The Casio CT S500 Portable Keyboard is a high-performance music-making machine featuring Casios powerful AiX sound engine. This lightweight 61-key instrument comes packed to the gills with 800 fantastic preset tones and a huge number of high-powered DSP effects. Use the keyboards Bluetooth and USB connections to streamline your workflow or get creative with the built-in sampler and turn any sound at all into a melody or rhythm. AiX Sound Source Acoustic intelligent expression. Casios powerful new sound source has been completely redesigned in order to deliver high fidelity and tone quality capable of replicating the subtleties of acoustic instruments with ease. The DSP effects and high-performance EQ are driven by a powerful new processor allowing you to dial in the perfect tone for any occasion. Beautifully recreated soundsets are brought stunningly to life with such unmatched expression and clarity that youll forget youre playing a portable keyboard. Play anything Looking for a brand new sound? Use the built-in sampler to get really creative. Using the audio input or USB connection you can sample anything and play it back with the CT S500V. You can create crazy percussion rhythms or pitch anything to play a tune with it. The only limitation is your own creativity! Get connected The CT S500V comes included with a free Bluetooth dongle giving your keyboard the power of wireless connectivity. Stream wireless audio or MIDI data from the keyboard and connect to the Casio Music Space app to learn to play your favourite songs. You can even connect your phone to the keyboard and stream music through its powerful speakers! Casio Music Space This product now works with Casios companion app Casio Music Space. This app will allow you to access new possibilities with your Casio product whatever your playing ability. It can be used as a learning aid with a vast library of songs which you can play along with. Each note and its duration is shown visually in a piano roll making it easy to find the right notes and see how a piece of music is written. If youre more confident with reading music then you can try out the score mode – use the inbuilt scores or import your own to play along with! Page turns can be done with a pedal so you can focus entirely on your reading and playing. A live concert simulator will simulate the reverb of a real concert space with several different settings to make you feel like youre performing in a wide variety of concert venues. You can also now access your digital piano or keyboards settings quickly and easily with the app. No more remembering key and button combinations to alter settings – you can now change them in an easy to use and visual menu included in Casio Music Space. This app is available for free and more information can be found here. Specifications Keyboard Keys: 61 Touch response: 3 types Off Maximum polyphony: 64 notes Tones and effects Tones Preset tones: 800 presets Other: Layer split sustain portamento Effects: Reverb: 24 types tone off Chorus: 12 types tone Delay: 15 types tone Active DSP: 100 types tone Master effects: Equalizer (10 types user) Active effects: Volume sync equalizer surround External input effects: Center cancel (vocal cut) of AUDIOD IN jack or Bluetooth audio input Accompaniment Metronome Beat: Beat chime off 1 to 16 beats Tempo: 20 to 255 Song Bank User songs: 10 (maximum memory / song: approximately 320 kilobytes Part off: Left hand right hand both hands Auto Accompaniment Preset rhythms: 243 types User rhythms: 50 types (Maximum capacity per rhythm: approximately 64 kilobytes) One touch rhythm presets: 243 types Other: INTRO ENDING; chord fingering mode switching Registration: Maximum 64 setups (4 setups x 16 banks) registration sequence freeze Demo function: 2 demo songs Function volume adjustment: Metronome; rhythm; song Functions MIDI Recorder: Real-time recording playback Tone recording: 1 song Rhythm recording: 1 song Multi-track recording: 5 songs 6 tracks (1 system track 5 solo tracks) Capacity: 1 song approximately 40000 notes Sampling: Sampled melody x 1 sampled drum set x 1 (16 notes) Sampling frequencies: 44.1kHz Sampling channels: Stereo Sampling bits: 16 Other: Loop function Other functions Transpose: -12 to 0 to +12 semitones Octave shift: -3 to 0 to +3 octaves Tuning: A4 = 415.5 to 465.8Hz (Initial default: 400.0Hz) Scales: 17 preset scales Auto Harmonize: 12 types Arpeggiator: 150 types Pitch bend wheel: 0 to 24 semitones Control knobs: 3 knob parameter control APP function: Supported devices: iOS Android MIDI function: 16-channel multi-timbre receive; GM Level 1 standard Connections PHONES jack: Stereo mini jack (3.5mm) LINE OUT jack: Standard jack (6.3mm) x 2 AUDIO IN jack: Stereo mini jack (3.5mm) (Input impedance: 10k Ohm; Input sensitivity: 200mV) USB TO HOST port: micro-B USB TO DEVICE port: Type A PEDAL 1 jack: Standard jack (6.3mm) PEDAL 2/EXPRESSION jack: Standard jack (6.3mm) Power AC adaptor terminal: 12V DC Power requirements: 2-way power Batteries: 6 AA-size alkaline batteries or rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries Continuous operation: Approximately 3 hours AC adaptor: AD-A12150LW (JEITA Standard with unified polarity plug) Auto Power Off: After approximately 30 minutes of non-operation; Can be disabled Speakers: 13cm x 6cm (oval) x 2 (Output: 2.5W + 2.5W) Power consumption: 12V – – 7.5W Power Cable: AD-A12150LW Included Dimensions W x D x H: 93.0 x 25.8 x 9.1 cm Weight: Approx. 4.7 kg (excluding batteries)