Casio CT-X870IN 61-Key Portable Keyboard

The Best Budget Arranger Keyboard with Layering and MIDI

This is Casio's best keyboard!The Grand Piano is better than any keyboard south of 20,000₹, the Synth leads and pads are dreamy, the organ sounds are just majestic, and the Rhodes sounds are bluessy. For non-keyboard instruments, this has super chimney acoustic guitars and sitars, soft flutes, and moving saxophones with great vibrato.You can also split the left side into a different instrument (octave and a half by default) and layer two instruments on the right side at the same time. All three can be independently transposed and changed octaves on. I use this to layer an instrument shifted an octave ahead on top of itself, to create an epic always-on octave effect without having to play two notes.If you split the keyboard into two, the left side sends notes in midi channel 3 and the right side in midi channel 1. Otherwise it's all midi channel 1. This is very useful because you can use it to access the foot controller section on a MIDI Hammond Organ like setBfree, or send them to different instruments to create a bass + lead setup in your DAW.I originally bought this just for the midi feature, after being terribly disappointed by a couple of defective Samson MIDI Controllers. I almost got the CT-S300 (same keybed, speakers, and pitch bend wheel but 3500₹ cheaper and with a much older sound chip); but changed my mind after trying both keyboards out at a store.If you don't need a pitch bend wheel, there is the CT-X700 in the series which is cheaper by 3000₹, and the CT-X9000IN (an Indian version of the CT-X5000) is the top end model that has more controllable effects, expression pedal input, and two 15W speakers. It costs some 9000₹ more but is totally worth the upgrade for those who use this live.Personally, I wish Casio releases a budget 88 key version of this.But overall, I think this is a perfect 5/5 arranger/midi keyboard.

Rhino · review on Amazon

Good

Good

MPAVAN K. · review on Amazon

Great Product

Great product. Sound quality is impressive. Beautiful looking. Lots of functions and features. Great for beginners.Power adapter is also included in the box.But Amazon packaging is not good.

Pushap Raj Kaswal · review on Amazon

Very nice 💯

Very good service

Vikas Agrawal · review on Amazon