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Feature:
No 1/4 inch outputs, only RCA. Hands down the WORST user interface of ANY product in ANY category I've EVER encountered. There are only 3 buttons - up, down, and shift. To change patches, you have to hold the shift and press up or down. The glorious 3 digit LED display offers no clue of what sound you are on, so it helps if you can memorize the general MIDI patch table. If you try to audition a sound, be sure to lift up on the shift key, or else you will probably hear nothing, but you will transpose the whole keyboard a few semitones. And if you are too slow pressing the shift when changing patches, you will transpose the keyboard by a few octaves! The real kicker for me was in trying to turn off the reverb, which each patch is drowning in by default. Clearly this thing was meant to be used with a computer, but if I had a computer I'd rather have a soft synth and a USB controller any day of the week. This thing has a niche so small that you are probably not in it.
Quality:
looks fine
Value:
I was looking specifically for a module with mini keys and MIDI and built in sounds. Not too many choices there. Without that restriction, the Casio WK series is $100 less and several orders of magnitude more functional than this freaky thing.
Desirability:
This thing is like a sound card with three buttons and a keyboard on it. Nothing is as difficult to use as this, and I've used many many products.
Sound:
Sounds like typical yamaha XG synth, i.e. not too bad, except they are all soaked with reverb by default and it's next to impossible to turn off the reverb without using a computer. The internal speakers are extremely quiet and needless to say there's no bass whatsoever. They are essentially worthless, and they take up panel space that might have been used for more useful controls.
Support:
I returned it after I gave up trying to turn off the reverb
Overall:
I think I made my point by now. I'm buying a Casio WK3500AD for the same price.
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