Casio PS20 Option 2

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Product Description
The stylish, 88-key Casio PS20 features 8 high-quality onboard stereo sounds including a wonderful multi-sampled grand piano, onboard digital reverbs and choruses, and powerful built-in speakers, all packed into an innovative design. Its Naturally Scaled Hammer Action keyboard is designed for a heavier feel in the lower range and a lighter feel in the high range, for a touch that is just like that of an acoustic piano. The keyboard does not use springs - its action is provided by hammer weight for a truly authentic piano feel. The PS20 has 64-note polyphony for full sound quality, 2,500-note song memory, a built-in metronome, and includes a sustain pedal and music rack.

Features:
88-note weighted keyboard (hammer-type action)

64-note polyphonic

8 tones: Grand Piano 1/2, Piano 1/2, Electric Piano 1.2; Harpsichord; Vibraphone

Reverb (Room, Stage and Hall settings) and chorus effects

Real-Time Memory-2 songs, 2500 notes

Transpose & Tuning control

Metronome Function

4 Demo Songs

MIDI IN/OUT Jacks; 16-Channel multi-timbral

2 Headphone Jacks

2 Speaker Audio System

Stereo Sampled Dual-Element ZPI Sound Source
A stereo-sampled dual-element ZPI sound source includes separate waveforms for strong key pressure and light key pressure, which accentuates the differences between the sounds produced by each. Multiple stereo samples are also taken of tones produced by an acoustic grand, from the low range to the high range. Notes remain natural sounding and realistic from the moment a key is pressed until the note decays, which providing you with sound quality that is virtually identical to that of an acoustic grand piano.

Naturally Scaled Hammer Action Keyboard
The keyboard is designed for a heavier feel in the lower range and a lighter feel in the high range, for a touch that is just like that of an acoustic piano. The keyboard does not use springs, and its action is provided by hammer weight for a truly authentic piano feel.

Pedal Jacks
A damper jack and a soft/sostenuto jack allow connection of pedals for greater control over your musical expression. (damper, soft/sostenuto)
Technical Description
Size (W x D x H): 1292 x 342 x 139mm

Weight: 20.5 kg

AC adaptor: AD-12

Review of CASIO PS20

RATING:

Sound Quality	9
Features	8
Ease Of Use	10
Value	10
Reliability	10
Overall	10

-eric
-florida, 07/16/04

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