Casio PX555 Digital Piano

CASIO PX555 Details ^top

The Casio PX555 replaces the PX400

Casio expands its flagship PRIVIA line of digital pianos with the introduction of the new PX-555, designed for home or professional applications.

Includes: Power Supply, Sustain Pedal

The PX-555's 256 digital tones range from pianos and strings to wind instrument and synth sounds. Casio's new HL (Highly-compressed Large-waveform) Sound Source audio processing chip employs a proprietary dual-element sound source that reproduces the sound response of acoustic instruments. The development process started by taking stereo samples of a world-class concert grand piano and storing the resulting sample waveforms in PRIVIA's memory. Separate waveforms are used for strong keyboard pressure and light keyboard pressure, providing a full range of dynamic expression, from lilting pianissimos to thundering fortissimos, providing the player with incredible realism in tone. Sound is further enhanced by a pair of semi-custom speakers to ensure optimum sound quality throughout the full 88 key range.

For a grand piano playing experience, the PX-555 features an 88-key hammer action keyboard. This new keyboard does not use springs, so that keys react naturally to even slight changes in key pressure. The hammer action of the keyboard has been "scaled," which means that lower range keys feel heavier, while keys in the higher range feel lighter, just like the keys of an acoustic grand piano.

The PX-555 includes a built-in library of 80 favorite tunes from piano classics to jazz to better help you learn to play, as well as 120 rhythms. The auto accompaniment feature allows players to select from three different accompaniment modes: CASIO CHORD, which enables play of fully formed chords with one finger, FINGERED CHORD, which enables full chord play in the accompaniment range of the keyboard, and FULL-RANGE CHORD, enables chord play anywhere on the keyboard.

The PX-555 also features a large backlit LCD, a Song Recording mode with a 5,200 note capacity, a USB port for saving and downloading songs, a Smart Media card slot for easy song storage, eight digital effects and a MIDI in/out port.

Music Library
The Music Library includes a choice of 80 tunes for lessons and listening enjoyment. (A score book is included*.)
* Due to copyright restrictions, some tunes are not included in the score book.

Auto-accompaniment
Controllers: intro, normal/fill-in, variation/fill-in, synchro/ending, start/stop

Song Expansion
Storage up to 10 songs transferred from a computer; approximately 174KB maximum user area

Sing Along
Microphone jack, echo, adjustable volume level and key of the tune.
* Microphone not included.
Lesson function (Right or left hand part off)
You can turn off the left hand part or right part during playback of a Music Library tune, and play along with the remaining part.

2 pedal jacks: damper, soft/sostenuto (selectable)

Comes with a pedal (SP-3)
Large, backlit LCD

Big display shows tone name and rhythm name on the same screen, in addition to tune name, settings, and more! View the lyrics of built-in tunes and SMF Lyrics tunes as they play.
* The LCD image shown here may differ from the actual image.
* Built-in SONG group tunes, SMF with Lyrics file data. English lyric display only.

Features include

128 Tones and 128 GM Tones
120 Rhythms
MIDI In/Out
8 Digital Effects
80 Built-in Songs
USB Port
SmartMedia Card Slot

CASIO PX555 Specs ^top

PX-555 Technical Specifications

Number of Keys 88 hammer action
Polyphony 32
Touch Sensitive Yes
Mic Terminal with Volume Control Yes
Preset Tones/User Tones 256/-
Stereo Sampled Piano Tones Yes
Rythms 120
Spilt/Layer Yes
Auto Harmonize Yes
Digital Effects/Reverbs 8
Auto Accompaniment Yes
Registration (set-ups) 16
One-Touch Presets 120
Tunes 80
Song Expansion Yes
Song Controller Yes
Lesson Function off part
Song Memory (tracks x songs) 2 x 2
Pitch Bender Yes-wheel
Tuning and Transpose Yes
Flash ROM Yes
Metronome Yes
SMF Player Yes
SmartMedia Card Slot Yes
Display LCD (backlit)
MIDI/General MIDI General MIDI
Terminals 2 Headphone Jacks (Teacher/Student), 2 Pedal Jacks, Line Out L/Mono R, Mic In, USB Port (This is to transfer SMF/Lyrics Data and/or Casiosongs Data to/from a Personal Computer-USB Cable Not Included), MIDI In/Out
Speakers 2 Speakers--16cm x 8cm, oval
AC Adapter AD-12 (which is included)

General MIDI allows the keyboard to send and receive commands with other music instruments and devices, as well as play MIDI data files.

Technical Specifications Subject to Change with out notice

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Review of CASIO PX555

RATING:

Sound Quality	9
Features	9
Ease Of Use	9
Value	10
Reliability	4
Overall	10

It was worth the money compared to yamaha

-john paul
-Ontario, 10/04/06

Review of CASIO PX555

RATING:

Sound Quality	10
Features	10
Ease Of Use	10
Value	10
Reliability	10
Overall	10

I own px 400 and checked out really well px 555. Looks and sounds are exactly the same, the keyboard action on 555 is smoother and lighter than px 400 and also the speakers on 555 produce better guality and more closer to a piano potential (good headphones) sound. Try to combine (layer button)stereo piano sample and grand piano sound, the result is a truly beautifull piano sound, quite spectacular for digital piano, best appreciated with a good quality headphones

-comparition of px 400 and px 555
-Pennsylvania, Souderton, 10/10/05

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