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An instrument with drums, like your keyboard, always has a beat ready to go; you don’t have to dig through a bunch of menu options or anything special to hear them. If what you get isn’t the groove you want to play, you can explore how various keyboards present their drum rhythms. Portable keyboards Simple [].
Preset Rhythms. Casio’s WK-6600 includes 210 preset plus 10 user-created rhythms, which is more than comparable models. Additional rhythms expand your music composition, creativity and fun. Multiple Digital Effects.
A wide range of built-in effects include 10 reverbs, 5 choruses and 100 DSP types. The new Casio WK-7600 offers powerful and extensive features at a price that is unheard of in the portable keyboard market. It offers 820 tones, 260 preset rhythms, 17 track sequencer, 32 channel mixer, as well as audio recording capabilities. Preset Rhythms.
Casio’s WK-245 includes 180 preset rhythms, more than other keyboards in the same class can offer. Additional rhythms expand your music composition, creativity and fun. Your personal recording studio. With the Casio WK-245, you don’t have to let great musical ideas fall by the wayside. No matter who (or where) you are, Casio’s CTK-3500 portable keyboard opens up a whole world of music with 400 high-quality Tones, and 150 built-in Rhythms including the all-new Dance Music Mode. 61 full-size, touch-sensitive keys respond to your playing dynamics, and let you express yourself naturally. No matter who (or where) you are, Casio’s CTK-2550 portable keyboard opens up a whole world of music with 61 full-size keys, 400 high-quality Tones, and 150 built-in Rhythms including the all-new Dance Music Mode.
Casio's LK-265 is from the family of Lighted Keys. No matter who (or where) you are, Casio’s LK-265 portable keyboard opens up a whole world of music with 400 high-quality Tones, and 150 built-in Rhythms including the all-new Dance Music Mode. Casio’s portable keyboards can run on batteries or an AC adapter. Unlike other companies, Casio includes an AC adapter with all portable keyboards. Preset Rhythms.
Casio’s CTK-6200 includes 210 preset plus 10 user-created rhythms, which is more than comparable models. Additional rhythms expand your music composition, creativity and fun. AiX Sound Source; AC adapter included, batteries optional; Hundreds of Tones & Rhythms plus pitch bend wheel The Casio CTK-6250 features a piano-style touch-response keyboard, song sequencer, tone editor, multiple digital effects, mixer, performance registration memory, USB MIDI interface, SD card storage and hundreds of editable tones. The rhythm editor can store up to 10 original rhythms in memory for recall at any time.
Looks like there are a lot of downloads available. I will try and see if I can accomplish it. I’m interested to know how easy it is to find theseif they group them with like sounds in the listing, or if I have to remember the numbers or what? I have a MIDI cable, and installing the CD wasn’t too hard. I just inserted the disk.
Clicked “run” from my start menu, typed E:/, and then it opened. I selected US and English, and then read the “readme” file first as suggested in the hardcopy user manual. It directed me to a file called ides40, and when I clicked that, it autoinstalled.
This is the driver which will allow the computer to connect with and download from the internet by MIDI cable. I have to say, this is an excellent manual. It is similar in style to the Roland manual we use at the church. Very clear and easy to follow, though not nearly as complex as that one (thank goodness).
I can’t remember the name of the Roland I use thereXP something or other workstation. I’ll have to look that up later for those curious as to what I use. Anyhoo, on to the next step: seeing if I can download these. The hardest part will be moving my keyboard close to the computer, but I think it can be done. I’d be tempted to find a way to set it up here permanently, but it’s right in my kitchen. I often go play and practice while I’m waiting for the computer to do it’s thing, uploading pics, or whatever. Here are the list of sounds.
I like seeing “pan flute”the recorder sound rocks in my opinion. I hope it’s good. Also more horn optionsthose are a little shaky, especially trumpets, which are just hard to duplicate. But, they do a great job at times mixing them in the rhythm section where they sound good.
I haven’t looked for a good harmonica to see if it’s on board yet, but I’ll need one for “Happy Song” intro! Do you all know where there is a good place to download other sounds? Does it have to be Casio WK-3800 site, or can you use other generic files? Good questions. If you don’t answer, I’ll find the answer! I think Casio should put up demos of these sounds so you’d know the ones you’d use before downloading them all. Just my preference.
For example, the clavichord would have to really wow me. I’m not sure what one uses a clavichord sound for. Note: there is a demo of what you can do with MIDIseveral files. It initially asks you where you want to save the files, but ignore that screen and a quicktime player will come up where you can listen. It initially asks Okay, so I created a Casio account, got my validation email, and went to download tones. I always create a restore point on my computer when installing a lot of new drivers and downloading new files. So, I did that.
(Check your computer documentation for how to do that). One thing I noticed is that this program is not compatible with MACs. They are going to have to work on that with so many worship “people” converting to MACs today. I mean, likeall of them. Except me, I don’t have that kind of spare change or have not been able to justify the expense at this time. SoI have the files on my computer. Now, I have to figure out what to do with them.
IMHO, should add linkeage on that page with “how to get these sounds to your computer with a link to each keepboard they work on I re-read the manual and did not find specifics. Next, looking for a FAQ on that site. One more thingin my opinion, it is much easier to download this stuff in batches–an option they offer. You could go in and delete sounds you don’t like more easily from the extracted zip file than you could pick through and get the sounds you wantespecially since you can’t test them before downloading anyway. Scan through the lists first before you start downloadingthere is a drum track list by genre called “Package” to save you time downloadingit’s at the very bottom of the list. UPDATE on Rhythms: Be sure to check the rhythm section as wellthere is a TON of stuff there you won’t want to miss not included in the “Package” link, though it says it includes “all the above”it doesn’t! ? WISH LIST: I’m not seeing a lot of just standard 4 beat and 16 beat variations.
That is what I’m needing most for worship songsand some other 3/4 options. They need to have someone who listens to “Passion”, “Chris Tomlin”, and other leading worshippers to come up with sounds that would work. Also, I think the into and exits need to be as generic as possible. To have a “dim” song and a “big” intro or finish doesn’t really work. Would be great to just have some fading-out or ending chord/drum sequence stuff going on that doesn’t stick out with whatever you are playingit would just blend. I am a bit confused by the website.
They say to read something to see if you’ve met the system requirements and the title includes WK-3800, but then it’s left out of the lists of keyboards that meet the requirements in the rest of the writing on that page. That needs to be corrected. I’m pretty sure I’m good because the manual mentioned a MIDI cable this keyboardI’ll have to go check that out. I think I saw IN/OUT on the back earlier. USING THE FILES: Here is where you find how to use the files you just downloaded (or might download).
It’s a bit hard to find, imho. On your driver installation disk, go to the.pdf file with the e extension for “English”. You get a booklet that seems to have all the answers there as to what to do with these files. Okayso here is the tone list you can download: Display Name Tone Name Maximum Polyphony Range.1 Effect 60’s EP3 60’S E.PIANO 3 32 N Enha Cho 7thSeq 2 7TH SEQ 2 16 N Pha Cho2 AcoBass3 ACOUSTIC BASS 3 32 -1 EnhaDly Acrdion2 ACCORDION 2 16 N Enha Cho AtkSqr 3 ATTACK SQR 3 16 N Dist Dly2 AWahDist AUTO WAH DIST. GUITAR 16 -1 AWhDsDly BariSax2 BARITONE SAX 2 32 -1 Enhancer BariSax3 BARITONE SAX 3 32 -1 Enha Dly BassLd 5 BASS LEAD 5 16 N Comp 2 BritePf2 BRIGHT PIANO 2 32 N Reflect BriteTrp BRIGHT TRUMPET 32 N CmpEnDly BrtyASx2 BREATHY ALTO SAX 2 16 -1 Reflect BrtyTSx2 BREATHY TENOR SAX 2 16 -1 Reflect BrtyTSx3 BREATHY TENOR SAX 3 16 -1 Enha Flan Cello 2 CELLO 2 32 -1 Equalize Chapel 2 CHAPEL ORGAN 2 32 N GateRvb1 ChoStGt2 CHORUS GUITAR(STEEL) 2 32 -1 Enha Cho Clavi 2 CLAVI 2 32 N Enhancer CplHpsi2 COUPL HARPSICHORD 2 16 N Equalize CrnchGt3 CRUNCH ELEC.