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Casio CTK-3000 61 Key, Touch Sensitive Personal Keyboard with MP3 Connection and World Music Library

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:32:59 +0000

The Casio CTK-3000 is an affordable instrument with a 61 Key Piano Style Touch Sensitive Keyboard, 400 total onboard Tones, 150 Rhythms and Digital Effects. Packed with great features such as Casio’s famous Step-up Lesson System, audio inputs for a MP3 player, USB port for MIDI implementation and a pitch wheel for additional expression over sounds. All this makes CTK-3000 more realistic and expressive than ever before at this price range. An affordable, full-featured portable keyboard. Click to enlarge. Standard-Size Keys with Touch Response The CTK-3000 features 61 standard-size keys and two sensitivity levels for a more piano-like experience, along with 48-note polyphony (24-note for certain tones). 400 Built-In Tones Find just the right sound with 400 built-in tones, and select from ten different reverb settings to add depth. USB Port For many musicians, the computer has become a music-making center. Connect the CTK-3000 to a computer (more…)

Casio WK-500 76-Key Personal Keyboard Package with Stand, Headphones and Power Supply

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:46:52 +0000

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 throug (more…)

Casio CTK-4000 Premium Keyboard Pack with Power Supply, Keyboard Stand and Professional Closed Cup Stereo Headphones

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:50:27 +0000

The Casio CTK-4000 is an affordable instrument with a 61 Key Piano Style Touch Sensitive Keyboard, 570 total onboard Tones, 180 Rhythms and Reverb plus Chorus Digital Effects. Packed with great features such as Casio’s famous Step-up Lesson System, audio inputs for a MP3 player and a USB port for MIDI. All this makes CTK-4000 more realistic and expressive than ever before at this price range. A truly feature-packed portable. Click to enlarge. CTK-4000 Premium Pack The Premium Pack bundles the CTK-4000 keyboard with a Yamaha power supply, keyboard stand and professional closed-cup stereo headphones. Standard-Size Keys with Touch Response The CTK-4000 features 61 standard-size keys and two sensitivity levels for a more piano-like experience, along with 48-note polyphony (24-note for certain tones). 570 Built-In Tones Find just the right sound with 570 built-in tones, from strings to woodwinds and plenty more. You can layer two different to (more…)

Casio CTK-3000 Premium Pack with Power Supply, Keyboard Stand and Professional Closed Cup Stereo Headphones

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:45:31 +0000

The Casio CTK-3000 is an affordable instrument with a 61 Key Piano Style Touch Sensitive Keyboard, 400 total onboard Tones, 150 Rhythms and Digital Effects. Packed with great features such as Casio’s famous Step-up Lesson System, audio inputs for a MP3 player, USB port for MIDI implementation and a pitch wheel for additional expression over sounds. All this makes CTK-3000 more realistic and expressive than ever before at this price range. Everything you need to get started. CTK-3000 Premium Pack The Premium Pack bundles the CTK-3000 keyboard with a Yamaha power supply, keyboard stand and professional closed-cup stereo headphones. Standard-Size Keys with Touch Response The CTK-3000 features 61 standard-size keys and two sensitivity levels for a more piano-like experience, along with 48-note polyphony (24-note for certain tones). 400 Built-In Tones Find just the right sound with 400 built-in tones, and select from ten different reverb settings to a (more…)

Sound Mechanism and Components of a Synthesizer

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:24:24 +0000

Different instruments produce sound due to different mechanisms. As regards to flute when the air is blown inside a hollow pipe Timbre, Pitch and Volume of a Synthesizer, which has openings around it, through which the air comes out, sound is produced. For a string instrument like violin or guitar the strings are oscillated to generate the sound.
In case of acoustic instruments something must be moved or resonated for sounds to be created. A synthesizer can imitate sound of any instrument. But they do not create direct sounds. They produce electric-signals. Hence, there is the need to attach headphones or speakers to hear the sound created; otherwise nothing will be audible. CD-players also work like this way; the sounds are inaudible unless there is an output device.
Synthesizers are different from the examples mentioned above; so are the components of synthesizer.
Listed below are the different components of a synthesizer:
Keyboard: A piano style keyboard is generally equipped in a synthesizer. The keys of a synthesizer are actually a type of switch. The main function of these switches is to on and off the electronic circuit. The user can choose to use mouthpieces, guitar like instruments, strings, drum pads or a computer to manage and organize the synthesizer. However, keyboards are one the most widely used input devices.
Amplifier: Amplifier is one of the important components of synthesizer. An amplifier circuit is used to control the volume of a synthesizer. The signal is passed through the circuit to command the amplification that would result in sound through the output device. A synthesizer amplifier, however, dictates on the waveform unlike the types used in, say, speakers. To connect loudspeaker from the output would result in attaching a power amplifier to it.
Software: There are lots of programs designed for the working of the synthesizer through the computer. The basic purpose is to record and edit MIDI sequences. It is in fact, better defined as music composition and production system. The name sequencer also has been given to them for this particular role; and is one of the integral parts of the synthesizer.
The track data is displayed in form of chart, waveform or diagram. There are a number of places that dish out free softwares, samplers and wave renderer for the synthesizer. Softwares are available for both platforms, MAC and Windows.
MIDI device: MIDI is the acronym of Musical Instrument Digital Interface. This is the worldwide standard in relating electronic musical instruments, computers and other devices among them. Sequencers are, typically, used to produce accurate, repeating eight- or sixteen-note bassline patterns.
When the microprocessor-controlled sequencers were created the task became even easier. These had the power to store a large number of notes, even a musical piece. Hence, MIDI soon became the standard in the world for communication between electronic musical instruments. MIDI sequencers record the note on or note off commands.
Drum Machines: Drum machines can also be included in the components of synthesizer. A drum machine is like a synthesizer only difference being that it is a dedicated drum and percussion sound instrument. Synthesizer is, however, generic. Instead of piano style keyboard, the drum machines have the touch sensitive pads, which are operated by fingers or drum sticks.

M-Audio SP-2 US65010 Sustain Pedal Piano Style Sustain Pedal for Keyboards

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:25:48 +0000

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The M-Audio SP-2 Sustain Pedal is the perfect product for keyboard players who want the most realistic pedal action. The SP-2 model is used in the same manner as the sustain pedal on an acoustic piano. This classic-style pedal works with any M-Audio keyboard and most other keyboards featuring sustain pedal inputs. The SP-2 is a high-quality switchable damper pedal, designed to work and feel just like an acoustic piano’s sustain pedal, it has a specially designed rubber bottom that grips the floor and stays put while you play, so get as passionate as you want. What’s in the Box M-Audio SP-2 Sustain Pedal

Yamaha DGX230 76 Full-Sized Piano Style Keys, 489 Instrument Voices

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:21:19 +0000

If you’re looking for a reasonably priced piano replacement, look no further than the DGX-230. It is the music student or professional musicians answer to I need more keys! and many music teachers encourage new students to get a keyboard that will grow with their needs. It features 76 non-weighted keys that not only look like piano keys but have a Graded Soft Touch (GST) action with different levels of resistance, making it easier for a budding musician to move to an acoustic or digital piano. The DGX-230 delivers on its piano theme with a special mode of fingering called Full Keyboard Mode. This allows the player to play the keyboard like a piano; for example a chord with the right hand and bass notes with the left. When using the accompaniment feature, the virtual band will follow these chords. Traditional portable keyboards normally require you to chord on the left side of the keyboard, in the bass section, which is foreign to most piano players. The DGX-230 is a (more…)