WK 500 - AC7 file - Rhythm

Hi There,
I just bought a Casio Wk 500 and I need to create my own Rhythm. I need a specific Persian 6/8 Rhythm.

I know I should had bought a model which has "Pattern Sequencer" (ie, WK7500) but I realized this too late. My mistake was when I looked at the WK 500's manual before buying and I saw "Edit Auto Accompaniment" feature, and I thought that is the feature I need but it was too late when I realized that I just can only use one of the existing parts of the existing Rhythms (Drum/Bass/etc) to edit the current one. So ie. I can not play my drum and have it recorded and then use it as a drum part in the Rhythm

I would return it and get a 7500 instead if I were in US but I a have imported it from US to Canada and the shipping was very expensive. so I have to pay the shipping back too if I want to return, so this does not work for me.

If I could make my rhythm in Midi and then convert it to AC7 format ( which is the format that this device reads as Rhythms and not the CKF) then that would be great. I have spent quite a time to find a solution for this but no luck so far.

Does anybody knows:

1- How to create a Midi rhythm ( with Channels 9-10-11-12-13) ? Which free software I can use ( sorry if its a dummy question but I have not used a midi software yet )
2- How can I convert the Midi file to AC7 file? The casio convertor application does concert it to CKF and not to AC7 and ckf is not useful for this model.
3- How can I transfer the AC7 file to the Keyboard? Can I just copy it to the SDcard and then read it to the keyboard?

Any help is much appreciated!

Thank you,

Shaya

I went to the casio site and seen some new rhythms on the Special Rhythms section in .ac7 format. Is there a way to convert them to .ckf or to smf ?

Here, Y-man: http://www.casio-europe.com/euro/emi/rhythmsspecial/

Thanks very much Y-man,

Yes - the work around worked! so I went through the entire process as you mentioned and I was able to upload the own generated test midi file ( converted to CFK ) to WK500.

The only issue is since I am a newbie I do not know how to Anvil to create the appropriate rhythm pattern. I was able to create something as drums but I do not know:
1- how it can be sequenced ( like a pattern sequence ) when I put elements of the drums in the composer it goes for ever so I do not know how to make it repeat as a sequence.
2- The rhythm that I created as a test went to the "Intro" part of the Auto Accompaniment so I am not sure how to handle this ( how can I specify which part I am making rhythms for it . ie : Intro/Normal/Fill in / etc )

I took a look at the Anvil guide/help but it does not specify this things.

Is there a pattern or template ( for Midi ) for a casio Auto accompaniment which I can use ( open it in Anvil and then modify it to mine )?

Thank you again Y-man. Much appreciate it.

Regards, Shaya

The rhythm DOES get transmitted over MIDI. Don't know about your model, but on my WK-3800 I press on Transpose, then down arrow, right arrow, select AC/SNG ON.
This tells the keyboard to send the Accompaniment.

Y_Man, no problems, if you can't record all of the rhythms into MIDI, record fewer that sound better....when you have time

Hey, you got message! Thanks!