Casio CT-S1000V 61 Note Keyboard with Vocal Synthesiser

Boldly defying convention, the CT-S1000V does what no other keyboard can do: Speak or type your lyrics into the free Lyric Creator app for iOS/Android, transfer them to the CT-S1000V, and play the keys to hear your words come alive. Choose from multiple vocalist models, and adjust age, vibrato, portamento, and other parameters in real-time. It can produce choirs, robotic sounds, vocoder-like textures, and more. You can even create a custom vocalist based on an audio recording.

The new CT-S1000V is a new keyboard that is powered by the AiX Sound Source engine with up to 64-voice polyphony and layering options. Unlike the other CT keyboards, Casio goes one step further here and has built into it a vocal synthesis engine. It can turn any sound, such as song lyrics, into musical phrases that the keyboard can “sing”. All this in full harmony based on the notes you play.

There is also a Lyric Creator app for iOS and Android app that allows you to enter custom lyrics. Once transmitted via USB or bluetooth, you can play them using any of its 22 vocalist types. Including talk boxes, processed choirs, robot voices, vocoders, and whispered voices.

The engine is capable to playback phrases all at once, according to a set rhythm when keys are pressed or one syllable at a time as new notes are played. With or without legato. Players can also arrange songs on the fly by switching between various intro, normal, fill-in, variation, and ending sections.

Casio ships the CT-S1000V with 800 high-resolution sounds, 243 built-in rhythms, and 50 user-programmable rhythms. There is the possibility to real-time sample. Yes you read it correctly. Our memories of the SK series will come true again.

You can sample up to 10 seconds of high-quality audio (or several three-second samples for creating drum kits) via its 1/8-inch stereo input on the backside. Alternatively, you can capture samples wirelessly using the included WU-BT10 Bluetooth MIDI & audio adapter. The latter is also compatible as a bluetooth MIDI interface for your DAW and other software including Casio’s Music Space iOS/Android app.

To refine your sounds, The CT-S1000V offers 100 built-in, studio quality DSP effects: amplifier, cabinet simulators, modulation effects, choruses, reverbs, delays, and more. Each effect offers a wide range of parameters. There is also an onboard MIDI recorder that can store up to five performances, with a capacity of six tracks and 40,000 notes per song.