Product: Casio PX-200
Price Paid: USD 499
Submitted
01/17/2008
at
03:27pm
by
SSMUSIC
Email: ssmusic<at>tx dot rr dot com
Ease of Use
:
5
Very easy to use as long as you don't get into MIDI implementations and advanced use of USB computer connection. Than it becomes disaster.
Features
:
8
Sounds are adequate for live gigging, polyphony is excellent (128 max).
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
8
Good
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Hopefully good (brand new)
Customer Support
:
1
Non existent. Support girls and supervisors don't have a slightest clue
what they're talking about.
Overall Rating
:
5
I needed light portable keyboard for playing piano gigs that wouldn't break my back dragging around. PX-200 sounds are adequate, 128 voice polyphony is good. Light weight doesn't strain my hands before playing,
BUT??????
No ways to choose front panel sounds via MIDI command (from sequencer or any other controller)???
WHY???
That feature has been implemented in every keyboard I owned in
20+ years, even the cheapest toy keyboards.
What in the world, Casio programmers have been drinking?
Product: Casio PX-200
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
11/08/2007
at
03:48pm
by
Superpowter77
Email: jrsalda at bellsouth<dot>net
Ease of Use
:
10
If you are familiar with yamaha, roland and kawai digital piano is pretty straight forward. Preset sounds are amazing, specially acoustic piano 1 and 2, AP #3 still great, I found electric pianos just 1 o 3 presets exciting.
Features
:
10
128 poly under $700 is a steal, built in effect, reverb, echo, chorus are good additions, but a real piano player doesn't use them too much.
expansion is great, has a sequencer built it(using 128 voice simultaneously obviously), I have a SD 1 gb card installed on it.
Works great as a midi controller, motif rack es is a outstanding instrument, and sometimes I alternate piano sounds and performances and multi-voices from my motif rack es on live sessions and people believes all those amazing patches are coming from my modest casio px-200.
Key feeling is great, weighted hammer style keys behave really good.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
No Opinion
Very intuitive menu buttons on front. easy to read, easy to reach.
I play montuno performances and latin lazz as well.
Dynamics are pretty good.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
Looks solid, I would like to have more support for better pedals rather the one comes from factory, I really need support for a 3 pedal, only available if you buy the table.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
Definitely is really light to carry to my church twice a week. and sometimes gigging over the weekends.
Product: Casio PX-200
Price Paid: EURO 720
Submitted
08/26/2007
at
09:19pm
by
pianoman
Ease of Use
:
10
Features
:
10
The PX-200 is a top instrument that provides a top-class sound. The favourable introduction of "AiF Sound Technology" will be of interest to all demanding amateur pianists who value an absolutely top-quality sound, but who still want all the benefits and advantages of a compact digital piano.
128-voice polyphony, absolutely first-class piano sound
162 AiF timbres
162 AiF timbresThe innovative "Acoustic & Intelligent Filtering System" (or AiF) Sound source produces a piano sound that could hardly be any more realistic and multi-faceted, and also ensures that transitions between the individual samples and dynamic levels are as smooth as possible.
USB midi + The innovative SD memory medium offers a simple but limitless way to expand the internal song memory of the PX-200.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
10
180 samples
180 samplesNew and additional piano samples to make the playing experience even more dynamic. This is underpinned by recordings of an absolutely top-quality instrument with a broad range of sound nuances. Expanded key splits and the 3-fold velocity split mean that there are now 180 samples available with a wave ROM of 11 MB.
High-quality DSP effects
High-quality DSP effectsThe PX-200 digitally reproduces the high-quality sound of a top concert grand piano complete with first-class reverb effects. The simulation of the resonating strings that is provided by the "Acoustic Resonance" CASIO effect rounds the sound experience off perfectly.
88 Keys
88 KeysThe scaled hammer mechanics with 88 touch-dynamic weighted keys are based on the grand piano keyboard and make for an authentic playing feel.
Reliability
:
10
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
