CASIO WK-500 76 Key Piano Style Touch Sensitive Keyboard

Keyboard: 76 standard-size keys
Touch Response: 2 sensitivity levels, Off
Maximum Polyphony: 48 notes (24 for cetain tones)
Built-in Tones: 670
Sampling tones: Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum

With 76 touch-sensitive piano style keys and a host of features, which include 670 high quality tones, recording capabilities and song expansion, the WK-500 as the latest edition to the ’WK’ range of Casio keyboards. Featuring 48 note polyphony, line and mic inputs, 10 seconds of sampling, USB MIDI Interface, pitch wheel, a SD card slot for song storage, line outputs for connecting the WK-500 to an amplifier or PA, the quality, flexibility and usability all help to make the WK-500 the ideal instrument for beginners and advanced players alike.

High Performance Featuring 76 Piano Style, touch sensitive keys, 670 tones, 48 note Polyphony, 200 Rhythms, 152 tunes and 5 Songs, the CASIO WK-500 offers you a great choice to turn your inspiration into music.
Step-Up Lesson System The Step-Up learning system with Voice Guide and Scoring helps you learn to play easier and quicker.
Rich Features An array of useful, considerate features make the WK-500 a second to none choice for both novice and skillful players, including USB MIDI interface, SD card slot, MP3 player input with 10 second sampling, and much more.

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General

Brand: CASIO

Name: 76 Key Piano Style Touch Sensitive Keyboard

Model: WK-500

Type: Keyboards

Features

Features: With 76 touch-sensitive piano style keys and a host of features, which include 670 high quality tones, recording capabilities and song expansion, the WK-500 as the latest edition to the ’WK’ range of Casio keyboards. Featuring 48 note polyphony, line and mic inputs, 10 seconds of sampling, USB MIDI Interface, pitch wheel, a SD card slot for song storage, line outputs for connecting the WK-500 to an amplifier or PA, the quality, flexibility and usability all help to make the WK-500 the ideal instrument for beginners and advanced players alike.

Specs

Specifications: Keyboard: 76 standard-size keys
Touch Response: 2 sensitivity levels, Off

Maximum Polyphony: 48 notes (24 for cetain tones)

Built-in Tones: 670
Sampling tones: Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum Sampling: 3) / Up to 10 seconds
Functions: Layer, Split

Digital Effects: 10 Reverbs, 5 Choruses

Pitch Bend Wheel: Pitch Bend Range / 0 to 12 Semitones

Step-Up Lesson: 4 (Listen, Watch, Remember, Auto)
Lesson Part: L, R, LR
Functions: Repeat, Voice Fingering Guide, Note Guide, Performance Evaluation

Built-in Songs: 152
User Songs: Up to 10

Music Challenge: 20 notes

Auto Accompaniment
- Built-in Rhythms: 280
- User Rhythms: Up to 10 (Accompaniment Edit)
- Chords: Fingered 1/2/3, CASIO Chord, Full Range Chord
- Rhythm Controller: Accomp ON/OFF, Start/Stop, Synchro/Ending, Variation/Fill-in, Normal/Fill-in, Intro

Registration: 32 (4 setups x 8 banks)

Recorder
- Real-Time Recording, Playback
- Keyboard Play: 5 Songs, 6 Tracks
- Playing Along with a built-in Songs: 1 song (L, R, LR)
- Memory Capacity: Approximately 12,000 notes (total for 6 songs)

Metronome
- Beats per Measure 0, 2 to 6
- Tempo Range 30 to 255

Other Functions
- Transpose: +/-1 Octaves (-12 to +12 semitones)
- Octave Shift: Upper/ Lower +/-2 Octoves
- Tuning: A4 = approx. 440 Hz +/-100 cents
- Scale Tuning: Scale Fine Tune, Quarter Tone, Preset Scales
- Music Preset: 305
- One Touch Preset: 200
- Auto Harmonize: 12 types
- Arpeggiator: 90 types

MIDI: 16 multi-timbre received, GM Level 1 standard

SD Memory Cards
- Supported SD Memory Cards: 2 GB or less
- Functions: SMF playback, file storage, file recall, file delete, card format

Musical Information Function: Tone, Rhythm, Song Bank, numbers and names; staff notation, fingering, pedal operation tempo, measure and beat number, chord name, etc.

Terminals
- USB Port: Type B