Casio WK8000 88 Key Digital Piano with Touch Response

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The WK-8000 includes 88 Full-Size keys, 32-note polyphony, 894 tones, 182 rhythms, 3 tunes, Drawbar organ, Synthesizer function, DSP/Reverb/Chorus/EQ Digital effects, Pitch and modulation wheels, SD slot, USB port, Song expansion, Line out, ZPI sound chip, Power supply, Sustain pedal and stand included.

When you are ready to move up to an 88-Key Touch sensitive piano style workstation you are ready for the WK-8000. It includes Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels, an Internet Data Expansion System, USB Capability and an SD Slot.

Features:

• 88 Piano Style Keys
• 620 Tones include Rich Advanced Tones: A total of 400 Advanced Tones are programmed with DSP tones to make them richer and more powerful. Advanced tones like Stereo Piano and Tremolo Electric Piano enhance the Piano and Electric Piano tones to create a totally new sound.
• Flash Memory: Built-in Flash memory lets you expand your selection of tones and rhythms by downloading data from the CASIO MUSIC SITE, or by the CD-ROM that comes bundled with the keyboard. You can also store up to 200 SMF format music files for playback.
• Piano Setting Button: The press of a button optimizes the keyboard setup for piano play.
• 166 Preset Rhythms + 16 User Rhythms: A selection of 166 rhythms includes accompaniments for everything from rock to pops and jazz. You can also transfer accompaniment data from your computer and store up to 16 of them as user rhythms in keyboard memory.
• Auto Accompaniment: Simply play a chord and the corresponding rhythm, bass and chord parts play automatically. One-touch Preset instantly recalls the most suitable tone and tempo settings to match the rhythm you are using.
• Big, Information-packed Display: A big built-in display shows chord names, tempo setting, keyboard information, staff notation of notes played and more for full support of all your keyboard play. A built-in backlight keeps the display easy to read, even in total darkness.
• Song Memory: Record up to six parts in memory, along with their tone, volume, pan position, and other parameters for later playback. Realistic ensemble play can also be created using the Auto Accompaniment function.
• General MIDI compatibility: The General MIDI tones of this keyboard let you connect to a personal computer to enjoy "desktop music" capabilities. This keyboard can be used as a desktop music input device or sound source, and it's just the thing for playback of commercially available pre-recorded General MIDI music software.
• Powerful effects: A collection of powerful effects, such as DSP, reverb, chorus, and more, give you total control over the type of sound you want. You can change the parameters of an effect to create your own, original effects. A 4-band equalizer is also included.

Special Features:

• Comes with custom wood stand
• Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels
• 32-Note Polyphony
• Drawbar Organ Function
• Auto Harmonize
• Synthesizer Function: Edit built-in sounds to produce your own original creations. Up to 120 of your own sounds can be stored in memory for recall, just like the built-in tones.
• 32 Registration Set Ups
• SD Card Slot: Internet Data Expansion System
• Bundled CD Rom of Versatile Applications: Load downloaded music via USB: Editing of parameters (synthesizer, drawbar, DSP, mixer) Map wave file from your PC to any key and save as a user preset
• 50 Drawbar Organ Tones: In addition to the 620 standard tones, the keyboard also includes 50 realistic drawbar organ tones. Drawbar organ tones can be controlled using nine digital drawbars. You can also select percussion or key click, and even edit the parameters of preset tone and save up to 100 original tones in user tone memory.
• 1/4" Line Outs

Specifications:

• Keyboard: 88 keys with touch response (OFF/1/2/3)
• Tones: 400 Advanced Tones + 200 Preset Tones + 20 Drum Sets + 100 standard user tones + 20 user tones with waves*1 + 4 user drum sets with waves*1 + 50 drawbar organ tones + 100 user drawbar organ tones (894 tones total); layer/split
• Polyphony: 32 notes maximum (10 for certain tones)

Drawbar Organ Function:

• Drawbars: 9 (16', 5 1/3', 8', 4', 2 2/3', 2', 1 3/5', 1 1/3', 1')
• Percussion: Second, Third
• Click: On, Off

Effects: DSP (200 types: internal, 100 user areas) + Reverb (16 types) + Chorus (16 types) + Equalizer (10 types, 4 bands)

Auto Accompaniment:

• Rhythm Patterns: 182 (internal, 16 user areas*1)
• Tempo: Variable (226 steps, ♩= 30 to 255)
• Chords: 3 fingering methods (Casio Chord, Fingered, Full Range Chord)
• Rhythm Controller: Start/Stop, Intro/Ending 1 and 2, Variation/Fill-In 1 and 2, Synchro/Fill-In Next
• Accompaniment Volume: 0 to 127 (128 steps)
• One Touch Presets: Recalls settings for tone, tempo, layer on/off, and harmonize on/off in accordance with rhythm
• Auto Harmonize: 10 types: Automatic addition of notes that harmonize with melody note in accordance with specified Auto Accompaniment chords

Memory Function:

• Songs: 5
• Recording Tracks: 6 (2 through 6 are melody tracks)
• Recording Methods: Real-time, step
• Memory Capacity: Approximately 10,000 nots (total for 5 songs)
• Edit Function: Equipped
• Demo Tunes: 3

Registration Memory:

• Number of Setups: 32 (4 setups x 8 banks)
• Memory Contents: Tone, Rhythm, Tempo, Layer on/off, Split on/off, Split point, Harmonize on/off, Mixer settings (Channels 1 to 10), Effect settings, Touch Response settings, Assignable jack setting, Transpose, Tuning, Accompaniment volume setting, Pitch bend range, Auto Harmonize type MODE button setting, Synchro standby state, Mixer Hold, DSP Hold, Synthesizer Mode parameters
• MIDI: 16 multi-timbre receive, GM Level 1 standard

Other Functions:

• Pitch Band Range: Adjustable (12 semitones upwards and downwards)
• Modulation: Equipped
• Transpose: 49 steps (-24 semitones to +24 semitones)
• Tuning: Variable (A4 = approximately 440Hz +/- 100 cents)
• LCD: Adustable contrast

SMF:

• SMF Player: Flash memory storage for up to 200 files*1
• Supported Format: SMF0

Flash Memory:

• Capacity: 4MB*2
• Shared Area: Approximately 3.5MB*2 (waveform data, accompaniment data, SMF data) Further storage of waveform, accompaniment, and SMF data becomes impossible after teh total of such data reaches approximately 3.5MB.

SD Memory Cards:

• Supported SD Memory Cards: 1GB or less (Cards with capacity greater than 1 GB are not supported)
• Function: Save and load of user tones, user songs, and registration data; playback of SMF; card formatting; file delete; file rename

Floppy Disk Drive:

• Type: 3.5" FDD
• Formats: 2DD (720KB MS-DOS format), 2HD (1.44MB MS-DOS format)
• Functions: Save and load of user tones, user songs, and registration data; playback of SMF; disk formatting; file delete; file rename

Terminals:

• SD Memory Card Slot
• USB Port: Type B
• Sustain/Assignable Terminal: Standard jack (sustain, sostenuto, soft, rhythm start/stop)
• Headphone/Output Terminal: Stereo standard jack, Output Impedance: 200Ω, Output Voltage: 250mV (RMS) MAX
• Line Out (R, L/Mono): Stereo jack x 2
• Output Impedance: 3k Ω
• Output Voltage: 1.5V (RMS) MAX

Power Supply:

• Dual power supply system
• Batteries: 6 D-size batteries
• Battery Life: Approximately 4 hours continuous operation on alkaline batteries
• AC Adaptor: AD-12
• Auto Power Off: Turns power off approximately 6 minutes after last key operation. Enabled under battery power only, can be disabled manually
• Speaker Output: 6.1W + 6.1W
• Power Consumption: 12V...18W
• Dimensions: 54 11/16 x 17 1/8 x 6 13/16 inch
• Weight: Approximately 23.8 lbs (10.8kg) (without batteries)

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