[Yamaha MODX]

Talking about the Modx8 keyboard. There have been a few reports about the keyboard itself beeing noisy? after a few months of use.

You cannot buy a new Modx8 till April, as Thomann said to me (March 28th). Do you think they may be solving these issues?

[Casio Privia PX-S1000 ($600) and S3000 ($800)]

So what is the extra USB port in the S3000 for?

Connect an external midi controller?

[Yamaha MODX]

Are you talking about a sheet music stand? The MODX8 may not have that, but it does have a good amount of blank panel space, where you could conveniently put something like an iPad, which could hold your notes, if you don't mind looking off to the side.

 

Yes. I am talking about a sheet music stand.

I didn't thought about the blank panel space. Hummmnnnn. I have a Microsoft Surface and I could use it

[Yamaha MODX]

Is there a note holder option for the Modx8?

 

I know is a little detail, but I hate having to carry a standalone note holder to gigs.

 

Not by the look of it: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/synthesizers/modx/accessories.html

 

Ok. Thanks. I will have to live with that!

 

Talking about accessories...

 

-How do you like the Yamaha YSC-MODX8 soft case?

-I see that there is not a sustain pedal included.

 

[Yamaha MODX]

Is there a note holder option for the Modx8?

 

I know is a little detail, but I hate having to carry a standalone note holder to gigs.

[Yamaha MODX]

I have one question about the Yamaha MODX8 before buying.

 

I want to use it in my studio desk, a Zaor Miza Z:

https://zaorstudiofurniture.com/index.php?page=mizaz

 

The available free height for the keyboard is exactly 16.0cm looking at the official specifications. I have measured it and it really is 16.0cm.

 

The Yamaha MODX8 is also 16.0cm height, according to the Yamaha web.

 

Do you think I will have problems to insert the MODX8 in my desk? It's really 16,0 height? with or without the little rubber things bellow the keyboard?

 

Thanks for the help!

[Yamaha MODX]

Sorry for the old reference but, Is the keyboard of the MODX8 similar to a Yamaha P90?

 

I've never played a P90. But looking at the specs it had the GHE action, which is also on my CLP-130 Clavinova. I'd say that the MODX8 was not bad but that it is not all that similar to the P90. It's more like the P115 action (GHS in both). It's lighter and more plasticky in my opinion. The GHE is also lighter than most pianos, but is more "solid" feeling when you press down. Just my two cents.

 

Ok. Thanks for the info and opinion

[Yamaha MODX]

Sorry for the old reference but, Is the keyboard of the MODX8 similar to a Yamaha P90?

[SP6]

Thanks everybody for the answers.

The other day I had the oportunity to play a Roland FP30 and I liked its piano sound and also the action(the man in the store told me it had escapement like real piano actions). It felt very good for piano playing. In Europe a Roland FP30 is half the price of the SP6 500 vs 1000 more or less. And I only need the acoustic piano (for now) so.

In fact, I also had the oportunity to play a Casio CDP130 (300) and it surprised me how well it felt playing piano sounds. Almost as good as the Roland FP30, but without the ivory keys and without the escapement.

 

I know I will be happier with any of them (for piano playing), than with my now sold Kurzweil PC3.

[SP6]

I have just sold my Kurzweil PC3. I really liked its Rhodes, cp80, Wurly and Mellotron patches, and some of the synths. But I really hated the acoustic pianos and the action feel when I played it.

I am now mostly doing gigs with 95% of the time playing acoustic piano sounds.

Do you think buying a new SP6 is an improvement in acoustic pianos, and keyboard feel, coming from a PC3?

And it's 5kgs less

[Cars and big keyboards]

So this is my car with my Kurzweil PC3X in it:

 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8640960/16042011725.jpg

 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8640960/16042011726.jpg

 

Anyway. My ideas are more clear know.

 

If I want more portability I need to buy a 73 keys. The new Nord Electro 3 HP is maybe the best option (but very expensinve). Maybe I need to reconsider using a 61keys for some gigs (I like the new Motif X6).

 

Thanks for the help.