CASIO CT-X3000 - 25. Creating A Simple Rhythm From Scratch
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- Опубліковано 2 лип 2021
- The ability to record your RHYTHMS really sets the CT-X3000 & CT-X5000 apart from other keyboards in this price range. But creating from scratch can be daunting (especially if you read the manual!) so this is a simple step by step approach that will help to get you started.
The Quantize and Beats values bear little relation to their setting so here they are for you.
THERE ARE 13 QUANTIZE OPTIONS
QUANTIZE: 1 = OFF; 2 = 4; 3 = dotted 4; 4 = triplet 4; 5 = 8ths; 6 = dotted 8ths; 7 = triplet 8ths; 8 = 16ths; 9 = dotted 16ths; 10 = triplet 16ths; 11 = 32nds; 12 = dotted 32nds; 13 = triplet 32nds.
THERE ARE 22 BEATS (TIME SIGNATURES) OPTIONS = 2-8/4, 2-16/8
BEATS PER MEASURE (TIME SIGNATURE)
1 = 2/4; 2 = 3/4; 3 = 4/4; 4 = 5/4; 5 = 6/5; 6 = 7/4; 7 = 8/4; 8 = 2/8; 9 = 3/8; 10 = 4/8; 11 = 5/8; 12 = 6/8; 13 = 7/8; 14 = 8/8; 15 = 9/8; 16 = 10/8; 17 = 11/8; 18 = 12/8; 19 = 13/8; 20 = 14/8; 21 = 15/8; 22 = 16/8.
SP = Short press
LP = Long press
L/R = LEFT (1) RIGHT (3) arrows
U/D = UP (5) DOWN (2) arrows
1. Wheel to select a blank user rhythm
2. LP RECORD/STOP for “Rhy Name”; ENTER; WHEEL; L/R
3. ENTER; “Sure?”; + (YES); EXIT
4. LP FUNCTION/EDIT; V1 flashing; “Drum”
5. Change to I, E, V2,4, F1-4 if necessary
6. Press REGISTRATION 8; L/R to select “Menu” “Element”; ENTER
7. L/R to change element (Measure or beat) and wheel to change value (beat 3 - 4/4)
8. Measure value 1-16; EXIT x2; “Drum” (or other selected Element)
9. Press PART so it’s lit; change part (1-8); press PART to unlit
10. Wheel to select TONE; press NUM then type nnn for TONE
11. SP RECORD/STOP “Empty” (or “Recorded”)
12. LP RECORD/STOP “Quantize”
13. L/R to select Quantize, Precount, PlayChrd, Metronom. Wheel to change value
14. Check the sounds and part you want to record; use WHEEL; set steady tempo
15. Press START/STOP to start loop recording
16. Press START/STOP to stop loop recording
17. EXIT; “Exit?”; Yes; “Write?”; Yes; “No Name”
thanks a lot for your help as many said befor me. your tutorials are better then the official casio video manuel.
Explained simply...Thank you Sir.. 🙏🙏❤️
Thanks for the video..
Great, try my first approach after 1 year posessing this amazing Keyboard😊👍
Thank you. helpfull video
Hi, Stewart, could you please continue for the rest of fill 2 until 4? Thank you in advance.
Simply and perfect.... Thank you sir
I have a question though...
With Yamaha you can copy variation like copy variation 1 to variation 2. Can it be possible here with casino?
What a great tutorial. I've just ordered this keyboard and the fact that you can write your own drum patterns is amazing. I didn't know it could do that. I write music but I want everything to be my own so I don't like using pre-recorded rhythms. Can you make a whole song using your own rhythms? One thing I've noticed from watching your videos is the menus seem really complicated.
Yes you can create your own drum and accompaniment patterns and therefore these can be used for whole songs. In one of my videos I use a pattern that I made into a short piece: ua-cam.com/video/7YPSlpQbAhI/v-deo.html
After a while, getting around the keyboard menus gets a little easier, once you've got the architecture of the unit sorted in your mind. The manual is pretty dire and can add to the confusion, so best to try to get familiar by experimenting and make your own step by step notes - my videos are just my own notes.
All the best.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic Great thanks Stewart. I shall just have to explore the menus thoroughly and watch more videos.
Thanks a lot Stewart for your detailed tutorials.Really appreciateble.As if iam a Indian especially -south (Kerala) tabla and dholak styles used more.Main thing i feel little difficuilt is to tune the kit individually.ie.Tbla tone pitch to key D,E or F.How to tune that.Pls advice or make a video based on that,I am using Ct X 9000in.Function is the same.My bestt wishes and very Happy New Year 2024 in advance.Good luck and God bless you dear.😃🍿
I've been Kerala and really miss the vibe, the food and the weather - here, it's cold and damp! I'm not an expert on Indian sounds so forgive me, but if you want to adjust the pitch you can set the pitch bend wheel to a value and then just push it up or down until you get to the new pitch you require. You can do this on any drum set. Alternatively, choose the TABLA tone and then just find the pitches you require on the keyboard. A third option is to use a pitch DSP FX which has many more parameters to play around with, and you can some really amazing and extreme sounds.
Unfortunately, Casio don't sell the CTX-9000in version in the UK, whereas we can buy Yamaha's versions of their keyboards. Such a shame.
All the best. 😎
Thanks to this video, I got this keyboard.
I hope it enjoy learning and writing some great songs with this keyboard. All the best.
Hey Stewart can you save an sty file from a usb stick unto the ctx 3000, if so how do you do that
Many thanks for this great tutoriel ! You are saving us ! Both the keyboard and the manual are quite complicated to manage (i haven't bought it yet, but tried it at a friend's place for hours) .
Two little questions: Is there a simple way, after having made a mistake, to erase a recording on a track to start again a new recording ?
I don't quite understand what you do at 6:00, did you have to replay the notes on the keyboard (after pressing registration button) to erase them ? Isn't there a more straightforward way to do it, like "clear track" for exemple.
If i record a bass line on, for exemple, 4 measures, would i have to replay all the notes on the keyboard to erase them ?
And is there a way, when you want to make a new rhythm, to recall a setting with everything ready (each instrument on its track, quantize setting, volumes etc...) ?
So that we don't need to do all what you have described all over again when starting again recording a new rhythm from scratch.
Thanks again !
If you're recording a part and you make a mistake, you can clear the mistake by:
1. Stay in record mode
2. Hold down Registration button number 2 - don't let go!
3. Hold down the note(s) on the keyboard that you want to erase
4. Release the Registration and carry on recording
5. Press RECORD/STOP to end the recording process.
If you want to clear the whole part (or "track") of a RHTYHM pattern when you're not recording - for example, if you want to delete the percussion part, which is on track 1, then do this:
1. Select the user RHYTHM you want to edit, hold down FUNCTION/EDIT to get into EDIT mode - EDIT should appear
2. Select the part you want to clear - short press PART/MIXER button and the red LED comes on
3. Press 1 on the keypad, and the display should now say "1 Perc." and number one is flashing on the display. The variation/fill number will also flash and can be changed.
4. Press 1 again on the keypad and the red LED goes out
5. Press Registration button number 2 - the display briefly says "Clear" followed by "Element". All flashing stops and only V1 (or other variation) is on the display.
6. Use L(1) & R(3) arrows on the keypad to select "Part" and the part number reappears.
7. Now press ENTER(6). The display says "Sure?". Press YES(+) delete that part (or the whole RHYTHM).
Note - at step 6 above you can also select "All" which will delete all parts of the RHYTHM, across all Variations. In other words, it clears the RHYTHM completely. This will mean that selecting the part at steps 2-4 above doesn't really matter.
I hope that makes some sense, and it's a method that works for you!
Not sure about your final question, I think you mean like a template, in which case you could probably create a "blank" user RHYTHM and just copy that and start from there.
All the best.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic Sorry for the very late answer, and thanks a lot for your crystal clear explanations !
Casio made things complicated, but i suppose that by repeating the same steps over and over again, it becomes a kind of automatic and fast enough.
Yes i meant like a template, i might get back to you about that if i don't manage it. Thanks again for your great tutorial !
Is it possible to use a different number of measures for each variation? For example, use 4 measures for variations 1-3 and have a 2 measure phrase for variation 4.
Or, when you select the number of measures for the first variation that you record does that number of measures then apply to each variation?
Yes! Each Variation can have a different metre (time signature) and a different length (up to 16 measures!). For instance, Var1 could 2 measures long with 4 quarter note (crotchet) beats (4/4). Var2 could be 6 measures long with 7 eighth note (quaver) beats (7/8). And so on. What were they thinking at Casio HQ? Lots of potential for some weird prog rock stuff here!
But actually and you Can't using effects or the Arpeggiator while yuor re in Edit Rythm Mode Right?
Thanks!
Stewart I did everything you did when I was done I only heard the Drum beat only can you tell where I went wrong thanks in advance you're tutorial are very helpful
I'm not sure - as usual it could be several things. Obviously, make sure you've got every part turned on in the MIXER. Also, make sure you are recording different PARTS - i.e. when you're in record edit mode press the PART button so the red LED is on and then select the part you want to record, using the keypad numbers 1-8 to select it.
In my description I've made a list of the steps - provided you follow it exactly then it will work. But let me know if it's still causing you grief!
Fantastic tutorial!! Can you please also tell me how i can copy Variation 1 to Variation 2,3 and 4?
Hi, thanks for the feedback. I've been making these CTX videos for over a year whenever I come across a problem I want to solve, so I'm pleased they are helping you. It's taken many hours to comprehend the manual!
Video No. 36 (ua-cam.com/video/zbUy-Srm35o/v-deo.html) in the series has a section on copying variations, though I did encounter some issues, which I describe at the end. Copying user variations starts about 5 and half minutes into the video.
I hope this covers your other question too. All the best.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic Superb Stewart!! This is soooo helpful. 👍
Great video, while your on the subject of rhythms, maybe you can touch on copying and pasting parts and elements from one rhythm to another rhythm. This is a cool feature that has not really been demonstrated as of yet. So let's say you don't like the fill or variation of a rhythm, you can just copy a fill or variation (element) from some other rhythm that you do like.☺☺
Ctk 4000 has that
Very interessting Joe, its good to see instead of following the text in the discription👍want to by the ctx 5000 for me as a drummer to use it in our Band for effects. Please Can you demonstrate the creation of deep base effects for the subwoofers by using octave shift and so on, i guess this has to be possibel with this amazing Keyboard, thanks and greetings from Germany 👍😉😎
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It will be possible to add. effect just to spec. Track ?
If i want have a bit of reverb to a snare drum only for instace..
It will be possible ?
Thanks.
Yes, but remember you've only got two tracks to play with - "1 Perc" and "2 Drums". They both can be used for percussion and drum tones, so record the snare on one, and the other parts on the other one.
Each track can have their own volume, pan, reverb send, chorus send, delay send, and volume. Hold down PART/MIXER to enter the MIXER pages, and you can set the values there.
I hope that helps.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic right, got it. Thanks!
But the only thinks its that you can t tuning the single drum rythm or (parts like a tom or a snare) right?
They are automaticly tuned in C ? Or just some of them ?
@@adrianjAstor The drum pitches are fixed, but there are sets of snare, cymbal and tom sounds - TONES 796-800 - which have sounds pitched across the keyboard. You might find what you're looking for there.
Can you modify the rhythm time signature? 4/4 to 2/4. Thanks
Yes, time signatures can range from 2/4 to 8/4 and 2/8 to 16/8. As an example, check out RHYTHM #148 "Mus" which is in 10/8 or #080 5/4 Jazz which is based on the well-known "Take 5" feel. I hope that helps - all the best.
If i want to make a song I'll do it through rthythm like this video or is there something else because you said that here you have only 16 measures..
Ok i just found your song recording video, thanks my friend 👍😀
A rhythm is a repeating pattern that is used within songs, rather than a whole song itself, and by playing chords in real-time you are overlaying the harmonies that you hear. You could create several patterns for one song, each one representing the verse, chorus, or bridge sections of the song. The length of them is not really an issue, because they just keep looping until you press stop or move to another one. Try recording them into a song to create your finished idea.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic thank you Stewart..!
Can you tell me how to delete a recorded rhythm? I played with the pitch and I messed it all up.. also how can I take the pitch adjustment off after I already messed with it?
If you mess up during your recording session, keep it looping in record mode, hold down REGISTRATION 2 with the notes you played on the keyboard that are wrong. Let it keep playing through the whole pattern, and then those notes will be deleted. Then you can just play in the correct ones. I think that answers the second part of your question as well!
A second option: you can also delete a PART after it's been recorded, when you're not loop recording mode. Select the PART (Perc, Drum, Bass, Part 1-5) using the PART/MIXER button. Press REGISTRATION 2 and it quickly says "Clear" followed by "Element". Press the right ARROW (3 on the keypad) once, and change "Element" to "Part". Press ENTER (6). It says "Sure?". Press Yes(+) and that PART has been deleted.
A third option is just to wipe the whole RHTYHM so there's nothing recorded on all the PARTS. Select the USER RHYTHM you want to delete. Long press (LP) the RECORD/STOP button. Press the right ARROW(3) twice so the screen now reads "Rhy Clr". Press ENTER (6). It says "Sure?". Press Yes(+) and that RHYTHM has been deleted.
I hope that helps. All the best.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic for some reason I can't hear the drums when I try to record bass or any other part. Did I accidently turn them off when I'm recording other parts?
@@sunkissedpatchy4832 It's possible that you've muted a PART in the MIXER, but I think the more likely explanation is that you've pressed ENTER after you've selected the PART you are recording.
This puts that PART into solo mode - i.e. it mutes all the other parts you've recorded and you will only hear the part you've selected. On the screen all the other part numbers will disappear and you will see just the part number and 5 thick horizontal lines flashing.
The solution: press ENTER again. All the other part numbers (1-8) should now reappear.
I hope this helps - and it's the correct solution for you! All the best.
Can we use user sounds to create a style?
Bien sûr. Oui, il est possible d'utiliser vos propres sons. 😀
Merci de votre réponse.
@@StewartWallaceSJWMusic
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It's unbelievable how complex this thing is compared to modern groveboxes and DAWs. Why making so many steps, incomprehensible without a manual, with such a small display and terrible user interface.
3 for select 4/4 rythm? You need the manual to set such a simple thing?
Agreed. I've been getting to grips with a Sonicware Liven XFM recently, and that has a lot of depth and button combinations which can be difficult at first. The overlays seem to belong to a previous era.
But the Casio is in a class of its own for testing and confusing the user - and yet I have started to almost understand its quirks. Sometimes it feels like you're looking through the wrong end of a telescope - everything seems so far off that you can almost give up. For the money though, it's worth hanging in there, if you like a challenge!