Casio WK500 AZP Personal Keyboard Package with Closed-Cup Headphones, Keyboard Stand, Power Supply, and Instructional Software

Casio WK500 AZP Personal Keyboard Package with Closed-Cup Headphones, Keyboard Stand, Power Supply, and Instructional Software Review

Casio WK500 AZP Personal Keyboard Package with Closed-Cup Headphones, Keyboard Stand, Power Supply, and Instructional Software Feature

• Touch Response (2 sensitivity levels, off)
• Real Time Recording
• On-Board Sampling
• Pitch bend wheel
• SD Card slot

The Casio WK500 Premium Software Package comes bundled with everything you need to get started. Included you will receive a pair of closed-cup headphones, X-style keyboard stand, power supply, and eMedia’s expanded piano and keyboard instructional software.The Casio WK500 Personal Keyboard is built with the use of Casio's new AHL sound technology!The AHL (Acoustic & Highly-compressed Large-waveform) technology boasts a realistic reproduction of tones from pianos to organs and more. With 48 notes of polyphony, these new keyboards ensure that all sounds played are heard, even when playing complex parts with the aid of on-board accompaniment. This keyboard also features piano-style keys for a more natural feel.Equipped with built-in sampling features, you can record any sound or musical phrases using the microphone (or audio input) jack and then play them back on the keyboard. Casio has taken great leaps in upgrading the Step Up Lesson function those just starting to learn. Young and growing musicians can learn to play songs phrase-by-phrase by listening to the progression, watching the LCD screen to see where to play and then repeating the simple parts on the keyboard this process will help any new player learn through memory by playing the song phrases with little assistance.To further deepen the users learning experience, this package comes bundled with eMedia’s Piano and Keyboard Expanded CD-ROM software which gives you everything you need to learn how to play. Learn from over 100 step-by-step lessons with full-motion video demonstrations. Piano teacher Irma Justicia has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music and is the featured instructor in these lessons. Learn from either the music notation or an animated keyboard. Songs include recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI and MIDI accompaniments. With the WK500’s USB connectivity, you can get specific feedback on playing mistakes. Also includes a digital metronome and recorder.

Yamaha YPT420 Portable Keyboard Pack with Stand, AC Adapter, Headphones, and Instructional Software

Yamaha YPT420 Portable Keyboard Pack with Stand, AC Adapter, Headphones, and Instructional Software Review

Yamaha YPT420 Portable Keyboard Pack with Stand, AC Adapter, Headphones, and Instructional Software Feature

• Control knobs for real-time control
• Arpeggio feature automatically generates chordbased phrases
• Real-time pitch control with pitch bend wheel
• Music Database: 256 song titles for quick keyboard setups
• Portable Grand Button

The Yamaha YPT-420 Premium Software Package comes bundled with everything you need to get started. Included you will receive a pair of closed-cup headphones, X-style keyboard stand, power supply, and eMedia’s piano and keyboard starter instructional software.The YPT420 evolves from the common to the rare and combines traditional learning tools with hands-on performance features like pitch bend wheel for authentic playing of guitar and horn sounds, control knobs that allow you to have real time control over filters, effects, eq, tempo and an arpeggio function for techno and synthesizer keyboard playing that can automatically add the playing of notes in rapid succession in ascending and descending fashion. These are easy to use professional features that set this keyboard apart from others in its class. The YPT420 even includes real-time assignable control knobs! Two assignable knobs on the panel give you flexible, powerful real-time control of filter (voice or style), effect settings, sound envelope (attack and release) and style tempo. It comes with 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on an included CD-ROM and an interactive lesson system, divided into left and right hand parts, for learning them. To even further deepen the users learning experience, this package comes bundled with eMedia’s Piano and Keyboard Expanded CD-ROM software which gives you everything you need to learn how to play. Learn from over 100 step-by-step lessons with full-motion video demonstrations. Piano teacher Irma Justicia has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music and is the featured instructor in these lessons. Learn from either the music notation or an animated keyboard. Songs include recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI and MIDI accompaniments. With the YPT420’s USB connectivity, you can get specific feedback on playing mistakes. Also includes a digital metronome and recorder.

Casio CTK4000 Portable Keyboard Pack with Stand, AC Adapter, Headphones, and Keyboard Starter Instructional Software

Casio CTK4000 Portable Keyboard Pack with Stand, AC Adapter, Headphones, and Keyboard Starter Instructional Software Review

Casio CTK4000 Portable Keyboard Pack with Stand, AC Adapter, Headphones, and Keyboard Starter Instructional Software Feature

• 61 piano-style keys
• Touch Response (2 sensitivity levels, off)
• 48-note polyphony (maximum)
• 570 high-quality tones including stereo grand piano tones
• 180 rhythms including 74 ethnic rhythms and 20 patterns for piano play

The Casio CTK4000 Premium Software Package comes bundled with everything you need to get started. Included you will receive a pair of closed-cup headphones, X-style keyboard stand, power supply, and eMedia’s piano and keyboard starter instructional software.The Casio CTK4000 61 key portable keyboard is crammed with great sounds and music-making features, so it's great for beginning players, advanced players, and everyone in between! 570 sounds, 180 rhythms, and 152 songs/lessons keep the Casio CTK-4000 interesting, while a new sampling function makes it more fun to play with now more than ever. Pick a sound - up to 10 seconds - on your portable audio device, than play the sound as you press piano keys to spice up your playing. Built-in lessons, facilitated by the graphic screen, are great for beginners, and a USB port makes it easy to connect the Casio CTK-4000 to your computer.To further deepen the users learning experience, this package comes bundled with eMedia’s Piano and Keyboard Starter CD-ROM software which gives you everything you need to learn how to play. From basics such as hand position and note reading to time signatures, playing with both hands and much more! Learn from over 50 step-by-step lessons with full-motion video demonstrations. Piano teacher Irma Justicia has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music and is the featured instructor in these lessons. Learn from either the music notation or an animated keyboard. Songs include recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI and MIDI accompaniments. With the CTK4000’s USB connectivity, you can get specific feedback on playing mistakes.