kurth

your goal would be reached by using a computer or tablet...and then there's dozens of ways, and 1000's of instruments to choose from

Eneloops is a brand. Standard AA. Yep, they're 1.2v . Work fine. I did one set of cheap AA's. They lasted about 2 hours. It's hard to say how long these are lasting , but they're lasting way beyond 2 hours.

thanks and saw that video too....I saw it on sale last in the US on black friday last year...but I haven't been checking. I saw that sweetwater began offering the s150 and s350. If you're only interests is the keybed, then the s100 is the cheapest weighted board around, and nicely playable. Now I'm looking next at the new nektar gxp 88 to replace an aging and inferior maudio controller...with aftertouch and expression pedal. But the casio provides the perfect practice instrument with the battery power. Turn off and on at will....for a minute or an hour, or half a day. And no need to boot up a computer.

I've been doing it everyday for 2 months (see my post on the cdps100) and have had no problems. If Casio knew that rechargable AA's would not work, or would potentially damage the piano, they'd have put a disclaimer imho, since it would be such an obvious choice to use rechargables. They also come in different potencies.

....I live way off the track and spent almost a year researching buying a digital piano. Some people might like hearing why I went for the cdp s100...lets say over the px160 or roland fp10, which were my alternatives. One , everything, esp tech stuff, where I live (Mexico) is usually priced between 150% and 200% of US prices. And I'm retired poor so I took my time. I already had two keyboards ....a roland juno 106, which I owned new since 1985, and a cheap maudio. I owned a beautiful real piano in my youth and was stupid to sell her. It's always been a thorn. My other keyboards were never like a piano. ....because ....one keyboard feel. One thing I knew I enjoyed from owning a real piano was the percussive nature of a real piano. Due to my distance from any music showrooms of any repute ( closest maybe Austin) I had to make this choice w/o comparison, only on what I read. The Andertons blind test video was very convincing...that at least showed the cdp s100 felt like a piano. Every mechanical movement conjoined with with electronics will produce a different feel and sound. And there are lots of kudos thrown to both the 2 other pianos for playability. But I love how my casio feels. It's a performing instrument. It's keyboard is in another league compared to the velocity sensitivity of most midi controllers, including my juno 106. ....two...it was intrinsic my piano be able to be a midi controller as well. The Roland fp10 got a jump due to it's bluetooth , but the s100 functions well in this regard. I tend to change to light. When you're researching, there's alot discussed about "feel". I saw the videos that accuse this particular keybed design ( esp the px s1000) as having heavier black keys. I can't notice this. I do notice that playing into the all keys makes it harder, which was a well known tradeoff for size. But since I don't play into the keys much it also goes unnoticed. ....three... size of the casio cdp s100 is great. It's maybe the smallest and lightest digital pianos on market, along with it's sister models. I can easily carry it up to the 3rd floor. I'll be looking for a light weight case soon. It's easy to move around and the thinness is the reason. A wider ( and heavier ) piano like the fp10 wouldn't have been so easy to carry up those stairs. ....four ...which brings us to portability. The batteries . The batteries are stupendous. I can play it with headphones w/o connecting to the electricity. You'd really have had to live outside civilization to fully understand this benefit. Last night I was playing in a thunder storm. What a stroke of genius. The first accessory I bought was a set of rechargeable AA's ! And when I forget to turn it off...it automatically turns itself off after 5 minutes. So no unattended running appliances around the house. ....5...the sounds....the piano is good enough. For any other sound I'd use a computer. I don't like the dual tones. But since it can access my daw of choice , it's internal sounds are unnecessary. My next quest will be searching for a piano sound. ...and about the only improvement I could recommend to Casio would be to have a removable battery sled and circuit that allows it to be charged while it's connected to the electricity. So IMHO regardless the casio cp s100 is the cheapest weighted keyboard on the planet, these are the reasons to choose it over even more expensive models. And as a benefit for my in depth search, I was able to buy the casio for $100 bucks less than US prices, due to the peso fluctuation. I paid $370 in US dollars about 2 months ago. It's the weighted keyboard to buy for any musician without a weighted keyboard. Cheap, beautifully playable, and totally portable. thanks

a great big yawn

man...if casio doesn't release a ct-s500 with aix chip, I'm gonna be disappointed...

thanks Brad....very useful information made even more valuable by casio's lack of clarity on the subject.

....watched pianomachucks review of the s3000. He does say it has a dual sound engine which includes the aix source. Hmmm....so that would mean that the s3000 is capable of that guitar or trumpet glissando heard in the ctx reviews at the top of the velocity curve, right ? ....cause I haven't heard samples of that yet. The s3000 is a marvel. I'm gonna look into the cdps350. It's inside my budget. Watching jeremy see's review now, but he's the same guy who said the keybed on the ctx5000 was different ( and better) than the ctx700. I would love to hear the cdp s350 express that velocity induced glissando. But so far the sound on the little ctx700 have impressed me the most. There's more acoustic modulation. Maybe that's the reviewers fault, because they are so piano sound oriented. Wished it had a more convincing keybed however. And wish I could compare them in person for myself, but not possible. thanks

Brad....are you sure? I've read the cdp s series has the same keybed as the priva s series missing the "smart" algorithm between the two sensors, and the same AIR sound source as the priva s as well....not the AIX sound source. I'd love to be wrong....because it's the AIX part that my ears find most interesting. I don't think the aix sound source is being used anywhere but the ctx line. Strange considering the exquisite sounds aix achieves. Maybe in a namm or two they'll release a board with both chips. And I'm not convinced a weighted piano interface is ideal for many of the non piano acoustic sounds. But maybe the new scaled hammer action ii is better than most. I've heard yamaha ghs action is terrible as a midi controller. Yep, at the half a grand mark, there's lots of options, three digital pianos coming from casio alone. At the 175 mark, not too many, if any. I just wish casio had offered a better interface for the ctx5000....at least better than what I saw on the ctx700 teardown. Or maybe I'm full of it, and that cheapie dual pressure switch is actually ideal for acoustic like aix sounds, at which point buying the cheaper ctx casio would make even more sense. I'll look at some s350 reviews. I don't like that casio has limited the cdp line to certain cheap outlets in the US. Especially since most of them aren't that highly recommended. thanks

....brings up a couple points. ..the youtube ctx700 teardown didn't give me alot of confidence , if it was a $450 keyboard. However it might be ok for a sub$200 keyboard . But that's because a $450-500 keyboard is competing against the numa 2 with fatar. Casio is kicking it with their new piano keybeds however, but the ctx700etc keybed doesn't appear equal in ingenuity. And the rest of the 700 manufacturing seen in the video was anything but impressive. I am very impressed by their aix sound source however. But if true that all ctx's have the same keybed, the 700 for pure sounds seems the deal.

that's good to know. thanks

They call them slimkeys. Like the korg minilogues. Between minikeys and 5 1/2 inch synth keys. Arturia doesn't say but you're probably right. Not sure I understand the mechanical difference between the two aftertouch's, but would guess that if it has the aftertouch strip beneath the whole keybed, it would probably be channel. I believe the op was referring to channel. There are a number of controllers with aftertouch starting even cheaper than $300, with full size semi weighted keys. The point being that aftertouch is no longer limited to expensive boards. And many of those once expensive keyboards, are now alot cheaper...like the alesis qs6, which has a fatar keybed and aftertouch, and can be had for 200 bucks.

actually ...today, one can purchase a keyboard for $120 with polyphonic aftertouch. The arturia keystep. Problem is, it only has 32 keys.

I have a question. I've seen a review that says the keybeds are different between the ctx models. Is this true ? Is the ctx5000 keybed different from the ctx700 ? And more importantly is the 3000 like the 700 or the 5000 ? A review stated the feel of the 5000 was superior to the 700. Curious , thanks