Casio CTK-710 Keyboard

It is a nice keyboard of 5/8 octaves, no pitch bend and with a very basic tones and rythm bank. Indeed a ugly, cheap instrument but with a very good reason to have: you can plug in via USB to your computer 'coz it support GM2 and thanks to this we can have a master keyboard and never more to use these terrible native sounds.

It works perfectly on Windows XP, XP64x -no support-, Vista and using a special plug-in, on Mac OS X 10.5.x. Well, in my case I use this in additon with standalone synthesizers like KORG M1, Wavestation, samplers like EXS24 and vst instruments like String Studio, Kagnagalis, Symphonic Choirs, etc. via Cubase or Sony Acid Pro.

On Windows there's a bit problem: when you try to play using a standalone synth there's a minor delay since we push any key until the sound is played in output, so this plataform doesn't support a live playing, only works for studio records and renders.

On Mac there's no problem!

When we push a key the sound in output is really speed, at the same time indeed! This works perfectly for live playing, so for example, we can play a KORG M1 using our Casio CTK-710. This is the reason why I love this keyboard! MIDI interface is like.. God! XD

What else?

Dunno, I'll keep up making music, this keyboard is one of my main tools I use for my music.