Monday, June 28, 2010

Lowest Price Casio WK-1630 76-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard


I have owned this keyboard for about six months, and although I'm extremely happy with it, there are a few drawbacks that anyone who is considering this keyboard should know about. So I'll try to make good as list as possible.

THE GOOD:
*realistic sounds (#19 is better than a real drawbar organ!)
*good DSP settings
*32 polyphony
*Alot of presets, so you can save your favorite sounds
*Powerful mixing board
*Layer and Split settings, which means that up to four sounds can be playing at once
*Very light weight, especially compaired to some Yamaha's and Rolands I've tried to pick up.
*Many tones, some very funny, such as Helicopter, Applause, and GunShot.
*Many different beats.
*The LCD screen is nice.
*Casio Cord is very accurate.

THE OKAY:
*The onboard speakers are loud, but the louder they get, the worse the quality. Its only a problem for me on a couple of the sounds.
*Only two songs can be saved at a time.
*The volume is very sensitive.
*Keys aren't weighted. I don't mind it, but some do.
*Touch sensitivity is okay. At it's highest, it's just okay, nothing like a real piano at all. But since the keys aren't weighted, you're not going to get much better.

THE BAD:
*Really big. Really really big.
*Feels flimsy. I've made scratches on mine by hitting my ring against it.
*Some of the sounds are the same, such as the violins

I bought my keyboard used without a manual. I've figured out most of the settings, such as how to mix, but there are still some which I haven't figured out yet. I would suggest getting the manual, even though it is very easy to understand and use. Like I said, it came used, and I've put it through alot (like a rainstorm, being dropped on the ground, ALOT of travel without a case in the car), and it's still holding up great. The speaker quality isn't an issue with me because if I want it loud, I can plug it into my amp. It does get very loud with it's own speakers (altough a few of the settings cause the sound to waver).

I absolutely love my keyboard. I've compaired it to others, such as the high end of the Yamaha DGX series, and I like my Casio much better.

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