Casio CT-X3000 Overview

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[@Frangly]

Hint : You can actually change the contrast of the LCD screen so you don't have to look at that angle. (I looked up the user manual)

[@Persun_McPersonson]

If only reviewers actually looked at the manuals.. xD

[@rogermania]

I adjusted mine and now it's perfect.

[@bluepedalsrock9271]

To me, this is the best video on this Casio model. It convinced me to buy one with the sound demos more than anything. I know you call your playing “mediocre,” but I would love to play as well as you. Thanks for this vid!

[@rotomphoton578]

"authentic sound effect" Now that's the sound i remember from my childhood

[@alegriadavid9603]

i just bought ctx3000 the sound is amazing. i love it

[@Roboprogs]

So now into the synthy stuff: 10:52 Thank you. I want to hear more than just the piano sounds reviewed for the Nth time, and you went deep enough to sample some of those. Any chance to demo how an expression pedal interacts with some of the patches and/or effects? (especially since Casio stopped including mod wheels)

[@rodrigovilleda764]

Beautiful sounds! i am looking to buy a keyboard for my independent music projects. haven't had one in a while. Now is funny to find that my first one was a casio sa-10 and i now im remember how i enjoy to play it. I was thinking in the yamaha psr-s670 but after heard that and with my childhood flashback i think im going for the ctx5000. Thanks for the video! and thanks to CASIO =)

[@MariusVideoOfficial]

The best choice for the price, very nice sound engine

[@user-si7np9yq3g]

so cool!!! those sounds like heaven

[@LewChain]

This is making me change my mind so much that I'd cut the budget down from $1200 on a Korg Pa700, as I'm not yet too experienced. Great sounds for such a small price, $390 currently! EDIT: It's off $290 now lol. I'm definitely having a look tomorrow. Thanks, Tom!

[@GGTaino]

Did you end up getting it?

[@bassicallyandre]

I'm sold. Buying one as soon as I have the money for it. Thanks!

[@robertstockdale9256]

Had to watch your video again mine is on the way now I'm pumped think this board can match my Roland Juno Di

[@radicalizedart7456]

Fantastic review! Your convincing power is so pure, bro! Thanks. Haha

[@OneForTheDollyBirds]

I have two important questions about the Casio CT-X3000. But first, some information: I currently own a similar Yamaha portable keyboard that exhibits the following behavior, which I love very much: Holding down the sustain pedal (of which there is only one) while lifting the fingers gives (1) a common foot-sustained natural fade for timbres that naturally fade and (2) a foot-induced dynamic fade for timbres that naturally sustain (at least, for the Yamaha sustaining timbres that are implemented to respond, excluding most general MIDI timbres). The second item (2), above, very easily allows for very expressive playing. It is this type of behavior of which I am particularly fond; I wouldn't want a keyboard without such capacity. Now, I've never owned a keyboard that has a separate "expression pedal." So, the first question is this: Will the expression pedal for the Casio CT-X3000 allow for the exact same behavior described in (2) above? And the second question: Is Casio's expression pedal a special one, or is it just a second regular sustain pedal plugged into the expression jack? And, by the way, your keyboard ability is by no means mediocre; you are indeed stage-worthy and apparently have great musical taste. The piano sound on the Casio CT-X3000 is equally stage-worthy (with other sounds consistently also). You're going line-out for the video, right? Violin and cello will sound better on keyboard if you restrict yourself to playing just single-line melodies. Think about it! Playing a chord with what amounts to three or four violins will not sound like a violin. :)

[@kasingaaron404]

This piano in very nice thank you Mr

[@Laksegrateng99]

What are you playing at 6:30?! Is it improvised or is it an actual song? Sounds awesome!

[@ioniazumba]

Amazing sound.

[@omarelkady]

wooow is it really amazing ?! i feel its professional keyboard..

[@scottgwright407]

Your teaching is very good and you have taught me a lot in this video! Hope to see another video soon! (By 10yr old daughter!)😇

[@aldsome]

11:06

[@shubhodipchakraborty9414]

He played Lonely Lullaby as well

[@seagulls325]

4:22 is lonley lullaby

[@only4chordseasypiano964]

The title should be "Casio CT-X3000 Overview of voices or sounds." Remember, this is an arranger keyboard.

[@matthewsalomone3800]

Great review considering purchasing this

[@claudionogueira1231]

Fantastic keiboard casio.

[@generalon5552]

thanks

[@Palpac]

Gatecrasher just another day👍 start on the mellow string at 8:28

[@harshityadav9076]

Superb piano

[@tokyojerry]

Thank you very much for the introduction of this keyboard. I am thinking to purchase one through Amazon JP (¥ 28,000) actually as my Christmas Present to me. Aside from having played the accordion way back when I was in grammar school and early high school years I am pretty much an amateur, right handed kind of performer. Some questions: * Does it have built in melodies like Casio's smaller sibling, the CT-S200? If not can that be done through some sort of MIDI connectivity to software on a computer or Android device? * You mentioned it can also be powered by battery. How would that be done? Could I use a 20,000mAh battery I have for my Android? If so, how would that connect? Thanks again for your explanation and demonstrations.

[@raphaelcruz4000]

Nice review. The unit has varied sounds and features its amazing! I wonder if you can connect an expression pedal?

[@johnearthheart4614]

Yes, you can. It has two sockets for foot pedals, one of which is for an expression pedal.

[@sunderwar1044]

As a beginner who never touched a piano keyboard in his entire life would you recommend me the psr e 463 or the ct-x3000? Thanks!

[@HubertEtAlice]

I have been asking myself the question over and over. Go in a music shop and by all means try both keyboards. After hesitating for three months and watching all KZbin videos on both keyboards, I finally decided for the CT-X3000. It is IMHO vastly superior to the PSR E463, excepted if you need the Live Knobs to modify the sounds on the fly, or if you need the integrated digital interface and USB recording facility.

[@wayantogia]

vbdx66 I had same question as what Horea Stefaniscu asked about which is better psr e 463 vs ctx 3000. I went to music store and tried to compare psr e 463 vs ctx 3000 and then watched many tutorials on youtube. But I got confused which was better. I plan to buy a keyboard that I dreamt for long time in low budget. I think I agree with you that I will go for casio ctx 3000 lower price than ctx 5000 as I know that it is good keyboard. I am a beginner. I have never had any keyboard before. So, have you got ctx 3000 now?

[@HubertEtAlice]

Wayan Togia Hi actually I sent my CT-X3000 back for a refund because although the sounds and styles are great, I found it very difficult to operate. I am now waiting for a brand new PSR E463 to arrive tomorrow at my home and I will try it, too. I hope to like it (I had the PSR E433 a few years back and liked it very much) but if I don’t like the sounds or styles, I will send it back and take the Casio again. Which keyboard you need depends on what you want to do with it and what you’ve already done before. Honestly if you’re a complete beginner, the CT-X3000 is too complex, and the PSR E463 might also be too complex (but less so than the CT-X3000). For a complete beginner, I’d rather recommend either the Yamaha PSR E363 or the Casio CT-X700 or 800. The E363 has most of the sounds and styles of the E463 but is easier to operate. Same thing for the CT-X700/800: they have the same sound engine as the CT-X3000/5000 but are much easier to operate. I’d suggest you gave a look at the nice KZbin video tutorials by Jeremy See, and that you’d go once more in a music shop to try out the keyboards which interest you the most. Go there with a good pair of headphones and buy the keyboard you like the most, it’ll be the one you’ll want to play on once you’ll be back home.

[@wayantogia]

vbdx66 Hi, nice to know you. Thanks for your recommendation on the easier operation of keyboard. By the way, could you tell me please which parts of ctx 3000/5000 are difficult to operate that you've ever played ?

[@HubertEtAlice]

Wayan Togia Hi well everything is very complicated once you want to go beyond very basic operations such as playing the keyboard and using the auto-accompaniment features. For instance, a very simple operation such as adjusting the level of Upper1, Upper2 and Lower1 (even Lower2) voices (Typically, you would have a Piano or Electric piano as Upper1, Strings as Upper2 and a Bass as Lower1) will involve going to the Mixer via a very complex hierarchy of menus and sub-menus, all of which is being controlled through the tiny buttons of the numeric keypad. I’d suggest you would give a look at the daunting user guide here: support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/008/Web_CTX3000-ES-1B_EN.pdf Then go back to the music shop, try the CT-X3000 again, and decide whether the high quality of its sounds and auto-accompaniments are worth the difficulty of programming it. Honestly, if this is your first keyboard and you really like the sounds, go for the CT-X700 or 800 instead, they are far easier to operate and you can still upgrade in 6 months or one year time when you’ll have made some progress and better know the instrument. Good luck 😉

[@HubertEtAlice]

Hi nice video. I really like the Mellow Strings at 8.28. Please do a demo of the arpeggios and the phrase pads. Thanks.

[@rafiqueahmed2058]

hey...i have solution for the screen....go to functions»other»contrast and then set it to 01..😊

[@quintinwright5722]

I been looking for a third keyboard for my music arsenal looks like I found it can't wait to get it and it seems better than the psr series from Yamaha

[@juraicgamer4408]

I’ve been looking for 2nd keyboard, if you went through buying a Casio CT-X3000, is it worth it?

[@aaronarvieux4824]

I heard that Eric whitacre in there!

[@denodan]

Getting the 5000, ever so slightly better. Casio have come a long way and up there now with the top brands. And no longer toys. It's sad as many still see the Casio keyboards as toys, but now make great keyboards and feature packed. Still you wont find a perfect keyboard and all have their flaws in one form or another.

[@kayandaeddings4803]

Dennis Rogers i’m trying to save money myself to get the 5000. The 5000 is better than the 3000 because it has 30 Watts of speaker sound. Well, 15 per side.

[@briellaedwards]

The reason I'm going to go with the x3000, is because it can run on batteries. The 5000 can't. If that's not a worry to you though, then I would definitely go with the 5000! Since its been about a year since your comment though, so I'm guessing you've already purchased. Let me know how you like it!

[@BlackDragonStudio]

I have a Casio WK-6600 and it's a monster and my cousin has actually adopted it into his collection just for it's piano quality and how powerful it is, and he has a CT-X7000.

[@robertstockdale9256]

Good review bro think I'm getting this an awful lot of quality and versatility for the price😉👍🎵

[@manojnawale6325]

I just got this keyboard from my previous home owner. I wouldn't have bought something like this for me. But since I have this now, can someone guide me on the process of learning it? Or maybe on youtube what should I be searching for? Everything I look on youtube seems for people who already know how to use it and not for beginners. P.S- All I know about music is it's spelling 😂. But willing to learn now.

[@happygear]

Hi there where is your phone jack connected to?

[@scottgwright407]

Also, how long have you been playing the piano for or did you just start and your playing on that CT-X3000 was very impressing to me!😲😁! Have a amazing day!

[@faraxio]

Thank you for your wonderful review. Regards from Pakistan:-)

[@pancho2753]

I doubt that someone will answer me soon but how can I use headphones and she pedal at once? U have to put the big jack in that hole but u also need it for the headphones

[@RedEyeC]

Better to edit and bank your sounds to recall - forget the tiny screen, I never look at it.

[@espiclubespana4181]

MUCHISIMO GRACIAS !!!!

[@sammyvh11]

Curious to know if you play on it regularly or just keep it in a closet? I'm 62 and learned on a Lowrey in 1969. I got a Casio ctx700 and for the money I think it's rather impressive. Have not played for decades but I'm having fun with it. Cheers

[@firsel]

Hi I have a question regarding the CT X5000 - is there a way to disable the reverb (and other effects) on presets to get a dry sound for recording? Or are the samples themselves recorded with reverb?

[@Oldlionel]

Tom, can I connect the CT-X5000 to another keyboard via Midi and use the Casio sounds on the other keyboard?

[@backplomer]

I use this with studio one, but for the life of me i can’t get it (s1) to record midi, ,I’ve turned local off, and set up as new keyboard- receive, and instrument-send, it works okay with an audio track, records etc but now matter what I do I can’t get it to record as midi, ( the s1 daw that is) if anyone can offer a suggestion I’d be much appreciated ❤️✌️

[@Zushikikato]

I don't have the keyboard but I believe that it just plugs straight to your PC via a USB B cable? (the printer one?) then Asio should be installed on your PC.

[@happygear]

Hi there wonder if you can turning the volume down for any tone that is too high please

[@jscan]

"When I was young"? c'mon pal, you have 4 skateboards occupying prime space there - I guess it'll take some years til you get some perspective. 'When I was young' Casio was not even a known thing. We were happy to get an Ace Tone. That being said: fine demo and chops!

[@3gr8kidsDad]

I use Mainstage on a Mac and want a second keyboard that I can either use Mainstage with (as a Midi controller), but I can also (or instead) use without the DAW. Can this keyboard do that?

[@NFawc]

Why not just allow the LCD panel to pitch so if can be flat or tilt up to face the player?

[@CloudMaker559]

Classic owl city!

[@amorousagony2626]

I like it for the beginners aspect of quality. It's more of a just getting used to chords and scales area. Not beginner but whatever is next, moderate?

[@HubertEtAlice]

AmorousAgony LoveHurts “Intermediate” is the word you are looking for ;-)

[@jacobitejake]

Hi, thanks for the review, do you know if you can create your own arpeggio patterns on this? Thanks :)

[@ronaldjacobs8169]

Hi Tom, why did you jays apologise about you playing keyboard ability? I find you playing the keyboard just fine, very good actually in my opinion.

[@Mrsong94]

what program are out there to record music for Casio CT-X3000?

[@HubertEtAlice]

Hi which headphones would you recommend to use together with such a keyboard? Thanks.

[@robfriedrich2822]

Is it in the background a Wersi Condor keyboard?

[@danapaulbarney]

Is there more than 1 setting for a pipe organ?

[@rammsteinfen1]

What is the song at 8:35?

[@boimesa8190]

What's the synth u have at the entrance of your room?

[@meetmobility]

Great detail. Get yourself a better mic though. Loved this video.

[@shajiben]

How much you bought it for ?

[@MuhammadTariq-ki3pn]

which is better ctx 5000 or ctx 9000??

[@newyorkfan9832]

What expression pedal do you use

[@paperstackwell]

Flavor warning 8:10

[@harshityadav9076]

What is price

[@1969kot]

Why youre choice Casio?

[@JA-ut8fi]

Silent Hill at 6:24.

[@harshityadav9076]

Which type of quality piano touch or organ touch

[@Roboprogs]

Unweighted synth/organ type keys.

[@ebonyivory149]

Ritmic section?

[@fromthenorth6364]

is it is me??? or could he write minecraft music

[@musicspeaks8872]

Can it use as a midi controller?

[@vervetech9395]

Yes

[@JumpingTurtle77]

Is that a polymoog!!

[@alenk738]

Looks like it. Note the soldering iron on top. That's a required accessory for owning a Polymoog.

[@grahamsmith5780]

Had to laugh about his comment about mediocre keyboard skills! He certainly sounded good to me.

[@kayandaeddings4803]

I know it sounded racist but I loved what you did with the sitar sound at 11:39.

[@joaogomes2860]

BRASIL(PORTUGUÊS): ESTE TECLADO É O SEGUNDO TOP DOS ARRANJADORES DA CASIO. POSSUI ENTRADA PARA GRAVAR EM PENDRIVE QUE É MUITO MELHOR QUE GRAVAR EM CARTÃO DE MEMÓRIA. EM CONTRA PARTIDA, NÃO POSSUI ENTRADA L/R. LAMENTÁVEL PARA NÓS, CONSUMIDORES E VERGONHOSO PARA A FABRICANTE (CASIO)!

[@lucascoelho1256]

Boa tarde, conhece algum modelo na mesma faixa de preço melhor do que ele, achei ele muito bom, mas tenho que ver todas as possibilidades para comprar

[@joaogomes2860]

@@lucascoelho1256 , dentre os teclados arranjadores, tenho percebido que os teclados Casio tem progredido muito na qualidade, e o que é melhor, o preço deles é bem mais em conta comparados, por exemplo, com o Yamaha. Os teclados Casio ctk 6250 e o ctk 7200 são ótimos teclados e mais baratos que o ctx 3000, porém, é o inverso dele. Possui entrada L/R mas ainda é com gravação em cartão de memória. Se estiver procurando um ótimo teclado arranjador que possui entrada L/R e USB(pendrive), pula do ctk 7200 para o Casio ctx 5000. É o teclado arranjador top da Casio. Custa uns R$ 500,00 reais mais caro que o ctx 3000, possui entrada L/R e também para pendrive. Assistindo ao site MUSICDOT, também fiquei sabendo que é o teclado que dá menos defeito, até menos que o Yamaha. Se for comprar em sites de vendas (Americanas, Casas Bahia, etc.) encontrará o kit completo (teclado, pedal de sustain, suporte para colocar o teclado, etc.) com preços bem atrativos. Obs.: Pesquise bem os preços e cuidado para comprar em um site seguro. Espero ter ajudado. Um abraço!

[@yzimsx]

The features and sounds are great, but the user interface is completely absurd, bizarre, incomprehensible. Casio really needs to fix it with a firmware update, and not care about the manual having to be rewritten. It's hard or impossible to know where you are, how you got there, or how to get out. To get out from any function or menu, you have to be able to identify that particular function/menu/situation, because every situation has its own way of exiting. There are no dedicated basic navigation keys like exit/escape, enter, arrows, etc. and no consistent concept of navigation at all. All buttons have multiple meanings and the meanings are not the same in different situations and functions. There's not even a single way to _press_ a key: there's a "short press" and "long press". The edit/function button also sometimes has an important meaning "show/explain what this number means in textual terms", which is not explained anywhere. The record/stop button has funny long-press meanings in some places that cannot possibly be guessed from anywhere. Apart from the power button, there's no way to explain what _any_ of the buttons is for, because it all depends on the context. Even something as simple as the metronome button doesn't necessarily turn the metronome on/off, if you happen to be editing a sound. If you're editing a sound and left the metronome on, you have to exit editing - either saving your changes or not - before you can turn the metronome off. Creating and editing a user rhythm is such a bizarre and convoluted adventure, it's beyond description.

[@rui7773]

*The X5000 too?*

[@yzimsx]

I have only used the CT-X5000, but the X3000 should be similar. Get this: there is no exit button, no enter button, no navigation buttons of any kind that would _only_ be used for navigation and nothing else. Every button has multiple inconsistent meanings that are different for every situation, and the display won't help you much. I can make the machine enter modes and menus that others in the family cannot find their way out of, except by powering off the whole thing. In our previous Casio home keyboard, there was an exit button, and a "piano" button you could press if you got lost. The good things about the X5000 are: it has easy octave up/down buttons, it works as a USB MIDI keyboard, has a pitch bend wheel, a nice piano and nice rhodes sounds, has audio line-input. A highly devoted person _can_, in theory, create user rhythms.

[@rui7773]

*Yzimsx, I saw several reviws here in Brazil and I did not have this information, I appreciate the kindness to pass on your knowledge 👏 !!! A sin, such a good keyboard with a childish bug!!!*

[@yzimsx]

@@rui7773 Apparently, many people all over the world like the CT-X keyboards very much, and have no problems with the user interface. Try it out yourself, and watch tutorial videos. If you can live with the user interface, it has a lot of features for a relatively low price. Myself, I have a lot of fun with the X5000, but then again I'm a programmer and have been making music with computers, MIDI and synthesizers for something like 35 years.

[@rui7773]

Thanks👍for the tips and information, congratulations for the knowledge and kindness! I'll take this week and do an editing test and etc ... to see how far my patience goes, 😭 !!!

[@amz2mov]

Too much of our face.

[@finntv4280]

Does it comes with the stand?