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Keyboards & MIDI > Home Keyboards > Portable / Arranger Keyboards > Casio WK-500 Casio WK-500 76-key Portable Keyboard with 670 Preset Sounds, 48-note Polyphony, Effects, Recorder, USB and LCD Display »CLICK TO ENLARGE   ItemID: WK500   Retail Price: $449.99 SAVE $150.00 (33%) WHEN YOU BUY TODAY! SALE PRICE: $299.99 Add the WK-500 to Your Wishlist Yes, It's In Stock! This item is available for immediate delivery. Our centrally-located warehouse ensures you the fastest delivery time in the industry. Order now by adding to your cart or call your Sales Engineer.   Customers also bought...   Gator GKB-76 76-Key Keyboard Bag $89.99     Gator GK-276-DEEP 76-Key Deep Keyboard Case $329.99

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An Excellent Keyboard with 670 Onboard Sounds! Casio packed the new WK-500 76-key portable keyboard with great sounds and music-making features, so it's great for beginning players, advanced players, and everyone in between! 670 sounds, 200 rhythms, and 152 songs/lessons keep the Casio WK-500 interesting, while a new sampling function makes it more fun than play with than ever. Pick a sound on your portable audio device or record one via the mic input - up to 10 seconds - then the sound will play as you press certain piano keys! Built-in lessons, facilitated by the graphic screen, are great for beginners, and a USB port makes it easy to connect the Casio WK-500 to your computer. Casio WK-500 76-key Portable Keyboard at a Glance: Packed with instrument sounds and effects Built-in speakers Drum rhythms help you write songs and practice Built-in lessons and play-along songs New sound sampling feature USB connection, recorder, auto-harmonizer, arpeggiator, and more Packed with instrument sounds The Casio WK-500 includes an impressive 670 sounds - plus 200 rhythms - to really exercise your creativity. Of the sounds, there's an excellent stereo grand piano sample - plus, all of the built-in tones have been improved using Casio's new AHL technology (Acoustic and Highly-compressed Large-waveform). Casio also increased the polyphony to 48, so you don't have to worry about sounds dropping out when you play extensive passages. There are even fifteen different effects onboard for further shaping your sound - 10 reverbs and 5 choruses. With the increase in polyphony, the excellent sounds and effects, and Casio's Touch Response keys, the WK-500 lets you play with incredible expression. Built-in speakers The Casio WK-500's built-in speakers let you get playing without connecting any bulky extra experience. You can perform and play with friends easily. Or, when it's time for quiet practice, just connect a set of headphones and you'll enjoy great sound that way, too. Drum rhythms help you write songs and practice Casio's WK-500 76-key portable keyboard offers 200 rhythms, plus auto-accompaniments for Latin music and other world styles. Of the 200 rhythms, many are world-styled, and other patterns are specifically suited to traditional piano play. You can experiment with Bossa Nova, Samba, Cumbia, Reggae, Calypso, and more! Music preset keys help you switch between sounds fast and also set up the keyboard's tone, rhythm, and tempo so it's ideal for playing each song. Built-in lessons and play-along songs The Casio WK-500 is more than a fun keyboard to play - it's also an excellent learning tool. 152 songs are in the "Song Bank," among which there are 50 exercise phrases. The songs are divided into short, easy-to-master phrases, making it easy for just about anyone to learn to play. After you master a phrase, you'll advance to the next one until you can play the entire song. An on-screen guide shows you the notes you need to play, so the WK-500 can also help you learn to read music and then directly apply that knowledge. New sound sampling feature Now more fun to play than ever, the Casio WK-500 keyboard has a new sampling function built-in. You can take anything you've recorded - up to 10 seconds long - and then connect a portable audio device to the WK-500's audio in jack. Load up the sound, and you can press a key and hear it! There's also a built-in microphone for recording right onto the keyboard. You can even add effects such as reverb and vibrato to give the sound more dimension. Make even more complex drum kits, or add even more expression to your playing with the WK-500. USB connection, recorder, auto-harmonizer, arpeggiator, and more Other advanced features on the Casio WK-500 include a USB connection, so you can easily connect it up to your computer and control virtual instruments. The WK-500 also has a built-in recorder for laying down song ideas - there's a large six track, five song capacity. Plus, there's an auto-harmonizer that adds appropriate harmony notes to your melody automatically, and there's an arpeggiator that makes complex arpeggios easy to play. Casio WK-500 76-key Portable Keyboard Features: 76 piano-style keys Touch Response (2 sensitivity levels, off) 48-note polyphony (maximum) 670 high-quality tones including stereo grand piano tones 2000 rhythms Rhythm Editor: 10 user rhythms Auto-accompaniment 152 Song Bank tunes, including 50 Exercise phrases Music Preset (305 presets) Registration (8 banks x 4 sets for 32 setups) One Touch Preset (200 presets) Digital Effects: 10 reverbs, 5 choruses Preset Scale (16 scales) Microphone jack, audio input jack Song Expansion: 10 songs maximum, approximately 320 KB total Recorder: 6 tracks x 5 songs, 1 lesson song, approximately 12,000 notes total Metronome Auto Harmonize (12 types) Arpeggiator (90 types) Musical Information System (Backlit LCD) GM level 1 compatible Stereo speakers - 2 x 6W Comes with song book, music stand Size (W x D x H): 46.73 x 15.74 x 6.10 inches Weight: 17.2 lbs Batteries: D-size x 6 The Casio WK-500 is a great keyboard for beginners and advanced players alike! Customer Reviews  An honest performer   by Rik Davidson from Adelaide, South Australia, December 19, 2008 Music Background:  REcording engineer/ Musician “I decided to buy a wk 500 for many reasons. The first and foremost being that there is a 3 month wait for the new Nord Electro. I needed something that covered strings and synth sounds to back up the Nord, as well as something portable and cheap for practice/ composition. So how good a job have Casio done with the WK 500? First and foremost this is an entry level...” Read More • Write Your Own Review More Portable / Arranger Keyboards from Casio: · Casio CTK-5000 · Casio CTK-4000 · Casio CTK3000 · Casio WK-3800 View All Products from Casio  Tell a Friend About the WK-500!  Print This Page See Also:  Electronic Keyboards

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