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mini
keyboard with ROM-Pack & key lighting |
This is basically a Casio SA-1
with ROM-Pack slot and melody guide key lighting feature (LED row
above the keys).
Additionally it has 5 drum/ effect pads and 4 demos, but unfortunately
the rhythm set is much simpler than on SA-1 and features only 12 preset
rhythms without accompaniment. Due to the many similarity with Casio
SA-1 I only describe here the differences.
different main features:
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12 preset rhythms {rock, disco, 16 beat, swing 2 beat, swing 4 beat, samba,
bossa nova, beguine, tango, march, slow rock, waltz} (without accompaniment)
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volume slide switch (5 steps, no mute)
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5 rubber drumpad buttons {phone bell, "laser beam", bird tweet, siren 1,
siren 2 | base, low synth tom, high synth tom, snare, cymbal}
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ROM- Pack music cartridge slot for melody guide and "auto
play"
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"melody guide" keyboard play training feature with key lighting (32 red
& green LEDs above the keys, 2 levels)
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CPU= "OKI M6521-02, 032002, Japan" (68 pin SMD)
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4 demo melodies:
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Little Brown Jug
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Skate Waltz
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?
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When the Saints Go Marching In
notes:
Unlike older Casio key lighting keyboards the melody guide feature
is much restricted; the LEDs are always on and it always waits until a
key is pressed; in "any key play" mode any key steps through the melody,
in "music guide" mode it waits until the correct key is pressed (wrong
notes sound also). The rhythms are made from simple medium resolution acoustic
drum kit samples and include no accompaniment (ROM-Pack musics use additional
synth toms and fill-ins). The drumpads can be switched between effect-
and drum kit sounds; their sound set corresponds to the fullsize Casio
CT-840. The volume is here controlled through a mechanical 5 step
slide switch, which prevents using the tempo change easteregg of the Casio
SA-1. As usual, the ROM-Pack melodies are selected through the
keys; when no ROM-Pack cartridge is inserted, the instrument uses 4 internal
demo songs on the first 4 white keys instead.
A midsize key variant of this instrument was released as Casio PT-380
(polyphony 4 notes). A successor of this hardware class (without ROM-Pack
slot) were the Casio ML-1 and ML-2.
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