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At A Glance

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.

Introduction

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 is 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, an 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)

Functions: Layer, Split

Tones

Built-in Tones: 670

Sampling tones: Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum Sampling: 3)-Up to 10 seconds

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 Octaves

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: 2.3KΩ, Output Voltage: 1.5V (RMS) Max

Audio In jack: Stereo mini jack, Input Impedance: 9KΩ, Input Sensitivity: 200mV

Mic jack: Standard jack, Input Impedance: 3KΩ, 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)

*Technical Specifications are Subject to Change

California residents pay 8.5% sales tax. Free US shipping on this item.