Casio CDP-S100BKC5 Full Weighted Hammer Action Digital Piano

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The Casio CDP-S110 also comes with a sustain pedal and built-in metronome. These are nice little touches and would be really important for any pianists – no matter what level. If you are unfamiliar with what a sustain pedal does, it basically holds any notes you play so the sound continues. The sound will end once you release your foot from the pedal. This allows for smoother playing and will become an essential part of your playing after just a few months. That said, the fact that this is compact may not be as relevant as you’d think. The PX-S series was designed for stage use, hence the portability factor, but I don’t exactly see why the CDP-S series needed the same treatment. With the new PX-S and CDP-S line of keyboards, Casio has added a new key action to the mix, and it’s different than the trusted Casio Tri Sensor Hammer Action found on the previous Privia line of digital pianos. This is a common way for manufacturers to compensate for having no screen. Since the CDP-S100 is a budget keyboard, I can accept the screen’s exclusion.

So let’s carry on with our Casio CDP-S100BKC5ST Digital Piano with Stand review and explore the product’s pricing.Pianos aren’t the only sounds included on the CDP-S100, and these can be used to spice up practice sessions or practice genre-specific playstyles. Chorus comes in 4 different types, along with the OFF option. The chorus ranges from a subtle stereo widening effect to a lush detuned flanging. We’ve talked about this app throughout the review and it allows you to control the CDP-S100 with a graphical interface via your smartphone or tablet.

I believe digital pianos with weighted keys really help with your finger dexterity as your beginning to learn. Dexterity will take you a long way when you start getting into complex rhythmic patterns. If the brand you buy is important to you, our best advice is to spend some time writing up your own list of ideal brands. That way when you come to the point where you’re comparing product options you can filter to only show the products from brands in your list. With chorus and reverb off, certain notes sound a little weird when holding them down. On a real piano, while a sustained note decays in volume its timbre also changes. You can hear on this model that the designers have carefully looped the sustain part of many notes as they fade them out. Unfortunately, a few notes do show a little “beating” during the sustain part of the envelope. But you really have to listen hard for this and for 99% of music you will never notice it. The funny thing is not all notes do this: it’s particularly noticeable in headphones from C5 – E5.The next step was to try and narrow down our search even more. So we’ve already looked the prices of products in the Keyboards category. Then we’ve also looked at the prices of products from Casio. So this step combines the two and looks specifically at the price you’d expect to pay for Casio branded products in the Keyboards category. The actual price of the product that you choose is of course one of the most vital aspects of choosing the right product, we will go into that in more detail in just a moment. With affordable keyboards, we’re looking for something that plays well and sounds good. We want weighted keys and quality samples. Everything else is a bonus, though it’s nice to get some options for features and functions. What surprised me is that the responsiveness of these sounds because once you paly it, it brings out the bite I’d expect from a real, amped-up Wurlitzer. In the sound comparisons above, I thought the Yamaha P45 did have a nicer sound, though I do like the sound of the CDP-S100.