Casio WK-3700

[jford]

Okay, no one's allowed to laugh because it's a Casio. Casio has come a long way in its line of keyboards. I love my Casio WK-3700 especially for the features to price value. I use it to interface with my computer, to play built-in styles, to create my own styles, to load MIDI files created either in NoteWorthy Composer or Band-In-A-Box, to record music for CD's, to play live, etc.

If anyone is interested, there are several active forums related to the Casio line of keyboards, especially the WK-3xxx (and soon to include discussion on the new WK-8000 which has 88 keys).

www.originalz.com/casio/casio_bbs/
www.synthzone.com/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=Casio+Keyboards+Discussion&number=6&DaysPrune=1000&LastLogin=
www.jz-server.de/forum/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewforum.php?5

In my living room, however, I play on my Kurzweil Mark-10 digital piano. I have transferred MIDI files to it to play along with also. It plays and sounds so much nicer than the Casio, but you just don't get many styles. It's too bad Kurzweil (Young Chang) didn't give us the ability to create our own or at least convert from other styles (such as Yamaha, Kord, or even Band-In-A-Box).

[thingyy]

Just dont go to heavy on the keys as they snap and have to be replaced in sets.
Over touch sensitive I would say.

[jford]

I've not had any problems with the keys, and have done a fair amount of banging on it. Actually, I'm okay in that regard as I previously had a WK-3500 that died in a power surge in my house (during an electrical storm). Luckily, insurance paid for the new WK-3700 unit, but I've still got the 3500 for replacement parts (keys, switches, knobs, etc.)

[thingyy]

Best to get a surge protection power adapter.

[FoothillsSound]

jford,

I purchased a WK3700 a couple of days ago, and am having quite a bit of fun with it.

My little studio is in a bonus room over a detached garage. I bought the Casio to put in a loft in the house. This saves me a trip outside when I want to doodle or have that (for me) very rare idea pop in my noggin.

As for price point vs features, worked great for me as price dropped to $299 USD after WK3800 was released.

[oldsage]

i use a casio LK-90 i,ve just posted some instrumentals that ive done in the members stage bit.there,s nothing wrong with a casio i can get some great sounds from it.i,ve got a smart media card slot which i import my backing tracks onto,which also includes the lead.it then shows me where to start as the keys light up,when you,ve learnt the song you just switch off the function and play as normal.what i find though to get a good guitar sound with bends in it is to double track the lead,it then plays the bends for me just like a guitar with a tremelo arm.does your keyboard use format0 or format1 midi?.thanks for the links i,ll try them out.best regards oldsage

[jford]

Hi, FoothillsSound -

I keep mine set up right next to my desk, so it's always there to play. It's also connected to my computer, so I can easily send a MIDI stream to it to play along with. There are better keyboards, but I don't there is a better bang-to-buck ratio, though. I've used mine in live performances as well and have always received positive responses.

[FoothillsSound]

Hi jford,

Just use mine as a standalone. My PC DAW is in the studio. I primarily use an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 as a controller for it.