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The XW-G1 has sampling capabilities. However it is still somewhat newish even though it's been on the market almost two years now.

Still, there are demo units with full warranty and used units available for under $400 nowadays.

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Hi George and this group - this is my first post on this forum.

The Casio CTK 6200 includes a basic sampler, I believe. Was contemplating one of these, although the absence of Midi connections is a bit of a disappointment. It's got a chunky USB connector for linking to computer / pad, mind you.

Just got a new XW-G1 and am now looking around for something like the CTK 6200 but with MIDI in and out.

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Eddie:

The CTK/WK-6XXX models do not provide any type of audio recording or sampling features. Both models have an "Audio In" jack and the WK model also has a "Mic In" jack, but these are strictly for using the keyboard's amplifier and speakers as a PA system. There is no provision for recording signals applied to these jacks. The CTK/WK-7XXX models will record the keyboard's internal sounds and signals applied to the "Mic In" and "Inst In" jacks to the SD Card. Casio calls this recorded data "sampling" data in the sense that it can be converted to a .wav file and exported to a computer, but it can not be edited, looped, cross-faded and assigned to a key or be spread across the keyboard to be "played" by the keys as with an actual sampler, as was partially possible with the older WK-3XXX units. Also, signals applied to the "Audio In" jack can not be recorded by either model, but if you are looking for 5-pin-DIN MIDI IN/OUT jacks, that pretty well excludes most or all of the Casio units for the last 7 or 8 years at least.

George:

If you are looking for very basic sampling features, one of the older WK-3XXX units might interest you, particularly the WK-3800, as it is the newest of that model line. It will sample a sound, and you can assign it to a key or spread it across the keyboard, but this is strictly a "one shot" sample. It can not be looped and cross-faded as a sustaining sound, and total memory for multi-samples is extremely limited.
 
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Eddie:

The CTK/WK-6XXX models do not provide any type of audio recording or sampling features. Both models have an "Audio In" jack and the WK model also has a "Mic In" jack, but these are strictly for using the keyboard's amplifier and speakers as a PA system. There is no provision for recording signals applied to these jacks. The CTK/WK-7XXX models will record the keyboard's internal sounds and signals applied to the "Mic In" and "Inst In" jacks to the SD Card. Casio calls this recorded data "sampling" data in the sense that it can be converted to a .wav file and exported to a computer, but it can not be edited, looped, cross-faded and assigned to a key or be spread across the keyboard to be "played" by the keys as with an actual sampler, as was partially possible with the older WK-3XXX units. Also, signals applied to the "Audio In" jack can not be recorded by either model, but if you are looking for 5-pin-DIN MIDI IN/OUT jacks, that pretty well excludes most or all of the Casio units for the last 7 or 8 years at least.

George:

If you are looking for very basic sampling features, one of the older WK-3XXX units might interest you, particularly the WK-3800, as it is the newest of that model line. It will sample a sound, and you can assign it to a key or spread it across the keyboard, but this is strictly a "one shot" sample. It can not be looped and cross-faded as a sustaining sound, and total memory for multi-samples is extremely limited.
hi everyone.
which of the casio keyboards has a reasonable sampling facility built in ?
not looking for anyything new, but something secondhand and reasonably price ?
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Hi again, George,

copied from Amazon.Com website of today:

"... Casio WK-500....
"Built-In Sampling

"You can use the WK-500 to sample a sound from a portable audio player or other device, and then play the sound with keyboard keys. Sample up to ten seconds, and store up to five sampled sounds to keyboard memory." (end of quote)

There's a used one being listed today on Ebay UK.

best regards

to Ted,
Howdy, I'm now considering the Casio CTK 7200, (although not conventional MIDI in and outs again). Could that chunky USB (keyboard to computer lead), be converted via some kind of adaptor, to make a conventional five-pin MIDI?
Be handy to link it to my XW-G1

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Eddie

There is no simple (read that "inexpensive") adapter for connecting a device with a USB-MIDI connection directly to a device with a 5-pin-DIN MIDI connection. You can connect the USB-MIDI device to a USB connection on a computer and then connect the computer to the 5-pin-DIN MIDI device through some type of interface board (MPU-401) or adapter or you can use something like the IConnectMIDI device, which basically takes the place of the computer, but they are rather pricey ($200 USD). In any case, there has to be something between the two devices that runs the software that will translate the communications protocols between the two different systems. While this can be frustrating, if you just want to connect the keyboard to a computer, the USB-MIDI connection is just as good as, and in some cases, is better than, the 5-pin method and is certainly more convenient with its single bidirectional cable.

http://www.iconnectivity.com/iConnectMIDI
 
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Thanks guys for great info, very much appreciated. It seems like the computer hook-up is the better way for me (and much cheaper :)

Bought an Akai MPX8 on a whim a few weeks back, and it whetted my appetite for something more adventurous, hence the new XW-G1. Hopefully I will be able to trigger some long one-shot samples on the MPX8 using the Midi Out of the Casio synth. But got some serious manual reading before that.

cheers again.
 

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