Casio, 88-Key Digital Pianos - Home (CDP-S150)

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Casio’s CDP-S150 is a pretty straightforward instrument, which means it doesn’t have a lot of features. When you reach the polyphony cap, the piano starts to drop the earliest played notes to free up memory for new notes, which in turn affects the quality and fullness of the sound. Essentially, the sound palette on offer is decent enough for practice purposes, with attention clearly given to the piano tones. While it would be great to have wireless bluetooth audio instead, the Casio is better than the Yamaha P45 which doesn’t have any audio inputs at all.

As a budget piano, there aren’t many extra features on the CDP-S100, but all the necessities are included. Now you can run the keyboard from the AC mains using the provided AC adapter, but 6 brand-new batteries should give you a full 10+ hours of battery life, which is no small feat considering the CDP-S100 has onboard speakers. If you want a matching stand that makes the CDP-S100 feel right at home, consider the matching CS-68PBK (or its white counterpart if you like contrast). And possibly CDP-S150 has the same too short piano sound as the other lower end CDP-S models of that time.Now I must talk about my new piano, starting with the fact that I loved it, I understand why they say that to learn piano it is vital to get a piano with weighted keys, it feels super comfortable to play (compared to a yamaha keyboard that my uncle has) and because of the weight of the keys I can have better control. While most beginner and intermediate piano players will not notice this, pianists playing advanced pieces should consider Casio’s higher end models such as the PX-S1000 where you can find more information here . The PX-S1000 and PX-S3000 were excellent digital pianos that delivered on the promise of brand-new takes on the time-tested Privia series. I suspect the same samples from the PX-S1000 are used here, though with fewer velocity layers and shorter decay (as expected from a budget keyboard). It’s been a while since I last played the CDP-S100 but it seems that the effect is quite subtle on these models.

The only good thing about the Casio cdp s100 is the feel of the keys and the quality of the case (good for a midi keyboard). Having worked in the music industry for over 10 years, Lucas found passion in helping others choose the most suitable music gear for them. To be fair, it is hard to force cut offs to happen, even with 64 notes, though if you’re playing with sustained, layered voices, you might hear a few notes dropping out. For my needs which are 90% piano practice and 10% use as MIDI controller, this was an incredible deal.While 64 notes is normal for budget keyboards, this is a bit on the low side, especially since most competitors, such as Casio’s PX-160 and the Korg B2 offer nearly double the polyphony count (128- and 120-note polyphony respectively).

The key action is relatively silent but the compact nature of the chassis means the keys have a shorter pivot than the competition. If budget is not an issue, I’d pick a keyboard with fully-weighted keys any day, considering learning the piano is your main objective.The speakers on the Casio CDP-S150 are rear-firing speakers, instead of downward-firing speakers on the Yamaha P45, which means that this piano sounds best when placed near a wall.