I got my motorola phone to recognize the Casio after connecting with a cable, but my phone will not "direct share". I've not figured out the phone part. Any suggestions? Best, Randy
This synth definitely has very quirky form of synthesis, but I don’t think these thing have caught on very much. I suspect they will go out of production and someone will have a huge hit with one. Then they will be worth a lot of money one day. 😊 You said my thoughts at the end of your video! I wish they would have included the original Speak and Spell engine in it! I also wonder if there is a way to randomize the triggering of the basic phonemes. Check out the soft synth by Plogue for some crazy sounds. th-cam.com/video/i-_82aLoBjs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mUglOA5lBBzlnJu3
Casio only included English and Japanese languages for Vocal Synthesis. I have no idea why they didn't include more language options to cover other world markets, or even the ability to download and install different vocal synthesis languages. A bit of a missed opportunity there.
Casio really should have stuck with standard MIDI and sysex editing. Apps as you say are transient. They should know by now that keyboards retain users for decades even when manufacturers have abandoned them. With MIDI/sysex there is a hardware protocol that can always be maintained and 3rd parties can easily write sysex editors, as I did for the CZ keyboards.
Agree, though Casio isn't alone in using proprietary apps for their keyboards - a trend that I am not at all keen on whoever the manufacturer is. I get that Firmware needs to be protected and the installer apps for those have to be proprietary and encrypted, but not for such an essential function of the keyboard having to rely on proprietary mobile app. That seems crazy, Casio should make it as easy and with as many ways as possible to get the lyrics into it, especially as that's the key feature! What is even more strange is that the rest of the CT-S1000V (and the CT-S500) have full MIDI implementation and can be easily controlled/modified by any standard external MIDI editors and controllers. It's just the importing of lyrics that is only possible via the app. The app works well for sure, right now, but as mentioned, in the video, it's the future that is of concern. Whereas a program for a computer has a much longer lifespan, and even when the computers and operating systems become obsolete, there's still plenty of old systems around that can run them, and there's always emulators that can run on modern systems. Plus the computer based apps can easily be shared/ copied/ archived, while mobile apps have to come from and be approved by the mobile App Store. Once they're no longer approved/ supported, you can't download and install the app. Here's hoping that Casio will give us a computer based Lyric Creator app.
@@CasioChaosTheory You mention that all other aspects can be controlled over midi. I have read elsewhere that the midi implementation of the cts1000 is a bit weird. Is it true that is is not possible to use the active dsp when triggering via midi. Is this correct? How are the other aspects of midi control, for example can it be used multi timbrelly and can you use all the tones? Can you trigger the voice synthesis over midi? Thanks for the in depth review, really good!
@@lechefdude - Please accept my apologies for not replying sooner. For some reason TH-cam never informed me of your response so I didn't get to see it until I came upon it by chance. I'm also very glad that you raised these questions, because I had already recorded and edited much of this video series and thought that I had covered all the bases. I have also already put together a MIDI episode showing how easy it is to connect the S1000V to a computer DAW and use it both as a MIDI controller keyboard and also a sound module. BUT, I hadn't tried sending MIDI to it and attempted use DSPs simultaneously. I have since explored that and very surprisingly (and disappointedly), I've found that NO, you cannot send MIDI to the S1000V and use its DSPs as well. Not only that, but you cannot send MIDI and have it play Layered tones either. That's quite a big omission... I've since shot some additional footage addressing this and will incorporate it in the MIDI episode (and you get name checked!) To answer your other questions: Yes, it is multi-timbral, at least according to the manual. IIRC, it's 48 part multitimbral though it's arranged in blocks of 3. I've not tried it as I have little use for multi-timbrality preferring to multi-track my recordings. Also yes, you can very thankfully trigger and control the Voice Synthesis section over MIDI. The MIDI User Guide shows all the parameters available that you can use for this. Thanks again for bringing this surprising MIDI restriction to my attention so that I can address it in the MIDI episode. The S1000V is still a great value keyboard even with this restriction, but it's a shame that Casio didn't think to allow all of the keyboard's sound features to be available over MIDI as well as via Local Control.
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I got my motorola phone to recognize the Casio after connecting with a cable, but my phone will not "direct share". I've not figured out the phone part. Any suggestions?
Best, Randy
This synth definitely has very quirky form of synthesis, but I don’t think these thing have caught on very much. I suspect they will go out of production and someone will have a huge hit with one. Then they will be worth a lot of money one day. 😊 You said my thoughts at the end of your video!
I wish they would have included the original Speak and Spell engine in it! I also wonder if there is a way to randomize the triggering of the basic phonemes. Check out the soft synth by Plogue for some crazy sounds. th-cam.com/video/i-_82aLoBjs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=mUglOA5lBBzlnJu3
What about other languages to sing via 1000v: French, German, Russian?
Casio only included English and Japanese languages for Vocal Synthesis. I have no idea why they didn't include more language options to cover other world markets, or even the ability to download and install different vocal synthesis languages. A bit of a missed opportunity there.
@@CasioChaosTheory, thank you for the scrupulous review! Hope to see 'other languages' option with future app update!
Casio really should have stuck with standard MIDI and sysex editing. Apps as you say are transient. They should know by now that keyboards retain users for decades even when manufacturers have abandoned them. With MIDI/sysex there is a hardware protocol that can always be maintained and 3rd parties can easily write sysex editors, as I did for the CZ keyboards.
Agree, though Casio isn't alone in using proprietary apps for their keyboards - a trend that I am not at all keen on whoever the manufacturer is. I get that Firmware needs to be protected and the installer apps for those have to be proprietary and encrypted, but not for such an essential function of the keyboard having to rely on proprietary mobile app. That seems crazy, Casio should make it as easy and with as many ways as possible to get the lyrics into it, especially as that's the key feature!
What is even more strange is that the rest of the CT-S1000V (and the CT-S500) have full MIDI implementation and can be easily controlled/modified by any standard external MIDI editors and controllers. It's just the importing of lyrics that is only possible via the app. The app works well for sure, right now, but as mentioned, in the video, it's the future that is of concern. Whereas a program for a computer has a much longer lifespan, and even when the computers and operating systems become obsolete, there's still plenty of old systems around that can run them, and there's always emulators that can run on modern systems. Plus the computer based apps can easily be shared/ copied/ archived, while mobile apps have to come from and be approved by the mobile App Store. Once they're no longer approved/ supported, you can't download and install the app.
Here's hoping that Casio will give us a computer based Lyric Creator app.
@@CasioChaosTheory You mention that all other aspects can be controlled over midi. I have read elsewhere that the midi implementation of the cts1000 is a bit weird. Is it true that is is not possible to use the active dsp when triggering via midi. Is this correct? How are the other aspects of midi control, for example can it be used multi timbrelly and can you use all the tones? Can you trigger the voice synthesis over midi?
Thanks for the in depth review, really good!
@@lechefdude - Please accept my apologies for not replying sooner. For some reason TH-cam never informed me of your response so I didn't get to see it until I came upon it by chance.
I'm also very glad that you raised these questions, because I had already recorded and edited much of this video series and thought that I had covered all the bases. I have also already put together a MIDI episode showing how easy it is to connect the S1000V to a computer DAW and use it both as a MIDI controller keyboard and also a sound module. BUT, I hadn't tried sending MIDI to it and attempted use DSPs simultaneously. I have since explored that and very surprisingly (and disappointedly), I've found that NO, you cannot send MIDI to the S1000V and use its DSPs as well. Not only that, but you cannot send MIDI and have it play Layered tones either. That's quite a big omission...
I've since shot some additional footage addressing this and will incorporate it in the MIDI episode (and you get name checked!)
To answer your other questions:
Yes, it is multi-timbral, at least according to the manual. IIRC, it's 48 part multitimbral though it's arranged in blocks of 3. I've not tried it as I have little use for multi-timbrality preferring to multi-track my recordings.
Also yes, you can very thankfully trigger and control the Voice Synthesis section over MIDI. The MIDI User Guide shows all the parameters available that you can use for this.
Thanks again for bringing this surprising MIDI restriction to my attention so that I can address it in the MIDI episode. The S1000V is still a great value keyboard even with this restriction, but it's a shame that Casio didn't think to allow all of the keyboard's sound features to be available over MIDI as well as via Local Control.
Well, that's all I know...