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PSR-E363 : does it transmit accompaniment data along with the user performance ?

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pquenin:
The manual is not clear on what is transmited by the USB to HOST MIDI OUT.
There was something about this in the manual of its predecessor (E353) but I don't find the same in the E363 Manual.
I need this information before buying this instrument that seems otherwise perfect ...

SeaGtGruff:
On the PSR-E models there are usually settings in the function menu that let you select which parts you want the keyboard to transmit over its MIDI connection:

- "PC mode" lets you select between a few predetermined configurations.
- "KbdOut" lets you decide whether or not to transmit the keyboard parts (i.e., Main Voice, Dual Voice, and Split Voice).
- "StyleOut" lets you decide whether or not to transmit the various style parts (i.e., Drums, Bass, etc.).
- "SongOut" lets you decide whether or not to transmit the various song parts (but only for user-recorded songs).

You are correct, there is nothing in the manual about these, and they are not included in the PSR-E363's function menu! :o

However, on page 48 there is a note that says "Song, Style and keyboard performance data are transmitted to an external device via MIDI by playing the Song or Style, or by playing the keyboard. As for Songs, only User Song data can be transmitted to an external device via MIDI by playing back the Song."

So it would appear that the PSR-E363 does indeed transmit the style parts, although someone who actually has one would need to verify this.

But there are no longer any functions that let you decide which types of parts you want to transmit-- perhaps because those functions were thought to be too confusing to the majority of PSR-E3xx owners?

So if you feel that you need to be able to control which types of parts to transmit, you might want to get the next model up (PSR-E453), or possibly the previous model (PSR-E353).

However, the PSR-E353 doesn't have the individual "KbdOut," "StyleOut," and "SongOut" functions as the PSR-E4xx models do, just the "PC mode" function.

pquenin:
Thanks for the reply. Yes, this is what I have also read in the manuals, but I have still a doubt...
In my local store I have seen a PSR-E453 for 250€, a bit more that my budget, but very tempting.
Or maybe a Casio CTK-4400, it has all the E363 have and more, but I have never seen or touch a real one...

I'm still interested in knowing if the E363 can transmit the accompaniment data...

pquenin:
I have played a little with the E453 this midday at the store... and there are pros and cons against the E363.
Pros (for me) : a pitchwheel, better HPs, more tracks in the sequencer, USB to DEVICE, more control on the accompaniment.
Cons (for me) : heavier, the same basic AWM sounds, +70€

The weight is the big problem for me with this keyboard, so I don't know what to do as of now.

SeaGtGruff:
I don't have the PSR-E453, but I find my PSR-E443, PSR-E433, and YPT-400 (a.k.a. PSR-E403) to be reasonably light-- that is, I can pick them up with one hand and carry them like a suitcase, and I am not a strong man. :)

I haven't played the CTK-4400, but I used to have a CTK-710 and its tones sounded very similar to a WK-810 that my nephew has-- the same, really, except that the CTK-710 has far fewer tones, doesn't have reverb, etc.-- so I think all of the CTK and WK models use the same tone generator technology. Anyway, I thought that a few of the tones on my CTK-710 sounded fine-- for instance, I liked the acoustic piano and electric piano tones, as well as some of the others-- but I found many of the tones to be unsatisfactory to my ears. When I first got my PSR-E433 I spent a good deal of time comparing its voices with the equivalent tones on my CTK-710, and I thought that the PSR-E433 won hands down. :)

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