Casio ctk 496 - review

casio ctk 496 - The ctk 496 is a good entry level keyboard at an affordable price. It has 100 tones and rhythms and is a good option for a beginner.

Action & keys
The ctk496 keyboard features 61 full sized keys with synth action.

Fingered mode
The ctk496 features the full fingered mode which let you play chords anywhere on the keyboard and the accompaniment changes accordingly.

Built-in lessons
The ctk 496 keyboard comes with lessons and exercise to help you improve your keyboard skills.

Sing-along
The ctk-496 comes with a "Mic In" slot which lets you connect a microphone to your keyboard. You can select any musical style and sing-along as you play your keyboard.

Other Features
Some of the other features that you will find useful are -
• 100 tones & 100 rhythms
• Polyphony – 12
• Sing-Along function
• Big LCD screen
• MIDI in/out
• Advanced 3-step Lesson system
• Built-in speakers

Conclusions
The ctk-496 is a good entry level keyboard. It gives enough features to a beginner to explore and learn the various musical concepts. Using MIDI, you can even connect it to a computer to download songs or to record on an external software sequencer.

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