The ‘smart’ in the hammer category, has two sensor, but the software makes it act like a triple sensor. A guy named Pianoman Chuck talks about that in his Pxs-3000 video. I hope this helps. Excellent video.
Well, mine arrived last week, I was half expecting to be sending it straight back, but... I have to say, I absolutely love it! The action is excellent, I played Rach 3 1st mvt all the way through and was delighted with the action (I'd heard the action up the white keys, was compramised, yes it is a little harder to play than a Steinway but only a little) Don't know how they've done it but, they have! The tone of the 2 favourites Grand Piano Concert and Mellow are absolutely superb. The reverb is out of this world too. Looks superb sounds superb feels superb. I have been a bit of a standing joke with my clients and friends as every single digital piano I've bought since 1990, I've not been happy with,for various reasons namely tone and I've paid a ton of money over the years and lost a ton of money getting shut of them. This Privia Px s3000 knocks all of the makes into a cocked hat. I hope it will last but I'm hoping that in the near future a stronger keyboard will be produced by Casio for piano maniacs such as me. Not that it is at all flimsy. It's build is excellent. I bought 15" P. A active Speakers. Those coupled with the privia make it a 9 foot dream and I only paid £250.00 for them. The Privia sounds magnificent throug headphones also but the internal speakers aren't enough for me. Maybe enough for late night soirées alone but I have neighbours who adore to here me play anytime of the day or night. But if you can't play late, then the headphones option is superb my only mini gripe is that they could be a little louder but a headphones amp might remedy that for 20 quid? So to sum up.. If you would adore a 9ft concert grand but can't fit one in your home or afford even, this IS the one. Run to the shop and get one you'll love it
@@myorganiclife hi I'd be very interested to hear what you make of it. As I mentioned in my review, definitely get a pair of 15"PA speakers to cope with the massive tone of the Casio. That way there will be absolutely zero destortion
When you play, you really zone out and go blank... I respect your concentration and great videos. PS - OMG! How do you so casually bang out those jazz runs like it is nothing. It would take me a year to remember the runs!
Stu - Your reviews have basically become my Default / Go-to for Digital Pianos! It's not just the comprehensive knowledge, but it's your exquisite Musicianship! You're the polar opposite of "Piano-Man Chuck"! OUCH! Sorry...that wasn't very nice! I am a more Pianistic Player/Composer, currently living in Istanbul - and I SO need a lightweight Digital Piano, so...from your reviews, I'll probably go with the Casio PX-S3000. It's definitely NOT a Nord, but it covers a lot of Terrain! As for your Amazing Harmonic sophistication, I hear a lot of Bill Evans, and some other favorites of mine: Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Richie Beirach, John Taylor, Bobo Stenson, and Lyle Mays. Thank You for putting SO Much Vital information, Passion - and Love into these Videos!
Dynamic range on a piano changes the timbre significantly or at least it should. I think that's what makes Pianoteq so special. There is a significant difference in timbrel quality as it relates to velocity. The greater the velocity, the more upper partials. That's why these digital pianos actually sound better with smaller bass speakers. The upper partials are lost with an oversized bass speaker. A message to Stu: When you are demonstrating pads or strings, your chords need to be less complex, with less voices. In general 3 or 4 different voices at the most. To address the issue of the "light action," you can deffinately damge your finger joints playing on a keyboard that lacks touch sensitivity. What happens is that you want more sound out of the instrument; but it just isn't there, so what happens is that you stress your muscles and joints trying to get what will never be there. After it's all said and done, I think I will just continue with my PX-150 driving the Pianoteq Pro sound engine. For those that don't know, you can adjust every single parameter on every individual not with the Pianoteq Pro, and one of the ways people make the piano sound more realistic is by variring the parameters slightly on every individual note so the character of each individual note is slightly difference. Pianoteq Pro also has an aging slider. Most good players perfer the sound of an instrument that is slightly aged which means there is variation from note to note which increases with the age of the instrument.
In this case, can't say whether the compressed dynamic range is due to the tone engine or the keybed. What if the keybed / sensors themselves give the compressed midi velocity levels? If yes, even pianoteq won't be able to help.
@@Mnkmnkmnk , This is something I have wondered about. I know the Yamaha KX-88 divides the 128 velocity units into increments of 10, but it's an older device. Supposedly my Casio PX-150 has "High-Res MIDI" inwhich the units are far more precise. Here's a thread on the subject: forum.modartt.com/viewtopic.php?id=5897
@@JoeLinux2000 I was thinking more on the mechanical/analog side of the keybed/sensors. Think recording audio from a cheap laptop mic at 96KHz 24 bit. Thanks for the thread.
@@Mnkmnkmnk Just recently I have learned to properly adjust the velocity curve on the Pianoteq as sent from the Casio in velocity setting 2 and there is no problem at all with the velocities coming from the Casio. My Casio is a triple sensor PX-150. Perhaps Pianoteq should explain how to adjust the velocity settings or perhaps I'm just stupid, but it took 3 years for me to figure it out. It's actually simple, I just didn't understand it.
@@JoeLinux2000 I have understood the main velocity curve, but not the note-off and sustain curve. The calibration tool helped. My digital piano, roland rp-102 has a very hard action, and it is very difficult to get high velocities (have to hit really hard to get >90 velocity). So, I had to set a very steep velocity curve from 75 up.
As an intermidate and short on money,which Piano should i buy?CASIO PXS3000 OR ROLAND FP10 OR FP30?...It should have to be a practice and a gig model...which should i prefer?It will be helpful u give me ur proffessional knowledge..
Thanks for all your videos. This lead me to jump on one of these to upgrade from a CDP-S100. Liked and subscribed for my inevitable eventual upgrade to a high end. Hopefully that will be longer than 8 months.
@@MerriamPianos Thanks! I am actually replacing the CDP for a PV-S3000 and currently being tortured by UPS shipping. The CDP has been great to learn on but this Privia is expanding my options to the moon. Appreciate your thorough and honest opinion on the topic. I am only 8 months in to learning and am loving every minute.
I really like this channel, but like a lot of reviews I think a number of possibilities with this keyboard have been missed in this review. The weight can be fairly significantly adjusted in the settings using the heavier settings which does make a huge difference to the playing experience. The other thing regarding the piano sounds as well as every single sample on this keyboard are the editable DSP settings which a lot of people seem to miss as a part of this keyboard's unique makeup. This can make a massive difference to the sound and dynamic range of every single piano tone, especially the first row of 10 DPS settings. It's a beast of a keyboard, my only real gripe with it personally is the midi connectivity which is annoying from the point of view that the Casio app is fantastic to use together with the keyboard but it doesn't seem like you can use the app and connect to midi at the same time which is a bit silly. Worth looking deeper into this instrument, it has a lot of pretty incredible hidden features.
Was about to write the exact same comment!! Plus if you hold the “sound mode” button you can have access to many different acoustic setting like ny club or opera house. Little things that make a big difference. Love these reviews but for a contemporary player like me, these things make a difference.
It has a lot of synthesizer features that I think were glossed over. The ADSR envelope is a feature not present in comparative digital pianos, and can have a huge impact on the sound. For example, increasing the attack will make your piano sound softer and good for ballads.
While I think the difference in weight between the white keys and the black keys are negligible, the short key bed makes the back of each key really heavy and not fun to play honestly. Most reviewers also seem to really praise the sound on the pxs-3000, but I find that the lower mid range of the piano sounds very digital, while the higher range always have a thump sound even when I play softly (this becomes obvious with headphones). For me, the speakers just do not cut it, even when I had it backed against a wall at home. I had it returned a few days after.
This Keyboard had everything I wanted, then the Keyboard issue came up. They need to pack the guts of the PX-S3000 into a case that has a decent Keybed. The ever elusive Keyboard that has it all!
I am looking for my next learning/recording/performance keyboard and have been looking towards your videos for insight. I started off on a Casio CT-S1 and am considering the PX-S1100 or S3100… do the newer models have the same compressed dynamic range as in the PX-S3000?
That guy did a whole video with 4 different digital pianos - Yamaha, Roland, Kawai, and Casio - and used measured gram weights and only the Casio had such a large difference with the black keys.
Hello! I very much enjoy your in-depth reviews and came to trust your opinion. So here’s my question: unfortunately, my left hand technique is not as developed and therefore, to me is very important to have a very good single finger cords in the accompaniment. Which instrument has that kind of feature? Am looking forward to your response! Thank you!
Hi! Brent from Merriam Music here! Thanks so much for your kind words! We're glad you have been enjoying the videos. :) In terms of pianos with excellent accompaniment options, including the single note chord accompaniment, the Casio PXS3000/PXS3100 and new Roland FP-E50 models are the first that come to mind. They are excellent pianos and have some very handy features. For instance, you can check out the chord accompaniment features on the Casio PXS3000 in the following video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bQP5Vh_TkqA.html
How does the s3000 compare to the Casio px-780 in terms of keyboard action and sound quality of the piano tone and the rest of the GM tones? The major turn-off for me about the s3000 is the lack of keyboard stand attachment for the 3 pedal assembly.
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@@mrmaramind I would say it also depends on the instrument u want to learn. If u want to play acoustic u need an acoustic, you cant learn on a digital, at least the first year. DP is not a piano basically, since it has quite different mechanics of sound producing. Even 2k$ ones.
Everyone saying it isn't as good as X keyboard because of the action or whatever, just a reminder this has batteries and is made purely for portability. This is the best keyboard for a gigging musician. I can just bring this and a PA and play literally anywhere for 3-4 hours. There are other keyboards that are battery powered, but none this complete. The only other option is the CDP-S150, which has a 13 hour battery life but comprimises a lot everywhere else. If you're looking for a digital piano to learn on, don't buy this. There are keyboards from Kawaii with action just like a grand piano, and other cheap options that have better action etc. Nothing beats this model for gigging though, and the battery and portabilty of this keyboard is a gigging musicians best friend, trust me.
Something about the piano sound on the Casio has always bothered me. While it's improved a ton, it still has a tinny quality to it with a decay that seems to fall off too quickly. As always, great review.
I wouldn't say it's the decay since this one model just got a longer and more natural decay, if I'm not wrong casio's main problem is on their sampling, it has something between the timber being "spikey" on the register between C3 and E5 on the mid-range sampling covering some of the natural brightness of the strings and the velocity curve response while playing, I own this model, and tbh what I like the most on it is the fact that has string resonance, damper resonance, key on-off noise, damper sound level, it's VERY light, runs on batteries, at this price range is really hard to beat.
My feeling is that the base (not bass) sound is a little thin, but when the sound mode effects are turned on it's very nice. I have yet to try it at a dealer showroom.
@@JoeLinux2000 It is, but seems like there's thin sounding acoustic pianos as well, most times are likely to sound like that cause they don't have the lid on (removed lid), some people love that sound, others just can't make it without a full sounding piano tone, I believe that the string resonance at its max on this keyboard somehow compensates the lack of body and gives it more richness to the sound.
I agree, especially when compared to a Yamaha or roland, it sounds a bit thin and tinny. The others sound much more full. But the sound has been getting much better and i fo enjoy the sound if the pxs 1000/3000
I'd say some of the piano renderings would be close in a qualitative sense. On paper the ZenCore processor architecture is more advanced than the Casio, but there's no accounting for personal taste when it comes to sound, as we know!
In my opinion after playing both I would say they sound similar, but line out or headphones I would say the Roland is better, but the via the onboard speakers it is very hard to tell the difference. Which did you go with?
I just ordered mine. I played it at a Guitar Center and you don’t really notice the difference in the action. I preferred it over the Rolands and Yamahas.
Miguel Carvalho I’ve not been able to verify that it is triple sensor in any documentation, and the distributor here in Canada has also stated that it’s a dual sensor. Can you send me a link where you’ve found the info you’re talking about? Thanks! -stu
@@MerriamPianos Apologies if I am wrong. The link where I read it is www.casiomusicgear.com/products/privia-series#:~:text=EXPRESSIVE%20TOUCH&text=This%20meticulously%20engineered%20keyboard%20action,with%20unparalleled%20speed%20and%20accuracy.
Check out this link on the difference between the PX-S and older PX key action. I am not sure where he got the information, but it seems the new action uses software to determine key location. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PCx30-UDuxE.html Also, here is a link to an example of the key response capabilities of the PX-S. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yEk-v-AJo3o.html IMHO, it is very impressive. I own this keyboard and really enjoy it. The piano sound quality to me is outstanding, and it is a tremendous value.
@@kybdsammer thanks for the video link to pianoManChuck. I was under the impression that all privia models have tri sensors, but now it seems S models have a software controlled variable sensors. I too own a PX-S3000 and am very satisfied with the keyboard.
I bought this keyboard a year ago and have to say i am somewhat dissapointed. I found the piano sounds lacking. In fact i mostly use it as a midi keyboard with piano plugins that sound much more realistic to my ears. The menu system is confusing and not intuative, having to jump through hoops for simple things. It looks nice and i'm comfortable with the action, but agree with the lack of dynamic range. Onboard speakers are awful as to be expected with their small size and would recommend headphones or amp for this. All and all its an OK keyboard, but im looking probably towards kawai for my next purchase.
I'm sorry to hear that you are not fully satisfied with the PXS3000. Of course, it comes along with many perks, such as the extreme portability, which is particularly attractive for gigging musicians. With that said, not every instrument is for every player. Furthermore, sometimes we outgrow an instrument as we become for discerning in our tone and touch tastes and preferences.
@Merriam Music Agreed, not saying its a bad keyboard, just not to my own taste. I'm sure many love it. I originally bought it as my first weighted keyboard. It was within my budget and I was looking for a piano keyboard with good piano tones that I could just sit down and practise with, without always turning on my mac for midi plugins. Unfortunately I still wasn't satisfied tone wise and still find myself using midi plugins for a better experience.
you seem to search for things to say to soften what you really think about the key action: that it's no good. I saw other videos that demolished Casio for the action on this piano (even taking it apart to prove the point), to a point that Casio felt the need to attack that video and brushing it off as lies. It's a shame they did this with arguments that make no sense and that are proved wrong by the man who made the videos. It was practically impossible to make a good key action due to the small case of the Casio. They put style over playing fun
Adam Norell I have owned it for 8 months now and I can confirm all the downsides mentioned in JPS’ vids as well as in this vid (about the compressed dynamics). Bought this for the portability & aesthetics (which serves its purpose well) replacing my Kawai ES8 as my gigging instrument (it’s now used for home piano only). Speaking about gigging, what bothers me most about this instrument is the hard-to-control dynamics. More often than not I became uninspired with my own playing 😂
It's funny. I went to Sweetwater and I got all of the specs. Polyphony, action and speaker wattage and size of the speakers. Doesn't seem too hard to get specs
@@johngood8742 wait, what? He stopped? No. Funny I’m the opposite. I prefer almost no playing as I don’t believe I’m getting a real representation of the instrument anyway. I actually want to hear about his opinions and thoughts on it. I’ve gotten too many instruments that didn’t sound anything like in the video. Gotta love RU-vid audio compression.
