Casio Privia PX-S3000 vs PX-S1000: overview of differences to help you choose 

Great to hear!

he is selling pxs1000 , he doing business for this keyboard :)

Ordered mine yesterday. I’m so excited.

@@DonVal86 is the casio's key action good? Have you got any problem with the key weight different between black and white?

Hi Stephen i'm also looking to by s3000 for church(small 50people capacity),what are your experiance so far?

@@hrvojesoric2270 you definitely need a companion app if you are looking to layer or switch to other tones... I like the sensitivity changes to the keys, the sounds are very nice, the only thing I don't like is the noise of the "realistic foot pedal" but you can turn that off in the settings... I don't really look to customizing sounds like other people that prefer thier own specific voicings ... But the customization you can do with the knobs on the electric piano are pretty nice to change on the fly and play around with

@@stephenrodriguez5203 thx

LOL!! You made a good choice. Ah, but those bills for getting it tuned every 6 months :( Thanks for your comment :)

px-3000 looks more like px-360 than to px-560

PX-560 is still Casio's flagship slab piano. Apples and Oranges to compare it with a PX-S3000.

Hello, I am Korean and I am writing because I cannot understand what is in the video. I just want to ask you a few questions. Can you answer them? 1. According to another px-s1000 reviewer, the length of the keyboard is about 2mm shorter than the analog piano, so it's a little annoying when he plays. Is there such a thing in the video? 2. I wonder if the keyboard sizes of px-s1000 and 3000 are the same. 3. When video reviewer Chuck plays the piano, I wonder if you feel uncomfortable or awkward with your hands because this product and analog piano have different keyboard sizes. (I know that this Cassio series is a very compact model. Especially 1000.) 4. Is there a difference in piano sound between the two products in the video? (normal and mellow piano sound ) Thank you . .!

The 3000 most definitely has a screen!

Correct! You can designate the damper and expression pedal jacks to move forward or backward through the registrations. Instructions are on page 42 of the manual. support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/008/PXS3000_usersguide_A_EN.pdf

This is something that James Shawcross started with the black keys to get his viewer count up. Originally he praised the keys as he played difficult classical passages on it... then took a 180 on it figuring he'd get more viewers. He deletes any comments on his videos that don't agree with what he says. In reality, you cannot compare keys on a keyboard with that of an acoustic piano in that they're not wood, they're not over a foot in length, etc... unless you play a Kawai digital piano which is around $3k. Rest assured the PX-S1000 / 3000 is an awesome piano that anyone who's tried falls in love with. The keyboard player for the rock band Kansas uses this, as does many other popular pianists / keyboardists.

@@PianoManChuck Thank you so much for replying I thought the same as a lot of good piano players have liked it. Hope you are well I will defiantly be looking at getting the 3000 now, thanks again.

The 'issue' only exists with James Shawcross. When the unit is turned on and running, the firmware's "Smart, scaled hammer action" makes up for any weight differences while you play. There's only a 'problem' when the unit is turned off and trying to compare apples with oranges (acoustic pianos with keysticks multiple times the length of a digital piano's keys) with weights.

As a reseller I think you'll find this interesting: I get many inquiries from people who just want a keyboard for playing piano only! They don't want to spend an extra dime on things like being able to record or pitch bend or having hundreds of worthless sounds - all they want is piano with an excellent key action and great sound - nothing else! They feel taken advantage of by manufacturers because they don't want to pay more for "features" that they'll never use and never wanted to begin with.

@@PianoManChuck So the flip side I suppose is that Casio is providing us with options. Thanks man, just goes to show there's usually another perspective.

No Midi over Bluetooth. No audio over USB. The PX-S 3000 has usb midi, line in, line out or Bluetooth for audio, so that you can connect your phone to play songs through the piano. It also has an option to cancel out the mid ranger (voice of the singer) and you can adjust input volume in the settings.

I actually did that comparison a while back: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3x_9H9hVu60.html

PX-S1000 has superior piano and 'smart scaled' hammer action (even better than the action on the CDP series). The PX-S3000 is the best choice for 700 sounds.

Also cdp does not have harmonic ressonance, does it? At least it does not sound like it.....

Actually you can use an expression pedal (in the expression pedal jack) and set the pedal function to sustain. That makes it work like a half damper pedal but kind of takes some getting used to using an expression pedal as a sustain pedal.

@@PianoManChuck Couldn't you just connect a half-pedal capable sustain pedal (like a Yamaha FC3A) to the expression pedal jack?

@@rodtompkins I tried that with a Korg half damper pedal - no go.

@@PianoManChuck Wonder if the Yamaha would work. It's nothing more than an Expression (continuous control) pedal in a sustain pedal body. I have actually used it as an expression pedal on a synth. Of course, it always snaps back when you let off, so not good for typical expression pedal applications.

@@rodtompkins I'm using a ProLine expression pedal - works great and its only $29.95

Of course the PX-3000 isn't better than the PX-5. But it may be better for your needs. Without stating what you want or need, does it matter which is better? What is better and what is best for you are two different things. The function set of the PX-5 far exceeds the PX-3000. It isn't even close. The PX-5 has 4 appegiators, The PX-5 has deeper DSP. The PX-5 has a synthesizer. The PX-5 has more customization. One isn't a replacement for the other. Is an F-150 pickup truck better than a mustang? It depends on whether you want a truck or a performance vehicle. Chuck has no access to what is going to be replaced when. Those who know, won't tell. Those who would tell, don't know. Anything he could say is just as speculative as what you or I would say.

Matthew Gaines why ‘of course it’s not better’? How would someone who has never tried the PX3000 know this? I used to work for Casio and their product launches would often be random and invariably they would release a new lower priced keyboard that would have a much better sound than the previous high end model. I suspect this has happened with the PX3000 and the PX5S. With regard to the question about a PX5S replacement I was simply asking Chuck’s opinion.

Casio's SP34 (3-pedal) for these units are proprietary, so no - you cannot use a 3rd party 3-pedal unit. It sells for $99.99 everywhere - you don't need to buy it "where you live" since you can mail order it from just about anywhere. If you want just a single pedal to do sustain with, it comes with a cheap one... otherwise you can buy a universal sustain pedal from just about anywhere.

@@PianoManChuck I think I wrote that wrong, I thought it only had one sustain pedal plug, the 3-pedal one. I wanted to ask if I could buy a universal sustain pedal (1-pedal) and still use it. Thanks for answearing my question after such a long time after you published this video, I think i'll buy this product. I can't mail it to my country because it'll probably take around 3 months to be delivered and it'll probably be taxed, the price would almost be the same as buying it here since our import taxes are high!

It's perfectly safe to install the batteries and AC adapter at the same time. I have a PX-S3000 and do it all the time.

@@rodtompkinsmusic thank you alot

It will explode. 😄

These are shorter and pprobably won't be compatible

You need the new CS68 stand for these.

Yes, by inserting a 1/8" plug into one of the headphone jacks.

@@PianoManChuck This cheat is a real head slapper - almost too easy considering what it costs for any other gismo interface thingy.

The PSX1000 has only piano and some other basic sounds like organ, strings etc. The PSX3000 has over 700 sounds and a pitch bend wheel. So they 3000 has more synth functionality

Neither of these keyboards are synthesizers. The PX-560 has a synthesizer if that is what you need.

Whether it's better or not is slightly subjective. The VPC1 by Kawai has wooden keys, weighted and it's probably the closest keybed to an acoustic piano. The pivot points are quite large so you can play from any point in the key without much effort. However the keys are heavy and they tire your hands way faster and it doesn't have speakers or any settings/sounds. It's just a keybed you connect to a computer. The px-sXXXX series have lighter keys but still weighted, ivory touch imitation (which gives a nice grip), speakers, 700 sounds (with very good quality), it's very light(25 lbs approx) however the key pivot point is slightly short, which means the keys get heavier as you get closer to the board. That's sucks a little bit for repertoire like Moonlight Sonata mov.3 in which a lot of arpeggios are done very close to the board, but it's a small sacrifice for the quality of instrument you get for such a low price. The purpose of each keyboard is very different, if you want something like the VPC1 but with build-in speakers and sound, more built for home/recreational purposes, I would suggest the Kawai KDP-110. If you want an instrument which you'll use for gigging and for producing music, then the Px-s3000 would be a better choice.

Yes, the vpc action is better.