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Originally posted by trident:
My Casio from 1994 works like that. Probably most if not all of them. You are at Var1, press Var1 again, you get the fill (next remaining beats) and then you can continue in var1 or press Var2 to jump to Var2 after the Var1 fill ends.

The only way to get the Var2 fill while playing Var 1 (orr opposite) is to press the Var2 button 2 times in quick succession. That way it instantly goes to Var 2 and the second press triggers the Var2 fill, then again press Var1 to return to it after the Var2 fill ends. Drawback is that you almost always get glitches, some Vars have different instruments assigned and the rpogram changes may introduce weird effects. Also with only 2 Vars in each style, the differences of the Vars are usually big enough to be instantly noticeable. unlike Yamaha 4 vars where the change from few instruments to more is more gradual each Var.


Yes I found that after experimenting. Thought I would try that after experiencing Korgs double push feature.

And yes, it does not work very well, becasue as you say the result is quite unpredictable, not to mention difficult to even get the dbl press in, when playing "busy" passages.

Plus I found its a timing thing with teh dbl push. Too quick and it does not work at all

You have to push once then sort wait a fraction of a second and push again. I suspect rather than a deliberate OS function as it is on the Korgs, this happens (the dbl push) quite by accident on the Casio.

As another poster said, its probabyl more a digital piano, with a good keybed. The arranger stuff is purely for fun at home.

I do not think it could be seriously used at a gig. Apart from just a piano I mean.

Shame really as there are some other really clever things. Like changing the chord recognition for example is so cool. AND quick!! No mulitple screens, just hold the arranger button slightly longer and it jusmps straight to the chord recognition section (5 choices) simply select one, and it goes straight to it, no glitches, it works with the style running. No mulitple menu pages to go through, it remembers your last setting, even if a style is changed, until you change it.

Of course you cna also set it up in a registration too.

But I found it useful for when I was in vocal backing mode to use it as full keyboard, and then when jumping into a solo to drop into one of the split keyboard modes, and then back again.

Dennis