Casio PX-5S Quick Start Manual page 7

NOTE:
Notice that when you move a controller, info pops up
in the display telling you what it is changing. You may
notice that the second line of text is always saying No
Assign. This is because a knob/slider/wheel/pedal can
actually control two things at the same time if desired.
So far we haven't encountered that. But we will!
SLIDERS
Slider 1 controls Filter Cutoff, which is another way to make a sound darker or brighter, using
the synthesis engine rather than the effects engine (EQ). Slider 2 is controlling Filter Resonance,
which is a part of the filter tonality. You won't hear much change from it; it is more prominent on
synth sounds. Slider 3 controls the attack of the sound; as you move it up slightly the sound takes
longer to start.
The next three sliders are almost always controlling the same functions in all the Stage Settings:
• Slider 4 controls the amount of Chorus effect; bring it up to add a swirling, slightly detuned
• Slider 5 controls the amount of Delay; bringing it up adds discrete repetitions of the notes
• Slider 6 controls the depth of the Reverb effect, which simulates playing a sound in a physical
We suggest you go back through the Bank 0 Stage Settings again and explore how the controls
are set up for each sound.
coloration to the sound.
you play. Used very subtly it adds some spaciousness to your sound, adding more produces
stronger echoes.
space, be it a room, hall, large hall, canyon and such.
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