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Being an Indian makes you get attached to the roots of music. It’s mesmerising sound, soothing tone and large varieties to explore give it a golden sparkle. The moment I became acquainted about CTK 850IN, that had come fully loaded with the features to support Indian music style, I rushed with the excitement to explore it. Although I begun to explore it as a sceptical beginner; it soon made me completely fall for it. It is the most amazing keyboard that I have ever come through till date, which suits the needs and demands of Indian audience.

• It has got the most amazing sound which I have ever heard by any of professional digital keyboard.

• It has 11 Indian rhythms which accounts for more than 180 versatile rhymes like BHANGRA, GARBS, BHAJAN, RUPAK, INDIAN POP-1 AND 2, TEEN TAAL, DANDIYA etc.

• It has 15 Indian tones which are stereo sampled grand piano tomes and it has a total of more than 600 high-quality tones. Some Indian tones are SITAR, TANPURA1 AND 2, SANTUR, SAROD, SARANGI, SHANAI, TABLA, SITAR PAD, HARMONIUM etc.

• The best and enhanced high-quality basic functions

• Easy piano style keyboard which resembles piano style keyboard

• 10 types of reverb and 5 types of chords to add more depth and detailing for your music

• Chord book for valuable reference

• Touch responses that allow you to add delicate nuances to different notes by varying as to how much pressure you apply to the keyboards.

The best part of this Casio keyboard is that it makes music more fun than ever. Its sampling function can record sound data from any other portable audio device and then you can play it on the keyboard. The sampling feature is there to make you much more creative. The AUDIO IN jack can be connected to any other audio device.

The pitch blend’s wheel rotation smoothly alters the pitch of a note and thus produces effects which are essential while performing Indian music. It has got a piano organ button, supported SD memory card slot with capacity up to 32GB, 10 user rhythms which are created by editing in-built rhythms, a music preset that initially changes the keyboard setup which covers a wide range of classical stuff, you can even change the preset scale of the keyboard which are easy to suit Oriental or classical music types. There is an alluring functional backlight LCD of musical information. It’s versatile expandability, USB port for computer connection and the General MIDI makes it a class apart.

So on an overall basis; I really felt that this is really one of the best Casio keyboards which have hit the recent Indian markets. The crazy fans of Indian music like me must be on the watch out for this one exactly. It is surely a masterpiece produced by Casio, which has a blend of Indian roots of music and at the same time has the best of technical features.

Music has always found its place in the Indian culture since the beginning. It is always known to make a person feel relaxed and rejuvenated when one feels low. Indian music is well known for its various swaras and the intricate mix of the ragas. The music lover in me wanted a Casio keyboard, which would help me experiment with the different rhythms Indian music. My search came to an end when I heard about this Casio CKT850IN, the newly launched keyboard in the market. I finally found what I needed and that too everything in a single instrument.

The instrument makes one person to experiment and explore the small nuances of music with its various features. It has more than 180 versatile Indian rhythms ranging from Bhangra, Bhajan to Indian pop and more than 600 high quality tones including 15 Indian tones and stereo sampled grand piano tones. It basically has,

• 48-tone maximum polyphony to minimize the chance of notes being dropped when tones are layered

• This resembles an acoustic piano and the touch response helps you to add many delicate nuances depending on the pressure you apply to the keyboard

• For the depth and effect, you have 10 types of reverb and 5 types of chorus to choose from

• A chord book can be referred if you forget how to play the particular chord by listening to it and this makes the chord book a valuable reference

It is one of the best professional digital keyboards ever and helps you to play with music, to create soothing and catchy tunes. It takes composing to a different level with its added entertainment features. The sampling function helps you to connect another portable audio device to it and use the sounds for composing new ones. It made me to think more creatively and this was really the great way to create new sounds. The playing function helps you to play the created sound and helps you to replace some tones by Auto Accompaniment like adding reverb, vibrato, and other effects to the sampled sound.

You too have few lessoning functions like, Step up Lesson breaks the song into phrases and puts it back together and your performance score appears on the screen and the voice fingering guide helps by calling out fingering if you have any trouble. You have recorder and metronome features for lesson support.

It also has some added features like Pitch Bend Wheel which alters the pitch of the tone and produce effects that are essential when performing Indian music. It has a SD memory card slot and has 10 user rhythms created by editing built-in rhythms. It has a Music Preset and a Preset Scale which helps you to change a preset initially installed in the keyboard and also helps you to change the scale of the keyboard quickly and easily to suit Oriental music or certain types of classical music. It has a versatile expandability and several other powerful functions like the recorder and Auto Harmonize.

So go ahead and experience the new dimension to music through Casio CKT850IN.

Recently, I came to know about this amazing new product from the Casio when my roommate brought this keyboard. Though he brought it after thoroughly checking its features through internet and from the shop also, still I didn't really have any knowledge about this product till then. My friend, being a true music lover he always dreamt of playing a Casio from his childhood. He happened to buy it the moment he came to know that the Casio was available at affordable prices. So he just grabbed this opportunity and purchased it couple of months back.

Soon he gets addicted on playing the keyboard. I, being a music lover as well, had only interest in Indian music also started listening to the amazing sound of this instrument. I liked it and slowly my interest also grew for this Casio keyboard. The best part in it – that is it comes with fully loaded features to support Indian music style. So I was damn excited to explore its Indian musical qualities.

Though I was a beginner, it made me totally fall in love with it. After discovering my passion, I liked every aspect about this professional digital keyboard which had enthralling sound quality and melodious tone which can grab everybody's attention (as it did in my case) in just a few moments. Some in-built features were there for which I supposed that it is designed especially for only Indian music lovers only.

With the assistance of my roommate, I started practicing regularly and developed an intense affinity for it. I kept on exploring more and more and discovered that it has 15 Indian tones, 11 Indian rhythms inbuilt which when composed with 180 rhythms and 600 tones can create a vast musical variations. All these can contribute for more hundreds rhythms like Indian pop, Rupak, Bhajan, Dandiya, Garba, Bhangra etc. Pitch blend wheel is another interesting feature which has the capability to pitch notes smoothly later to recreate the perfect Indian format. Also, its new engine, which comes with really alluring creativity boosting features of audio-in jack and sampling.

All these best features from the new Casio CTK850IN Keyboard that blows my attention towards it and makes me a keyboard player, will definitely seek your involvement too. Totally, this affordable product by Casio can be best utilized by anyone who always dreamt of being a professional digital keyboard player. Considering its performances, definitely I would like to recommend this product to every music lover, the beginner as well as the professional. All I can say, its’ a complete bonanza package for the music freaky peoples.

I had been playing since long but when it comes to high grade musical keyboards, I feel that The Casio WK7600 is simply a masterpiece. It is a splendid techno piece that helps me articulate my thoughts into real-time quality tones. I have played it at parties, in the clubs and just randomly in home and it get associated the way I want. It is loaded with 50 specially selected built-in drawbar organ tones. Also, nine sliders provided for harmonic overtone level settings. A rotary speaker, built-in DSP and what else I need to prove its class.

Features that will make you wish you have it-

 

• Tone Editor Let you compose sounds with blend of uniqueness and quality. Save them, play again with just by pressing a button.

 

Multiple Digital Effects Equipped with 10 reverbs, 5choruses and 100 preset DSPs. That’s not enough these effects are adjustable and can be saved easily.

 

Equalizer Sets according to your choice incorporating five distinct frequency presets , such as “Bright” for treble lovers and “Powerful” if want to play with volume.

 

Arpeggios Just hit keys on the board and let the system play your arpeggios style. Choose from more than 150 types in its in-built collection.

 

Sequencers 17 track song sequencer blended with a multi-track recording to layer bass,guitar, piano and every other instrument. Save your work in a SD memory card and play wherever you want. Make realistic rhythms with 8 track pattern sequencer.

 

32-channel Mixer Volume, pan, reverb send andsound input can be varied in detail with nine slider mixing unit.

 

Input-Output Ports Data of playlist, sequencer and mixing units can be saved in SD memory card inserted in the slots provided or in a USB attached to the port. WK7600 is Data Manager 6.1 ready for lightning fast processing. Besides, terminals for L/MONO, R,PA system, INST, MIC and AUDIO IN are also created for professional playing.

This WK7600 art work is ‘AHL sound’ enabled, the best in the class & latest in technique and I am proud to have it. AHL sound is composed of 800 saved tones, 260 built-in rhythms, a composition of all that you need to create symphony. 9 sliders and large dial display to control it profoundly and change the settings. If you are a live performer, need to change Digital Keyboard setup on stage, just touch the recall registration and you are on! The keyboard has a perfect Piano luster and feather touch response. The unmatched feature is the speakers embedded having 7W+7W high-output bass reflex system. Pitch defining wheel and vibrato modulation are the last few things to declare it perfect.

Trust me, WK7600 is the last way to create a symphony other than Mozart himself.

As a musician, I have always admired piano as the ultimate musical instrument. The excellent sound quality and the euphoria of romancing with the piano keys, has always inspired me to create great music. That is perhaps why I fell in love with the AP-650 MBK digital piano from Casio almost the moment I set my eyes on it. As I tried some of my compositions on the instrument, I felt the same thrill and passion like I feel while playing on an acoustic piano.

The tri-sensor scaled hammer action keyboard of AP-650 MBK, responded to the touch of my fingers in almost a magical manner. Also the tiny crimp on the surface of the keys ensures that I do not tire easily, even if when I intend to play for longer periods of time. The instrument has been provided with a new keyboard system, for efficient reproduction of the finesse resulting from the speed with which I release the individual keys. For a natural and beautiful resonance effect, the piano is fitted with a damper resonance which proves more effective than a pedal.

Not only do the keys of AP- 650 MBK give me the feel of playing a grand piano, but the sound quality of the instrument is also quite similar to an acoustic piano. This is made possible by stereo resonance simulator incorporated within each of its 88 keys. The digital piano also features the multi-dimensional morphing AiR technology from Casio for producing resonating tones. In addition, the improved waveform data sampling feature built into the memory of the instrument helps me to produce remarkably realistic sounds.

What I liked most about AP-650 MBK is that it comes packed with features that help me to transform my musical thoughts into actual sounds. The most important of these are the Key off and Lid simulator features, which help in creating a sound effect that is convincingly similar to that of an acoustic piano. In addition, the piano has the standard features of Hammer Response, 4 Level string resonance, 250 Tones, 60 Music Library Tunes, 180 rhythms, Polyphony and Digital effect reverb. Overall, I found this digital piano to be perfect instrument for playing mesmerizing and enchanting music.

Being a music lover, I have been always been mesmerized by the fact that some of world’s greatest musicians have been great piano players. Although, I had been playing the piano for quite a while, the all new AP-450 BK/BN piano from Casio helped me rediscover a whole new aspect of playing this world class instrument. The instrument provides a pure piano feel with the help of its AiR sound source and collection of rich tones, so much so that I sometimes tend to forget the fact that I am playing a digital instrument. The elegant design and appearance of the instrument further enhances the feel of playing a grand piano.

The first thing about AP-450 BK/BN that catches my eye, are the ebony and ivory keys, which provide the look of luxury and texture similar to a grand piano. The intricately designed crimp surface finish makes sure that my fingers do not slip while playing the instrument. The Tri-sensor Scaled Hammer Action Keyboard II uses a three-sensor system for detecting the touch of the keys in a sequential order. In addition, the piano features the Lid simulator system, which helps me to change the volume and quality of my music by simply raising or lowering the lid.

The thing I like most about the AP-450 BK/BN is that it comes fitted with a damper resonance which provides for a more natural and magnificent resonance effect. The string resonance system which is integral to all the 88 keys of the piano helps me to produce diverse resonance sounds based on the strength with which I touch the keys. What’s more I can even control these sounds to get the desired effects for my performances. The new keyboard also comes fitted with a Key off simulator which reproduces the nuances of various key releases in such an effective manner that it the resulting reverberations are almost as authentic as those produced by a grand piano.

I also like the fact that the AP-450 BK/BN, provides all the usual features of Casio digital pianos, also they are greatly enhanced. These features combined with the rich tone quality and elegantly superior key touch makes the instrument perfect for enjoying a true piano experience.

I am a beginner in the field of music, but creation of music is one thing which has always been on my mind. Since I am a novice, I was looking for a Casio keyboard which can help me in the endeavour of becoming a successful musician. A friend of mine, who is an established musician himself, recommended WK-6600 to me. The very next day I brought home, my priced possession.

Frankly speaking, I was way too impressed by this keyboard. It has everything that can create a soothing experience of music creation; this is the reason I call it, the true musical instrument. It has a lineage of 670 distinct built it tones, which can be mixed in different styles to create something worth cherishing. It has a large operation dial to its credit, which is quite helpful during music creation with the use of mixer and sequencer functions.

This 76 keys professional digital keyboard is designed as well as engineered in such a manner that it is adept at providing an amazing and realistic experience of piano playing. The most amazing aspect is its touch response, because of which the output changes significantly in accordance with the pressure poured in by the musician. This way I created distinct and fabulous sounds just by altering the pressure measure.

The 2 way bass reflex speakers delivers a rich sound which varies from low to high. The speakers have such an amazing quality, that it can bring a different kind of power to any musical performance. For this, I really would like to salute Casio, for empowering us with such a musical instrument. Also there are 5 demo tunes that accompany the Casio keyboard, by varying it at different lengths; a distinct tune can be created.

Display of this keyboard is something which is making headlines these days. Apart from just featuring the name of the tone and rhythm, the keyboard showcases a storehouse of information. For instance, the status as well as the volume of the 16 tracks as well as the other settings can be checked by a mere glance. With the pitch bender wheel, the musicians are given a tool to add some realistic guitar choking and some other effects to the play.

I must say, the brand Casio has its own and distinctive charm. No other brand can take its place in the heart and soul of the musicians. Music is in my blood, my father is a trained musician, and so am I. This is the reason; I share a decade long relationship with the various Casio keyboards. Since I opened eyes, I have always been surrounded by a range of professional keyboards. In a sense, from the beginning of my life, I got the right parameters to judge the different keyboards.

When I initiated my career in the musical arena, my father asked me to buy for myself a professional digital keyboard, which could do wonders to me and my careers. We were flicking through the website, when I got a glimpse of WK-6600. Believe me or not, it was like a first sight love. I fell in love with the beauty and grace of this keyboard. That very day, without much ado, I brought the love of my life into my life.

This keyboard has 76 keys carrying a touch response and is designed in the style of piano. I was mesmerized with its capacity to produce more than 700 sounds and that too in 210 styles. What more can a musician ask for? What I loved the most about it is the rhythm editor, which combines the part of the instrument from multiple rhythms and adjusts the volume, reverb, pan etc. for the creation of some original rhythms. Up to ten of the original rhythms can be stored in the memory so that it can recall as and when the need arises.

The digital effect of this Casio keyboard is worth applauding. The default effects available in this keyboard include reverb, DSP and chorus. Also there are different types of this effect. So, you can exactly create what is in your mind by juggling with the tones and the effects. The equalizer present in this keyboard provides variance in the range of frequency characteristics, which makes it just amazing.

There is also a tone editor for the purpose of adjusting the attack and release time, the chorus and the various other parameters. With this keyboard, the charm of music creation environment reaches notches higher.

Coming from a family with a musical background, my familiarity with various musical instruments is quite old. That is why when I first set my eyes on the feature packed Casio WK-7600, I instantly recognized it as one of the best instruments created by the company. This workstation keyboard is capable of enhancing the musical creativity of music composers and performers. In addition to offering all the regular features of Casio keyboards, instrument comes loaded with some additional features which make music composition and recording an extremely enthralling experience.

What I liked most about this professional digital keyboard is that it comes fitted with an AHL sound source that offers a wide choice of 800 built-in tones. In addition, I can also store no less than 100 of my original tones, which I can recall instantly when needed. To ensure the sound quality of a real piano, the instrument comes fitted with 76 keys which are touch sensitive and shaped like piano keys. Moreover, the instruments gives me the freedom of playing my favorite songs in their most natural and realistic settings, with the help of more than 300 musical presets that are built into the keyboard. My duets have obtained a real life like quality all thanks to the flexible playing experience offered by the layer and shift functions of WK-7600.

Another major advantage that the Casio keyboard offers is that it enables me to record my own music pieces with the help of the microphone input feature. I can then listen to my compositions through the 2-way speaker system with high-output and even use them to create other musical pieces. Moreover, I can compose and save music on an SD card or keyboards internal memory and use the same during my live performances. The enhanced broad rhythmic selection with 250 orchestrated accompaniment styles helps me to add greater vividly to my compositions.

Overall, this keyboard from Casio is a must have for musicians who want to experiment with their creativity. The keyboard offers the satisfaction of creating piano quality music and enjoying the attractiveness of a great design and premium build quality. It is a perfect gadget for musicians who like to flaunt their instrument while creating great music.

My passion for music dates back to the times when I was still a child and so it was only natural for me to choose music as my profession. Having used Casio keyboards all my life, my first choice for a workstation keyboard was obviously the all new feature packed WK-7600 being offered by the company. The instrument has supported my musical creativity in every manner, whether I choose to compose music or record it and even while I am performing live.

The heart of the keyboard is its 76 touch sensitive keys which are shaped like piano keys to provide a real piano like musical experience. I also love the fact that with this keyboard, Casio has combined great features such as a high-output 2-way speaker system and a mic input with a sleek design, which makes the instrument musically attractive. The 300 plus musical presets enable me to use realistic natural setting for my favorite music piece. In addition I can put life into my duets and enjoy a truly versatile playing experience with the keyboard’s layer and shift functions.

Another great feature of this Casio keyboard is that it allows me to select a greater number of tones form its collection of more than 800 built-in sounds and no less than 100 user tones. The keyboard also provides better on board rhythms selection, which now consists of 250 styles of orchestrated accompaniment. In addition, it gives me the freedom to record real sound with the help of the microphone input and then play it or even use it in my compositions. Moreover the ability to record my performances and save my compositions on a portable SD card or even on the internal memory of the instrument, gives me the freedom of making my music truly portable.

Personally I have found the WK-7600, to be a perfect professional digital keyboard, which provides me with all the features to create the music of my choice. The instrument provides all the regular features of a keyboard such as draw bar organ, tone editor, multiple digital effects, equalizer and arppegiator, which make the experience of composing and playing music truly mesmerizing and extremely divine for both novice players and professional performers.