Stephen Fortner Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 While at Summer NAMM I got to film brother Mike Martin showing off the new Casiotone series. They're an intentional shout back to what the Casiotone series was originally all about: fun, affordability, and music anywhere. IMHO a great "my first keyboard" choice for a young person. And check out the new MPN animated logo! [video:youtube] Quote Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCoscia Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 What's not to like? Man, those Casio folks wear great wrist watches. Quote Steve Coscia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ElmerJFudd Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 While at Summer NAMM I got to film brother Mike Martin showing off the new Casiotone series. They're an intentional shout back to what the Casiotone series was originally all about: fun, affordability, and music anywhere. IMHO a great "my first keyboard" choice for a young person. And check out the new MPN animated logo! [video:youtube] Excited about comparing this to the GoKeys / GoPiano. Love the built in handle. September is approaching fast! Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Cool. Would love to see a re-release of the MT-40 from the 1980's. When I moved from drums to keyboards back in the 80's and joined a working band I had a MiniMoog and an Arp Omni II. Two nice keyboards, but I was missing a lot of sounds. The bass player suggested I pick up a little Casio and I grabbed an MT-40. It was a small 2 octave mini key unit with no velocity but I made it work and used it for piano, ep and a few other sounds. We did a lot of songs by The Cars and the Casio nailed a lot of sounds they were using. Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyFF Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 While at Summer NAMM I got to film brother Mike Martin showing off the new Casiotone series. They're an intentional shout back to what the Casiotone series was originally all about: fun, affordability, and music anywhere. IMHO a great "my first keyboard" choice for a young person. And check out the new MPN animated logo! [video:youtube] Excited about comparing this to the GoKeys / GoPiano. Love the built in handle. September is approaching fast! I think the Go Piano will be in another price class, the two 61 note boards go for $319 and $349. Whereas these new Casiotones are more likely around $80-$100. There are a number of competing boards, Yamaha and Casio, under $349 that give the Go Pianos a compelling run for the money, though at twice the weight and much more depth. Quote Numa Piano X73 /// Kawai ES920 /// Casio CT-X5000 /// Yamaha EW425 Yamaha Melodica and Alto Recorder QSC K8.2 // JBL Eon One Compact // Soundcore Motion Boom Plus Win10 laptop i7 8GB // iPad Pro 9.7" 32GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyFF Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Just took a look at the SW site. The lowest end of these new boards are throwaways, as I have come to call super cheapie boards. $109 gets you a board with no velocity sensitivity, no PB, and 4 watts of speaker power. $139 bumps you up to velocity sensitivity, PB, and a whole 5 watts of speaker power $159 bumps you up to having lighted keys (connected with their Chordana app) to show you which notes to play, and also has mic and line inputs, but no PB Any keyboard with no velocity sensitivity becomes a throwaway, a keyboard that parents buy without knowing basic features and is practically worthless. Quote Numa Piano X73 /// Kawai ES920 /// Casio CT-X5000 /// Yamaha EW425 Yamaha Melodica and Alto Recorder QSC K8.2 // JBL Eon One Compact // Soundcore Motion Boom Plus Win10 laptop i7 8GB // iPad Pro 9.7" 32GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Pray, what is "PB?" Quote "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightbg Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Pitch bend. Jake Quote 1967 B-3 w/(2) 122's, Nord C1w/Leslie 2101 top, Nord PedalKeys 27, Nord Electro 4D, IK B3X, QSC K12.2, Yamaha reface YC+CS+CP "It needs a Hammond" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickzjamm Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Peanut butter. :-) Quote You don't know you're in the dark until you're in the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adan Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Love my Go Keys. You could say $349 is a lot for a toy keyboard, but the action is better than what you find at the lower price levels. To me it's worth the extra jack. I'd like to see a 4-octave battery powered keyboard, but I don't think it exists. 5 octaves is better to play of course, but 4 gets you into a different level of portability, much more backpackable, and 4 octaves is still minimally two hand playable. I can't always get what I want, but sometimes I get what I need . . . Edit: Go Keys is $319, though $299 when I bought it. Quote Gigging: Crumar Mojo 61, Hammond SKPro Home: Vintage Vibe 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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