Casio WK-500 Musical Keyboard

WK-500 Musical Keyboard - 76 Piano Style, touch sensitive keys. 670 Tones, 48 note Polyphony, 200 Rhythms, 152 Tunes, 5 Songs. USB MIDI Interface, SD Card Slot. Step Up Lesson System with Voice Guide and Scoring. MP3 Player Input with 10 second sampling.

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.

WK-500 Technical Specifications

Keyboard           76 standard-size keys

Touch Response     2 sensitivity levels, Off

Maximum Polyphony     48 notes (24 for cetain tones)

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

Lesson           Step-Up Lesson: 4 (Listen, Watch, Remember, Auto)

Lesson Part     L, R, LR

Functions     Repeat, Voice Fingering Guide, Note Guide, Performance Evaluation

Song Bank     Built-in Songs     152

User Songs     Up to 10

Music Challenge     20 notes

Auto Accompaniment     Built-in Rhythms     200

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

Sustain/Assignable Jack     Standard jack (sustain, sostenuto, soft, rhythm start/stop)

Phones jack     Stereo standard jack

Line Out R, L/MONO jacks     Standard jack x 2

Output Impedance: 2.3KO, Output Voltage: 1.5V (RMS) Max

Audio In jack     Stereo mini jack

Input Impedance: 9KO, Input Sensitivity: 200mV

Mic jack     Standard jack

Input Impedance: 3KO, Input Sensitivity: 10mV

Power Jack           12V DC

Power Supply           2-way

Batteries     6 D-size zinc-carbon batteries or alkaline batteries

Battery Life     Approximately 4 hours continuous operation on alkaline batteries

AC Adaptor     AD-12

Auto Power Off     Approximately 6 minutes after last key operation (Operates during battery use only)

Speaker Output           12cm x 2 + 5cm x 2

Output     6.0W + 6.0W

Power Consumption     12V - 18W

Dimensions     46 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 6 1/8 inch

Weight     Approximately 17.2 lbs (without batteries)

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