When pressed, do the piano keys play a single piano like sound each, or does it play music?
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You can select the mode switch. That has two mode Long Play and Shory Play. Long play - press a piano key to play music up to 15min Short play - listen to single piano when press a piano key. and after 2~3 sec, that play a short music.
224932
Yes, that is correct -- the keys light up to show you which note to play for each song in the piano's recorded library. When you push "play" for any of the 110 included songs, each key will light up in turn to guide your fingers. Other information including the number of the finger on each of your hands that you should use to play each key also will appear in the small screen in the middle. In addition, you can slow the pace of the tune down using the "tempo" button if you want to learn it very slowly. The progressive "lesson" buttons also can help with that.
1348821
No, it's purely a MIDI keyboard, so it doesn't make its own sound. It has to be plugged into a computer or other device that has some sort of MIDI controller.
1270042
The keys are weighted. I haven't played too many actual pianos, but from the little I have played, it feels about the same. The pedal is just okay, it gets the job done, but you have to find a way to keep it from moving around.
1779262
As others have said, the keys are full size. They're plastic and feel more like a low-end portable organ than a piano-- i.e., they aren't weighted or semi-weighted, and feel a little "springy" as you're playing. I'm used to playing this type of keyboard, so it doesn't bother me, but people who are more used to a piano keyboard may need to adjust to them a bit. There are 4 touch sensitivity settings, so you can set it to three levels of touch sensitivity (low, medium, or high) or turn the touch sensitivity off entirely (the fourth setting).
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Chris - I think my last response got lost or cut short(my mistake). I'll try again. The short answer to this is no. I ran through all the presets and even some tweaks I use and cannot find any standard piano sounds. There are a couple/few organ sounds you can work with. If you want standard piano sounds, you can buy a MUCH cheaper keyboard/MIDI controller for that purpose. All that being said, this is probably the best musical instrument purchase I've ever made. I'm not really a trained musician, but the sounds I can create with this micorKorg are amazing. I hope some of this helps. MK_from_PA
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Nope. It just has the Dvorak letters. They're the same font as the normal keys underneath.
1873786
It doesn't make any sound. It produces MIDI notes that a computer or MIDI synth can turn into sound. Then you need to amplify the sound. I plug the keyboard into my Mac. I use Mainstage to create the sound. I amplify the sound with a pair of Roland keyboard amplifiers.
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I bought this for my kid, so I'm not the one playing it. But, I did notice that the keys feel more like a piano than an old Casio keyboard I had. My old Casio was like a "switch", either on-or-off, and you could feel that mechanism as you pressed the key. This new Casio is more like a piano, but I don't recall if the loudness works like a piano (soft if you hit the key soft, loud if you hit the key hard)... I want to say it does.
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no. its one button. it plays, it pauses. 2 clicks and it skips the song, 3 and it goes back one song.
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Deana, it is weighted meaning that softly tapping produces a softer note than slamming/pounding (so to speak). The amount of pressure placed on the keys affects to volume of the sound being produced. However, it is, of course, not a real piano. It's electronically produced sound as opposed to a mallet striking a wire. But, yes, it plays like a real piano. The clicks and annoyances spoken of in other reviews are legit, but they don't bother me.
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Not really. But I've been playing mine for several years now and the feel of the keys is really okay. It isn't enough of a difference to be a bother. However, the harder you hit a key, the louder it plays. That's a nice feature.
80631
yes it does, of the three buttons, the main one press once music is paused, double push music restarts. Top button press once vol up, double press next track, lower button, press once vol down, double press go back one track.
324136
No, no tack sound and the action is very piano-like. I love this keyboard . Very versatile.
441708
This is not a electronic piano. It's just the keyboard part of that. You have to connect it with your computer and use a software and the audio system of computer to hear the sound.
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No, the keys aren't weighted, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly. And the keys still detect how hard you're hitting them, which determines the volume of that note, so doing proper dynamics isn't difficult.The keys make a slight clacking noise if you press them really hard, but nothing more than hitting any other object with your fingers would make. I don't think it would be possible to build it to be 100% silent, but there's nothing unexpected or unwanted. You won't notice the noise when playing unless the piano's volume is low.
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I am not certain, but I have had an issue with the sound of the piano as it fades out. The sound becomes very sharp no matter what "voice" I use. It is really irritating and I haven't gotten responses from Korg after several emails to them.