Thank you, that's terrific, George, this thing is getting better all the time.

So, it has a user style area for the edited styles, does it not? How many, approximately, and there must be a way of saving these in bulk to PC...or is there a card?

Can you load in other Casio styles?

Ian

yes, there is memory storage on an sd card that loads right in the front of the board. You can also save and load 96 registrations memories and you can have up to 400 standard midi files which can be played back directly from the card.
There are locations to store your user rhythms although I'm not sure how many.

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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

10 is the number of user rhythms you can save in the keyboard.

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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

Thanks very much George...that 330 is quite a bargain...we have a Casio dealer not far from me, and I'll make it a point to try one, and also make it a point for him to order one if there's none on the floor.

The price is remarkable...especially since you get so much, including 88 keys....being a Casio it must be light...what's the weight?

Is the main piano sound as good as the P-85's, in your educated opinion? Decays nice and long?

I've always been impressed with Casio's knack of giving a terrific "bang for the buck".

I just might buy one for using along with my PSR-S910.

I appreciate the information...thanks again.

Ian

Ian the decay is not as long as the Yamahas, and the piano, whilst good, does have the usual mid-keyboard "honkies", although nowhere near as noticeable as on earlier Privias, in my view. Bottom end is sweet, as are the top 8-12 notes as well.

What is bad is the screen printing. It is woefully inadequate to read under anything but bright light. If you place the Privia under another keyboard, it becomes pretty much impossible.

The user accesses buttons from memory rather than sight.

Styles can be assembled and editied but remember it is a very small dot matrix screen so there are several button pushes to get through.

Speakers are awful. I run this through a pair of Opera Live 405's and it sounds HEAPS better than the onboard speakers. They really are for practice only. Same with the headphones, the Privia sounds great through headphones too. Its just the speaker system Casio have used.

Over the next few days I will be hooking it up to a Motif ES Rack, and porting out the style data using a specifically created multi, so I imagone that when Yamaha guitars basses and drums are used instead I suspect it will really come alive.

Keybed is quite a deal stiffer than previous Privias I have played. I am not sure yet whether to call it as a "too heavy" key action. I want some time to get used to it first.

But as a guide, after playing it the first time for about half an hour my left wrist was aching a little..Perhaps its just my old bones though, so I want a bit more time to make a final decision.

Dennis

Thanks very much Dennis...as comprehensive a report as one could hope for.

Most low end digital pianos suffer in the mid-range...I was surprised the inexpensive Yamaha P-85 wasn't too bad in the middle...of course, it has none of the extra features of the Privia, and that's where the latter will score a lot of points.

That's a great idea, putting the accompaniment out through the Motif...so the Privia must have dedicated midi ports...oui?

I'll have to try the keybed out...the P-85's was a bit on the light side, but I liked it that way...older fingers, plus, it worked well with sounds other than piano.

Screen printing? That's the lettering around the buttons and sliders, eh. Never had to worry about that on the P-85 with so few buttons.

I like a long decay on piano sounds (the CP-300 I had here was really nice for that) and the short decay may be a deal breaker, although I'll have to try the action triggering the S910's piano first...I could also send out the Casio's accompaniment to the S910....maybe; if I can get the midi channels lined up.

Thanks again for your candid review...they're the best kind.

Ian

[This message has been edited by ianmcnll (edited 11-22-2009).]

Ian, yes it has midi in/out ports and the accomp data can be sent out via them. So when I get around to doing it I will post a note here.

The Yammies have a pretty good and easy to operate MIDI control section so I don't think you would have any issues.

That would be a good idea too, hooking the Privia to the s910. For a start the speakers would be better ...

The advantage of the Privia I guess is it is so narrow front to back it can be used JUST as a keybed for the upper keyboard without losing too much in the way of access to the top.

You know what I mean, when you have to go reaching for buttons etc!!

It's only 11" front to back, so yeah pretty shallow.

Dennis

Just wanted to add, that once past the pianos(about 3) and the Ep's (2) the rest of the sounds are really average GM stuff really.

Personally I would not use them for anything.

The audio in jacks might come in handy, they seem quiet enough.

But really at this price, and with this quality of keybed, (and I suppose 5 really useable pianos), its pretty decent. I mean what other fully wieghted keyboard can one just tuck under their arm and then just toodle off!!

Dennis

Does any one know if you are swapping styles parts on the 330 do they have to be the same length and same time signature?

Demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSGEcOy2GP8&feature=player_embedded

Casio website info:
http://www.priviapiano.com/products/PX-330/

Manual: http://support.casio.com/manualfile.php?rgn=1&cid=008009141