Casio MZ-X500 User Manual

Editing a Tone (User Tones)
EN-11
■ Drum Sound Editable Parameters
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For changing the parameter settings of each keyboard key. Touch the desired keyboard key and then change its
parameters. Touch the left (U) or right (I) button to scroll the keyboard on the screen. Parameters can also be
accessed from the Advanced
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screen as shown below.
Inst: Inst 3 Inst Select
Cutoff: Inst 3 Filter 3 Cutoff
Resonance: Inst 3 Filter 3 Resonance
Volume: Inst 3 Amp 3 Volume
Coarse: Inst 3 Pitch 3 Coarse Tune
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Advanced settings
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Effect settings. For more information, see “Editable Effect Parameters” (page EN-18).
Editable Drum Tone Parameters
Display Text Description Settings
Inst Instrument edit. This is a group of editable instruments assigned to each
keyboard key.
• Touch an on-screen keyboard key to specify the key to be edited.
C-1 - G9
Inst Select Instrument number select. Specifies the number of the drum tone
assigned to each key.
See the “Instrument List”
in the separate Appendix.
Note Off Mode Note off mode. Turning on this setting causes note off to be performed
when a key is released.
Off, On
Assign Group Assign group. Specifies as a value from 1 to 15 which group the currently
selected key should be placed into. Only one keyboard in a group is
sounded at any time (non-polyphonic).
Off, 1 to 15
Pitch Pitch envelope.
• For details and information about the setting items below, see the
melody tone “Pitch Envelope (Pitch)” (page EN-7).
Initial Level, Attack Time
Coarse Tune Coarse tune. Changes the pitch of notes by semitone units. –24 to 0 to +24
Fine Tune Fine tune. Fine tunes the pitch of the sound. Lowers the value up to
–256 or raises the value up to +255 in semitone steps.
–256 to 0 to +255
Filter Filter.
• For details and information about the setting items below, see the
melody tone “Filter” (page EN-8).
Cutoff, Resonance, Envelope Depth, Attack Level, Decay Time,
Decay Level
• For details about the setting items below, see the melody tone “Pitch
Envelope” (page EN-7).
Initial Level, Attack Time
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Casio MZ-X500 Specifications

General

Control type	Buttons
MIDI-keyboard number of keys	61 keys
Product color	Blue
Sound effects	Chorus, Equalization, Flanger/Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Phaser, Pitch shift, Reverberation
Volume control	Digital
Octave adjustment	Yes
Maximum polyphony (notes)	128
Music memory capacity (songs)	100
Interface	USB
Headphone outputs	1
USB ports quantity	2
Cables included	AC
Display type	LCD

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	400 mm
Width	950 mm
Height	151 mm
Weight	7600 g