CasioCasio CT-X5000 61-Key Portable Arranger Keyboard with 800 Tones, 235 Rhythms, 17-Track Recorder, USB, 30W Speaker System, Mic In, 14" Audio Outs, Aux In, Headphone Out, Power Supply (CT-X5000)

Great keyboard with the best speakers in its category, and has so many functions. But realize that it has 61 keys as advertised, and keys are not graded, so not optimal for learning piano. Great for travel and for having so may realistic tones.

The Casio CTX5000 is a great keyboard in many ways. Casio makes some really nice instruments such as the CTX5000. I love the semi weighted keys, and the customizations is practically endless with advanced features you would find in professional studio keyboards that cost thousands of dollars. Despite the wonderful selection of sounds, and other features, there is a somewhat steep learning curve in getting around the different parameters. I grew up with synths that had a million knobs and sliders. Now, many of the features they controlled are buried in the menu's of the CTX. I would highly recommend this keyboard.

I'll start by saying that I am happy with this keyboard. It brings a quality of sound and feature set normally reserved for higher cost arrangers down to a entry/mid range price. I intended primarily to use it as a sound module but I've ended up playing it directly and experimenting with the auto accompaniments and rhythms on quite a few occasions.Physically it is about what you'd expect. The fairly large speakers make for a slightly heavier keyboard but it's still light. The plastic construction isn't the most robust but it feels in no real danger of breaking in transport or use. The ports feel robust enough and the buttons are all functional and respond as expected. The keys have a shiny surface and a slightly rounded profile which isn't my favourite but is usable.In terms of connectivity I had a sustain pedal and an expression pedal connected. It does not have DIN MIDI (usb only) so I'm using it with a Kenton USB MiDI host to integrate with the rest of my gear, which works fine, but costs about 1/3 the price of the keyboard vs a tiny cost to include when manufacturing. There is a headphone out and a pair of 1/4" master outs (connecting only the left results in mono. The headphone out has a retractable trim pot which is nice to see. The line outs don't have a trim, I which means their level reflects the master volume control only. This is an annoyance and means, when on the internal speakers, I need to turn the volume down (I sometimes just use the expression pedal.The key action is acceptable but the keys feel a little clacky in use and the velocity response isn't that smooth and there is no aftertouch. The pitch bend wheel is very small and has a fairly big dead zone in the middle making it hard to use smoothly. Instead of a mod wheel you get a modulation button which is of fairly limited use. The speakers are surprisingly good and project well. Overall it's about what you expect for the money in this regard.As for the sounds, they are a mixed bag. Some decent piano and epiano are a good start alongside some surprisingly usable guitar, strings, brass and reed instruments. A few of the samples are questionable and occasionally have very jarring velocity switching, but for the most part I found myself pleasantly surprised. The rhythms are also decent with fun accompaniment and a pretty big variety. The ability to record your own accompaniment is also great.In actual use, it can be hard to access all the features. They tend to be hidden behind menus and long presses. Combined with the very limited display, navigating all but the direct features on the panel can be frustrating. For my use case, it's mostly a multi timrbal sound source for use under MiDi control and in that respect it works well and the interface annoyances don't inhibit it's usability.Overall I'll say I'm happy with the keyboard. It sounds pretty good and is fairly usable. Given that the CT x700 has the same sound source and a much lower price, users looking for an entry level keyboard will likely be very happy. This keyboard is also good value but the lack of DIN midi is a little frustrating given the price increment over the lower models. In any case it's still hard to beat and I'd recommend the CTx range to others looking for a basic keyboard with a decent range of usable sounds.

I researched $500.00 -$1000 keyboards for 3 mths before I purchased the Casio CTX 5000.The piano, E piano, organ and string sounds are top notch both for stage and studio (I use it for both).I love the feal of the wieghted keys, the buttons are soft to touch.The midi, recording and other features are easy to grasp and the "online manual" on Youtube is a great resource for learning operation if you don't like to read a bunch of technical stuff.Again you may listen to this keyboard online but when you get it home you will enjoy the warm tones and have many "wow very cool" moments.I'm extremely happy with ctx 5000 at this time under $500. You just can't beat it. Alot of bang for your $$$.

I bought this for my son for christmas and he loves it, with all the on-line tutorials he is already playing certain songs, i bought an open box item at a great discount and it came without a mark on it, very satisfied with the purchase🙂

First right off the bat is that the sound engine is pristine. the styles and acoustic samples sound very realistic including articulation functionality. Love the styles function button for accompaniment.This keyboard is meant for somebody who likes to tweak the factory sounds to their liking when learning. Casio is conservative on how they edited their sounds when putting it into their library (I.e. organs, electric pianos & pads); forcing the user to edit the sounds to their liking that can be painstaking, unlike Korg & Roland sounds are perfect out of the box.Another thing I did not like about the keyboard that forced me to return it was its confusing sequencer and recording functionality that requires too much manual editing by consistently pushing the shift, function arrows and exit buttons to get in and out if the menu features.

Difficult easy but complicated at the same time. But other than that a great keyboard almost perfect.

I exclusively use Casio keyboards and synthesizers. The CT X-5000 compliments my 88-note SP-350 to a tee. The sounds are fantastic and it is easy to program. I find myself using dual arpeggiators quite often now.