                                          (Two Casio's and a Macbook)

WOW! I've used Rolands, Yamaha's, Ensoniq, Akia's, Alesis, many, many more…

This is by far the most powerful LIVE rig setup I've ever used. 
Who would've ever thunk it?  I'm proudly using two Casio boards and one Mac on stage.
Back in the 80's it was only a dream to able to do this.

XWP1   Top board
PX150  Bottom board
Macbook Unibody, 8gig's ram. Logic9 and Mainstage 2

Burning Down the House " Live Version"

Played on the XWP1, mapped extensively through Mainstage 2.  (Note:!!!) The HOLD button on the XWP1 makes this song "played live" possible. The entire mapping of tones in this song need to be legato. The tones must sustain until the next key/keys are played, simultaneously releasing all tones not being physically played on the keys and holding all tones that are now being played.  A sustain pedal cannot do this.  The pressing of the sustain pedal holds ALL tones until it is released. 
This button alone is the hottest selling point of the CASIO synth.
"I can't say enough about this little giant killer."

The Producers "Certain kind of Girl" 80's...

Once again, the hold button makes this songs bridge possible. The XWP1's saw & AH synth tones  are being held by the sustain pedal. The lead tone is being held by the hold switch. The sound FX's tones are being held by the hold switch.  The XW's saw synth & PWM tones sustain pedal is being passed through Mainstage2, unfiltered.  The FX's tones sustain pedal "CC#64" is being disable through Mainstage2,  thus not respondent to the closure of the pedal, as well as the lead synth tone.
Take my word… The songs bridge "Played Live" isn't possible without the hold button. It would require  exhaustive editing of each tone to do this without the HOLD button.

The Producers  "You make the Heat"  80's POP

Classic ELO tune performed on the Casio XWP1 and PX150 Privia, mapped through Mainstage 2. The opera woman was sampled and truncated single shot using the EXS24 in Logic 9. All string samples are also logic and EXS24 factory tones. The XWP1 is using one wide strings tone and one violin tone. The PX150 is using its concert piano tone and four Logic string tones with the addition of the wide strings tone from the XWp1. All of these tones are layered on top of the piano. The XWP1 is using a single performance, while Mainstage is using four mapped patches in a chain.
Excuse the mistakes, it's being played real time and there is a lot of playing from board to board. Not to mention the map changes.

Rockaria  "Classic ELO"

Hard to find a classic Zepplin tune featuring a piano. Here's one using two Casio's. The tone is a concert piano from the PX150 Privia. The phrase sequencer in the XWP1 makes playing this song so much easier to play.
I play the solo once and simply by pressing the sustain pedal, the XWP1 takes over the monotonous piano part, allowing me to real time play the trap percussion and marimba part. Thanks to Mainstage2 I'm able to layer the last two octaves of the PX150 seven times.  That allows me to play live what it would take three people to do. All playing the same exact piano part simultaneously, each in a different octave .  

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