Casio CTK 900: Sounds you would never expect from...

[@soundsfortoday3623]

This was wonderful. Time to actually get to know this keyboard after 13 years! Really didn't have a clue what it was capable of. Glad I hung onto it.

[@sssyntax]

Cool video. That makes 3 of us on KZbin now who took the time to work these wk based keyboards out. Gear facts is another guy who has done the same. These machines are amazing and unique and i can't see how sp few people bothered to give them a shot.

[@ianbarker2420]

07/2023, just purchased a brand new in the unopened box with the copper staples still in place 😁 can't wait to try her out, what luck eh 😂

[@aliensexfien]

if you ever sell it. please let me know lol i want one bad

[@freddy3190]

Wow.. I love mine.. purchased for 60 dollars...what a steal.

[@jaquesteddyruxpin932]

One of casio's greatest creations....

[@darrelldixon8056]

I just bought a CTK-900 last night at Goodwill for $11.60, had a piece of plastic under one of the keys, and some paint on some of the keys and buttons. I removed the plastic and cleaned off the paint, now looks and works as good as new. After owning many Yamaha Keyboards, Digital Pianos and 2 Electone Organs, I am very impressed with this keyboard!

[@jankowalski-tb9ml]

Has 2*3 W or 2*6W ?

[@darrelldixon8056]

@@jankowalski-tb9ml not sure what you're referring to? 2 0r 3 Watts x2?

[@garywatsonjr.2060]

If you think that the sounds on this instrument are interesting, then you would be blown away by the sounds of the Casio CTK-1000🤯!!

[@johnny14794]

Am still rocking with one to this day. Paired with my Yamaha PSR-E 473 is a great combo to reckon with. ✌ I've had people offering to buy it and I have turn the offers away regardless of the $$ offering being really good.

[@KevStevens-Music-Drums-Art]

Great demonstration - Thank you. I love mine. It's so powerful and the sounds are inspirational. It's the only synth that I have that accurately recreates Melloron sounds - at 8.15 you used tone '074 Old Tape Organ' which is one. The other is '170 Old Strings Ensemble' which is very accurate and when layered with Choirs or Brass with the touch sensitivity turned off and sticking to the Melloron's keyboard range, it's very accurate indeed.

[@charleshultquist9233]

You need to update and show us how you achieved these brilliant patches!!

[@Najvrtson]

Hi, I'm glad that you like these patches. Maybe in the future I will create another video with more sounds and information. If you are interesting about these patches, just drop me an e-mail, I can send them to you.

[@gunslinger80sguitars]

@@Najvrtson What setting/tone are you using at the 5:21 and 6:55 setting?

[@johnpatricksalo7746]

@@Najvrtson hello, was curious what setting you have @1:18

[@johnpatricksalo7746]

Any update how to achieve those patches

[@sssyntax]

Dude these machines are really easy to use. There's no secret to them other than being open minded enough to try something out of the ordinary. There's basically 2 rows of settings, the first covers filters, envelope and lfo etc while the second covers dsp. There's just enough to get creative but not enough to get lost in. If you can use a basic guitar multi fx pedal you will find these casios a breeze to use. Buy one and spend a few days with it. No one knows how good they are and there's no snobbish class status attached to them meaning they are worth next to nothing used.

[@hellitastenfan]

...hello,...a great demo ! best wishes

[@PigBenis4U]

This keyboard controls my Cubase Synth very well. MIDI is amazing.

[@bankporters]

Good synth m8, i v wrote a few using casio Cheers for sharing. The 691 is a good n too, all best, subbed,

[@henrymatanoharrison4281]

The best keyboard ever sound wise doesn’t matter if it’s piano organ or even saxophone I love this keyboard sad that I can’t find one

[@Simon-ui6db]

point to note to anyone with these using the el cheapo midi to usb cables, alot won't work with sending the sys-ex to the keyboard. Try and get a cheap roland cable as they handle the sysex perfectly for dumping sample info to it. My old wk3000 worked perfect with windows 7-8 and 10 with casio software.

[@mcmike89]

The Casio CTK-900 and the Casio CTK-7200 are very similar to each other since I own both models.

[@aliensexfien]

if u plan on selling any or. i’ll be very interested

[@trinidadblue]

Ahhh that honky-tonk piano!... wow

[@itdies2dayyo]

It really just has a bit of everything lol. very unique indeed.

[@luisgarbizuteclados]

Superb demo! 👏👏👏👏

[@gearfacts]

Great demonstration! :) #Gearfacts

[@Najvrtson]

Thanks! I'm preparing new sounds and samples now!

[@sylvainblanchet3390]

superb thx a lot

[@Najvrtson]

Thank you!

[@Simon-ui6db]

same basics as wk3xxx series. Great budget boards.

[@ianryan5727]

amazing piece of gear, thank you. P.S. How do you get that Vengelis type sound at 14:17?

[@Najvrtson]

As far as I remember, it is a combination of some synthetic strings and velocity sensitive filter with delay on DSP. I gave CTK-900 to my friend and I'm waiting my new WK-8000 (the same sound engine) now, so I will try to re-create this sound again.

[@ianryan5727]

@@Najvrtson Thanks a lot for that info. Top man! :)

[@matthewmurphy9779]

@@Najvrtson to your knowledge, what other casios with 'same sound engine' were you researching in your search. Will ctk 7xx, ctk 8xx, wk 16xx , wk 3xxx work to create similar sounds? Thank you!

[@matthewmurphy9779]

Also casio wk 7xxx work as compared to your wk8000

[@Najvrtson]

Casios with zpi processor should work: Ctk 900, 657, wk 3xxx and 8000. Newer models (I used to have wk 7600) have different sound engine with very limited features compared to these older ones.

[@funkiEst]

i find very exciting to get the most of one of this old secret wonderful hidden unexpected machines... so i'm expecting to recieve the WK-3300 i've just bought for very cheap !!! there is not a video like yours exploring the custom sound capabilities like you do and this is very similar to the way i'd like to use it, mine has a very similar if not the same sound engine and capabilities, i'm not sure if there is a real difference about it but the main purpose of this message is asking you about the sample loop information in the custom made wavetables or tones you can create with the computer tool: Do you know if there is a compatible way to put the information of the in-out loop points in order to set a particular region of the sample to ping-pong loop like it's used to be ? thank you and congratulations for the love for this machines who are so underrated (also by Casio themselves who didn't really put that features on the front)

[@malcolmcolemann]

Sold!

[@ZAAN333]

👍🎹💥

[@aliensexfien]

10:26 what’s this tone? i just got myself a ctk 900

[@sxynix1082]

Whereee???

[@producciones808cisneros4]

Miss tbis keyboard. Aloha from Hawaii. Where can i get samples or kontakt library? Mahalo

[@Najvrtson]

I can send you these sounds per e-mail.

[@producciones808cisneros4]

@@Najvrtson i would really appreciate it! 🤙🙌🙌🙌 [e-mail] mahalo!!!

[@pianonights50]

I don't have a sustain pedal for this keyboard, where can I buy it? 😭

[@funkiEst]

I'm excited to recieve the WK-3300 i've just bought for 50€, i really want to explore the sample based side of the engine, i don't think i'll even use a built in sound... i wonder about the sample loop points and i wonder about the number of DSP channels is possible to have at once ( i suspect you can't use more than 1 DSP effect inserted in some track as well as the global reverb and chorus, am i right ? and i also have another doubt about that frustrating lack of mod wheel in the wk-3300... do you know if it would be possible to directly connect some class compliant midi controller and using it as a mod wheel ? well this last question i think hasnt much sense... sorry about this 2 long messages but i hope some other guys might be wondering this stuff as well...

[@Najvrtson]

There is only possibility how to loop the custom sample - whole from start to end, so you need truncate your sample in any external editor. The sample translation to the instrument is not very accurate, so you can get some clips anyway. Regarding effects: There is system reverb with several halls and delays, system chorus with several chorus and flanger/phaser presets, system equaliser which is user programmable. Finally, there is one insert effect which includes tons of various algorithms. Some of them are combinations of up to three effects (i.e. distortion, wah and delay). Hope, this helps you! Enjoy your Casio!

[@funkiEst]

@@Najvrtson Thanks for your reply, it will help me to not go crazy trying to find the way for the casio to apply the loop points saved in the wav file ... it's really frustrating to know that isn't possible, sorry if i insist but: have you really made sure the wav editor you used is properly saving this loop points information so the casio sample converter can read it ? i'm asking you but i'm pretty sure you indeed did; the frustrating thing is: of course the casio is capable of pingpong loop a certain sample region but only for it's own tones... THanks a lot !

[@nkwarriorofgod6621]

✝️Music It's Amazing beautiful God bless you brother

[@Najvrtson]

Thank you very much!

[@aliensexfien]

you selling this by any chance 😆 i want one bad

[@amirzahirovic7648]

Hi would this also work on the previous Model CTK-691 ??? Thx in Advance

[@Najvrtson]

Hi Amir, I'm not sure. The CTK-691 has less samples and effect algoritms, so I afraid it is not 100% compatible with CTK-900. But I believe, you can make similar sounds on it.

[@rc4a0frios]

Do you know if the WK3800 has the same synth and DSP capabilities? It seems that both are the most complete Casio keyboards of that era, aside of the MZ2000 of course.

[@Najvrtson]

As far as I know, the WK-3800 has at least the same soud and effect possibilities like CTK-900 plus more keys plus pitch and modulation wheels. I do agree, they seem to be most advanced home keyboards from Casio of that era.

[@ChristopherHillman]

the ctk 671 also has the same effects i think ...really cool phasing, flange fx etc.) After this there seemed to be a long gap ...the the CT-X keyboards were the continuation?

[@БорисРоманченко-т2к]

tell the name of melody on 1.17 - 1.47 and 2.20 - 2.50

[@Najvrtson]

Hi, the melody at 1:17 does not name yet, because I still had not finished it. The another one at 2:20 does have a name, but I can't remember it :).

[@jankowalski-tb9ml]

Has 2*6 Watt or 2*3 Watt?

[@Najvrtson]

2 x 3 I think.

[@markom1976]

Did you use some old pc for the software? I could not make it function on my PC.

[@Najvrtson]

Hi, no, I use my PC with fresh Windows 10 and works perfectly with my cheap USB/MIDI cable. Nevertheless you do not need it unless you do not use samples, all the sounds were programmed directly in the instrument.

[@markom1976]

@@Najvrtson What software did you install? Do you have a link of that version? Thanks

[@Najvrtson]

@@markom1976 Hi, I normály downloaded the Casio SW for this instrument, see here: music.casio.com/e/data_ex3/before.html