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Casio MZ-X500 Arranger Keyboard

Description

The Casio MZ-X500 arranger keyboard is Casio's most advanced sound-design project ever.

Onboard, you have the tools to stoke your every creative whim, including instruments with multiple articulations, Monophonic and HexLayer sounds, and a revolutionary Vintage Drawbar Organ System with drawbar leakage, optimized rotary simulation, and real-time drawbar control via nine physical sliders. Composing and arranging process doesn't always flow smoothly, but the MZ-X500 - with its 1,100 presets, Pattern Recording, and Rhythm Controller - makes it easier than ever to realize the music you hear in your head.

Packed with new sounds: drums, basses, guitars, organs, brass, and more

Instruments with multiple articulations, including: Harmonics, Mutes, Glissandos

1,100 presets; 330 Rhythms

Monophonic and HexLayer sounds

Expansion Memory: 256MB

New Vintage Drawbar Organ System: Drawbar leakage and other effects, Improved rotary simulation, Real-time drawbar control via nine physical sliders, Dedicated Percussion and Rotary Speaker switches

Expression Pedal Input

New Rhythm Controller with: 2 Intros, 4 Variations, 4 Fills, Fade In/Out, 2 Endings, Break, Ritardando

Pattern Recording with 100 user rhythms

SMF import