Casio WK-500 Workstation Keyboard

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.

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 as 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, a 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)
Tones: Built-in Tones: 670
Sampling tones: Up to 8 (Melody Sampling: 5, Drum Sampling: 3)
Up to 10 seconds
Functions: Layer, Split
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 Octoves
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)