Just check out the official Casio youtube group, there are 8 tutorial videos there explaining how to opperate the advanced feutures like style creation on the instrument

Or this one.... Easy sampling...

Thanks for posting.

Contrary to his promise Ralph goes a long way in fiddling with the buttons, but NO demo of the variety of onboard STYLES or SOUNDS.
If you check the Styles Demo ( for lack of another specification) you can read my reply to his junvenile fiddling about with the buttons and keys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0mFx1ew0VQ

regards
John

Casio is way behind korg, Yamaha, Roland and ketron with their styles that's why we don't hear any demo of the styles.

Thats why you can use all Yamaha styles on this keyboard...

Yes after hours tweaking each style. Well if that's your hobby.

Did you try this out?

Tweaking takes times no matter which brand keyboard. I personally spent my time playing and practicing not tweaking styles.

[quote=FransN]Tweaking takes times no matter which brand keyboard. I personally spent my time playing and practicing not tweaking styles. [/quo



Casio USA has no idea how to market this keyboard. If all they produce is dance and techno stuff, the price will be reduced ( Casio pattern) to $700.00 for the MZ-X by Oct.1st.

Casio has also taken a huge gamble on the new Celviano Hyrbid.
In the USA, they want to market this piano in Piano Stores. Piano Stores in the USA have been declining for years.

The US is not the main market for CAsio....

The main market is Asia..
And young people

And if you look at the content of Ralph Matens video's its very clear who they are targetting..
And thats not you, or any other typical oldfashioned arranger player
They are targettign teh youth, and people that want to create new things of their own... and probably not people that want to replay the same old songs of old..


Seems not showing off the typicall style performance of build in styles might be part of that marketing strategy.. They dont need you and me criticing a keyboard based on our standards that are not representative for their target audience..Also the Casio PX560 is selling like hotcakes overhere in europe.. so they are doing something good.


And the hybrid of Casio is a top end contender, both in realisme as in sound quallity at a very nice price (espescially if you compare it to competition like the Yamaha avantgarde which is hugely more exspensive) They are targetting piano players with that high end instrument, where else would you sell such a thing then at piano dealers? (local or online)


Casio Piano's are allready very very well respected by many musicians all around trhe world... thats because they offer a lot for the money.. I have seen several PX-5s on stages around Holland allready...


Back on the MZ-X500, seems their marketting campaign is only just starting.. we will have to see where it leads this arranger/synthworkstation hybrid.. Its quite obvious many of the old time arranger players dont understand the concept.. but again thats not a bad thing.. BEcause this arranger is not meant for them..