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Casio CTK-651

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Manufacturer URL http://www.casio.com/
Ease of Use 9.3 (3 responses)
Features 6.3 (3 responses)
Expressiveness/Sounds 6.7 (3 responses)
Reliability 5.3 (3 responses)
Customer Support N/A (0 responses)
Overall Rating 5.3 (3 responses)
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Product: Casio CTK-651
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted 04/15/2003 at 09:09pm by Robert Dye
Email: robert at bankpnb<dot>com

Ease of Use : 10

Features : 10

Expressiveness/Sounds : 10

Reliability : 10

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 10
I can't believe the bad reviews some folks are giving this! This model is basically the same as the earlier model Casio CTK-611 with just one feature that they added to this one. Also they may have improved the speakers a little. Please see my review of the CTK-611 for more info that applies to this model. By the way, the CTK-611 scores an average between 9 and 10 overall with several reviews submitted, and again it is almost EXACTLY the same unit.


Product: Casio CTK-651
Price Paid: US $250
Submitted 03/02/2002 at 12:12am by Benjamin Jara

Ease of Use : 10
As a reviewer said before, every Casio is very easy to use.

Features : 2
Here we start with the real problem. Implementation for Casio instruments are basic and cheapy... in a few words, you can have everything, but nothing... I.E. It has a sequencer, but it definitely sucks. You can edit your patches, but envelopes are just presets. t can be a MIDI controller, but only a few MIDI messages are sent... this is not serious stuff!

Expressiveness/Sounds : 4
I don't give it an 1 because the strings and drum samples are very good and useable... everything else is just cheesy. (Anyway, GM sequences sounds nice here)

Reliability : 1
Everything is made of plastic... ?What do you expect on Casio gear?

Customer Support : No Opinion
Although i bought it new, never dealt with Casio

Overall Rating : 2
Fortunatelly, i could sold it and get some money to buy pro-stuff... Maybe a Roland or Kurzweil controller to hang some modules. Don't you ever buy a Casio keyboard, these toys don't deserve your money...


Product: Casio CTK-651
Price Paid: US $200
Submitted 02/26/2002 at 06:05pm by Dave Ofori
Email: Hezi_d_12287<at>hotmail dot com

Ease of Use : 8
If your asking me how easy it is...
All Casios are easy to use.
It is a very simple keyboard
But making your own sounds can be trickiy if you just got it.

Features : 7
The Layer is the simplest thing to do. The split is also easy. The Pitch bend is very fun for a real sound for a sax.
The reverb is clever because it is changes the "echoing" of the sounds.Ex. It can sound like your in a studio,a small stage, and a arena.

Expressiveness/Sounds : 6
The Piano is Awful if you are a jazz or Gospel musican like myself.
The organs do have thier good points, but to make a jazz or a "Baptist Organ" you will have to do a lot of making and layering sounds. The brass and the synths are very good for house get togethers or parties. The keyboard is for classical musicans.

Reliability : 5
I personally will never use it on a gig, but it will last you a VERY long time.

Customer Support : No Opinion

Overall Rating : 4
If it was lost or stolen I would not buy it again. I am a 14 year old musiacan from Yonkers and I've seen many Keyboards in my 2 years of playing, and i now play for a church as a job I Unfortunately have to use that keyboard as a main keyboard. I am saving up yo get a Rd-150 or a Rs-5
Yah bless

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