Casio wk-3500 accordian

[dreemsnake]

I had to borrow a keyboard to play percussion in a pit orchestra. A Casio wk-3500 is the best they could do. I can't find an accordion on it. Is there anything else I can do with this it will sound like an accordion? Also, drum rolls are difficult. Is there a trick to this? I once used a cheaper keyboard that could do rolls if you just held down the key. But I can't find a way to do this on this keyboard.

I'm sorry if these are stupid questions but I'm not used to using a keyboard for this purpose. Thank you.

 

[SeaGtGruff]

According to the manual I downloaded from Casio's web site, the Accordion is Tone 54. There's also an Octave Accordion, which is Tone 66; as well as Accordion GM, which is Tone 321. It also has some Harmonica and Bandoneon tones immediately after the Accordion tones (i.e., Tones 55, 56, 67, 68, 322, and 323).

I don't know about your percussion question-- I'll have to look at the manual a bit to see if there's any sort of harmony or arpeggio functions that can automatically repeat a voice.

 

[Ted Nicoson]

Most keyboards put the main accordian voices at the end of the organ tones. If you look at the Tone List above the WK-3500's display panel, you should see the accordian tones listed at the end of the Organ Group. If you need a manual, you can download a copy from here:

http://support.casio.com/manualfile.php?rgn=5&cid=008011006

The complete Tone List begins on Appendix Page A1 at the back of the manual.

if you need something with a little more punch than what the regular Accordian voice #54 gives you, try layering it with the Octave Accordian #66.

There are no drum rolls in any of the preset drum kits, but the SE DRUM SET on the Casio website has one on C7 (Key #96) toward the upper (right) end of the keyboard. You can dowload it from:

http://music.casio.com/e/data_ex2/

Click on the green words "Data List" to the right of the words "DRUM with WAVE" and this will bring up a menu of four drum kits. Click on the green words "Download" to the right of the words "SE DRUM SET", and it will download to your computer. You will also need to download the IDES-2 Data Manager software to unpack and install the drum kit onto the keyboard. Back on the main website page, click on the green words "Music Data Management Software 2.0", at the lower right of the page. On the next page, click on "wk3-20en-c.exe", toward the bottom of the page, to download it. Don't bother with the Part-1 through Part-6 downloads. Those download it in small chunks for slow dial-up connections. Be sure to download the Application Manual from the same page. Install the Data Manager software on your computer (PC - NOT Mac) and use it to download the new drum kit from the computer to the keyboard via a USB cable.

The WK-3500 is not Class Compliant, so you will need to download and install a driver for your computer to connect to it:

http://support.casio.com/en/support/download.php?cid=008&pid=20

Look in the DRIVERS section and choose the appropriate 32 or 64 bit driver. If you have a Vista-64 system, use the Win-7 64 bit driver. Casio says that won't work, but I have been using it on my Vista-64 system for over 4 years now. Casio engineering never did understand Vista-64 !

Good luck !

 

[happyrat1]

Q: What is the difference between an accordion and a trampoline?





A: You remove your shoes when you jump on a trampoline...






Q: What is the difference between an accordion and an onion?







A: Nobody cries when you cut up an accordion....

(Sorry... I couldn't resist )

Gary