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The PX-150 has the identical piano sample. The mellow piano preset on the PX-150 is very similar to the dolce preset on the PX-350. You may also want to experiment when different touch settings to get this soft delicate sound.
In the end, it makes me start to wonder whether it really is worth spending so much more for the marginal improvements offered by the other brands - especially given the Casio's low weight. If they could just provide really good Rhodes and Wurli variants as well, I'd be tempted.
yes voxpops, i'm thinking exactly the same thing. i'm looking at my "traveling board" a yamaha p-250 weighing in at over 70 lbs- a great dp in its day but i'd have to say with the recordings i've just listened to from Mike Martin and the px-350 weighing in @ 25-30 lbs- and at a price of $799.... seems like a no-brainer. i've been wanting to find something i can lug easily to some senior living places to play for the old folks and this sure looks like a winner...particularly for background solo piano stuff..
anybody know what a mint condition p-250 would fetch these days?
Steinway M; Roland V-Piano; Yamaha P250; Ivory II Grands, Italian, American D; Galaxy Vintage D; True Keys American; UVI Yamaha C7; Ravenscroft 275; Garritan CFX
If you get the chance, please ask him what kind of electric piano (Pianet N?) he plays on the Jazz Crusaders' 'Live at the Lighthouse 69' album - I absolutely *love* this crunchy sound!
I'll ask him. We'll be doing some other videos with Joe soon, but he's leaving on tour this weekend and will be out of the country for the next month. Actually I can probably get an answer from his tour manager.
anybody know what a mint condition p-250 would fetch these days?
No idea about the P250, but I hope you'll use this as an excuse to come up and visit us. We've talked about that before. I still have a PX-330 next to the new PX-350 so you can see the progress...not to mention a couple of acoustic pianos.
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Mike, Casio offered some decent sounding EP's in the old WK-3000 through 3800 series workstations. Many of these ended up on the discontinued PX410/575 DP. I think some of these sounds are available on the Casio Music site. Are any of these files compatible with the newer WK-7000/7500, XWP1/G1 or the new PX-350? Can they be downloaded into the flash memory?
Mike, Casio offered some decent sounding EP's in the old WK-3000 through 3800 series workstations. Many of these ended up on the discontinued PX410/575 DP. I think some of these sounds are available on the Casio Music site. Are any of these files compatible with the newer WK-7000/7500, XWP1/G1 or the new PX-350? Can they be downloaded into the flash memory?
I believe the sounds you're referring to were dependent on the old ZPI processing chip, as the ones that have appeared since then (despite similar names) have not sounded the same.
In my opinion, the WK3000 series was something of a Casio classic. I sometimes wish I still had my WK3700 (sold because it was a bit too bulky), as the keyboard patches could hold their own against the Nord Electro of similar vintage.
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anybody know what a mint condition p-250 would fetch these days?
No idea about the P250, but I hope you'll use this as an excuse to come up and visit us. We've talked about that before. I still have a PX-330 next to the new PX-350 so you can see the progress...not to mention a couple of acoustic pianos.
i will do that Sam. thanks again for the offer!
Steinway M; Roland V-Piano; Yamaha P250; Ivory II Grands, Italian, American D; Galaxy Vintage D; True Keys American; UVI Yamaha C7; Ravenscroft 275; Garritan CFX
16MB! Goodness I dragged that into Audacity and re-saved with 145-185 preset and reduced to 6MB.
Sorry for the large file size but I have a big problem with MP3's and what they do with solo piano. Lower bit rates can destroy the attack portion of notes, adding all kinds of artifacts.
Sorry for the large file size but I have a big problem with MP3's and what they do with solo piano. Lower bit rates can destroy the attack portion of notes, adding all kinds of artifacts.
i hear you...
does this mean i should drag out my 1990's vintage Walkman CD player when i want to listen to piano music while hiking... instead of the iPod....? or is there a more portable alternative for playing a full wav file intstead of MP3...
EDIT: i guess i could play AIFF files on the iPhone/iTunes? but i better dump half of my stuff to accommodate..
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Steinway M; Roland V-Piano; Yamaha P250; Ivory II Grands, Italian, American D; Galaxy Vintage D; True Keys American; UVI Yamaha C7; Ravenscroft 275; Garritan CFX
The PX-150 has the identical piano sample. The mellow piano preset on the PX-150 is very similar to the dolce preset on the PX-350. You may also want to experiment when different touch settings to get this soft delicate sound.
Thanks for that info Mike! Keeps me from having to test for it, and makes the PX-150 @ $599 seem like the deal. I wonder if we'll see 20% off on it around Xmas?
256kb/sec AAC or (better) higher will do, although I agree that file size compression does destroy delicate piano sounds. A lossless compression algorithm will be better, but saves less space. Personally I would stay totally away from mp3. It's really not suitable for capturing the finest details, but very good at destroying them. It's a very old algorithm as well. Much progress has been made since mp3's came around.
I'm curious... What's the difference between the Privia PX-850 and the Celviano AP-450, besides cabinet style? It seems they have all the same features: http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/news/detail/930/ I know you work for Casio USA, but maybe you can contact someone in Casio Latin America for release dates of these babies?
I am sure Mike will weigh in here, but I asked the same question of a Casio dealer here in the States today, and they said that they heard the new AP series models probably would not be shipping until early next year, like February.
I'm going to order a PX-750 on Friday.....I can't wait until February.
