Auto-accompaniment keyboard
Casio CTK-601 audio demos
(For web-space and time reasons, I recorded only the most significant, well-programmed rhythms and the most good-sounding and intriguing tones)
The two Casio CTK-601 factory demos:
Casio CTK-601 rhythms
Casio CTK-601 tones
Casio CTK-601 photos
Casio CTK-601 manual
Casio CTK-601 specs
- light and portable;
- surprisingly some very good sounds;
- good accompaniment programming;
- powerful, crisp on-board speakers
A great little keyboard! Best Buy used to sell these for very little money, and I got one new. Its set of General MIDI sounds is pretty good, and the synthesizer section offers a great way to shape your own sounds very easily.
| Year of release | 1990s |
| Polyphony | 24-voice |
| Presets | 200 (168 ROM + 32 User) tones |
| Rhythms | 100, with auto-accompaniments |
| Keyboard | 61 keys (five octaves) |
| Responds to velocity | yes |
| Sound generation method | PCM |
| MIDI | yes, in-out |
| Sound expansion capabilities | No |
| Effects | digital reverb (Room, Stage, Hall) |
| Controls | pitch bender (a bit awkward to use) |
| Outputs | stereo output/headphones |
| Display | yes, LCD non-backlit |
Casio CTK-601 links
https://www.casio.com/products/electronic-musical-instruments