Casio Casiotone CT-S500 61-Key Keyboard with AiX Sound Source and Built-In Bluetooth Speakers

On Your Own or with a Band. For Rehearsing, or for Playing Live. One Keyboard for Everything. For practicing at home, for songwriting, for rehearsals, and for the stage. With the Casio CT-S500 Keyboard, the keyboardist has everything they need. An all-around instrument, offering high-quality sound and rich expressivity. It’s fully featured for however you perform - whether it’s live on stage or streaming over the web. From the moment you first try one, this will be the musical partner you’ll always want to have around.
Sounds That Just Want to Be Played
When choosing an instrument, there are some compromises you just can't make. Playing the CT-S500 featuring Casio's own AiX Sound Source, you'll get exactly the performance you imagine. It's a keyboard focused on sound, offering a range of rich tones created with expressivity in mind. Thanks to Casio’s Active DSP, effect parameters can be assigned to control knobs and tweaked in real-time, adding greater dynamism and expression to your performance. Discover your music with sounds that just want to be played.
One Keyboard, Multiple Uses, Endless Possibilities
With musicians performing in an ever-widening array of settings, the fact that you can't always choose where you’re going to play makes the instrument you use all the more important. Maybe you'll want something with a built-in speaker so you can practice at home or compose. For rehearsals and gigs, the keyboard has standard line-out jacks for easy connection to a PA or other external equipment. What’s more, the compact size of the CT-S500 makes it super portable. With all your bases covered, you've got a musical partner with endless possibilities.
Great Sound - What Every Musician Expects from a Great Instrument
What makes a great instrument if not the great sounds it produces. The CT-S500 is powered by Casio’s advanced AiX Sound Source. Developed specifically for instruments focused on sound, it is capable of generating a wide range of high-quality and highly expressive tones. The CT-S500 additionally offers a set of ADVANCED TONES, designed for maximum expressive creativity and showcasing the power of the AiX Sound Source. Also built-in is a collection of CASIO CLASSIC TONES, hand-picked from the long line of classic Casio keyboards. All in all, the CT-S500 contains 800 tones for you to explore and enjoy.
Effects to Take Your Musical Expression to the Next Level
The CT-S500 features a range of onboard effects, from compressor and phaser to distortion and wah to further sculpt your sound. Choose from 100 types of DSP effects for each of the four available effect chains, and assign effect parameters to the physical knobs to dynamically control the sound in real-time. When it comes to system-wide effects, the CT-S500 offers reverb, chorus, and delay. And because two independent effect chains can be applied to two separate tones, you can switch back and forth seamlessly. Even when layering two sounds or splitting the keyboard, you can still apply separate effect chains to each tone. When using the auto accompaniment feature, you can apply different effects to the lead (melody) part and the accompaniment part. Take your self-expression to the next level with an instrument that’s all about the sound.
Ready, Steady, Connect
The CT-S500 plays nice with other gear, too, offering a range of connection options. The line-out jacks let you easily connect to a PA system, keyboard amp, or other equipment for live performances, recording sessions, or another setting, and the built-in speakers can be muted if required. Connect other MIDI-compatible equipment and use the CT-S500 as a MIDI sound source or as a MIDI controller. You can even use the CT-S500 as a Bluetooth speaker with your smartphone or tablet. Use in conjunction with Casio’s dedicated app for practice, muting melody lines or accompaniment, changing pitch or tempo, or simply playing along when learning by ear.
New MIDI Features Have Been Added for Improved Usability
With the new CT-S500 Firmware Version 1.06, it still allows tones from the MIDI Recorder and SONG function to be controlled separately from the keyboard performance using MIDI messages. In addition, when using the digital keyboard as a sound source for playing back MIDI data from an external device, it is now possible to reflect the same tone as when playing on the digital keyboard itself, to the MIDI data playback. You can now use the LCD screen to check the tones used as you play. These new features enable smoother music production in real-time. Moreover, MIDI messages from an external device can now be used to easily recall setups that have been saved with the registration function on the digital keyboard, allowing you to freely enjoy your favorite settings, including active DSP. Among these MIDI messages, Bank Select and Program Change can be used in combination to recall these setups, making it possible to use a wide range of music production software.
Small Size, Big Sound
Switch on the CT-S500 and you’re ready to start playing. The built-in speakers are designed around Casio’s own advanced Horizontal Bass-Reflex System, which delivers powerful low-end sound belying the keyboard’s compact dimensions. Switch on the surround sound function and experience the power and vibration of the music or the volume-sync EQ that automatically adjusts the tone about the volume for a full sound even at low volumes.
Sample Any Sound to Create Music
Don’t be limited by the built-in tones: the CT-S500 can also sample sounds from your smart device as either pitched tones or drum sounds. When used as a pitched tone, the sample can be used to play melodies and other musical lines. When used in a drum set, the samples can be used to replace individual drum sounds.