Casio Keyboards favorite with beginners!
Casio Keyboards - Another name that pops up for a beginners keyboard, besides Yamaha, is Casio. In fact, it is a lot popular among the first timers. The obvious reason being Casio offers a very wide range of keyboards at the lower price range and normally they give a lot of features for that price.
More features, less price
Casio and Yamaha are the two major players targeting the beginners market. In general, Yamaha's sound is slightly better than Casio's but then a lot of people are just looking for some fun, or are playing after a long time, or may not be seriously into music. For them a Casio keyboard would be a perfect match as they do not have to shell out a lot of money.
Besides, Casio normally offers more features than Yamaha for a given price. For instance, the Full fingered mode which can be found in the Casio keyboards for a cheaper price. If you would be playing more of piano pieces, then go in for a keyboard which has Full fingered mode.
Mini-keyboards for kids
Casio keyboards also feature models with smaller key sizes, called mini-keyboards. These keyboards have smaller key sizes and have 2 to 3 octaves which makes them ideal for kids. The casio keyboard has always been very popular with kids and they contain enough features to develop the learning abilities of your child.
Keeping pace with Yamaha
Casio has been introducing a lot of models with advanced features for the intermediate to the advanced players. Though they do not have a top class workstation yet, they do have a lot of models for the performing artist. The high end WK series and some models in the CTK series offer all the advanced features like built-in Sequencer, Equalizer, MIDI, PC connectivity. The sound source has also been modified to give that extra punch to its sound.
Download stuff from the Internet
Almost all the high end Casio keyboards now offer features to download music related files on your keyboard so that it can stay current for a long time. Casio is also offering the same on its keyboards.
You can keep your casio electronic keyboards updated with the latest and funkiest rhythms, tones, digital effects, wave files, midi files and song registrations by downloading them from the Internet. Casio has created a site called music.casio.com where you can find softwares which will let you download all the music related stuff on your PC, from where you can load them onto your casio electronic keyboard.
Casio keyboards can be generally divided into these categories:
CTK series Standard 61 keys Portable keyboards
Casio's CTK electronic keyboards have been popular for quite some time as they offer enough features to the beginner to keep his/her creative juices satisfied for a long time. Besides, they are very aggressive on their prices making them very tempting for the first time buyer.
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Casio CTK 900
Casio CTK 800
Casio CTK 710
Casio CTK 496
WK series High end Portable keyboards
Casios high end models, the WK series, offers keyboards with much better and realistic sounds. They have a better sound generating source and comes with expandable features. They have been launched to counter some of the high end PSR models offered by Yamaha.
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Casio wk 8000
Casio wk 3800
Casio wk 3300
PX series Privia Digital pianos
The Privia digital pianos look great and their sound quality is also superior. As usual they are reasonably priced.
Reviews
Casio px110
Casio px700
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