CASIO AP500 Details
The classic home piano with top-quality sound thanks to the new AiF Sound source
The new AP-500 top-of-the-range model sets high expectations that are met completely. The brilliant stereo-sampled piano sounds together with numerous impressive digital effects create a range of natural-sounding settings, from an intimate piano salon to a large concert hall. There is also a high-quality CPZ keyboard with scaled hammer action, which closely replicates the playing experience of a real grand piano keyboard.
128-voice polyphony
128-voice polyphonyGuarantee an absolutely first-class piano sound. The expansion of the range of voices has made interpreting complex works a true pleasure and lets you play sweeping chords and make extensive use of the damper pedal.
164 AiF timbres
164 AiF timbresThe excellent AiF Sound source produces 164 top-quality timbres (34 + 128 GM + 2 drum sets), which truly come into their own in both classic piano repertoire and many other genres.
Powerful loudspeaker system
Powerful loudspeaker systemAn amplifier output of 2 x 30 watts means the AP-500 does not suffer any loss of tone, however loud the volume.
High-quality DSP effects
High-quality DSP effectsThe AP-500 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.
180 samples
180 samplesNew and additional piano samples make the experience even more dynamic and provide 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.
CPZ scaled hammer mechanism
CPZ scaled hammer mechanismEnjoy an authentic playing experience with the high-class CPZ keyboard, which has 88 touch-dynamic weighted keys.
20 piano rhythms
20 piano rhythms The CELVIANO AP-500 has 20 piano rhythms that provide you with crisp new drum sounds.
SD card slot
SD card slotThe innovative SD memory medium offers a simple but limitless way to expand the internal song memory of the AP-500.
MIDI in/out/through
MIDI in/out/throughThe tried and tested interface for electrical musical instruments, additional equipment and computers simplifies the data exchange
CASIO AP500 Specs
Product Highlights
* 164 AIF timbres with DSP
* 128-voice polyphony
* Rhythms + SMF playback function
* 4 powerful speakers (30W+30W)
Specifications
* Keyboard:
88 keys, scaled hammer mechanism
* Sound source:
AIF, max. 128 voice polyphony
* Timbres:
164 (with layer & split)
* Effects:
DSP+ acoustic resonance
Reverb (4 types), chorus (4 types)
Brilliance
* Rhythms:
20 special piano rhythms
* Metronome:
Beat types: 0,2,3,4,5,6
Tempo setting: 20 to 255
* Music library:
Number of songs: 60
User songs: up to 10, max 3.1 MB
* Learning function:
part on/off (L/R)
* Song memory (recording function):
Functions: real-time recording, playback
Number of songs: 5 (up to 50,000 notes)
Number of tracks: 2
Internal data storage: flash memory
* Pedals:
Damper, soft, sostenuto
* Additional functions:
Dynamic touch keys: 3 types, off
Transposition: 1 octave (-6 to 0 to 5)
Tuning A4 = 440.0 Hz +- 50 cents
* MIDI:
16-channel multitimbral
* SD memory card:
Media supported: up to 1 GByte
Functions: SMF playback, store/load data
* Connections:
Headphones (2x standard jack, 6.3mm)
MIDI in/out/through
Line-out / line-in (standard jack 6.3mm)
USB port (MIDI+Song Expansion): type B
* Speaker:
2x 16cm + 2x 5cm (amplification 30W+30W)
* Measurements:
Piano + stand: 138.1 cm (W) x 47.3 cm (D) x 87.4 cm (H)
* Weight:
Piano + stand: approx. 117 lbs
Casio AP500 Celviano Digital Piano at MusiciansBuy!
RATING:
| Sound Quality |
10 | |
| Features |
10 | |
| Ease Of Use |
8 | |
| Value |
10 | |
| Reliability |
10 | |
| Overall |
10 | |
I've had the Celviano AP-500 for three months and couldn't be happier. For reference I consider myself an experienced but not particularly gifted pianist: 10 years of classical training followed by 6 as a high school and collegiate accompanist. I was playing some Ravel and Debussy on an upright last weekend for the first time in a long time and doing so crystallized how solid an instrument the AP-500 is. I looked at console digitals because I don't have space or budget for a grand piano, and never played an upright that I didn't feel was a big compromise. My basic electronic piano criteria were: 88 weighted keys, three attached pedals, living-room quality appearance, NO lighted keys (a perverse gimmick), and sufficiently recent design to include USB connection and SecureDigital interface -- no obsolete SmartMedia or 3.5 floppy devices. I chose the Celviano because I thought the Grand Piano sounds #1 and 3 were rich and solid without being flowery (listen to the GarageBand pianos for illustrations of flowery -- they become annoying after about a minute). I also liked the look and the color of the cabinet. The harpsichord, organ, some of the guitars, and banjo are also quite good (and OK, some of the drums too). In my opinion, the rest of the 100+ instruments on this or any other keyboard are fun for a few minutes but are actually useless to a pianist. If your music is all about the freaky helicopter and space sounds, you're going to be hooked up to a computer through something like GarageBand and not using the esoterica in the keyboard itself--and you can do that with a much less expensive or more portable keyboard. The Celviano's tone and touch are excellent, and while it has a ton of features that are probably best suited to studio use, the features I use at home are easy to access--a couple of instruments, the metronome, the recording features, the secure digital card slot. It has much more dynamic range (softer softs-louder louds) than an upright and a smooth, consistent weighted action, and while the speakers are excellent and have especially good power, headphones sounds absolutely fabulous too. The MusiciansBuy deal included shipping, a nice bench, and a nice set of headphones. The piano was drop-shipped from a Casio warehouse and arrived in a huge coffin-size box. The headphones and bench were sent from MusiciansBuy in Florida and were both as good as I would have purchased had I bought them separately myself. The bench is black, and looks nice enough, but it would be perfect if it matched the
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-New York, NY, 03/31/08
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