Brush up those keyboard skills -- and capture your musical ideas -- on the super-affordable Casio CTK-4200. This is one of only a handful of portable keyboards with an on-board 6-track recorder that lets you record 5 of your own songs. Get inspired with 600 built-in tones. Split or layer the keyboard -- play bass in your left hand and piano with your right. Jam along with 180 built-in rhythms, choose from 90 arpeggiator patterns, and add reverb and chorus effects to round out your tone. The Casio CTK-4200 is perfect for the piano student that's ready to start creating original music.

Step-Up Lesson System

Designed to get novice pianists playing right out of the box, Casio's built-in Step-Up Lessons guide you through 152 built-in songs at your own pace by breaking them down into easy-to-learn phrases. The large, backlit LCD display shows musical notation and correct hand positioning, while you listen and repeat each phrase with your right hand, left hand, and finally both hands together. The CTK-4200 evaluates your performance so you can track you progress. There's even a Music Challenge game that tests your reaction time as you play notes in response to prompts on the screen. Intermediate players will love the built-in Chord Book; great for looking up the notes of chords you don't know how to play. You can even record yourself playing along with any of the 152 built-in songs.

600 Sounds and Built-in 6-Track Recorder

Even a fledgling keyboardist can create songs with the Casio CTK-4200's built-in recorder. With 6 tracks to play with, you can record the right-hand part first, then layer in the left hand, and have tracks to spare for more parts. Create a lush arrangement with 600 built-in tones, including stereo grand piano, organ, violin, flute, orchestra, and much more. (If you ever get lost in those 600 tones, the CTK-4200 has a handy dedicated Piano button to get you back where you started.) You can even turn on Casio's Auto-Accompaniment feature to record rhythm, bass, or chords to your song automatically. And you can transpose the keyboard up to one octave up or down, to give you access to a traditional piano's full 88 notes.

Connect With USB or Standard 1/8" Audio

In addition to a standard 1/8-inch headphone output for silent practicing, the CTK-4200 sports a 1/8-inch audio input, which transforms the keyboard into a stereo speaker system for an external MP3 player. Play along with your iPod! You can even sample up to 10 seconds from your MP3 player (or any external source) with the CTK-4200's sampling function -- grab a drum sound or an audio clip from your computer, and trigger it from the keyboard. Or plug the class-compliant USB port into your Mac or PC to use it as a MIDI controller with most popular composition software. When you're ready to unplug and go mobile, pop in six AA batteries and enable the Auto Power Off function to save battery life. At only 9.5 pounds, you can carry this portable keyboard just about anywhere.

Features

- 61-note keyboard with adjustable touch-response
- 600 tones, including stereo grand piano
- 180 built-in rhythm patterns
- Built-in 5-song, 6-track recorder
- Auto-Accompaniment adds rhythm, bass, and harmony to anything you play
- Chord Book helps you learn chords on the keyboard -- great for guitarists transitioning to piano
- Backlit display shows fingering, musical notation, and more
- Step-up Lessons lead beginners through 152 on-board songs
- USB MIDI port
- 1/8-inch audio line input -- connect an MP3 player
- Headphone output -- practice without disturbing others
- Runs on 6 AA batteries, or use the included power adapter zZounds is an authorized dealer of Casio products.

Specifications

- Model: CTK-4200

- Keyboard:

- Number of the key: 61Keys

- Keyboard size: Piano type standard size keys

- Touch Response: 2 sensitivity levels, Off

- Sound Source:

- Sound Source: AHL

- Maximum Polyphony: 48 notes

- MIDI: GM Level 1 compliant

- Key Transpose: +/- 1 octave (-12 to 0 to +12 semitones)

- Tuning Control: A4=415.5 - 440.0 - 465.9Hz

- Scale tuning: 16 patterns

- Tones:

- Number of built-in tones: 600

- Stereo sampling piano tone: Yes

- Layer: Yes

- Split: Yes

- Octave shifter: Yes

- Piano/Organ switching button: Yes

- Sampling system: Audio-in

- Sampling tone: Max. 5 sampled tones + max. 3 sampled drum tones set (Max. recording time: Total 10 second)

- Digital Effects:

- Reverb: 10 types

- Chorus: 5 types

- Other function:

- Auto harmonize: 12 types

- Arpeggiator: 90 types

- Rhythms:

- Built-in rhythms: 180 patterns

- User rhythms: 10 patterns

- One touch preset:

- Number of one touch preset: 180

- Music preset:

- Number of music preset: 305

- Registration memory: 32 (4 setups x 8 banks)

- Song Bank:

- Number of songs: 152 songs (Including 50 songs for practice)

- Lesson Function:

- Step up lessen method: Yes

- Metronome:

- Beat: 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 beats (Adjustable tempo: 30 to 255)

- Chord Book: Yes

- Recorder:

- Recording system: Yes

- Lesson song: 1

- User's performance: 5 songs

- Size: Approx. 12,000 notes(Total 6 songs)

- Data access function:

- Song expansion (Only saving to main board) :

- Max. 10 songs

- SMF(format 0,1)

- Sampling tones: Max. 5 tones

- Sampling drum tones: Max. 3 tones

- User rhythm registration: Max. 10 patterns

- Recording songs: Max. 5 use's songs + Max. 1 lesson song

- All data registration: Yes

- Shared memory:

- Data: Expansion songs, sampling tones, sampling drum tones and SD memory card play back songs

- Size: Approx.320Kbyte

- Number of demonstration song:

- Number of demonstration song: 102 songs loop playback

- Display Screen:

- LCD size: 129x44mm

- Back light: Yes

- I-con on LCD:

- I-con: Common I-con design

- Input/Output Terminals:

- USB port: Yes

- SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE jack: Yes

- PHONES/OUTPUT jack: Yes

- AUDIO IN jack: Yes

- DC IN jack: 9.5V

- Speakers:

- Speaker size: 12x2

- Speaker output: 2.5+2.5 watts

- Power: DC9.5V ( D size batteries x 6)

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging

with Power Supply

Shipping Weight: 15 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 39 x 16 x 6 in

with Power Supply, Headphones and Keyboard Stand

Shipping Weight: 25 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 27 x 10 in

EPA Pack, with Stand, PSU, Headphones and Software

Shipping Weight: 26 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 17 x 10 in

Product Description

The Casio CTK-4200 61 Key Keyboard delivers groundbreaking sound quality and musical portability at an affordable price. The Casio CTK-4200 is ideal for any level of musician looking to create compositions, as the keyboard features a 5 song and 6 track recorder. This portable Casio keyboard also delivers 600 built-in tones, which include Stereo grand piano tones, offering a range of dynamic and inspirational sounds for the musician to choose from. The 180 built in rhythms provide a full range of accompaniment or individual drum patterns, triggering a virtual band at a musician's fingertips.

The Casio CTK-4200 keyboard is equipped with Casio's renowned Step-up Lesson System, which allows novice users to learn the 152 built in songs phase by phase, at their own individual pace. Utilizing the LCD display, aspiring musicians can learn both music notation and correct hand positioning, while Casio's innovative lesson system evaluates performance so you can track your progress and incremental success.

Also features a class compliant USB port, allowing for easy access to utilize the keyboard to rock out with popular music education and composition software, essentially eliminating the need to Download drivers. The Casio 61 Key CTK-4200 also includes an Audio input, which transforms the keyboard into a stereo speaker system for a MP3 player.

Features

- 61 Note, touch response, piano style keyboard
- 600 Built in tones including stereo pianos
- 180 Rhythm accompaniment patterns
- 48 Note polyphony Large backlit display with notation and fingering display
- Integrated step up lesson system 5 Song, 6 track recorder
- Class compliant USB MIDI port
- 1/8-inch Audio line input Headphone output
- Power adapter included