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Casio are now right up there with the best and their tech will end up the best.

They are making more strides than even Yamaha and  an see in maybe a couple of years dominating the market.

The CTX5000 is a very powerful and versatile keyboard only hampered by a complex menu system of menus.

It's just a real pity casio still retain the idea in many peoples heads these are toys, as Casio used to be terrible and toy sounds 

It is midi. Its usb midi

Does anyone else get a hum when connecting a phone to the ctx5000.

Sure plays music through fine, but with an annoying hum in the background. Increasing  volume makes it less noticable.

I know they say using a flash drive. I have a 250gb usb hdd drive which is not really bring used. 

Can you use USB hdd or SSD? else is it only limited or limited capacity? Which is why they only mention flash drive?

Think 15 watts over 6 is worth it. Got more sound and higher wattage has its advantage in sound reproduction and more punchy at lower volumes over 6 watts

Its usb midi so dont need those old din plugs. USB also handle midi so it's just a matter of using a standard usb cable.

There is a good online manual on you tube?

On 8/1/2018 at 3:26 AM, CharlieWorton said:

 

I like geeky things and with versitality comes complexity. But this your only limited to your imagination. Get many say it's a steep learning curve, which it is, but so versatile and dought any other keyboard in this range is as versatile which is why I love it.

Its amazing for what it is. Looked at the korg ek50 and a close tossup, but casio won due it its versatility and can change very voice to your liking.

On 11/4/2018 at 4:57 PM, RickyLee said:

I am a one-man band..entertainer...or whatever you want to call it. I am 74 years young and I use the board to supplement my singing. I used to play guitar but because of injuries to my hands that is no longer allow me to fret the neck.  I primarily play oldies...country and 50's/60's music. I started in 2011 with a Korg PA 80 and had so much problems with it...it was used...so I bought a Casio CTK 7200. I was not impressed with that and sent it back and purchased a Korg Micro Arranger. I wanted something for a back-up and after spending a lot of time previewing instruments on U Tube, I decided to get the X5000 as the sounds seemed very do-able for me. Well, I got it got used to it and put it on the gig scene. After much frustration with the music styles (as I refer to them) in trying to adapt them to the music I do...I gave up and put it back in the closet and went back to the Korg. The fact that only a small handful of the pre-recorded styles are usable with the type of music I do....and there are no available styles available to download and use any where on the internet. The styles of the X5000 fit more modern genres of music. They cannot be altered like the Korg allows me to do...with instrument change-outs and  I need a college degree to figure out how to put several instruments together to make a sound that fits my style. I am seriously considering putting the Casio on the market and getting rid of it and sticking with the Korg.  Seriously, Mike Martin, you guys at Casio need to come up with some music style files that can be loaded to fit the song styles that guys like me want and need. The technology exists...the AIC chip is marvelous. If a solution doesn't come available very soon, this machine is going bye bye.  Yes, I could go to a Pa 600/700 and get what I want but I am one a limited budget and I play music to bring joy to the elderly and shut-ins so the money tree is not very prolific. If anyone of you have some good solutions , please share your thoughts with me.

Sincerely, Ricky Lee

Jerome, ID

Your joking aren't you? Got this keyboard and it has great styles for all types of music,? Modern to old work fine and have no issues with styles and rhythms used with old songs. Just need to be creative and you can also create your own rhythms.

The sounds are amazing. Love this keyboard and its extremely versatile and not stuck in the past and 64 and can use it well with old songs also. I play old and modern music. Not just stuck in the past with the old stuff. You need to be versatile when it comes to playing music and I like all kinds