Mr_-G- wrote:Mike, can you enlighten us about the sound engine? Samples? Oscillators? What?
Thanks!
The sound engine is sample driven. There are essentially 2 different sound engines in the PX-5S. There are Tones and there are Hex Layers.
Tones: Roughly 350 Preset Tones, from which you can edit Amp Envelope, Filter / Filter Envelope, Pitch Envelope, Portamento and Insert effects. The envelopes in this section are basically standard ADSRs with additional control over the "Initial Attack Level". You can't get to the sample level of a Tone. Basically all of the edits in this section function function as offsets of the factory preset.
Hex Layers: A single sound with up to 6 layers. Each layer has 7 Stage Envelopes for Filter and Amp and independent Filter choices for each layer. Each layer here can be split, velocity switched or simply layered on top of each other. Each layer has its own Effects Mix to the System effects and can either use the insert effect or not. You can choose from over 400 samples sets. Tons of control over key-scaling for amp or filter and much much more.
On the PX-5S have 4 zones available. Only Zones 1 and 2 can use Hex Layer tones. Your configuration of the 4 zones, their sounds, effects, key ranges...etc are store in what Casio calls a Stage Setting. There are 100 User Stage Settings. Any edits to the sounds within a Stage Setting can be stored within the Stage Setting, so you don't have to save them separately. Each zone can be an internal sound, external MIDI device or both simultaneously.