*I lucked out and snagged one for a c note under 1KA Pianoman Chuck YouTube video inspired me to look into this keyboard. When I saw Amazon’s price at the time, I couldn’t pass it up. I’m a beginner and have barely scratched the surface of what this keyboard can do. While it’s older technology at this point, it still sounds quite competitive and there is no shortage sounds, accompaniments, rhythms, etc one can pull off quickly, on the fly. I’ve got some better sounding keyboards and VSTs, but the ease of use and one man band capabilities of this keyboard is where it shines. It’s pretty lightweight, portable, and durable. I can already see myself taking this, worry free, on my next camping trip and jamming with my friends.

Sent this back. (Beware - its expensive to ship if you have to pay because you just don't want it!)After researching this extensively and hearing all the rave reviews, and even driving quite a distance to try one I ordered online to get one new in a box faster.Maybe it was a dud, but there were some issues:As one other reviewer says, the piano sound samples are poor quality. And moving from note A5 to B5 there is a marked change in tone, resonance and sustain. It sounds like a hammer with a piece of cardboard stuck over it on the B5 particularly but also on C5. This can really spoil playing because its one of those things you can't "un-hear". From the A down its one keyboard, from the B up its different. (I know how piano notes lose sustain etc. in the higher register. This is something more. And bad!)The organ sounds are okay, but the mod wheel brings in a warbling and slow vibrato which should emulate a Leslie, but just sounds cheap and nasty. Almost funny. Speeding up the vibrato in settings doesn't fix it.There are some 'midi' piano sounds that are extremely horrible. I don't know what you would ever use them for.The knobs are cheap and its hard to tell their position - small black notch on a black knob.Good points? The action is nice, although that's subjective. Its quite light. The screen is a great idea and does make it easy to move through settings and sound selection. Assigning actions to the three knobs is also easy.But if you want a great piano sound (I tried it through a keyboard amp as well as onboard speakers) this is not it.Big fail.

Finalmente realizei o sonho de ter um piano digital, e esse PX-560M superou minhas expectativas. Nota 10 nos quesitos mais importantes: qualidade, peso, e mecânica das teclas, e sonoridade rica e realista de pianos (pianos de cauda, pianos de armário, pianos elétricos, dúzias de pianos para escolher, todos excelentes). Além disso, para quem quer experimentar com outros timbres, são centenas de opções desde percussão, cordas, metais, sintetizadores, órgãos etc. até a possibilidade de mixar até 6 timbres ou mesmo criar timbres totalmente novos. Um instrumento maravilhoso!

The Casio PX560 features and sound quality are great. While I have had the synth for only a couple of weeks and used for about 12 hours, I have learned all of it's capabilities. The intuitive touch screen makes it so easy to navigate the various menus and configure settings. I was also impressed that program changes occur instantly without affecting the currently playing presets. The weighted keys and impressive sound of the built-in speakers make it a joy to play. When playing through an external system, such as Roland BA330, this thing has a great tonal range and it is crystal clear. I recommend this to anyone who may be on the fence when considering this versus competitors at this price range.

I am a beginner at the piano. But this one makes it easy to learn.

It's difficult to know where to start, with an instrument as complex and full featured as the Casio PX-560. You get the full 88 key keyboard, and the keys are weighted to provide a feel that is very similar to a real piano. It does feel very similar to my Yamaha upright, and I expect that any accomplished pianist will feel right at home. What is quite different, is the texture on the keys. Most keyboards have a gloss, highly polished surface; but the PX-560 keys have a pronounced texture that is difficult to describe. This is done deliberately, to prevent your missing notes as a result of your finger sliding off the key. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it does work, and I found that I could fly across the keyboard with great accuracy.There are 550 voices, the vast majority of which are sampled instruments. The samples are excellent, and the reproduction of the instruments is startlingly realistic. It is also possible to layer two instruments together; in addition, you can divide the keyboard anywhere you want, and layer two instruments on the lower half and two different instruments on the upper half. The electronics are capable of 256 voice polyphony, which means that you won't have to worry about note stealing; the electronics will play practically anything you throw at it, regardless of complexity.If you wish, you can specify a percussion track from over 220 included tracks, or you can construct your own. The percussion can be started manually, or you can set it to start when you start playing. There are also variations in playing style, selectable at a touch of a button. Like all the other instruments, the drums are wonderfully realistic.This instrument includes a 17 track, editable recorder; this allows you to build up an instrumental a track at a time, getting each track perfect before moving on to the next.One of the features I truly enjoy is the ability to change the pitch. If i know a song in C but the singer needs to sing it in E, I can transpose the pitch so that i still play it in C, but what comes out is the song in E. Most keyboards offer this, but it's usually buried several levels deep in the menus. On the PX-560, you have a separate transpose control, right on the deck.I haven't mentioned the color, touch sensitive display; but it's really one of the main driving forces behind the keyboard. Instead of having to cursor through different menus to select something, you literally just reach out and touch it. You can fly around this keyboard at light speed, and everything you want to do is easy to find and select. A touch sensitive, graphics screen keeps you in the creative side of your brain, and that just makes the whole creative enterprise a lot more fun.One of the most important features of the keyboard are the Hex layers. This allows you to combine up to 6 instruments together, and select the mix as if it were one instrument. And you can layer two Hex layers on the right hand side, and - if you wish - a different two hex layers on the left hand side. So, in theory, you can have up to 24 instruments playing at once! In practice, you use Hex layers for specific effects. For example, you can set up the keyboard so that, when the keys are played softly, only the strings play. Play it a bit harder, and the brass section starts playing; hit the keyboard very hard, and a deep drum and cymbal crash. This velocity sensitivity allows you to play different instruments, selecting them on the fly simply by how hard or soft you play. It sound cumbersome when its described, but when you actually start to use Hex layers this way, you'll learn very quickly.On the negative side - and it's not really a negative, just a characteristic - the PX-560 is sold as a stage piano, and is designed from the ground up for the working musician. This means that it's intended to be used with an external sound system, and the included speakers are more of a convenience for the musician, so they can get limber by playing for a few minutes back stage. The speakers are good, but they aren't extraordinary. If you are purchasing this keyboard for home use, you might feel that the speakers aren't loud enough. The solution is to either plug it into your home theater system (if you have one) or purchase a set of powered bookshelf speakers. Or, for that matter, a good set of headphones will work spectacularly.In closing, I cannot speak highly enough of this keyboard. It sounds spectacular, particularly when played through a decent audio system. The samples are excellent, and breathtakingly realistic. And the feature set - 17 track recorder, hex layer synthesizer, 256 polyphony - places it squarely in the $5,000 keyboard bracket. Yet this keyboard sells for less than a third of that price. It is easily one of the best values in the industry, and if you don't own one, well, you should. It's an amazing bundle of joy that will keep you riveted to the board for hours on end.

This is not purely a digital piano. It is classified as a stage piano. It is configured as a stage piano. If you're looking for a pure digital piano, this is going to have more features than you want. Be educated about what you are purchasing before you buy. A reviewer here complained about the very fact that this keyboard posses a synthesizer and they felt that it shouldn't. Idiotic. If you read what you are buying before you buy, you know what you will and will not be getting. They simply bought the wrong product relative to their desires and rated the product poorly because they lack the ability to discern their needs. Myself, I like it's swiss army knife feature set.That being said, the Privia PX-560 is a device that punches above it weight (literally and figuratively). It combines some arranger/workstation features with a solid stage piano. The combination of feature provided by Casio at this price point can not be found in similarly priced units from the likes of Yamaha, Roland, Nord, etc.The tones (voices, instruments, or whatever you've grown accustomed to call them) range from rather impressive to rather basic. Efforts were put into producing good pianos, breathy brass, and the synthesizer. The strings range from ok to meh. Some of the brass and reed instruments could do with some work too. Strings, like the brass, range from quite usable to needs work. The organs are decent but drawbar organs only will be so good. The electric pianos have some stand outs. There are some great tones, some less than great ones. With hundreds of tones, that is to be expected. Nobody puts more than 600 really great tones on any keyboard. Nobody. Overall, the tones are good. They sound better through a keyboard amp or headphones than the built in speakers.The speakers are decent for the power output. They may need a little EQ to render more accurate sound and fortunately, an EQ is built in.The touch screen allows for quick selection of features. A panel full of buttons would have resulted in more time digging through the interface while the touch screen seems more intuitive.The PX-560 requires the purchase of 3 foot pedal assembly from its optional stand to have half presses. They should've made that 3 pedal more modular so that those of us who don't like those optional stands can take advantage of the pedals. Where the is a will, there is a way to modify that assembly to use without the stand.The keybed is progressively weighted and simulate a upright piano. While not perfect, it's hard to find a better one at this price point.All things considering, the PX-560 is an outstanding keyboard for the price. They are better ones to be had. There are less expensive one to be had. But at this price point, there isn't a unit I can think of that offers this level of performance and features. I think this a great hobbyist keyboard. It's also good for the beginner with extra cash in their pockets who's looking to grow into a unit that has more features than a starter keyboard.This unit gains a solid recommendation. Unless you are looking to spend much more, this is quite satisfying.

Sound quality and control mechanics are good. It's prefect for my use cases:- As a digital piano (beautiful sound, good touch control)- As a keyboard (tap tempo is a plus, a lot of tones and rhythms)- As a workstation (meh, it's okay for basic uses, has a bunch of space for user-defined tones and rhythms, but nothing more)My control knobs are broken though

I ordered this piano since my son started talking piano more seriously, and I was impressed. The quality is standard (not amazing but not bad). There are lots of features on this piano, hundreds of sounds and all the rhythm and accompaniment features are nice if you know how to use them. The piano arrived well before it said it would with standard shipping. I am very happy with this piano!

Superbe piano pour le prix, le piano principal n'est pas très bien mais vu le nombre des autres pianos j'ai trouvé le son que je désirais. Assez déroutant au début, vu le grand nombre de caractéristiques cela prend plusieurs jours voir plusieurs semaines pour toutes les maitrisées. Bon achat.

Not worth for $1650 (with Tax).. Bad quality rhythms and bad quality drums etc. If you buying it just to play piano then there are other options to buy similar or better quality piano sound with same hammer action piano keys for less price.. like from Roland and Yamaha.Not happy at all so I returned it.

This is the best piano/keyboard you can get for the money. The piano weighted keys feel really authentic. Being able to play it at night with headphones is something that I could not do with a real piano. It has a great selection of tones and a lot of accompaniment rhythms. This piano has a lot of advanced features. I also got the piano stand and the 3 pedals to make it more like a real piano. I am really happy with my purchase.

I love this keyboard, you have so much control over what you want to do. It came to me in excellent conditation from Amazon.ca very pleased with the purchase. Thanks Max Fraser