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Another request...

PX-350 Chopin Raindrop Prelude


Note that this was not performed by me. This was done using a public domain MIDI file and the PX-350's Concert Grand Piano preset.

@Mike. Wow! Thank you so much. You've made a fan for life today for Casio

I'm not an expert but the demos sounds great to me. Now to decide between the 150 and the 350...

Not one of the requests but here is one using the "Dolce Grand" on the PX-350. This preset (and performance) really lets you hear the resonance.

Privia PX-350: Remember - Irving Berlin

PX-350 Chopin Nocturne Op 9. 2


Man, I could listen to this all day.........then kill myself.

Still havent taken mine out of the box

I am working on Passacaglia by Handel right now. Hopefully I can record something that sounds good and share it one day.

For now, I'm battling Strep Throat.


Mike, can you do the same two songs on the PX-150 or would they sound the same?

That Remember - Irving Berlin piece sounds SCARY good. Hard to believe that's a DP playing. Most impressive.
How about something with some good dynamics...like the full 17 minute "Rhapsody In Blue" for piano?!

...or anything else.

Wow, thanks! Impressive for an entry level DP.

Sweet! The Irving Berlin piece is quite impressive! Well done!

That's a beautiful piece, and sounds pretty good too!

Is it a MIDI file, Mike, or are you doing the playing? If so, great job!

James
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Thanks James,
No I neglected to add my disclaimer. That was from a public domain MIDI file.

Thanks, Mike, for being so generous with files and information. The guys at Casio are obviously proud of their new models, and judging by these clips (particularly the Irving Berlin), they have every right to be. I don't recall seeing the Dolce piano in a previous model, and am wondering how it's been treated to give it that slightly more natural and ambient 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.

Perhaps this question was already asked (threads are getting long ;-) , but apart from the improved AP sounds; are the other sounds basically the same as on the previous series , or is that a fresh set of sounds too ?

As far as I understand the AP is much improved, the keybed is improved, the speakers are improved, USB recording is added / improved, but what else is new / better ? I'm referring to the 350 here compared to the 330.

Thanks. J

You want more?

The string sounds are new, as well as some of the drum sounds. The EP sounds (everyone has been asking) are nearly identical to the PX-330 series. I honestly have not been through all of the preset tones myself yet. There are more category buttons for selecting accompaniment patterns making it easier and faster to grab the styles you want.

The USB drive can also be used for Audio PLAYBACK, so you can put pre-recorded backing tracks on the drive.

I'm sure there is more but that's a quick list off the top of my head.

The names of the organs and EPs are the same in the tone lists of both the 330 and the 350. That doesn't mean that Casio didn't assign new waveforms to the same name, but it doesn't look promising because they did rename the new acoustic pianos.

The only significant addition to the tone list of the 350 that I can see (other than the pianos) is a stereo string sample.

(...and yeah I'm Bill H. over in the other forum. I couldn't use that here because it was already taken.)

@Mike_M
Those 3 Px-350 piano samples made me a Believer.
In the middle section of the Chopin prelude, I had the mental image of 9-ft Concert Grand bass strings vibrating and growling.

The Nocturne on the Mellow setting evoked how sound Chopin's Pleyel piano might have rendered the sound.

The Berlin on the Dolce Grand sounded both crisp & lush with well-rounded sustains.

Excellent realizations... and good Marketing!
Thanks for the pre-auditions.

Anybody else here have an irrational urge to buy a PX-150, crack it open, and cram some tweeters in it? I wonder if they are coaxial to the woofer or separate...

Actually, no... as it's easier just to add some Klipsch Promedia 2.1 speakers to the piano (with each satellite containing an excellent "horn" tweeter) and the bass is taken care of with the additional subwoofer.

However, feel free to rip a Casio apart if you like, as I certainly would be interested to see if it can be improved...

There are other digitals you can buy that already have better speakers.

Me neither... I'll just hook it up to my M-Audio GSR12s

True, but for ~$5 in parts one might be able to get that extra something that PianoWorksATL immediately noticed in the PX-350. Maybe I can demo these somewhere soon and listen for myself.

Recorded one more today, from a MIDI file again.

PX-350: My Funny Valentine (Dolce Preset)